Hyperspectral remote sensing monitoring of pyrite mine wastes: A record of climate variability (Pyrite Belt, Spain)

Environmental Earth Sciences

Volumn 61, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 575-594

  Riaza, Asuncion ^a   Muller A ^b  

^a INSTITUTO GEOLÓGICO Y MINERO DE ESPAÑA   (Spain)

^b GERMAN AEROSPACE CENTER DLR   (Germany)

Author keywords

Acid mine drainage; Geo environmental indicators; Hyperspectral data; Temporal change analysis

Indexed keywords

ACID DRAINAGE; ACID MINE DRAINAGE; AIRBORNE HYPERSPECTRAL REMOTE SENSING; CLIMATE VARIABILITY; ENVIRONMENTAL INDICATORS; HYPERSPECTRAL; HYPERSPECTRAL DATA; HYPERSPECTRAL REMOTE SENSING; HYPERSPECTRAL REMOTE SENSING DATA; IBERIAN PYRITE BELT; METAL CONTAMINATION; MINE SITE; MINE WASTES; OXIDATION STAGES; PYRITE MINE; SALT EFFLORESCENCE; SEMIARID AREA; SOLUBLE SALTS; SPECTRAL LIBRARIES; SULPHIDE DEPOSITS; TEMPORAL CHANGE;

ACIDS; ARID REGIONS; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY; DATA HANDLING; DRAINAGE; DRYING; ESTIMATION; MINERALOGY; MINERALS; OXIDATION; REMOTE SENSING; SURFACE CHEMISTRY; SURFACE WATERS; WATER POLLUTION; WATER POLLUTION CONTROL; WATER QUALITY;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

ACID MINE DRAINAGE; CLIMATE CHANGE; ENVIRONMENTAL INDICATOR; MINE WASTE; OXIDATION; PYRITE; REMOTE SENSING; SEMIARID REGION; SULFIDE GROUP; TEMPORAL VARIATION; WATER QUALITY;

IBERIAN PYRITE BELT;

EID: 77954470711     PISSN: 18666280     EISSN: 18666299     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12665-009-0368-y     Document Type: Article

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