Mapping alteration minerals at prospect, outcrop and drill core scales using imaging spectrometry

International Journal of Remote Sensing

Volumn 33, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 1780-1798

  Kruse, Fred A ^a   Bedell, Richard L ^a,b   Taranik, James V ^a   Peppin, William A ^c   Weatherbee, Oliver ^d   Calvin, Wendy M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

^b AuEx Ventures Inc   (United States)

^c SpecTIR LLC   (United States)

^d SpecTIR LLC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORE DRILLING; DRILLS; MAPPING; MINERALS; PLANT SHUTDOWNS; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SPECTROMETERS; SPECTROSCOPY;

AIRBORNE MEASUREMENTS; GROUND BASED MEASUREMENT; HYPER-SPECTRAL IMAGERIES; IMAGING SPECTROMETERS; IMAGING SPECTROMETRY; MINERAL DISTRIBUTION; MOUNTING CONFIGURATIONS; SPECTRAL SIGNATURE;

HYPERSPECTRAL IMAGING;

IMAGE PROCESSING; MAPPING; MINERAL EXPLORATION; MINERAL RESOURCE; MINING; OUTCROP; SATELLITE DATA; SPECTRAL RESOLUTION; SPECTROMETRY;

EID: 84857978891     PISSN: 01431161     EISSN: 13665901     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01431161.2011.600350     Document Type: Article

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