A new map of the lava flow field of Nyamulagira (D.R. Congo) from satellite imagery

Journal of African Earth Sciences

Volumn 58, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 778-786

  Smets, Benoît ^a   Wauthier, Christelle ^a,b   d'Oreye, Nicolas ^c  

^a ROYAL MUSEUM FOR CENTRAL AFRICA   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LIÈGE   (Belgium)

^c National Museum of Natural History   (Luxembourg)

Author keywords

Coherence; InSAR; Lava flow; Map; Multispectral; Nyamulagira; Nyamuragira; Radar; Remote sensing; Volume

Indexed keywords

FLOW FIELD; GIS; LAVA FLOW; MULTISPECTRAL IMAGE; RADAR IMAGERY; REMOTE SENSING; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SYNTHETIC APERTURE RADAR; VOLCANIC ERUPTION; VOLCANOLOGY;

DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC CONGO; NORD KIVU; NYAMURAGIRA; VIRUNGA MOUNTAINS;

EID: 78149471193     PISSN: 1464343X     EISSN: 1464343X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jafrearsci.2010.07.005     Document Type: Article

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