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Finding the lost river gas field - Lineament density analysis in hydrocarbon explorationA comparative trial analysis of lineament density in 1:500,000 Landsat and 1:48,000 aerial Landsat-simulator images of a gas-field region in West Virginia is presented. The high-contrast, band 4, 5, 7 color composite Landsat image was interpreted independently by two analysts. The slightly different lineament maps were evaluated in terms of lineament-density variation in 10 x 10-km areas, and the resulting areal-variation maps are found to be statistically equivalent. High lineament density is shown to be associated with productive gas wells. Comparison of ground-based substructural contour maps and lineament-density analyses of the Landsat-simulator images reveals good correlation between density maxima or isopleths and substructural features associated with hydrocarbon formations. A hydrocarbon-exploration strategy using both Landsat and aerial images is proposed.
Document ID
19830064915
Acquisition Source
Legacy CDMS
Document Type
Conference Paper
Authors
Lang, H. R.
(California Institute of Technology, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena CA, United States)
Date Acquired
August 11, 2013
Publication Date
January 1, 1982
Subject Category
Earth Resources And Remote Sensing
Meeting Information
Meeting: 1982 International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium
Location: Munich
Start Date: June 1, 1982
End Date: June 4, 1982
Accession Number
83A46133
Distribution Limits
Public
Copyright
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