Learning objectives
To provide the basic skills for hyperspectral image data analysis and interpretation for compositional analysis of rocks, sediments and alterations. To provide the basic skills for stereoscopic analysis and interpretation of syntectonic depositional sequences.
Prerequisites
Basic knowledge of optics and modern physics. Basic knowledge of stratigraphy and tectonics.
Course unit content
Advanced interaction processes electromagnetic radiation-matter: elctronic and vibrational processes. Hyperstectal imaging spectometers for remote sensing. <br />
Laboratory: hyperspectral image analysis of mineral districts. <br />
Photographic systems. Geometry of single photogram. Stereoscopic geometry. Aerial survey. Stereoscopic model. Geometric stereo- model. Optical stereo-model. <br />
The sensors. Radiometric characteristics. Resolving power. Spectral and multispectral characteristics. Film, filters, multispectral cameras. Orthophotography. Digital cameras. <br />
Elements of analysis and interpretation of aerial photos. General criteria. Analysis and significance of photographic elements (photographic tone and texture). analysis and significance of morphologic elements (drainage, erosional profile). <br />
Laboratory of photointerpretation and photostratigraphy. Stratigraphic successions, tectonic structures, geometry of syntectonic stratigraphic sequences. <br />
Radar systems. Geometry and geometric parameters. Types of radars. Geometry of the radar image. Interaction with ground characteristics. Interpretation of radar images. <br />
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Full programme
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Bibliography
A. Beran e E. Libowitzky, ed., Spectroscopic methods in mineralogy, EMU, Eötvös University Press, 2004 (cap. 1 e 3). <br />
R.G. Burns, Mineralogical applications of crystal field theory, Cambridge University Press, 1970. <br />
C.M. Pieters e P.A.J. Englert, Remote geochemical analysis: elemental and mineralogical composition, Cambridge University Press, 1993. <br />
B.S. Siegal e A.B. Gillespie, Remote sensing in geology, John Wiley and Sons, 1980 (Cap. 2). <br />
Lillesand and Kiefer. Remote sensing and Image Interpretation, John Wiley and Sons, New York, 1999 <br />
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Teaching methods
<p>Lessons: oral lessons and exercices</p>
<p>Laboratory with written reports: hyperspectral image data analysis and interpretation: stereo image analysis and interpretation</p>
<p>Exames: oral exame and discussion of the written reports.</p>
Assessment methods and criteria
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Other information
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