Remote detection of quaternary borate deposits with ASTER satellite imagery as a geothermal exploration tool

Transactions - Geothermal Resources Council

Volumn 30 I, Issue , 2006, Pages 435-439

  Kratt, Chris ^a   Coolbaugh, Mark ^b   Calvin, Wendy ^b  

^a DESERT RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

Author keywords

ASTER; Borates; Columbus; Geothermal; Nevada; Remote sensing; Rhodes; Spectroscopy; Teels

Indexed keywords

GROUNDWATER; NATURAL RESOURCES EXPLORATION; RADIOMETERS; REMOTE SENSING; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SPECTROSCOPY;

GEOTHERMAL EXPLORATION TOOLS; REMOTE DETECTION;

BORATE MINERALS;

EID: 34548187963     PISSN: 01935933     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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