Results of this analysis produced images of endmember minerals which showed marked variations within the dunes. High concentrations of several of the endmember minerals on the surrounding alluvial fans indicate a potential near source for these minerals. This previously unidentified potential sand input is not visible with other remote sensing techniques and was confirmed with additional field sampling. Much of the quartz and some plagioclase feldspar, on the other hand, appears to have been transported from the Mojave River Wash source as previously reported. Future Work Collected data will initially be examined at ASU and DRI by the co-investigators of this proposal.
Plans are underway to form a direct link to the field sites.
Plans are underway to establish a series of semi-permenent field stations to collect atmospheric and spectral data during satellite over passes. Ramsey, M.S., P.R. Christensen, N. Lancaster, and D.A. Howard, Identification of sand sources and transport pathways at the Kelso Dunes, California using thermal infrared remote sensing, Geol. Sediment transport in the Mojave Desert, California, The First JPL Workshop on Rem. Return to the IVIS Homepage.