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Integrating remote sensing techniques at cuprite, nevada: aviris, thematic mapper, and field spectroscopy
| Content Provider | NASA Technical Reports Server (NTRS) |
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| Author | Ebel, Phil Hill, Bradley Hauff, Phoebe L. Nash, Greg Ridd, Merrill |
| Copyright Year | 1992 |
| Description | The Cuprite mining district in southwestern Nevada has become a test site for remote sensing studies with numerous airborne scanners and ground sensor data sets collected over the past fifteen years. Structurally, the Cuprite region can be divided into two areas with slightly different alteration and mineralogy. These zones lie on either side of a postulated low-angle structural discontinuity that strikes nearly parallel to US Route 95. Hydrothermal alternation at Cuprite was classified into three major zones: silicified, opalized, and argillized. These alteration types form a bulls-eye pattern east of the highway and are more linear on the west side of the highway making a striking contrast from the air and the imagery. Cuprite is therefore an ideal location for remote sensing research as it exhibits easily identified hydrothermal zoning, is relatively devoid of vegetation, and contains a distinctive spectrally diagnostic mineral suite including the ammonium feldspar buddingtonite, several types of alunite, different jarosites, illite, kaolinite, smectite, dickite, and opal. This present study brings a new dimension to these previous remote sensing and ground data sets compiled for Cuprite. The development of a higher resolution field spectrometer now provides the capability to combine extensive in-situ mineralogical data with a new geologic field survey and detailed Airborne Visible/Infrared Imaging Spectrometers (AVIRIS) images. The various data collection methods and the refinement of the integrated techniques are discussed. |
| File Size | 213065 |
| Page Count | 4 |
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| Alternate Webpage(s) | http://archive.org/details/NASA_NTRS_Archive_19940012228 |
| Archival Resource Key | ark:/13960/t3kx09v80 |
| Language | English |
| Publisher Date | 1992-06-01 |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Subject Keyword | Earth Resources And Remote Sensing Clays Imaging Spectrometers Mining Airborne Equipment Geological Surveys Data Acquisition Infrared Spectrometers Mineralogy Thematic Mappers Landsat Minerals Remote Sensing Ntrs Nasa Technical Reports Server (ntrs) Nasa Technical Reports Server Aerodynamics Aircraft Aerospace Engineering Aerospace Aeronautic Space Science |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Article |
