Modeling grain size variations of aeolian gypsum deposits at White Sands, New Mexico, using AVIRIS imagery

Geomorphology

Volumn 88, Issue 1-2, 2007, Pages 57-68

  Ghrefat, Habes A ^a   Goodell, Philip C ^a   Hubbard, Bernard E ^b   Langford, Richard P ^a   Aldouri, Raed E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT EL PASO   (United States)

^b U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

AVIRIS; Band depth; Dunes; Grain size; White Sands

Indexed keywords

AVIRIS; BARCHAN; EOLIAN DEPOSIT; GRAIN SIZE; GYPSUM; INFRARED IMAGERY;

NEW MEXICO; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; WHITE SANDS;

EID: 34249300139     PISSN: 0169555X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.geomorph.2006.10.013     Document Type: Article

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