Application of advanced spaceborne thermal emission and reflection radiometer (ASTER) data in geological mapping

International Journal of Physical Sciences

Volumn 6, Issue 33, 2011, Pages 7657-7668

  Pour, Amin Beiranvand ^a   Hashim, Mazlan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITI TEKNOLOGI MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Advanced spaceborne thermal emission and reflection radiometer (ASTER); Alteration zones; Copper exploration; Image processing techniques; Lithological mapping

Indexed keywords

EID: 83655192388     PISSN: 19921950     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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