Mapping Surface Quartz Content in Sand Dunes Covered by Biological Soil Crusts Using Airborne Hyperspectral Images in the Longwave Infrared Region
Biological soil crusts (BSCs), composed of cyanobacteria, algae, mosses, lichens, and fungi, are important ecosystem engineers that stabilize the quartz-rich dunes in the Nitzana study area near the Israel–Egypt border. The longwave infrared (LWIR) region of the electromagnetic spectrum is...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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MDPI AG
2018-07-01
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| Series: | Minerals |
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| Online Access: | http://www.mdpi.com/2075-163X/8/8/318 |