Textural and knowledge-based lithological classification of remote sensing data in Southwestern Prieska sub-basin, Transvaal Supergroup, South Africa

Journal of African Earth Sciences

Volumn 60, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 237-246

  Li, Na ^a   Frei, Michaela ^b   Altermann, Wladyslaw ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

Author keywords

BIF; Carbonates; Knowledge based system; Lithological mineralogical classification; Thematic Mapper; Transvaal Supergroup

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY ASSESSMENT; ARCHEAN; GEOLOGICAL MAPPING; IMAGE CLASSIFICATION; KNOWLEDGE BASED SYSTEM; LITHOLOGY; MAXIMUM LIKELIHOOD ANALYSIS; MINERAL; MULTISPECTRAL IMAGE; PRECISION; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; REMOTE SENSING; ROCK; SATELLITE DATA; SPATIAL RESOLUTION; SPECTRAL RESOLUTION; THEMATIC MAPPING;

GRIQUALAND WEST BASIN; NORTHERN CAPE; PRIESKA; SOUTH AFRICA;

EID: 79955476176     PISSN: 1464343X     EISSN: 1464343X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jafrearsci.2011.03.002     Document Type: Article

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