GEOLOGY_burcu_gulses.pptVIP

REMOTE SENSING TO GEOLOGY The collection and interpretation of information about an object without physical contact with the object; eg, satellite imaging, aerial photography, and open path measurements. Satellite remote sensing has become a common tool to investigate the different fields of Earth and environmental sciences. GEOLOGY Remote sensing is used as a tool to extract information about the land surface structure, composition or subsurface, but is often combined with other data sources providing complementary measurements. Remote sensing is not limited to direct geology applications - it is also used to support logistics, such as route planning for access into a mining area, reclamation monitoring, and generating basemaps upon which geological data can be referenced or superimposed. Geological applications of remote sensing include the following: surficial deposit / bedrock mapping lithological mapping structural mapping sand and gravel (aggregate) exploration/ exploitation mineral exploration hydrocarbon exploration environmental geology geobotany baseline infrastructure sedimentation mapping and monitoring event mapping and monitoring geo-hazard mapping and planetary mapping Geoenvironmental research can help to identify the causes of these events, point the way to rehabilitation measures, and lend support for early warning systems Remote sensing adds considerably to this research by providing a wide variety of sensors operated from airborne and satellite platforms. The GARS Program of UNESCO and IUGS provides a means of continually investigating the geological applicability of remote-sensing techniques. The multispectral scanner images from the first non-meteorological, civilian Earth observation satellites, the US LANDSAT series launched in 1972 The LANDSAT images were received enthusiastically by a small scientific community, mostly geologists, oceanographers and geographers. The GARS Program, jointly sponsore