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Geologic exploration: the contribution of landsat-4 thematic mapper data
| Content Provider | NASA Technical Reports Server (NTRS) |
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| Author | Dykstra, J. D. Sheffield, C. A. Everett, J. R. |
| Copyright Year | 1983 |
| Description | The major advantages of the TM data over that of MSS systems are increased spatial resolution and a greater number of narrow, strategically placed spectral bands. The 30 meter pixel size permits finer definition of ground features and improves reliability of the photointerpretation of geologic structure. The value of the spatial data increases relative to the value of the spectral data as soil and vegetation cover increase. In arid areas with good exposure, it is possible with careful digital processing and some inventive color compositing to produce enough spectral differentiation of rock types and thereby produce facsimiles of standard geologic maps with a minimum of field work or reference to existing maps. Hue-saturation value images are compared with geological maps of Death Valley, California, the Big Horn/Wind River Basin of Wyoming, the area around Cement, Oklahoma, and Detroit. False color composites of the Ontario region are also examined. |
| File Size | 683992 |
| Page Count | 14 |
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| Alternate Webpage(s) | http://archive.org/details/NASA_NTRS_Archive_19830023869 |
| Archival Resource Key | ark:/13960/t6xw9803z |
| Language | English |
| Publisher Date | 1983-01-01 |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Subject Keyword | Earth Resources And Remote Sensing Earth Resources Program Spectral Bands Photogeology Hydrocarbons Pattern Recognition Satellite Imagery Mineral Exploration Spectral Resolution Thematic Mapping Landsat 4 Thematic Mappers Landsat Oil Exploration Spatial Resolution Ntrs Nasa Technical Reports ServerĀ (ntrs) Nasa Technical Reports Server Aerodynamics Aircraft Aerospace Engineering Aerospace Aeronautic Space Science |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Technical Report |