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CHAPTER 14: Remote Sensing of Soil, Minerals, and Geomorphology

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L<strong>and</strong>sat<br />

Thematic<br />

Mapper B<strong>and</strong> 4<br />

Image <strong>of</strong> the<br />

San Rafael<br />

Swell in<br />

Southern Utah<br />

The swell is a large flattopped<br />

monoclinal upwarp<br />

bounded by hogback ridges<br />

on the southern <strong>and</strong> eastern<br />

flanks. The more resistant<br />

hogback ridges are<br />

composed <strong>of</strong> s<strong>and</strong>stone,<br />

while the less resistant shale<br />

beds have been eroded.<br />

<strong>Remote</strong> <strong>Sensing</strong> <strong>of</strong><br />

Fluvial L<strong>and</strong>forms<br />

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