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The application of geologic remote sensing to vertebrate biostratigraphy - General results from the Wind River Basin, WyomingSince 1986, remote sensing images derived from satellite and aircraft-borne sensor data have been used to study the stratigraphy and sedimentology of the vertebrate-bearing Wind River and Wagon Bed formations in the Wind River Basin (Wyoming). Landsat 5 TM and aircraft Thermal Infrared Multispectral Scanner data were combined with conventional geologic analyses. The remote sensing data have contributed significantly to: (1) geologic mapping at the formation, member, and bed levels; (2) stratigraphic correlation; (3) reconstruction of ancient depositional environments; and (4) identification of structural complexity. This information is critical to vertebrate paleontology in providing the stratigraphic, sedimentologic, and structural framework required for evolutionary and paleoecologic studies. Of primary importance is the ability to map at minimal cost the geology of large areas (20,000 sq km or greater) at a high level of precision. Remote sensing data can be especially useful in geologically and paleontologically unexplored or poorly understood regions.
Document ID
19930068578
Acquisition Source
Legacy CDMS
Document Type
Reprint (Version printed in journal)
Authors
Stucky, Richard K.
(Denver Museum of Natural History CO, United States)
Krishtalka, Leonard
(Carnegie Museum of Natural History Pittsburgh, PA, United States)
Date Acquired
August 16, 2013
Publication Date
July 1, 1991
Publication Information
Publication: Mountain Geologist
Volume: 28
Issue: 2-3
ISSN: 0027-254X
Subject Category
Earth Resources And Remote Sensing
Accession Number
93A52575
Distribution Limits
Public
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