Identification of mineral resources in Afghanistan detecting and mapping resource anomalies in prioritized areas using geophysical and remote sensing (ASTER and HyMap) data / edited by Trude V.V. King … [et. al.].

By: Material type: TextTextLanguage: Series: ; (Open-file report ; 2011-1229 ; USGS Afghanistan Project product ; No. 201)Publication details: [Reston, Virginia] : U.S. Geological Survey ; U.S. Department of the Interior, 2011.Description: vi, 327 p. : col. ill., col. maps ; 28 cmSubject(s): DDC classification:
  • QE 290 .K56 2011

Contents: Chapter 1 : detecting and mapping resource anomalies-introduction and background—Chapter 2 : description of structure and content of spatial dataset of identified anomalies in Afghanistan—Chapter 3 : identification of gravity, magnetic, and radiometric geophysical anomalies in Afghanistan—Chapter 4 : identification of mineral anomalies in Afghanistan using advanced spaceborne thermal emission and reflection radiometer—Chapter 5 : mapping anomalous mineral zones using HyMap imaging spectrometer-data for selected areas of interest in Afghanistan—Chapter 6 : discussion of anomaly overlap areas and potential for economic development.