Developments in remote sensing, poster session overview
Remote sensing, the science of evaluating the earth and its systems from a distance, continues to become more exact in its methods and more widely used and accepted as a tool for geological investigations. Nonetheless, methods of processing and analyzing remotely sensed data remain a mystery to many potential users. Case histories explaining the use of remote sensing as a stand-alone tool or integral part of original exploration for petroleum and minerals have not been overly abundant. Remotely sensed data, when appropriate applied and integrated into geological modeling, mapping, and exploration programs, can result in savings of time and money by the overview of an area of interest these data provide. Indeed, remotely sensed data can provide information on an area (e.g., mineralogical differences and bulk properties of surficial materials) that cannot be obtained otherwise without extensive field sampling and subsequent laboratory analysis.
- Research Organization:
- Univ. of Utah Research Institute, Salt Lake City (USA)
- OSTI ID:
- 6129247
- Report Number(s):
- CONF-890404-
- Journal Information:
- AAPG (Am. Assoc. Pet. Geol.) Bull.; (United States), Vol. 73:3; Conference: AAPG annual convention with DPA/EMD Divisions and SEPM, San Antonio, TX, USA, 23 Apr 1989
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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