SPECTRAL CORRELATIONS OF VEGETATION ASSOCIATIONS GROWING ON DIFFERENT GEOLOGICAL STRUCTURES |
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| Authors: | N P Lavrova I V Almazov P I Fimin V I Ovechkin |
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| Institution: | Moscow Institute of Geodetic , Aerial Survey, and Cartographic Engineers |
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| Abstract: | A method of correlating spectral signatures of vegetation with soil chemistry and, in turn, of inferring the presence of subsurface mineral deposits (oil in particular) is outlined. Variations in the content of nitrogen, sulfur, and trace elements in the soil, known to correspond, for example, with underground deposits of oil, induce changes in chlorophyll content of vegetation that are detectable on imagery in different zones of the spectrum, which upon statistical analysis can be used to predict the presence of oil in underlying strata. Translated from: Izvestiya vysshikh uchebnykh zavedeniy, Geodeziya i aerofotos'yemka, 1986, No. 4, pp. 88-93. |
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