Browsing by Subject "ultramafic"

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Rock type discrimination using Landsat-8 OLI satellite data in mafic-ultramafic terrain
(Wydawnictwa AGH, 2023) Tamilarasan, Kuppusamy; Anbazhagan, Siddan; Ranjithkumar, Sundararajan
The mafic-ultramafic terrain of the Bhavani complex in southern India is considered for lithological mapping. The Landsat-8 OLI satellite data was used for the interpretation of different rock types in the study area. The satellite data were digitally processed using ENVI 5.6 image processing software. In the OLI data, excluding bands 8 and 9, the remaining seven bands were used for the generation of colour composite images, band ratios, principal component analysis and SVM classification. Reflectance spectral measurements were carried out in laboratory conditions for five rock samples collected from the study area. The XRF analysis was carried out to estimate the composition of major oxides present in the rock samples. The results obtained from XRF analysis were compared with the rock spectra in characterizing the spectral features of the rock types. The colour composite images (B543, B567, B456, and B457), PCA composite image (PC312 and PC456), band ratios (BR5/5 and BR4/3), colour composite images from band ratios, and SVM classified output are useful in delineation various rock types in the terrain.
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Satellite data based abundance mapping of mafic and ultramafic rocks in Mettupalayam, Tamil Nadu, India
(Wydawnictwa AGH, 2021) Libeesh, Nharakkat Kalarikkal; Arivazhagan, Sundaram
The mafic and ultramafic rocks of Mettupalayam belong to the southern granulite terrain of India, which is concomitant with vital economic resources. The advantage of Advanced Spaceborne Thermal Emission and Reflectance Radiometer (ASTER) data for mapping the litho units are exploited well here for differentiating the rock units with the aid of band combination (1, 3, 6), principal component analysis (5, 1, 6) and band ratioed band combination (2/3, 3/2, 1/5 and (9–8)/1, (8–6)/2, and (9–6)/3). As part of the field study, the collection of samples and ground control points were carried out and in addition to that, the generation of laboratory reflectance spectra for samples was achieved. The Spectral Angle Mapper (SAM) and Support Vector Machine (SVM) were performed using ASTER data with the aid of spectra obtained from the laboratory conditions to demarcate the abundance of mafic and ultramafic rocks of the area. The XRF method was used to retrieve the major oxides of the field-collected samples and the spectral absorption characters are validated with it. The results show a vibrant interpretation of the litho units.