Lineaments extraction and analysis in Eljufra area, Libya

Journal of Applied Remote Sensing

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2008, Pages

  Saadi, Nureddin M ^a   Watanabe, Koichiro ^a  

^a KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Euler deconvolution; Gravity; Lineaments; Satellite sensors

Indexed keywords

GEODETIC SATELLITES; GEOLOGY; GRAVITATION; IMAGE PROCESSING; INFRARED DEVICES; MAPPING; REMOTE SENSING; EARTH (PLANET); FILTERS (FOR FLUIDS); IMAGE ANALYSIS; SATELLITES; SENSORS; SURVEYING;

DIGITAL ELEVATION MODEL; EULER DECONVOLUTION; IMAGE PROCESSING TECHNIQUE; LINEAMENTS; SATELLITE SENSORS; SUBSURFACE STRUCTURES; TECTONIC EVOLUTION; VISIBLE AND NEAR INFRARED; GRAVITY SURVEY;

SURVEYING; IMAGE PROCESSING;

EID: 53749108217     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19313195     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1117/1.2994727     Document Type: Article

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