Geologic remote sensing over the Cottageville, West Virginia gas field. Final report, August 15, 1977-February 15, 1979

Technical Report · Thu Feb 01 04:00:00 EST 1979

OSTI ID:5700693

Jackson, P L; Wagner, H L; Shuchman, R A

Remote sensing of geologic features was investigated for the purpose of exploration for gas reserves in the eastern Mississipian-Devonian Shales. The Cottageville gas field in Jackson and Mason Counties, West Virginia, was used as a test site for this purpose. Available photographic and multispectral (MSS) images from Landsat were obtained; also 4-channel synthetic aperture radar and 12-channel MSS in the range between ultraviolet and far infrared were gathered by the Environmental Research Institute of Michigan over the test site. The images were first interpreted visually for lineaments. Then the images were enhanced by many different digital computation techniques in addition to analysis and enhancement by optical techniques. Subtle, interpretative lineaments were found which could not be enhanced to an obvious level by the procedures used. Two new spatial enhancement procedures were developed.

• Research Organization: Environmental Research Inst. of Michigan, Ann Arbor (USA). Applications Div.
• OSTI ID: 5700693
• Report Number(s): ORO-5524-T1
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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03 NATURAL GAS
030200* -- Natural Gas-- Reserves
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CENTRAL REGION
DATA ANALYSIS
EXPLORATION
GEOLOGIC DEPOSITS
IMAGES
MEASURING INSTRUMENTS
NATURAL GAS DEPOSITS
NORTH AMERICA
PHOTOGRAPHY
RADAR
RANGE FINDERS
REMOTE SENSING
RESOURCES
SPECTRA
USA
WEST VIRGINIA