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Mineral exploration by use of infrared multispectral remote sensing in China

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A new airborne infrared multispectral technology has been used for study of the gold and other mineral exploration in the North-Western Part of China during past few years.In this study the following steps were involved:the measurements and analysis of spectral character-istics, airborne remote sensing data acquisition and processing , extracting information on mineralized features and the assessment of techniques.

For datathe acquisition a newly developed 12 channels Fine-split Infrared Multispectral Scan-ner(FIMS) was used.Following radiometric and geometric correction, the remotely sensed FIMS data were Processed and analysed by ratioing , principal component and other methods.Due to the absorption features of OH, CO3 and ferric-ferrous contents in rocks and minerals, alteration or mineralization information are clearly displayed by the distinguishable colour anomalies and other image features.These results were verified by field investigation, rocks and minerals analysis. It was found that most existing gold and other mineral deposits showed good coincidence with the information extracted by analysis of remotely sensed data.

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  1. Institute of Remote Sensing Applications, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China

    Zheng Lanfen & Tong Qingxi

  2. Xinjiang Institute of Geography, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China

    Li Yan

  3. Institute of Geochemistry Science, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China

    Chi Guobin & Ding Xuan

  4. Shanghai Institute of Technical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China

    Xue Yongqi

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Lanfen, Z., Qingxi, T., Yan, L., Guobin, C., Xuan, D., Yongqi, X. (1990). Mineral exploration by use of infrared multispectral remote sensing in China. In: Remote sensing: an operational technology for the mining and petroleum industries. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-010-9744-4_12

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