Multitemporal Landsat data applied for deciphering a megafan in northern Amazonia

International Journal of Remote Sensing

Volumn 33, Issue 19, 2012, Pages 6060-6075

  Zani, Hiran ^a   de Fátima Rossetti, Dilce ^a  

^a INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE PESQUISAS ESPACIAIS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEPOSITION; FLOODS;

DEPOSITIONAL SYSTEM; DRAINAGE NETWORKS; LANDSAT THEMATIC MAPPER; NORTHERN AMAZONIA; RADIOMETRIC CORRECTIONS; RELATIVE FREQUENCIES; SEDIMENT DEPOSITION; THEMATIC MAPPER PLUS;

BINARY IMAGES;

DATA SET; DEPOSITION; DRAINAGE NETWORK; FLOOD FREQUENCY; IMAGE ANALYSIS; LANDSAT THEMATIC MAPPER; PALEOCHANNEL; PIXEL; SEDIMENT;

AMAZONIA;

EID: 84860898640     PISSN: 01431161     EISSN: 13665901     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01431161.2012.677865     Document Type: Article

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