An investigation has been conducted of the composition, distribution, spectral properties, and Landsat TM influences of desert varnish from three sites in southern Nevada. It is established that the TM signatures of diverse volcanic rock assemblages primarily depend on primary petrochemical characteristics. Desert varnish is found to exert a minimal influence on TM imagery at longer wavelengths, but absorbs the higher frequency radiation of TM bands 1-3, thereby leading to high TM band 5/2 values and dark contrast on 5/2 images over units with high rock-varnish albedo difference; highly evolved volcanic deposits show steep positive spectral slopes in the TM band 5-7 region.


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    Title :

    Differentiating volcanic rock assemblages using Landsat Thematic Mapper data - Influence of petrochemistry and desert varnish


    Contributors:
    Spatz, D. M. (author) / Taranik, J. V. (author) / Hsu, L. C. (author)

    Published in:

    Publication date :

    1989-01-01



    Type of media :

    Miscellaneous


    Type of material :

    No indication


    Language :

    English





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