Mapping potentialy asbestos-bearing rocks using imaging spectroscopy

Geology

Volumn 37, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 763-766

  Swayze, G A ^a   Kokaly, R F ^a   Higgins, C T ^b   Clinkenbeard, J P ^b   Clark, R N ^a   Lowers, H A ^a   Sutley, S J ^a  

^a DENVER FEDERAL CENTER   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIRBORNE VISIBLE/INFRARED IMAGING SPECTROMETERS; FILLING GAPS; GEOLOGIC MAPPING; GRASS COVER; HUMAN CARCINOGEN; IMAGING SPECTROSCOPY; MAPPING AREA; NATURALLY OCCURRING; SAFETY MEASURES; SIERRA NEVADA , CALIFORNIA; STUDY AREAS; ULTRAMAFIC ROCKS; UNDERLYING ROCKS;

ACCESS CONTROL; ASBESTOS; DUST CONTROL; INFRARED SPECTROMETERS; MAPPING; METAL REFINING; MINING; ROCKS; SERPENTINE; SILICATE MINERALS; SOILS; VEGETATION;

MINERALS;

ASBESTOS; AVIRIS; IMAGING METHOD; MAPPING; NOAA SATELLITE; ROCK; SPECTROSCOPY;

CALIFORNIA; NORTH AMERICA; SIERRA NEVADA [CALIFORNIA]; UNITED STATES;

EID: 69649105268     PISSN: 00917613     EISSN: 00917613     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/G30114A.1     Document Type: Article

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