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USGS Spectral Library Version 7 Sample Description

Kokaly, R.F., Clark, R.N., Swayze, G.A., Livo, K.E., Hoefen, T.M., Pearson, N.C., Wise, R.A., Benzel, W.M., Lowers, H.A., Driscoll, R.L., and Klein, A.J., 2017, USGS Spectral Library Version 7: U.S. Geological Survey Data Series 1035, 61 p., https://doi.org/10.3133/ds1035
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TITLE: Sand DWO-3-DEL2b wet no oil DESCRIPT

DOCUMENTATION_FORMAT: MIXTURE

SAMPLE_ID: DWO-3-DEL2b wet beach sand

MIXTURE_TYPE: Areal

MIXTURE: wet beach sand and small green plants

FORMULA:

FORMULA_HTML:

COLLECTION_LOCALITY: Bird's Foot delta of the Mississippi river, Louisiana

COLLECTION_LATITUDE: 29.09709 deg. N

COLLECTION_LONGITUDE: 89.07347 deg. W

DATUM: WGS-84

ORIGINAL_DONOR: Raymond F. Kokaly

CURRENT_SAMPLE_LOCATION:

ULTIMATE_SAMPLE_LOCATION:

SAMPLE_DESCRIPTION:

The spectrum is the average of a wet sand beach area that appeared to be oil-free. Large and small green plants covered less than 10% of the beach. The reflectance measurement was made on August 14, 2010.

The spectrum was used in: Kokaly, R.F., Couvillion, B.R., Holloway, J.M., Roberts, D.A., Ustin, S.L., Peterson, S.H., Khanna, S., and Piazza, S.C., 2013, Spectroscopic remote sensing of the distribution and persistence of oil from the Deepwater Horizon spill in Barataria Bay marshes, Remote Sensing of Environment, Volume 129, Pages 210-230. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.rse.2012.10.028

IMAGE_OF_SAMPLE: Photo of sample Photo of sample

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XRD_ANALYSIS:

None

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COMPOSITIONAL_ANALYSIS_TYPE: None

COMPOSITION_TRACE: None

COMPOSITION_DISCUSSION:

No additional compositional details available.

END_COMPOSITION_DISCUSSION.

MICROSCOPIC_EXAMINATION:

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SPECTROSCOPIC_DISCUSSION:

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SPECTRAL_PURITY: 1a2_3_4_ # 1= 0.2-3, 2= 1.5-6, 3= 6-25, 4= 20-150 microns