Using ASTER imagery for massive sulphide deposits exploration

2008 Proceedings of Microwaves, Radar and Remote Sensing Symposium, MRRS 2008

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 300-303

  Assiri, A ^a   Mousa, H ^b  

^a KING ABDULAZIZ CITY FOR SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Saudi Arabia)

^b KING SAUD UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLAY ALTERATION; COLOR; DEPOSITS; IMAGE CLASSIFICATION; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; REMOTE SENSING; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SPACE-BASED RADAR; SULFUR COMPOUNDS; SULFUR DEPOSITS;

DIGITAL IMAGE ANALYSIS; DIGITAL IMAGE PROCESSING TECHNIQUE; HYDROTHERMAL ALTERATIONS; MULTI-SPECTRAL DATA; RED , GREEN AND BLUES; SULPHIDE DEPOSITS; SUPERVISED IMAGE CLASSIFICATIONS; VISUAL INTERPRETATION;

IMAGE ANALYSIS;

EID: 57649220954     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/MRRS.2008.4669600     Document Type: Conference Paper

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