Álvaro Penteado Crósta
Álvaro Penteado Crósta is a Brazilian geologist, specialized in remote sensing and mineral exploration. He is an authority on the meteor craters of Brazil and known for the Crosta method/technique.[1][2][3]
Crósta got a Bachelor's degree in geology from the University of São Paulo in 1977, a Master's degree from Brazil's National Institute for Space Research (INPE) in 1982, and a Ph.D. degree from the Imperial College of University of London in 1990. In 1995—1996 he was a visiting scholar at the Desert Research Institute of the University of Nevada at Reno.[1]
As of 2008, he is a Full Professor at the Geosciences Institute of the State University of Campinas (UNICAMP). He was the Institute's Director from 2005 to 2010[1] and is currently UNICAMP´s Vice-Rector (2013 to 2017).[4]
Selected publications
- 1999 – Processamento digital de imagens de sensoriamento remoto, Campinas:Ig/unicamp
References
- ^ a b c http://www.ige.unicamp.br/site/htm/19.php?local=3&docente=31 State University of Campinas: Geosciences Institute (Accessed March 2011)
- ^ Tangestani, M.H. and F. Moore, 2000. Iron oxide and hydroxyl enhancement using the Crosta method: A case study from the Zagros Belt, Fars Province, Iran. Int. J. Applied Earth Observation Geoinform., 2: 140-146.
- ^ Aydal, D., Arda, E. and Dumanlilar, Ö (2007) Application of the Crosta technique for alteration mapping of granitoidic rocks using ETM+ data: case study from eastern Tauride belt (SE Turkey), International Journal of Remote Sensing, Volume 28, Number 17, 2007 , pp. 3895-3913(19)
- ^ http://www.cgu.unicamp.br/
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