| Abstract: | This report consists of a thesis submitted to the faculty of the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Science, Graduate College, The University of Arizona, 2004
Aeromagnetic anomaly images are geophysical prospecting tools frequently used in the exploration of metalliferous minerals and hydrocarbons. The amplitude and texture content of these images provide a wealth of information to geophysicists who attempt to delineate the nature of the Earth‘s upper crust. These images prove to be extremely useful in remote areas and locations where the minerals of interest are concealed by basin fill. Typically, geophysicists compile a suite of aeromagnetic anomaly images, derived from amplitude and texture measurement operations, in order to obtain a qualitative interpretation of the lithological (rock) structure. Texture measures have proven to be especially capable of capturing the magnetic anomaly signature of unique lithological units. We performed a quantitative study to explore the possibility of using texture measures as input to a machine vision system in order to achieve automated classification of lithological units. This work demonstrated a significant improvement in classification accuracy over random guessing based on a priori probabilities. Additionally, a quantitative comparison between the performances of five classes of texture measures in their ability to discriminate lithological units was achieved. |
| Genre: | USGS Numbered Series |
| ProdID: | 97980 |
| Citation Author: | Shankar, Vivek |
| Citation Contributing Office: | Western Mineral Resources Science Center |
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| Citation Phsyical Description: | 132 p. |
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| Citation Publisher: | U.S. Geological Survey |
| Citation Series: | Open-File Report |
| Citation Series Code: | OFR |
| Citation Series Number: | 2009-1206 |
| Citation Search Results Text: | Texture-Based Automated Lithological Classification Using Aeromagenetic Anomaly Images; 2009; OFR; 2009-1206; Shankar, Vivek |
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| Text: | Texture-Based Automated Lithological Classification Using Aeromagenetic Anomaly Images; 2009; OFR; 2009-1206; Shankar, Vivek |
| URL (THUMBNAIL): | http://pubs.er.usgs.gov/thumbnails/ofr_2009_1206.jpg |
| URL (INDEX PAGE): | http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2009/1206/ |
| Date Other: | Tue, 10 Nov 2009 00:00 -0600 |
| Publisher: | U.S. Geological Survey |
