Geos.830      Advanced Remote Sensing for Geology                             (3 C.H)

Course Content: Advanced RS techniques (i.e., Principal Component Analysis-PCA, Minimum Noise Fraction-MNF, Band Ratios) and their interpretation for geological information, Spectral Reflectance of major mineral classes, Correlation of ground spectra and image pixel’s response, Correlation of Geochemical and ground spectra.

Practical: Demonstration of spectral analysis of different lithologies

• Exercises on advanced remote sensing techniques (PCA, MNF, BR) for lithological/mineral ores identification.
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Recommended books

1. Remote Sensing Geology by Gupta, R. P. (2017). Springer.
2. Remote Sensing for Geologists: A Guide to Image Interpretation by Prost, G. L. (2001). CRC Press.
3. Introduction to Modern Photogrammetry by Mikhail, E. M., Bethel, J. S., & McGlone, J. C. (2001). Wiley.
4. Elements of Photogrammetry with Applications in GIS (4th Edition) by Wolf, P. R. (2014). McGraw-Hill Science/Engineering/Math.
5. Advance Remote Sensing Terrestrial Information Extraction and Applications (2nd Edition) by Liang, S., & Wang, J. (2019). Academic Press.
6. Special Issue "Remote Sensing in Geology" (n.d.) in Remote Sensing. Retrieved from https://www.mdpi.com/journal/remotesensing/special_issues/geology.
7. Remote Sensing Geology (3rd Edition) by Gupta, R. P. (2018). Springer Berlin, Heidelberg.
8. Tectonic Geomorphology (2nd Edition) by Burbank, D. W., & Anderson, R. S. (2011). Wiley-Blackwell.