Ibn-Batutah: A possible simple impact structure in southeastern Libya, a remote sensing study

Geomorphology

Volumn 103, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 341-350

  Ghoneim, Eman M ^a,b  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b TANTA UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

Author keywords

Data fusion; GIS; Minimum noise fraction; SIR C radar; SRTM

Indexed keywords

CRETACEOUS; DATA PROCESSING; DIAPIRISM; GEOLOGICAL STRUCTURE; GIS; LANDSAT THEMATIC MAPPER; MAGMATISM; RADAR IMAGERY; REMOTE SENSING; SANDSTONE;

AFRICA; LIBYAN ARAB JAMAHIRIYA; NORTH AFRICA;

EID: 56249141780     PISSN: 0169555X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.geomorph.2008.07.005     Document Type: Article

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