Spectral identification of pyrite mud weathering products: A field and laboratory evaluation

International Journal of Remote Sensing

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 185-208

  Riaza, A ^a   Garcia Melendez E ^b   Mueller, A ^c  

^a INSTITUTO GEOLÓGICO Y MINERO DE ESPAÑA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEÓN   (Spain)

^c GERMAN AEROSPACE CENTER DLR   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; DRYING; GEOLOGY; PILES; REMOTE SENSING; SULFUR COMPOUNDS; SURFACE CHEMISTRY; SURFACE WATERS; WATER QUALITY; WEATHERING;

CLIMATE VARIABILITY; IBERIAN PYRITE BELT; LABORATORY EVALUATION; LABORATORY EXPERIMENTS; MINERALOGICAL CHANGES; SPECTRAL ANGLE MAPPERS; SPECTRAL FEATURE FITTING; SPECTRAL MEASUREMENT;

PYRITES;

FLUVIAL DEPOSIT; MINE WASTE; PYRITE; REMOTE SENSING; SPECTRAL ANALYSIS; TAILINGS; WEATHERING;

IBERIAN PYRITE BELT; SPAIN;

EID: 79551676977     PISSN: 01431161     EISSN: 13665901     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01431160903439957     Document Type: Article

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