Remote sensing of onshore hydrocarbon seepage: Problems and solutions

Geological Society Special Publication

Volumn 283, Issue , 2007, Pages 125-133

  Van Der Werff, H M A ^a   Noomen, M F ^a   Van Der Meijde, M ^a   Van Der Meer, F D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TWENTE   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABSORPTION SPECTRUM; ALGORITHM; DETECTION METHOD; GAS SEEPAGE; HYDROCARBON SEEP; IMAGE CLASSIFICATION; IMAGE PROCESSING; PIXEL; REMOTE SENSING; SPATIAL DATA;

EID: 34548294780     PISSN: 03058719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1144/SP283.11     Document Type: Article

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