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Interactive processing of satellite images for geological interpretation – a case study

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 May 2009

D. A. Rothery
D. A. Rothery
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Department of Earth Sciences, The Open University, Walton Hall, Milton Keynes, MK7 6AA, England
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Abstract

Interactive digital processing of satellite images reveals significantly more information than the standard product photographic versions of the same images. Interactively processed images preserve finer details and can show information in areas which appear too dark or too bright on standard product images. This is illustrated by comparisons between both types of image as used in a photogeological interpretation of the tectonics of the Tibetan plateau.

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Geological Magazine , Volume 122 , Issue 1 , January 1985 , pp. 57 - 63
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1985

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