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Geobotanical determination of aggregate source material using Airborne Thematic Mapper imageryThe possible use of vegetation to discriminate parent materials for suitability as aggregate source material is examined. Airborne Thematic Mapper data of two test sites representing potential alluvial and residual source areas in central California were analyzed. It is found that the most useful images were composites that included principal components bands and a Perpendicular Vegetation Index band. The image processing demarcated species compositional differences which characterized a shale site and revealed differences in an alluvial site caused by moisture stress due to aggregate size and sorting.
Document ID
19890048494
Acquisition Source
Legacy CDMS
Document Type
Conference Paper
Authors
Minor, Timothy
(U.S. Navy, Naval Civil Engineering Laboratory, Port Hueneme CA, United States)
Mouat, David
(Nevada, University Reno, United States)
Myers, Jeff
(NASA Ames Research Center Moffett Field, CA, United States)
Date Acquired
August 14, 2013
Publication Date
January 1, 1988
Subject Category
Earth Resources And Remote Sensing
Meeting Information
Meeting: Thematic Conference on Remote Sensing for Exploration Geology
Location: Houston, TX
Country: United States
Start Date: May 16, 1988
End Date: May 19, 1988
Accession Number
89A35865
Distribution Limits
Public
Copyright
Other

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