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Science 7 October 1983:
Vol. 222. no. 4619, pp. 24 - 27
DOI: 10.1126/science.222.4619.24
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Articles

Mineralogic Information from a New Airborne Thermal Infrared Multispectral Scanner

Anne B. Kahle 1 and Alexander F. H. Goetz 2

1 Supervisor, of the geology group, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena 91109.
2 Senior research scientist, of the geology group, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena 91109.

A new six-channel aircraft multispectral scanner has been developed to exploit mineral signature information at wavelengths between 8 and 12 micrometers. Preliminary results show that igneous rock units can be identified from their free silica content, and that carbonate as well as clay-bearing units are readily separable on the digitally processed images.

Submitted on April 8, 1983
Revised on June 24, 1983


THIS ARTICLE HAS BEEN CITED BY OTHER ARTICLES:
Imaging Spectrometry for Earth Remote Sensing.
A. F. H. Goetz, A. F.H. Goetz, G. Vane, J. E. Solomon, and B. N. Rock (1985)
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