The chicxulub meteor impact and ancient locational decisions on the Yucatán peninsula, Mexico: The application of remote sensing, GIS, and GPS in settlement pattern studies

American Society for Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing - ASPRS Annual Conference 2007: Identifying Geospatial Solutions

Volumn 2, Issue , 2007, Pages 757-766

  Winemiller, Terance L ^a  

^a AUBURN UNIVERSITY AT MONTGOMERY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARCHAEOLOGICAL SITE; BASIN AREA; CHICXULUB; CULTURAL LANDSCAPE; ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; FAVORABLE CONDITIONS; HUMAN SETTLEMENTS; ME-XICO; PATTERNED DISTRIBUTION; REMOTE SENSING DATA; SEDIMENTARY BASIN; SHALLOW AQUIFERS; SIMILAR PATTERN; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SPATIAL STATISTICS; SUBSURFACE WATERS; SURFACE EXPRESSION; TOOL TECHNOLOGY; TRANSPORTATION NETWORK;

AQUIFERS; ARCHITECTURE; METEOR IMPACTS; REMOTE SENSING;

GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS;

EID: 84868629948     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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