Application of remote sensing for investigating mining geological hazards

Abstract

To investigate geological mining hazards using digital techniques such as high-resolution remote sensing, a semi-automatically geological mining hazards extraction method is proposed based on the case of the Shijiaying coal mine, located in Fangshan District, Beijing, China. In the method, the vegetation is first removed using the normalized difference vegetation index (NDVI) on the GeoEye-1 data. Then, geological mining hazards interpretation features are determined after color enhancement using principal component analysis (PCA) transformation. Bitmaps mainly covered by geological mining hazards are isolated by masking operation in the environment for visualizing images software. Next, each bitmap is classified into a two-valued imagery using support vector machine algorithm. In the two-valued imagery, 1 denotes the geological mining hazards, while 0 denotes none. Afterwards, the two-valued imagery is converted into a vector graph by corresponding functions in the ArcGIS software and no geological mining hazards regions in the vector graph are deleted manually. Finally, the correlation between factors (such as mining activity, lithology, geological structure, and slope) and geological mining hazards is analyzed using a logistic regression and a hazardous-area forecasting model is built. The results of field verification show that the accuracy of the geological mining hazards extraction method is 98.1% and the results of the hazardous-area forecasting indicate that the logistic regression is an effective model in assessing geological hazard risks and that mining activity is the main contributing factor to the hazards, while geological structure, slope, lithology, roughness of the surface, and aspect are the secondary.     

Assessing image processing techniques for geological mapping: a case study in Eljufra,Libya

Various image processing techniques were experimented with in this study to evaluate their efficiency for geological mapping in the Eljufra area of northwest Libya. Remote sensing data including multi-spectral optical Landsat Enhanced Thematic Mapper (ETM+), Synthetic Aperture Radar (ERS-2 SAR) and Digital Elevation Models (DEMs) extracted from the Shuttle Radar Topography Mission (SRTM) data were used to trace different lithological units as well as extracting geological lineaments in the study area. The study area is located in an arid environment mostly devoid of any vegetation. Most lithological and structural units are distinguishable based on their topographic form and spectral properties. Fusion of ETM+ and ERS-2 images was experimented with to further identify lithological units. Shaded relief techniques were implemented to enhance terrain perspective views and to extract geological lineaments. The results discriminated different rock units and modified formation boundaries and revealed new geological lineaments. Nine rock units were identified and plotted in the new geological map defined by the new boundaries. The dominant lineaments tend to run in the NNW-SSE and NNE-SSW directions. Analysis and interpretation of the lineaments provided information about the tectonic evolution of the study area.     

遥感构造蚀变异常信息提取及找矿预测——以老挝为例

遥感地质异常信息提取是遥感地质学的重要研究内容之一.以老挝为例,对研究区ETM+遥感图像采用几何纠正、图像镶嵌、彩色合成、空间变换、图像增强等技术手段,提取地质构造信息;利用掩模技术去除干扰信息,采用主成分分析和阈值分割技术进行铁染和羟基蚀变异常信息提取;结合区域地质、地球物理、地球化学等多元地学信息综合分析,开展研究区遥感找矿预测,圈定了5处遥感找矿远景区.研究成果为加快老挝地质找矿工作提供了基础数据和决策依据.     

西藏墨脱公路断裂构造遥感分析及信息提取

在西藏墨脱公路断裂构造的遥感勘察中，以Landsat-7 ETM+卫星影像为信息源，以ENVI 4.0软件为图像处理平台，运用数据集成、图像融合、主成分分析及方向滤波等图像处理技术对断裂构造信息进行增强处理； 以基于地学知识的遥感构造分析技术对南迦巴瓦峰地区的断裂构造特征进行全面解译和识别，并在ArcGIS 8.2的支持下进行断裂构造专题制图及信息提取，查明了公路方案线区域内断裂构造的分布及发育特征，为墨脱公路工程线路方案选择、工程地质条件评价提供了科学依据。     

Hydrogeomorphological mapping in ground water exploration using remotely sensed data — a case study in keonjhar district, orissa

Identification of fractures/lineaments and hydrogeomorphic units is prerequisite for undertaking ground water exploration and development in any terrain. Use of satellite remote sensing techniques coupled with aerial photo-interpretation greatly aid in planning ground water exploration, and pin pointing well sites In this study, airborne and space borne data was used for qualitative evaluation of ground water resources and a critical appraisal of such study in combination with hydrogeological and hydrogeophysical techniques for ground water exploration and development in Keonjhar district of Orissa. The study area has been divided into various geomorphic units based on visual interpretation of Landsat (TM) false colour composite on. 1:2,50,000 scale and the ground water potential of each of the units is qualitatively assessed. Digital image processing techniques such as principal component analysis and brightness index were used for generating classified outputs. The features like valley fills, pediments ete appeared clearly on the classified image. Directional filtering brought out minor fractures/lineaments crisply. The study has revealed the significance of different hydrogeomorptuc units and lineaments in Controlling ground water potential of the area. The findings were corroborated by resalts of drilling and resistivity soundings.     

