Hydrothermal alteration and main structures mapping using TM images in La Primavera geothermal field (Mexico)

Geofisica Internacional

Volumn 40, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 147-162

  Fernandez De La Vega Marquez, T ^a   Prol Ledesma, R M ^a   Orozco, G ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

^b SCHLUMBERGER   (United States)

Author keywords

Alteration; Geothermal; Mexico; Remote sensing; TM images

Indexed keywords

GEOTHERMAL SYSTEM; HYDROTHERMAL ALTERATION; LANDSAT THEMATIC MAPPER; REMOTE SENSING;

MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA]; NORTH AMERICA;

TABEBUIA DONNELL-SMITHII;

EID: 27844447344     PISSN: 00167169     EISSN: 2954436X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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