Remote sensing and mountaintop mining

Remote Sensing Reviews

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 293-322

  Slonecker, E Terrence ^a   Benger, Mary J ^a  

^a U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

Author keywords

Analysis of variance; Approximate original contour; Band ratio technique; Disturbance maps; Landsat multispectral scanner; Surface mining

Indexed keywords

EID: 27144545123     PISSN: 02757257     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02757250109532440     Document Type: Article

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