WorldView-2影像林地信息提取的研究与实现

林地信息的获取具有重要意义,可广泛应用于城市规划编制、林地资源分析、水土流失治理等领域。本文基于WorldView-2影像,在研究分割与对象特征的基础上,采用面向对象方法,实现了林地信息提取,其用户精度达到94%,制图精度达到97.2%。然后,将像元二分模型应用于林地类对象,计算其植被覆盖度。试验表明,面向对象方法能高效、准确、经济地提取林地信息;基于林地类对象计算的植被覆盖度能较好地表征植被覆盖情况。     

大别山北缘地质找矿中遥感方法的研究

本项工作着重探讨在植被覆盖、地质背景十分复杂的地区，利用遥感信息寻找金矿及其它多金属矿的方法。即从地层岩系、构造及构造交叉部位、蚀变带这三个方面，进行地质找矿专题信息特征提取方法的研究。最后，通过信息提取及影像综合特征，进行遥感地质制图，圈定找矿有希望的地段。     

Delineation and assessment of Central Indian Suture through lineament extraction approach using Remote Sensing and Geographic Information System

Lineament extraction approach allowed mapping of larger number of lineaments in a classical manner in tectonic and structural studies. In the present study, various techniques were adopted to extract lineaments using Landsat ETM+ images. To remove the biasness of the images, some pre-processing techniques like stream ordering, band differencing, colour texturing were employed to enhance the edges of the structural features. Extracted lineaments and its distribution and orientation were mapped using ArcGIS Spatial analyst tool. Results of the study showed maximum number of lineaments were oriented in the ENE–SWS direction with 63° overall inclination. Accuracy assessment and validation were made with respect to visual interpretation and overlaying the lineament on Digital Topographic Model as well as with respect to an existing geological lineament map of the study site. The result of accuracy assessment indicates higher compatibility of Central Indian Suture with the geological map of the study area.     

Image processing and GIS techniques applied to high resolution satellite data for lineament mapping of thermal power plant site in Allahabad district,U.P., India

The present study is based on digital analysis of IRS 1C/1D LISS-III and IRS P6 LISS-IV images for identification of lineaments in Meja Thermal Power Plant site in Allahabad district. In spite of all limitations due to anthropogenic activities of stone quarrying and criss cross unmetalled roads, almost non-existent vegetation indicators and soil moisture, the efforts were made to identify and map a number of lineaments in the study area and these were subsequently verified in the field. Most of the lineaments identified and mapped are not having any major displacement along them or are not displacing or truncating any major rock unit. Field investigations have revealed that there is no drastic change in the trend of rocks along the lineaments mapped in the study area. On the basis of digital analysis of IRS P6 LISS-IV data NE–SW and NW–SE trending lineaments have been identified and mapped. Some NNE–SSW trending lineaments have also been mapped. All the lineaments demarcated in this area still need to be correlated with the seismic data of the area by superimposing the microseismicity data over lineaments.     

苏门答腊岛DMC多光谱数据地质应用初步分析

利用灾后苏门答腊岛DMC32米多光谱遥感图像,经过几何精校正、主要地名标注、波段B2(R)、B1(G)、B3(B)组合和直方图正态增强处理制作了影像图,图像总体纹理信息较弱,但对海啸受灾区有突出作用。为了突出不同区域植被的色差和纹理信息,对影像图进行比值增强组合处理实验,比值增强处理后的图像对空间纹理有增强效果。依据DMC增强图像显示的纹理影像特征,通过人机交互方式对图像中有较明显规律的线状和环状纹理信息进行提取和制图,作为进一步分析该地区构造活动及与之相关地质灾害的基础依据。通过对图像的纹理信息综合分析,发现该地区存在着大量的线形纹理信息和一些环形和火山机构影像信息,这些影像特征可能与该地区的一些地质活动有关,如新构造运动、活动断裂和火山活动中心、火山机构等。结合已知的地质、遥感三维立体图像和早期的TM图像资料,根据遥感图像上显示的特殊的地形和水系、线性纹理分布特征和典型地质体与断裂构造的遥感解译标志,对部分线性影像和环状影像的地质意义进行了解译,认为北西断裂为岛内的主干断裂,其次是与其相垂直配套的北东向断裂。初步分析了可能控制或诱发该地区地质灾害的断裂分布特征,推断出三处泥石流、崩塌、滑坡等地质灾易发区和两处火山活动可能区域。所推断的地质灾害易发区具备了泥石流、崩塌、滑坡等灾害形成、流通、堆积等先决条件,如果植被遭到破坏,一旦遇到强降雨影响,极有可能诱发上述地质灾害。火山活动区均处于北东向断裂带与北西向断裂带的交汇部位,根据地质构造和遥感影像特征分析推断,区内地震及火山活动有可能受板块活动地震影响而再次激活,形成新的地质灾害。以上遥感地质信息,在进一步经过相关资料和实地调查证实后,对岛内灾后重建及减灾、抗灾等活动具有积极指导意义。     

