Analysis of hyperspectral and lidar data: Remote optical mineralogy and fracture identification

Geosphere

Volumn 3, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 491-500

  Bellian, Jerome A ^a   Beck, Richard ^b   Kerans, Charles ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

Hyperspectral; Karst; Lidar; Ordovician; Paleokarst

Indexed keywords

CALCITE; CARBONATE PLATFORM; DOLOMITE; FLUID FLOW; FRACTURE NETWORK; HOST ROCK; HYDROCARBON RESERVOIR; IMAGE ANALYSIS; LIDAR; MINERALIZATION; MINERALOGY; OPTICAL METHOD; ORDOVICIAN; OUTCROP; PALEOKARST; PETROLEUM HYDROCARBON; PIXEL; REMOTE SENSING; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SPECTRAL REFLECTANCE; THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING;

EL PASO; FRANKLIN MOUNTAINS; TEXAS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 46149123990     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1553040X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/GES00097.1     Document Type: Article

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