Spectral Analysis to Improve Inputs to Random Forest and Other Boosted Ensemble Tree-Based Algorithms for Detecting NYF Pegmatites in Tysfjord, Norway

• Published in: Remote Sensing
• Main Authors: Douglas Santos, Joana Cardoso-Fernandes, Alexandre Lima, Axel Müller, Marco Brönner, Ana Cláudia Teodoro
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: MDPI AG 2022
• Subjects: rare earth elements; critical raw materials; band ratios; principal component analysis; remote sensing; Sentinel 2; Science; Q; Norway; The Sentinel; Tysfjord
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.3390/rs14153532; https://doaj.org/article/b2d43d40a6c744cc8592c3aec5bd9e31

As an important source of lithium and rare earth elements (REE) and other critical elements, pegmatites are of great strategic economic interest for present and future technological development. Identifying new pegmatite deposits is a strategy adopted by the European Union (EU) to decrease its impor...