Airborne Fraunhofer line discriminator (FLD) luminescence imaging systems and its application to exploration problems
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Abstract
Experiments with an imaging airborne Fraunhofer line discriminator (FLD) are being conducted to establish the feasibility of delineating the areal extent of luminescent materials on the earth's surface from aircraft and spacecraft. All luminescence measurements are related to a standard set of conditions with rhodamine wt dye used as a reference standard. The FLD has a minimum detectable rhodamine wt concentration of 0.1 parts per billion (ppb) at a signal-to-noise ratio of 5.0. Luminescence, when expressed in a signal-to-noise ratio (R) is related to equivalent ppb rhodamine wt through the relationship ppb=(0.1R-0.4). Luminescent materials imaged from an aircraft altitude of approximately 2400 m above terrain include fluorite in association with molybdenum, Pinenut Mountains, Nevada (R=62.0); mineralized playas, Claunch, New Mexico (R=960.0); uranium and vanadium-bearing outcrops, Big Indian Valley, Utah (R=105.0); uranophane sandstones, Sandia Mountains, New Mexico (R=60.0); phosphate outcrops, Pine Mountain, California (R=76.0); and marine oil slicks, Santa Barbara Channel, California (R=24.0). Correlation between the amount of fluorite in the rocks and soils of the Pinenut Mountains and luminescence, measured by the FLD, is as high as 0.88 at the 95 percent confidence level.
| Publication type | Article |
|---|---|
| Publication Subtype | Journal Article |
| Title | Airborne Fraunhofer line discriminator (FLD) luminescence imaging systems and its application to exploration problems |
| Series title | Sixth Annual Pecora Symposium and Exposition |
| Year Published | 1980 |
| Language | English |
| Publisher | Society of Exploration Geophysicists |
| Publisher location | Tulsa, OK |
| Description | 3 p. |
| Larger Work Type | Article |
| Larger Work Subtype | Journal Article |
| Larger Work Title | Sixth Annual Pecora Symposium and Exposition |
| First page | 40 |
| Last page | 42 |
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