Spectral reflectance and thermal emission data were collected at the Mill Creek, Oklahoma test site during NASA missions 132 and 133 in June 1970. The data were collected by three aircraft flown several times during the diurnal cycle at altitudes of 150 to 17,000 m above mean terrain. Reflectance of the main rock types (limestone, dolomite, and granite) was determined from the data collected using a 12-channel multispectral scanner during mission 133 and from thermal infrared images recorded during mission 132 on an RS-7 scanner from 17,000 m above terrain. A preliminary rock recognition map was generated automatically using data collected from 900 m above terrain. The discrimination provided by the map is reasonably accurate. Misidentification occurred in areas of unusually high dolomite reflectivity. High altitude thermal infrared (10 to 12 micrometers) images show regional folds and faults distinguished by the presence of thermally contrasting materials. Linear and curvilinear structural features two to three times smaller than the nominal 17 m resolution could be detected.
Multispectral analysis of limestone, dolomite, and granite, Mill Creek, Oklahoma
1970-01-01
Aufsatz (Konferenz)
Keine Angabe
Englisch
Pryor Airport, Pryor Creek, Oklahoma
NTIS | 1972
Limestone and dolomite as road and railroad material
Engineering Index Backfile | 1932
|A Gunflint-type microbiota from the Duck Creek dolomite, Western Australia
Online Contents | 1976
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