Processing and interpretation of ASTER TIR data for mapping of rare-metal-enriched albite granitoids in the Central Eastern Desert of Egypt

Journal of African Earth Sciences

Volumn 58, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 141-151

  Aboelkhair, Hatem ^a   Ninomiya, Yoshiki ^a   Watanabe, Yasushi ^a   Sato, Isao ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ADVANCED INDUSTRIAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AIST   (Japan)

Author keywords

Albite granite; ASTER; Band combinations; Band ratio; Quartz Index; Rare metal

Indexed keywords

ALBITE; ASTER; DATA INTERPRETATION; EMISSIVITY; GRANITOID; I-TYPE ROCK; LABORATORY METHOD; MAGNETITE; MAPPING; QUARTZ; SATELLITE DATA; SPECTRAL ANALYSIS;

EASTERN DESERT; EGYPT;

EID: 77956880492     PISSN: 1464343X     EISSN: 1464343X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jafrearsci.2010.01.007     Document Type: Article

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