Comparison between remote sensed lineaments and geological structures in intensively cultivated hills (Monferrato and Langhe domains, NW Italy)

International Journal of Remote Sensing

Volumn 27, Issue 20, 2006, Pages 4471-4493

  Morelli, M ^a   Piana, F ^b  

^a ARPA PIEMONTE   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DRAINAGE; LANDFORMS; REMOTE SENSING; SEDIMENTS; STATISTICAL METHODS; STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY; VEGETATION;

CULTIVATED HILLS; GEOLOGICAL STRUCTURES; INEAMENT SYSTEMS; LINEAMENT PATTERNS;

GEOMORPHOLOGY;

ERS-2; HILL; LINEAMENT; PANCHROMATIC IMAGE; STEREO IMAGE; SYNTHETIC APERTURE RADAR; UPLIFT;

EURASIA; EUROPE; ITALY; LANGHE HILLS; MONFERRATO; PIEDMONT [ITALY]; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

EID: 33749819095     PISSN: 01431161     EISSN: 13665901     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01431160600784200     Document Type: Article

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