Facies identification within the playa-lakes of the Monegros desert, Spain, from field and satellite data

Catena

Volumn 63, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 39-63

  Castañeda, Carmen ^a   Herrero, Juan ^a   Casterad, M Auxiliadora ^a  

^a Agrifood Institute of Aragón IA2   (Spain)

Author keywords

Facies; Playa lake; Remote sensing; Saline depression; Wetland

Indexed keywords

DATA ASSIMILATION; FACIES ANALYSIS; FIELDWORK; IMAGE CLASSIFICATION; PLAYA; REMOTE SENSING; SATELLITE IMAGERY;

EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; EUROPE; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SPAIN; WORLD;

EID: 27144493780     PISSN: 03418162     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.catena.2005.05.011     Document Type: Article

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