Landsat analysis for uranium exploration in Northeast Turkey
Open-File Report
83-99
By: Keenan Lee
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Abstract
No uranium deposits are known in the Trabzon, Turkey region, and consequently, exploration criteria have not been defined. Nonetheless, by analogy with uranium deposits studied elsewhere, exploration guides are suggested to include dense concentrations of linear features, lineaments -- especially with northwest trend, acidic plutonic rocks, and alteration indicated by limonite.
A suite of digitally processed images of a single Landsat scene served as the image base for mapping 3,376 linear features. Analysis of the linear feature data yielded two statistically significant trends, which in turn defined two sets of strong lineaments. Color composite images were used to map acidic plutonic rocks and areas of surficial limonitic materials. The Landsat interpretation yielded a map of these exploration guides that may be used to evaluate relative uranium potential. One area in particular shows a high coincidence of favorable indicators.
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Lee, K., 1983, Landsat analysis for uranium exploration in Northeast Turkey: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 83-99, 45 p. ill., maps ;28 cm., https://doi.org/10.3133/ofr8399.
ISSN: 2331-1258 (online)
| Publication type | Report |
|---|---|
| Publication Subtype | USGS Numbered Series |
| Title | Landsat analysis for uranium exploration in Northeast Turkey |
| Series title | Open-File Report |
| Series number | 83-99 |
| DOI | 10.3133/ofr8399 |
| Year Published | 1983 |
| Language | ENGLISH |
| Publisher | U.S. Geological Survey, |
| Description | 45 p. ill., maps ;28 cm. |