Beschreibung:
This book is an updated and expanded version of the existing text that explains what remote sensing is and how to use it in the earth sciences. It serves as a how-to guide and reference for those requiring remote sensing to assist with geologic mapping, landform analysis, petroleum and mineral exploration, groundwater development, civil engineering projects, and geohazard and environmental monitoring. Each section is illustrated with project case histories that describe how to map geology, find oil and gas, locate mineral deposits.
Section 1: Initiating Projects. Project Flow and Obtaining Data. Photointerpretation Tools and Techniques. Remote Sensing Systems. Section 2: Exploration Remote Sensing. Recognizing Rock Types. Recognizing Structure. Spectral Stratigraphy. Remote Geochemistry (new). Modern Analogs (new). Exploration Case Histories. Section 3: Exploitation and Engineering Remote Sensing. Exploitation Remote Sensing. Surface and Groundwater Hydrology. Logistics and Engineering. Section 4: Environmental Remote Sensing. Environmental Baselines and Monitoring. Geobotannical Remote Sensing (new). Environmental Hazards, Arctic/Glacial Change, and Global Warming (new). Section 5: Astrogeology (new). Section 6: Remote Sensing for the General Public (new). GIS, GPS, and Mapping (new). Public Relations. News Media. Legal Aspects.