Finding mineralogically interesting targets for exploration from spatially coarse visible and near IR spectra

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 252, Issue 1-2, 2006, Pages 201-214

  Roach, Leah H ^a   Mustard, John ^a   Gendrin, Aline ^a   Fernández Remolar, David ^b   Amils, Ricardo ^b,c   Amaral Zettler, Linda ^d  

^a BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CENTRO DE ASTROBIOLOGÍA CSIC INTA   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE MADRID   (Spain)

^d MARINE BIOLOGICAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

iron sulfate; remote exploration; remote sensing; Rio Tinto; spatial scales; visible near infrared spectroscopy

Indexed keywords

SPECTRAL DIVERSITY; SPECTRAL VARIANCE INDEX; VISIBLE NEAR INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY;

INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; MINERALOGY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; REMOTE SENSING; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS;

MINERAL EXPLORATION;

INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; IRON OXIDE; MINERAL EXPLORATION; MINERALOGY; REMOTE SENSING;

EURASIA; EUROPE; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SPAIN;

EID: 33751038820     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2006.09.044     Document Type: Article

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