Utilization of Landsat ETM+ data for mapping gossans and iron rich zones exposed at Bahrah area, Western Arabian Shield, Saudi Arabia

Journal of King Abdulaziz University, Earth Sciences

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 35-49

  Madani, Ahmed A ^a  

^a KING ABDULAZIZ UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Bahrah area; Band ratio; Density slicing; Gossan; Landsat ETM+; Saudi arabia

Indexed keywords

EID: 84859066999     PISSN: 10128832     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4197/Ear.20-1.3     Document Type: Article

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