Extraction of hydrothermal alterations from ASTER SWIR data from east Zanjan, northern Iran

Advances in Space Research

Volumn 46, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 99-109

  Azizi, H ^a   Tarverdi, M A ^a   Akbarpour, A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KURDISTAN   (Iran)

^b ISLAMIC AZAD UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

Author keywords

Alteration zone; ASTER SWIR; BE; Iran; SAM; SFF

Indexed keywords

BERYLLIUM; CALCITE; CLAY ALTERATION; COPPER DEPOSITS; ECONOMIC GEOLOGY; GOLD DEPOSITS; INDIUM COMPOUNDS; INFRARED RADIATION; KAOLINITE; MAGNESITE; METADATA; MICA; MINERAL EXPLORATION; PHOTOMAPPING; PIXELS; SILICATE MINERALS; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS;

ADVANCED SPACEBORNE THERMAL EMISSION AND REFLECTION RADIOMETER; ALTERATION ZONES; ASTER SWIR; HYDROTHERMAL ALTERATION MINERALS; HYDROTHERMAL ALTERATIONS; IRAN; PORPHYRY COPPER DEPOSITS; SPECTRAL FEATURE FITTING;

IMAGE PROCESSING;

EID: 79952209902     PISSN: 02731177     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.asr.2010.03.014     Document Type: Article

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