Laser rangefinders and ArcGIS combined with three-dimensional photorealistic modeling for mapping outcrops in the Slick Hills, Oklahoma

Geosphere

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 576-587

  Alfarhan, Mohammed ^a   White, Lionel ^a   Tuck, Dean ^a   Aiken, Carlos ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT DALLAS   (United States)

Author keywords

Digital outcrop mapping; Geographic information system; Geological mapping; Oklahoma; Photorealistic model; Reflectorless laser rangefinder; Slick Hills

Indexed keywords

DIGITAL ELEVATION MODEL; DIGITAL MAPPING; GEOLOGICAL MAPPING; GIS; GPS; IMAGE ANALYSIS; LASER METHOD; OUTCROP; PALEOZOIC; PHOTOGRAPHY; PIXEL; SOFTWARE; THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING;

NORTH AMERICA; OKLAHOMA [UNITED STATES]; SLICK HILLS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 46149123687     PISSN: 1553-040     EISSN: 1553040X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/GES00130.1     Document Type: Article

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