Integration of RADARSAT-1 and Landsat TM images for mineral exploration in East Oweinat district, South Western Desert, Egypt

International Archives of the Photogrammetry, Remote Sensing and Spatial Information Sciences - ISPRS Archives

Volumn 36, Issue , 2006, Pages

  Ramadan, T M ^a   Nasr, A H ^a   Mahmood, A ^b  

^a NATIONAL AUTHORITY FOR REMOTE SENSING AND SPACE SCIENCES   (Egypt)

^b CANADIAN SPACE AGENCY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Banded Iron Formation; East Oweinat; Landsat TM; Principal Component; RADARSAT 1

Indexed keywords

DATA FUSION; DEPOSITS; ECONOMIC GEOLOGY; IRON DEPOSITS; LANDFORMS; MERGING; METAMORPHIC ROCKS; MINERAL EXPLORATION; PIXELS; PLACERS; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; REMOTE SENSING; SPACE-BASED RADAR;

BANDED IRON FORMATIONS; EAST OWEINAT; LANDSAT TM; PRINCIPAL COMPONENTS; RADARSAT 1;

IMAGE ENHANCEMENT;

EID: 85076805631     PISSN: 16821750     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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