Application of Principal Component Analysis and Spectral Angle Mapper in the Mapping of Hydrothermal Alteration in the Jebal-Barez Area, Southeastern Iran

Resource Geology

Volumn 62, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 119-139

  Honarmand, Mehdi ^a   Ranjbar, Hojjatollah ^a   Shahabpour, Jamshid ^a  

^a SHAHID BAHONAR UNIVERSITY OF KERMAN   (Iran)

Author keywords

Directed principal component analysis; Hydrothermal alteration; Satellite images; Spectral angle mapper

Indexed keywords

EID: 84858685487     PISSN: 13441698     EISSN: 17513928     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1751-3928.2012.00184.x     Document Type: Article

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