Peat mapping associations of airborne radiometric survey data

Remote Sensing

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 521-539

  Beamish, David ^a  

^a BRITISH GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Airborne geophysical; Mapping; Peat; Radiometric; Remote sensing; Wetland

Indexed keywords

AIRBORNE DATA; AIRBORNE GEOPHYSICAL; ATTENUATION LEVELS; HIGH RESOLUTION; NATIONAL MAPPING; PEAT THICKNESS; RADIOMETRIC; RADIOMETRIC DATA;

GAMMA RAYS; GEOPHYSICS; MAPPING; RADIOMETRY; REMOTE SENSING; SOILS; SURVEYS; WETLANDS; LANDFORMS; MOISTURE CONTROL;

PEAT;

EID: 84893400015     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20724292     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/rs6010521     Document Type: Article

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