Efficiency Evaluating of Automatic Lineament Extraction by Means of Remote Sensing (Case Study: Venarch,Iran)

One of the main geological evidence for many ore-bearing deposits and mineralized regions is the existence of points in highly fractured zones and the fragmentation intensity resulted from development of hydrothermal alteration along the fractures, the process leading to the occurrence of ore deposits. In this paper, a new algorithm has been proposed including a set of image processing techniques for detection the lineaments in satellite images by means of programming in MATLAB environment. The set of utilized methods includes line segment extraction by EDLine algorithm, merging line segments by Tavares method and linking the resulting line segments based on the collinearity and proximity criterion. The tectonic structures were stabilized by B-Spline curve fitting. The proposed algorithms were implemented on the ASTER image of a structurally multiple fractured region located in the central Iran, and the lineament map of Venarch area has been depicted. The results obtained from the proposed algorithms indicate a high accuracy of the operations detection of 80% for the reference map lineaments and the overall accuracy of the method is effectively reported as 62%. Combination of the above algorithms proposes a new method that precisely resulted in obtaining image processing of geological evidence for increasing the accuracy and decreasing the risk, before any field operations.     

Groundwater potential in the hard rock terrain of western ghats: A case study from Kottayam district,Kerala using resourcesat (IRS-P6) data and GIS techniques

The present study was aimed to identify and delineate the groundwater potential areas in parts of Western Ghats, Kottayam, covering the upper catchment of Meenachil river. The study area is composed rocks of Archaean age and Charnockite dominated over others. The information on lithology, geomorphology, lineaments, slope and land use/land cover was generated using the Resourcesat (IRS P6 LISS III) data and Survey of India (Sol) toposheets of scale 1:50,000 (surveyed in 1969) and integrated them with raster based Geographical Information System (GIS) to identify the groundwater potential of the study area. Thus, a GIS-based model which takes account of local condition/variations has been developed specifically for mapping groundwater potential. On the basis of hydrogeomorphology, three categories of groundwater potential zones namely good, moderate and poor were identified, and delineated. The high potential zones correspond to the fracture valleys, valley fills, pediments and denudational slope, which coincide with the low slope and high lineaments density areas. The low zone mainly comprise structural hills and escarpments and these act as run-off zones. The derived panchayath-wise groundwater potentiality information could be used for effective identification of suitable locations for extraction of potable water for rural populations.     

Enhancement techniques for landuse analysis

In image interpretation, to make maximum use of the available information, some sort of enhancement is usually needed. In image enhancement, the aim is to manipulate the image to improve its quality. Image enhancement techniques emphasize upon the viewing of the image for extraction of information that may not have been so readily apparent in the original. Hera the software package for various enhancement techniques that has been developed at National bemote Sensing Agency (NRSA) is described. In order to illustrate the utility of the techniques, the enhanced imagery have been analysed for land use categories and linear features, and the corresponding thematic maps have also been shown in the results.     

Monitoring cross-border trails using airborne digital multispectral imagery and interactive image analysis techniques

The objective of this study was to evaluate image-based procedures for monitoring cross-border foot trails in the US – Mexico border zone in eastern San Diego County using airborne remote sensing techniques. Specifically, digital multi-spectral and multi-temporal imagery from an airborne digital multi-spectral imaging system, digital image processing, and visual image analysis techniques were explored in the context of detecting and delineating new trail features and updating trail GIS layers. Three trail updating approaches: map-to-image (M-I) overlay, map and image-to-image (M/I-I) differencing, map and image-to-image (M/I-I) swiping and two types of spectral transform, PCA and NDVI, were tested and compared. The M-I overlay was found to be the most reliable trail updating approach. The optimal image enhancement method for the M-I overlay approach varied with vegetation structure. PCA imagery yielded better results than NDVI imagery in a highly disturbed area and NDVI imagery performed better in a densely vegetated area. The M/I-I swiping approach was useful for distinguishing misregistered extant trails from new trail features.     

