Pinpointing the desert of the Ruoqiang County, Western China
arXiv:1210.6851
Abstract
A man-made texture on the desert soil of a county of the Western China is visible in satellite images, more than 8 kilometers long and 50 meters wide. This seems to be the result of a detailed geophysical survey of the region that led to the discovery of a large nickel ore. Therefore, the analysis of the satellite imagery, performed to find such textures created by the sampling of soils, can help anticipating information on the economical potentialities of a site.
Keywords: Satellite Imagery, Geophysical survey, Sampling grid textures