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Implications of information from LANDSAT-4 for private industry

Technical Report ·
OSTI ID:5601627
The broader spectral coverage and higher resolution of LANDSAT-4 Thematic Mapper (TM) data open the door for identification from space of spectral phenomena associated with mineralization and microseepage of hydrocarbon. Digitally enhanced image products generated from TM data allow the mapping of many major and minor structural features that mark or influence emplacement of mineralization and accumulation of hydrocarbons. These improvements in capabilities over multispectral scanner data should accelerate the acceptance and integration of satellite data as a routinely used exploration tool that allows rapid examination of large areas in considerable detail. Imagery of Southern Ontario, Canada as well as of Cement, Oklahoma and Death Valley, California is discussed.
Research Organization:
Earth Satellite Corp., Chevy Chase, MD (USA)
OSTI ID:
5601627
Report Number(s):
N-8326153; E-83-10330; NASA-CR-170385
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English