中巴资源卫星的矿化蚀变信息提取研究——以东天山沁城地区为例

本文利用东天山荒漠地区中巴资源卫星数据,通过掩膜处理,包括光谱角降低冲击物影响,动态阈值降低植被干扰,并对生成的基础图像用主成分分析法提取羟基异常,以标准离差σ作为遥感异常切割尺度进行异常分级。以前期ETM提取结果及东天山矿产地质图为检验源,经过对比分析,验证中巴资源卫星数据在找矿方面具有可行性。(重新修改了摘要)     

基于TM影像的城市绿地信息提取方法研究

基于TM遥感影像,运用ERDAS,对某地城市绿地专题信息进行了提取。实验过程中首先对图像进行预处理,然后通过四种绿地信息提取方案进行比较分析,这四种方案分别为:原始波段合成法、主成份分析法、归一化植被指数(NDVI)法和实验波段组合法。将以上几种方案的图像进行反复比较,根据研究对象的实际情况,植被景观目视效果最好的是NDVI植被指数法。对以上四种方法的彩色合成图像进行监督分类,利用目视判读的方法对TM影像的分类结果进行精度检验,由此可以看出实验波段组合法的精度最高,该方法是一种有效的绿地提取的方法。     

基于构造与蚀变信息的找矿方法初探

遥感图像蚀变信息的提取是遥感地质找矿的一个重要方法,地质构造信息作为一种指示信息对找矿也具有非常重要的意义。本文利用Landsat7 ETM+卫星影像数据,通过主成分分析方法和阈值分割技术对新疆叶城县麻扎一带进行了铁化及泥化蚀变信息的提取,并结合研究区线性、环形构造的特点,对研究区进行成矿预测,创新利用比值方法剔除伪信息,圈定找矿远景区。此工作方法效果明显,为今后加快地质找矿工作提供了一条可参考、行之有效的途径。     

Assessing landscape change in Waterton Lakes National Park,Canada, using multitemporal composites constructed from terrestrial repeat photographs

The objective of this paper is to investigate landscape level changes that have occurred in Waterton Lakes National Park (WLNP), Canada between the years 1914 and 2005 using digital image processing techniques usually associated with satellite image analysis. Multitemporal colour composites, image classification, and principal components analysis were used to process registered images of the montane ecotone from photographic pairs of Bellevue Hill, Horseshoe Basin and Lakeview Ridge. The resulting digital images offered insight into the spatial nature of the vegetation changes that have occurred over the last 90 years at these sites. Changes observed included increased forest cover through vertical migration and the infill of conifers and aspen both on the slopes and the valley bottoms of WLNP.     

“资源一号”02C卫星影像特征

结合有关项目数据处理的需要,对02C卫星影像特征进行科学分析与应用研究。通过对影像信息量特征、配准特征及融合特征分析,发现岩石裸露区影像各波段信息量大,但是波段间相关性强,地类边界模糊,而植被覆盖区影像各波段信息量相对较小,波段间相关性较小,地类可分性较好;MUS影像与PAN影像配准精度一般能达到1个像元,而MUS影像与HRC影像配准比较困难,HRC影像需要正射校正或者强制拉伸,才能满足精度要求;主成分分析方法融合效果比较好,MUS影像与HRC影像融合效果优于MUS影像与PAN影像融合。分析结果表明:02C数据适用于土地覆被调查,若用于地质信息解译,需要进一步技术处理;HRC影像分辨率高,但数据处理方法有待于进一步探讨。     

Evaluation and integration of ERS-1-SAR and optical sensor data (TM and IRS) for geological investigations

The C-band imaging radar of ERS-1, due to its high sensitivity to terrain surface features, holds tremendous potential in topographic terrain mapping for various applications. This is being examined for geological applications, mainly structural and lithological mapping in a mineral belt of Bihar and Orissa, India. The high image contrast that facilitates structural interpretation and highlights topography on the SAR images, reflects the high sensitivity of the ERS-1-SAR to change in terrain slope in the study area. Extensive lineaments, fold structure and major lithological contacts are easily mappable from the SAR imagery. Many of the lineaments, lithological contacts and fold pattern are mapped equally from optical data (Landsat-TM and IRS-1B FCC). The close association of fold pattern and mineral deposits in the region has necessitated the study of those structures carefully from various remote sensing data products. Synergism between SAR and TM provided useful results regarding structure and lithology of the region. The advantage of SAR in highlighting topography and detecting lineaments are affected to a great extent by the speckle noise and low pixel resolution. The present study shows that future geologic interpretation demands high spatial resolution and efficient data processing technique which reduces the speckle noise more significantly.