White Sands, New Mexico, as part of an image-processing laboratory
— Philip C. Goodell and Habes Ghrefat
Abstract:
The present report summarizes results from Landsat 7 ETM+ and ASTER imagery from several sites in the White Sands – Lake
Lucero region. Gypsum to clay to sodium sulfate 4- halite mineralogical zoning is present to the northwest of the visitors area of the White
Sands National Monument. Samples along a traverse within the gypsum dunefield have a measured grain size variation and laboratory based
reflectance spectral determinations of these samples show changes that, because of the control of variables in the experiment, can only be
associated with grain size variations. In addition to the goal of saline soil characterization, mapping of playa regions can provide immediate
information relevant to regional groundwater hydrology and quality, and mineral resource possibilities.
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Recommended Citation:
- Goodell, Philip C.; Ghrefat, Habes, 2002, White Sands, New Mexico, as part of an image-processing laboratory, in: Geology of White Sands, Lueth, Virgil W.; Giles, Katherine A.; Lucas, Spencer G.; Kues, Barry S.; Myers, Robert; Ulmer, Scholle, Dana S., New Mexico Geological Society, Guidebook, 53rd Field Conference, pp. 353-355. https://doi.org/10.56577/FFC-53.353