The Use of Landsat-7 ETM+ Data to Improve Geological Interpretation Mapping In Heqin County, Yunnan Province, China
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https://doi.org/10.65405/fna3r664Keywords:
Landsat ETM+ image, Color Composite, PCA, IHS decorrelation, Heqin, YunnanAbstract
Using Landsat-7 ETM+ digital spectral data, Investigations have been carried out in northwestern part of Yunnan province (Heqin County) to generate the geological mapping interpretation. To meet the Purposes of this research, different image processing methods have been evaluated in context of geological mapping; involving color composite image, Principal Component Analysis (PCA) and IHS decorrelation processing, appear to provide the maximum geological information.
Color composites techniques were used, the best suited approach is given by color combination of bands 531 (in RGB) provided the best results based on the original data. In principle, comparable results can be generated by a combination of the principal components (PCs) 1, 4 and 7 (blue, green and red respectively) in this succession. Decorrelated and filtered color composite of ETM+ bands 1, 4 and 7 have proved to be more successful for delineation the regional geological features. IHS-transformed images, with substantially saturated color, appear generally superior in discriminating the various rock units when three least correlated bands are used. The study testifies that using Landsat-7 ETM+ data PC and IHS decorrelation-stretching methods yield the best results for geological mapping in arid regions, by preserving morphologic and spectral information, and when combined, they can be very helpful for improvements in already mapped areas.
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