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ADVANCES IN SPACE RESEARCH
Volume 47, Issue 1, Pages 60-73Publisher
ELSEVIER SCI LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.asr.2010.08.021
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Remote sensing; Mineral mapping; HyMap; ASTER; Greenland
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- Danish Ministry of Science, Technology and Innovation
- Geological Survey of Denmark and Greenland (GEUS)
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This research focuses on the application of HyMap airborne hyperspectral data and ASTER satellite multispectral data to mineral exploration and lithologic mapping in the Arctic regions of central East Greenland. The study area is the Kap Simpson complex in central East Greenland. The Kap Simpson complex is one of the largest exposed Palaeogene felsic complexes of East Greenland. It has been the target of several mineral exploration projects. The analysis of the HyMap data produced a detailed picture of the spatial distribution of the alteration minerals in the Kap Simpson complex, unavailable from field-based studies in the area. The analysis of the ASTER data produced mineral maps which due to the moderate spatial and spectral resolution of the ASTER imagery can be useful for reconnaissance level mineral exploration. Colour composites of the mean normalized ASTER thermal bands display lithological information and detected a large felsic igneous intrusion that has not been shown on the recently compiled geological maps of the area. The results of this research have considerable potential to evaluate the use of hyperspectral and multispectral remote sensing for geological purposes in the Arctic regions of central East Greenland. (c) 2010 COSPAR. Published by Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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