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Geologic analyses of LANDSAT-1 multispectral imagery of a possible power plant site employing digital and analog image processingA site in the Great Valley subsection of the Valley and Ridge physiographic province in eastern Pennsylvania was studied to evaluate the use of digital and analog image processing for geologic investigations. Ground truth at the site was obtained by a field mapping program, a subsurface exploration investigation and a review of available published and unpublished literature. Remote sensing data were analyzed using standard manual techniques. LANDSAT-1 imagery was analyzed using digital image processing employing the multispectral Image 100 system and using analog color processing employing the VP-8 image analyzer. This study deals primarily with linears identified employing image processing and correlation of these linears with known structural features and with linears identified manual interpretation; and the identification of rock outcrops in areas of extensive vegetative cover employing image processing. The results of this study indicate that image processing can be a cost-effective tool for evaluating geologic and linear features for regional studies encompassing large areas such as for power plant siting. Digital image processing can be an effective tool for identifying rock outcrops in areas of heavy vegetative cover.
Document ID
19760010448
Acquisition Source
Legacy CDMS
Document Type
Conference Paper
Authors
Lovegreen, J. R.
(Woodward-Clyde Consultants Clifton, NJ, United States)
Prosser, W. J.
(Woodward-Clyde Consultants Clifton, NJ, United States)
Millet, R. A.
(Woodward-Clyde Consultants Clifton, NJ, United States)
Date Acquired
August 8, 2013
Publication Date
June 1, 1975
Publication Information
Publication: NASA. Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center NASA Earth Resources Surv. Symp., Vol. 1-B
Subject Category
Earth Resources And Remote Sensing
Report/Patent Number
I-12
Accession Number
76N17536
Distribution Limits
Public
Copyright
Work of the US Gov. Public Use Permitted.

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