Need for new sensors to map lithologic units
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Abstract
One of the most important contributions that remote sensing can make to mineral energy explorations to provide data from satellites to augment regional geological mapping. Geologic maps, which show information on the subsurface, are the main basis for formulating models of resource genesis that guide exploration. However, conventional compilation procedures are time-consuming and therefore often slow the pace of exploration, especially in large, inaccessible areas. Landsat Multispectral Scanner (MSS) images have been applied to a wide variety of specific geological problems, including discrimination of lithologic and delineation of previously unrecognized tectonic features. However, these lithologic distinctions are based on brightness, spectral reflectance, and, less commonly, the morphology of the unit, which in the wavelength region of MSS images are only rarely diagnostic of specific mineralogical content. Limonite is the only lithological material that can be identified be analyzing MSS spectral radiance.
| Publication type | Article |
|---|---|
| Publication Subtype | Journal Article |
| Title | Need for new sensors to map lithologic units |
| Series title | Sixth Annual Pecora Symposium and Exposition |
| Year Published | 1980 |
| Language | English |
| Publisher | Society of Exploration Geophysicists |
| Publisher location | Tulsa, OK |
| Description | 2 p. |
| Larger Work Type | Article |
| Larger Work Subtype | Journal Article |
| Larger Work Title | Sixth Annual Pecora Symposium and Exposition |
| First page | 106 |
| Last page | 107 |
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