Integrating airborne SAR, Landsat TM and airborne geophysics data for improving geological mapping in the Amazon region: The Cigano Granite, Caraja's Province, Brazil

International Journal of Remote Sensing

Volumn 29, Issue 13, 2008, Pages 3957-3974

  Teruiya, R K ^a   Paradella, W R ^a   Dos Santos, A R ^a   Dall'Agnol, R ^b   Veneziani, P ^a  

^a INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE PESQUISAS ESPACIAIS   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PARÁ   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DATA INTEGRATION; GEOLOGICAL SURVEYS; GEOLOGY; IGNEOUS ROCKS; MAPPING; REMOTE SENSING; SPACE-BASED RADAR;

AIRBORNE GEOPHYSICS; BRITTLE STRUCTURES; GEOLOGICAL INFORMATION; GEOLOGICAL MAPPING; INTEGRATED PRODUCTS; LANDSAT THEMATIC MAPPER; REMOTE SENSING DATA; TECTONIC EVOLUTION;

SYNTHETIC APERTURE RADAR;

AIRBORNE SENSING; BATHOLITH; BRITTLE DEFORMATION; COUNTRY ROCK; GEOLOGICAL MAPPING; INTEGRATED APPROACH; LANDSAT THEMATIC MAPPER; PETROGRAPHY; SYNTHETIC APERTURE RADAR; TECTONIC EVOLUTION;

AMAZON RIVER; BRAZIL; CARAJAS; PARA [BRAZIL]; SOUTH AMERICA;

EID: 46349107227     PISSN: 01431161     EISSN: 13665901     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01431160801891838     Document Type: Article

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