Mapping granite and gneiss in domes along the North Himalayan antiform with ASTER SWIR band ratios

Bulletin of the Geological Society of America

Volumn 117, Issue 7-8, 2005, Pages 879-886

  Watts, Doyle R ^a   Harris, Nigel B W ^b   Gaines, Jason S ^c   Ishmael, Christina L ^c   Larsen, Karen A ^c   May, David Z ^c   Roberts, Steven P ^c   Rogers, John ^c   Steger, Dustin B ^c   Sullivan, Marie T ^c  

^a WRIGHT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b OPEN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c NASA GLENN RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

ASTER; Dome; Granite; Himalaya; SWIR band ratio

Indexed keywords

CAMBRIAN GNEISS; NEOPROTEROZOIC-PALEOZOIC SCHISTS; SHORT WAVE INFRARED (SWIR); TERTIARY GRANITES;

DOMES; EARTH ATMOSPHERE; EXPOSURE CONTROLS; METAMORPHIC ROCKS; RADIOMETERS; SATELLITE OBSERVATORIES; SEDIMENTARY ROCKS;

GRANITE;

ASTER; GEOLOGICAL STRUCTURE; GNEISS; GRANITE; SATELLITE IMAGERY;

ASIA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; HIMALAYAS; WORLD;

EID: 21944434816     PISSN: 00167606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/B25592.1     Document Type: Article

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