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Mineralogic Information from a New Airborne Thermal Infrared Multispectral Scanner
Anne B. Kahle, Alexander Goetz
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Abstract
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.