Hyperspectral detection of geothermal system-related soil mineralogy anomalies in Dixie Valley, Nevada: A tool for exploration

Geothermics

Volumn 33, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 695-711

  Nash, Gregory D ^a   Johnson, Glenn W ^a   Johnson, Stuart ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

^b Caithness Operating Company   (United States)

Author keywords

Basin and Range structure; Dixie Valley; Geothermal exploration; Hyperspectral; Nevada; Polytopic vector analysis; Soil mineralogy

Indexed keywords

DATA REDUCTION; GEOTHERMAL ENERGY; INFRARED IMAGING; MECHANICAL PERMEABILITY; SPECTROMETERS;

ADVANCED SPECTRAL AND INFRARED IMAGING SPECTROMETERS; ANOMALOUS SOIL; GEOTHERMAL SYSTEMS; SOIL MINERALOGY;

SOIL MECHANICS;

AVIRIS; BURIED STRUCTURE; GEOTHERMAL SYSTEM; IMAGE CLASSIFICATION; MINERALOGY; PERMEABILITY; REMOTE SENSING; SPECTRAL ANALYSIS;

DIXIE VALLEY; NEVADA; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

EID: 8744271129     PISSN: 03756505     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.geothermics.2004.06.002     Document Type: Article

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