Lithochemical surveys for ore metals in arid region, Central Eastern Desert, Egypt: Using landsat ETM+ imagery

Australian Journal of Basic and Applied Sciences

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 512-528

  Hassaan, M M ^a   Ramadan, T M ^b   Abu El Leil, I ^a   Sakr, S M ^a  

^a AL AZHAR UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

^b NATIONAL AUTHORITY FOR REMOTE SENSING AND SPACE SCIENCES   (Egypt)

Author keywords

Altered muscovite albite granites; Landsat ETM+; Listwaenites; Lithochemical surveys; Stream sediments

Indexed keywords

EID: 65549083453     PISSN: 19918178     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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