Detecting areas of high-potential gold mineralization using ASTER data

Ore Geology Reviews

Volumn 38, Issue 1-2, 2010, Pages 59-69

  Gabr, Safwat ^a,b   Ghulam, Abduwasit ^b   Kusky, Timothy ^c  

^a NATIONAL AUTHORITY FOR REMOTE SENSING AND SPACE SCIENCES   (Egypt)

^b Saint Louis University   (United States)

^c CHINA UNIVERSITY OF GEOSCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

Alteration zones; Arabian Nubian Shield; Eastern Desert of Egypt; Gold exploration; Remote sensing

Indexed keywords

ADVANCED SPACEBORNE THERMAL EMISSION AND REFLECTION RADIOMETER; ALTERATION ZONES; ARABIAN-NUBIAN SHIELD; ASTER DATA; BAND RATIOS; CONVENTIONAL METHODS; EASTERN DESERT OF EGYPT; FIELD STUDIES; GOLD EXPLORATION; GOLD MINERALIZATION; HYDROTHERMAL ALTERATIONS; IMAGE SPECTRA; MINERAL EXTRACTION; SPECTRAL FEATURE; SURFACE REFLECTANCE;

FEATURE EXTRACTION; GOLD; LANDFORMS; MINERAL EXPLORATION; REMOTE SENSING; SILICATE MINERALS; SPACE OPTICS;

GOLD DEPOSITS;

ASTER; GOLD; HYDROTHERMAL ALTERATION; MINERAL EXPLORATION; MINERALIZATION; ORE DEPOSIT; REMOTE SENSING; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SURFACE REFLECTANCE;

ARABIAN SHIELD; EASTERN DESERT; EGYPT; NUBIAN SHIELD;

EID: 79958713937     PISSN: 01691368     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.oregeorev.2010.05.007     Document Type: Article

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