Detection and Identification of Archaeological Sites and Features Using Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) Data Collected from Airborne Platforms

Interdisciplinary Contributions to Archaeology

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 103-136

  Comer, Douglas C ^a   Blom, Ronald G ^a  

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Author keywords

Archaeological Site; Digital Elevation Model; Radar Wave; Shuttle Radar Topography Mission; Synthetic Aperture Radar

Indexed keywords

EID: 85118657390     PISSN: 15682722     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/0-387-44455-6_5     Document Type: Chapter

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