Remote sensing: an operational technology for the mining and petroleum industries

Front Matter....Pages i-viii
Front Matter....Pages 1-1
Pennine exploration dataset re-examined....Pages 3-14
New interface approach to complex data archive systems for remote sensing and mineral exploration applications....Pages 15-25
Undocumented faults revealed in multisensor image analysis, Mojave Desert, California, U.S.A.....Pages 27-33
Case study on metal-stressed vegetation from a copper orebody, Kiruna region, northern Sweden....Pages 35-42
Rock identification by advanced data processing methods....Pages 43-48
Image enhancement of epithermal gold deposit alteration zones in southeast Spain....Pages 49-58
Automatic detection of three-dimensional geological features from remotely sensed imagery and digital terrain models....Pages 59-74
Airborne geophysics and remote sensing: some common ground in presentation techniques and interpretation....Pages 75-88
Interpretation of satellite image data integrated within a Geographic Information System Toolkit (GIST) for regional geological mapping and mineral exploration in northern Xinjiang, China....Pages 89-102
Semi-automatic structural mapping in arid terrain from remotely sensed images....Pages 103-109
Geobotanical remote sensing in China....Pages 111-117
Mineral exploration by use of infrared multispectral remote sensing in China....Pages 119-130
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New understanding of geological structure based on a remote sensing study at a geothermal field in southern California, U.S.A.....Pages 133-140
New methods and technologies for forecasting onshore and offshore oil and gas fields....Pages 141-143
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Location of high-yielding groundwater sites in Zimbabwe by use of remotely sensed data....Pages 147-152
Structural investigations in advance of underground mining in the Saar Coal Basin, Germany, by use of airborne scanner data....Pages 153-158
Applications of remote sensing to environmental aspects of surface mining operations in the United Kingdom....Pages 159-164
Use of SIR-A interpretation for underground water prospecting in southern Iraq....Pages 165-172
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Turbidite-hosted Proterozoic gold exploration in the Kibaran Belt, Burundi, Central Africa....Pages 175-189
Interpretation of remotely sensed data over the South Armorican shear zone, Brittany, France: contribution to exploration for gold mineralization....Pages 191-203
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Use of SPOT and airborne radar imagery for gold exploration in Qiaben, northern Xinjiang, China....Pages 205-212
Exploration for bulk-minable precious metal deposits in the western Great Basin by integration of geologic, geophysical and remote sensing data....Pages 213-221
Geological exploration in the western United States by use of airborne scanner imagery....Pages 223-241
Gold exploration in greenstone belts by use of Landsat TM....Pages 243-247
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Remote sensing of a biogeochemical anomaly associated with a base-metal deposit in the Spanish Pyrite Belt....Pages 251-255
Effective methods of remote sensing applied to prediction of and prospecting for solid mineral resources....Pages 257-258
Remote sensing in mineral exploration—really a practical tool?: image processing and GIS applications in exploration projects....Pages 259-262
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Use of bathymetry derived from Landsat Thematic Mapper to plan seismic surveys in the Red Sea....Pages 265-266
Operational remote sensing in Saudi Arabia: Landsat data and logistical support for the earth science community....Pages 267-273
Recent and future developments in producing exploration base maps from satellite imagery....Pages 275-281
Landsat and SPOT data—important tools for environmental assessment and hydrogeological applications....Pages 283-285