the reference [1] is a basic one and gives useful information about Higher Order Spectral . also, reference [2] is an applicable one in 2D domain (image).
I hope be useful.
[1] Chandran, Vinod, et al. "Pattern recognition using invariants defined from higher order spectra: 2-D image inputs." Image Processing, IEEE Transactions on 6.5 (1997): 703-712.
[2] Landgrebe, David. "Hyperspectral image data analysis." Signal Processing Magazine, IEEE 19.1 (2002): 17-28.