Lithological mapping in the Eastern Desert of Egypt, the Barramiya area, using Landsat thematic mapper (TM)

Journal of African Earth Sciences

Volumn 44, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 196-202

  Gad, Sabreen ^a   Kusky, Timothy ^a  

^a Saint Louis University   (United States)

Author keywords

Band ratio images; Egypt; Landsat TM; Late Proterozoic; Supervised classification

Indexed keywords

GEOLOGICAL MAPPING; LANDSAT THEMATIC MAPPER; LITHOLOGY; REMOTE SENSING;

AFRICA; EASTERN DESERT; EGYPT; NORTH AFRICA;

EID: 32944457823     PISSN: 08995362     EISSN: 1464343X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jafrearsci.2005.10.014     Document Type: Article

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