Integration of lithological, geophysical, and remote sensing information: A basis for remote predictive geological mapping of the Baie Verte Peninsula, Newfoundland

Canadian Journal of Remote Sensing

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 99-118

  Slavinski, Heather ^a   Morris, Bill ^a   Ugalde, Hernan ^a   Spicer, Bill ^a   Skulski, Tom ^b   Rogers, Neil ^b  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AERIAL PHOTOGRAPHY; GEOLOGY; GEOPHYSICS; LITHOLOGY; MAPPING; MAPS; MINERAL RESOURCES; SATELLITE IMAGERY;

AIRBORNE RADIOMETRICS; DIGITAL ELEVATION MAP; GEOLOGICAL FEATURES; GEOLOGICAL MODELING; PREDICTIVE METHODS; REMOTE SENSING INFORMATION; REMOTELY SENSED DATA; SPATIAL RELATIONSHIPS;

REMOTE SENSING;

EID: 77958613881     PISSN: 07038992     EISSN: 17127971     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5589/m10-031     Document Type: Article

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