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Original Articles

Spectral enhancement of selected pixels in Thematic Mapper images of the Guanajuato district (Mexico) to identify hydrothermally altered rocks

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Pages 4357-4373 | Received 10 May 2001, Accepted 30 Nov 2002, Published online: 12 Jul 2010

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