Orbital remote sensing for geological mapping in southern Tunisia: Implication for oil and gas exploration

Journal of African Earth Sciences

Volumn 44, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 203-219

  Peña, Sherrie A ^a   Abdelsalam, Mohamed G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT DALLAS   (United States)

Author keywords

ASTER; Landsat ETM+; RADARSAT; SRTM; Tunisia

Indexed keywords

GEOLOGICAL MAPPING; SATELLITE IMAGERY;

AFRICA; NORTH AFRICA; TUNISIA;

EID: 33144463154     PISSN: 08995362     EISSN: 1464343X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jafrearsci.2005.10.011     Document Type: Article

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