Synergistic Application of Optical and Radar Data for Archaeological Exploration in the Talakadu Region, Karnataka

Journal of the Indian Society of Remote Sensing

Volumn 39, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 519-527

  Rajani, Mandyam B ^a   Bhattacharya, Satadru ^b   Rajawat, A S ^b  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (India)

^b INDIAN SPACE RESEARCH ORGANISATION   (India)

Author keywords

Archaeological exploration; Buried channel; Radar; Talakadu

Indexed keywords

ARCHAEOLOGICAL EVIDENCE; BURIAL (GEOLOGY); CARTOSAT-1; ENVISAT-1; EXCAVATION; GPS; LISS; MEANDER; OPTICAL METHOD; RADAR IMAGERY; RADARSAT; RESOURCESAT-1; SAND; SHRUB; WIND FORCING;

INDIA; KARNATAKA; TALAKADU;

EID: 82955237283     PISSN: 0255660X     EISSN: 09743006     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12524-011-0102-6     Document Type: Article

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