Commissary Ridge Quarry (Site Name Keyword)

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The study examines the potential application of VNIR reflectance spectroscopy to the sourcing of chert. As a case study the Dover Quarry sites of Stewart County, TN are surveyed in detail and sampled. Twenty samples from each of the sites are incorporated into a chert database with seven additional locations representing the major chert types of the immediate area. A chert type collection from distant geographic areas is also included to act as a control. A number of internal accuracy tests...