Using HySpex SWIR-320m hyperspectral data for the identification and mapping of minerals in hand specimens of carbonate rocks from the Ankloute Formation (Agadir Basin, Western Morocco)

Journal of African Earth Sciences

Volumn 61, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 1-9

  Baissa, Rachid ^a,b   Labbassi, Kamal ^a   Launeau, Patrick ^b   Gaudin, Anne ^b   Ouajhain, Brahim ^a  

^a FACULTÉ DES SCIENCES   (Morocco)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE NANTES   (France)

Author keywords

Agadir Basin; Atlantic High Atlas; Carbonate; Hyperspectral mapping; Mineralogical mapping; Morocco; Normalized Difference Carbonate Index (NDCI); Remote sensing

Indexed keywords

CARBONATE ROCK; CARBONATE SEDIMENT; CEMENTATION; COMPACTION; CRYSTALLIZATION; DIAGENESIS; IDENTIFICATION METHOD; INDEX METHOD; JURASSIC; METEORIC WATER; PHYSICOCHEMICAL PROPERTY; POROSITY; SPECTRAL ANALYSIS; SPECTRAL RESOLUTION;

AGADIR [(PRV) SOUSS-MASSA-DRAA]; MOROCCO; SOUSS-MASSA-DRAA;

EID: 80955177601     PISSN: 1464343X     EISSN: 18791956     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jafrearsci.2011.04.003     Document Type: Article

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