Delineation of Igneous Rocks on Western Axel Heiberg Island Using Geopotential Data and Satellite Imagery ...

• Main Author: Mosstajiri, Tina
• Format: Master Thesis
• Language: English
• Published: Graduate Studies 2013
• Subjects: Geology; FOS Earth and related environmental sciences; Geophysics; Remote Sensing; Igneous Rocks; Axel Heiberg Island; Silica content; Arctic Archipelago; Arctic; Canadian Arctic Archipelago
• Online Access: https://dx.doi.org/10.11575/prism/25542; https://prism.ucalgary.ca/handle/11023/706

Remote predictive mapping can provide a base for geological mapping. This thesis investigates different methods for remotely mapping the igneous rocks and their host sedimentary rocks on Axel Heiberg Island, using the already available data sets. Axel Heiberg Island has been chosen as the platform for establishing the most suitable method of mapping igneous rocks and other geological features in the Canadian Arctic Archipelago. The igneous rocks on Axel Heiberg Island are important to understand and study because of their impact on the petroleum system and energy resources that they may contain, and because of the possibility of unravelling the debatable tectonic history of Canadian Arctic Archipelago. To identify the geological information of the study area three remote predictive mapping approaches have been studied. The first remote predictive approach uses remote sensing techniques such as color composite and band ratio to highlight the igneous rocks on Axel Heiberg Island. The satellite sensors that ...