Geothermal exploration using imaging spectrometer data over Fish Lake Valley, Nevada

Remote Sensing of Environment

Volumn 140, Issue , 2014, Pages 509-518

  Littlefield, Elizabeth F ^a   Calvin, Wendy M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

Author keywords

Fish Lake Valley; Geothermal; Imaging spectrometer; Nevada; Remote sensing

Indexed keywords

AIRBORNE IMAGING SPECTROMETERS; DATA PROCESSING TECHNIQUES; DECORRELATION STRETCHES; FISH LAKE VALLEY; GEOTHERMAL; HYDROTHERMAL ALTERATIONS; IMAGING SPECTROMETERS; NEVADA;

DATA PROCESSING; DEPOSITS; FISH; GEOTHERMAL FIELDS; GEOTHERMAL WELLS; HOT SPRINGS; LAKES; LANDFORMS; LIMESTONE; MINERALS; REMOTE SENSING; SINTERING; SPECTROMETERS;

GEOTHERMAL PROSPECTING;

AVIRIS; CORRELATION; CRYSTALLINITY; GEOTHERMAL ENERGY; GEOTHERMAL SYSTEM; HYDROTHERMAL ACTIVITY; MINERAL; MINERALOGY; REMOTE SENSING; SATELLITE DATA; SPECTROMETRY; WATER TABLE;

CANADA; DEVON ISLAND; FISH LAKE; NUNAVUT; QUEEN ELIZABETH ISLANDS;

EID: 84885804870     PISSN: 00344257     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rse.2013.09.007     Document Type: Article

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