Alteration mineral mapping using masking and Crosta technique for mineral exploration in mid-vegetated areas: A case study in Areletuobie, Xinjiang (China)

International Journal of Remote Sensing

Volumn 32, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 1931-1944

  Liu, Lei ^a,b   Zhuang, Da Fang ^a   Zhou, Jun ^c   Qiu, Dong Sheng ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOGRAPHIC SCIENCES AND NATURAL RESOURCES RESEARCH   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

^c CHANG'AN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLAY ALTERATION; GEOCHEMISTRY; IRON OXIDES; MINERAL EXPLORATION; MINERALS; VEGETATION;

DIAGNOSTIC FEATURES; EXPLORATION TARGETS; GEOCHEMICAL ANOMALY; HYDROTHERMAL ALTERATIONS; INFLUENCE OF VEGETATIONS; MASKING TECHNIQUE; REMOTE SENSING IMAGES; SYNTHETIC ANALYSIS;

REMOTE SENSING;

CORRELATION; HYDROTHERMAL ALTERATION; LANDSAT THEMATIC MAPPER; MINERAL ALTERATION; MINERAL EXPLORATION; REMOTE SENSING; SATELLITE DATA; SEMIARID REGION; TERRAIN; THEMATIC MAPPING;

CHINA; XINJIANG UYGUR;

EID: 79953871157     PISSN: 01431161     EISSN: 13665901     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01431161003639678     Document Type: Article

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