Shorelines of the Holocene megalake chad (Africa, Sahara) investigated with very high resolution satellite imagery (pleiades): Example of the Goz Kerki Paleo-spit

Revue Francaise de Photogrammetrie et de Teledetection

Volumn , Issue 208, 2014, Pages 63-68

  Schuster, Mathieu ^a   Roquin, Claude ^a   Durand, Arnaud ^b   Moussa, Abderamane ^c   Ghienne, Jean François ^a   Allenbach, Bernard ^b   Duringer, Philippe ^a   Bouchette, Frédéric ^d  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE STRASBOURG EOST   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE STRASBOURG   (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE N'DJAMENA   (Chad)

^d UNIVERSITÉ MONTPELLIER 2   (France)

Author keywords

African humid period; Beach ridges; Littoral; Paleo lake; Pl iades scenes

Indexed keywords

BEACHES; BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS PRESERVATION; HIERARCHICAL SYSTEMS; LAKES; LITHOLOGY; SATELLITES; STEREO IMAGE PROCESSING;

BEACH RIDGE; HUMID PERIODS; LITTORAL; PALEO-ENVIRONMENT; SATELLITE IMAGES; SECOND GENERATION; STEREOSCOPIC IMAGE; VERY HIGH RESOLUTION SATELLITE IMAGERY;

SATELLITE IMAGERY;

EID: 84932092434     PISSN: 17689791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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