Application of terrain analysis to the mapping and spatial pattern analysis of subsurface geological fractures of Kuala Lumpur limestone bedrock, Malaysia

International Journal of Remote Sensing

Volumn 33, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 3176-3196

  Samy, I E ^a   Shattri, M ^a   Bujang, B K H ^a   Ahmed, R M ^a   Sharharin, I ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY PUTRA MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

^b Faculty of Environmental Studies   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FRACTURE; GEOTECHNICAL ENGINEERING; LAKES; LANDFORMS; LIME; LIMESTONE; MAPPING; OPTICAL CORRELATION; REMOTE SENSING; SOIL MOISTURE; SURVEYS;

AUTOMATIC DETECTION METHOD; DIGITAL ELEVATION MODEL; GEOLOGICAL PREDICTIONS; GEOPHYSICAL SURVEYING; OPTICAL REMOTE SENSING; SPATIAL CORRELATIONS; SPATIAL PATTERN ANALYSIS; VISUAL INTERPRETATION;

GEOLOGY;

ALGORITHM; BEDROCK; DETECTION METHOD; DIGITAL ELEVATION MODEL; FOURIER TRANSFORM; KARST; LIMESTONE; MAPPING; SOIL MOISTURE; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; TERRAIN; WAVELET ANALYSIS;

KUALA LUMPUR [WEST MALAYSIA]; MALAYSIA; WEST MALAYSIA;

EID: 84857029111     PISSN: 01431161     EISSN: 13665901     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01431161.2011.634860     Document Type: Article

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