Mapping alteration mineral zones and lithological units in Antarctic regions using spectral bands of ASTER remote sensing data

Geological mapping is one of the primary tasks of remote sensing. Remote sensing applications are especially useful when extreme environmental conditions inhibit direct survey such as in Antarctica. In this investigation, a satellite-based remote sensing approach was used for mapping alteration mine...

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Published in:Geocarto International
Main Authors: Amin Beiranvand Pour, Mazlan Hashim, Yongcheol Park, Jong Kuk Hong
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: Taylor & Francis Group 2018
Subjects:
remote sensing
antarctica
aster
alteration mineral mapping
cem
Physical geography
GB3-5030
Antarctic
Antarctic Peninsula
Graham Land
Oscar II
Oscar II Coast
Antarc*
Antarctica
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1080/10106049.2017.1347207
https://doaj.org/article/bd6ba9b04a5f4b48b5214ee0937c316c
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Summary:Geological mapping is one of the primary tasks of remote sensing. Remote sensing applications are especially useful when extreme environmental conditions inhibit direct survey such as in Antarctica. In this investigation, a satellite-based remote sensing approach was used for mapping alteration mineral zones and lithological units using Advanced Spaceborne Thermal Emission and Reflection Radiometer (ASTER) data in the Oscar II coast area, north-eastern Graham Land, Antarctic Peninsula. Specialized band ratios and band combinations were developed using visible and near infrared, shortwave infrared (SWIR) and thermal infrared spectral bands of ASTER for detecting alteration mineral assemblages and lithological units in Antarctic environments. Constrained Energy Minimization, Orthogonal Subspace Projection and Adaptive Coherence Estimator algorithms were tested to ASTER SWIR bands for detecting sub-pixels’ abundance of spectral features related to muscovite, kaolinite, illite, montmorillonite, epidote, chlorite and biotite. Results indicate valuable applicability of ASTER data for Antarctic geological mapping.

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