Regional geology mapping using satellite-based remote sensing approach in Northern Victoria Land, Antarctica
Satellite remote sensing imagery is especially useful for geological investigations in Antarctica because of its remoteness and extreme environmental conditions that constrain direct geological survey. The highest percentage of exposed rocks and soils in Antarctica occurs in Northern Victoria Land (...
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ftunivmalaysia:oai:generic.eprints.org:85069 2023-11-12T04:08:32+01:00 Regional geology mapping using satellite-based remote sensing approach in Northern Victoria Land, Antarctica Pour, Amin Beiranvand Park, Yongcheol Park, Tae-Yoon S. Hong, Jong Kuk Hashim, Mazlan Woo, Jusun Ayoobi, Iman 2018-06 http://eprints.utm.my/85069/ https://doi.org/10.1016/j.polar.2018.02.004 unknown Elsevier B.V. Pour, Amin Beiranvand and Park, Yongcheol and Park, Tae-Yoon S. and Hong, Jong Kuk and Hashim, Mazlan and Woo, Jusun and Ayoobi, Iman (2018) Regional geology mapping using satellite-based remote sensing approach in Northern Victoria Land, Antarctica. Polar Science, 16 . pp. 23-46. ISSN 1873-9652 QE Geology Article PeerReviewed 2018 ftunivmalaysia https://doi.org/10.1016/j.polar.2018.02.004 2023-10-24T18:02:48Z Satellite remote sensing imagery is especially useful for geological investigations in Antarctica because of its remoteness and extreme environmental conditions that constrain direct geological survey. The highest percentage of exposed rocks and soils in Antarctica occurs in Northern Victoria Land (NVL). Exposed Rocks in NVL were part of the paleo-Pacific margin of East Gondwana during the Paleozoic time. This investigation provides a satellite-based remote sensing approach for regional geological mapping in the NVL, Antarctica. Landsat-8 and the Advanced Spaceborne Thermal Emission and Reflection Radiometer (ASTER) datasets were used to extract lithological-structural and mineralogical information. Several spectral-band ratio indices were developed using Landsat-8 and ASTER bands and proposed for Antarctic environments to map spectral signatures of snow/ice, iron oxide/hydroxide minerals, Al-OH-bearing and Fe, Mg-OH and CO3 mineral zones, and quartz-rich felsic and mafic-to-ultramafic lithological units. The spectral-band ratio indices were tested and implemented to Level 1 terrain-corrected (L1T) products of Landsat-8 and ASTER datasets covering the NVL. The surface distribution of the mineral assemblages was mapped using the spectral-band ratio indices and verified by geological expeditions and laboratory analysis. Resultant image maps derived from spectral-band ratio indices that developed in this study are fairly accurate and correspond well with existing geological maps of the NVL. The spectral-band ratio indices developed in this study are especially useful for geological investigations in inaccessible locations and poorly exposed lithological units in Antarctica environments. Article in Journal/Newspaper Antarc* Antarctic Antarctica Polar Science Polar Science Victoria Land Universiti Teknologi Malaysia: Institutional Repository Antarctic Victoria Land Pacific Polar Science 16 23 46 |
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Satellite remote sensing imagery is especially useful for geological investigations in Antarctica because of its remoteness and extreme environmental conditions that constrain direct geological survey. The highest percentage of exposed rocks and soils in Antarctica occurs in Northern Victoria Land (NVL). Exposed Rocks in NVL were part of the paleo-Pacific margin of East Gondwana during the Paleozoic time. This investigation provides a satellite-based remote sensing approach for regional geological mapping in the NVL, Antarctica. Landsat-8 and the Advanced Spaceborne Thermal Emission and Reflection Radiometer (ASTER) datasets were used to extract lithological-structural and mineralogical information. Several spectral-band ratio indices were developed using Landsat-8 and ASTER bands and proposed for Antarctic environments to map spectral signatures of snow/ice, iron oxide/hydroxide minerals, Al-OH-bearing and Fe, Mg-OH and CO3 mineral zones, and quartz-rich felsic and mafic-to-ultramafic lithological units. The spectral-band ratio indices were tested and implemented to Level 1 terrain-corrected (L1T) products of Landsat-8 and ASTER datasets covering the NVL. The surface distribution of the mineral assemblages was mapped using the spectral-band ratio indices and verified by geological expeditions and laboratory analysis. Resultant image maps derived from spectral-band ratio indices that developed in this study are fairly accurate and correspond well with existing geological maps of the NVL. The spectral-band ratio indices developed in this study are especially useful for geological investigations in inaccessible locations and poorly exposed lithological units in Antarctica environments. |
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Regional geology mapping using satellite-based remote sensing approach in Northern Victoria Land, Antarctica |
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Regional geology mapping using satellite-based remote sensing approach in Northern Victoria Land, Antarctica |
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Regional geology mapping using satellite-based remote sensing approach in Northern Victoria Land, Antarctica |
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Pour, Amin Beiranvand and Park, Yongcheol and Park, Tae-Yoon S. and Hong, Jong Kuk and Hashim, Mazlan and Woo, Jusun and Ayoobi, Iman (2018) Regional geology mapping using satellite-based remote sensing approach in Northern Victoria Land, Antarctica. Polar Science, 16 . pp. 23-46. ISSN 1873-9652 |
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