Investigating the spectral capability of QuickBird data to detect archaeological remains buried under vegetated and not vegetated areas

Journal of Cultural Heritage

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 53-60

  Masini, Nicola ^a   Lasaponara, Rosa ^b  

^a CNR Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche   (Italy)

^b CNR Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche   (Italy)

Author keywords

Aerial archaeology; Crop marks; Multispectral imagery; NDVI; QuickBird; Satellite remote sensing

Indexed keywords

EID: 33947119721     PISSN: 12962074     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.culher.2006.06.006     Document Type: Article

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