A Landsat-based study of black rock coatings proximal to base metal smelters, Sudbury, Ontario, Canada

Earth & Environmental Sciences

• Landsat 79%
• coating 75%
• rock 43%
• reflectance 38%
• particulate matter 15%
• supervised classification 10%
• mineral 9%
• environmental degradation 9%
• soot 9%
• sulfur dioxide 9%
• spinel 9%
• sulfuric acid 9%
• near infrared 8%
• magnetite 8%
• incorporation 7%
• wetland 7%
• heavy metal 6%
• distribution 6%
• contamination 5%
• remote sensing 5%
• vegetation 5%
• metal 5%
• carbon 5%
• loss 4%
• monitoring 4%
• particle 4%
• soil 3%
• method 1%