Gary L. Prost

Remote Sensing for Geoscientists (eBook, ePUB)

Image Analysis and Integration

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

The new edition of the bestselling Remote Sensing for Geoscientists: Image Analysis and Integration expands the scope of remote sensing to cover image systems that did not exist 10 years ago when the third edition was published. It is thoroughly updated and provides examples of new capabilities using Google Earth© and various apps.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis eBooks
• Erscheinungstermin: 16. Juni 2025
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781040347188
• Artikelnr.: 73976774

Autorenporträt

Gary L. Prost obtained his BSc in Geology from Northern Arizona University and a MSc and PhD Geology from Colorado School of Mines. He worked over 40 years in the minerals and energy industries for the U.S. Geological Survey, The Superior Oil (and Minerals) Company, Amoco Production Company, Shell Oil, Gulf Canada, and ConocoPhillips Canada. His remote sensing experience includes over 20 years spent in mineral and energy exploration, environmental monitoring, and geologic and hazards mapping in over 30 countries. He has written a geologic handbook for the general public and has published a series on self-guided geologic tours of the world. Now retired, Dr. Prost leads geologic tours for the public and professionals and is dedicated to making geology accessible to the average person.

Inhaltsangabe

Section 1: Initiating Projects. 1. Project Flow and Obtaining Data. 2.
Photointerpretation Tools and Techniques. 3. Remote Sensing Systems.
Section 2: Remote Sensing in Geological Mapping and Resource Exploration.
4. Recognizing Rock Types. 5. Recognizing Structure. 6. Stratigraphic and
Compositional Mapping. 7. Remote Geochemistry. 8. Modern Analogs. 9. Remote
Sensing in Petroleum Exploration. 10. Remote Sensing in Mineral
Exploration. Section 3: Exploitation, Hydrologic, and Engineering Remote
Sensing. 11. Remote Sensing in Resource Exploration Projects. 12.
Hydrology. 13. Logistics and Engineering. Section 4: Environmental Remote
Sensing. 14. Environmental Baselines and Monitoring. 15. Geobotanical
Remote Sensing. 16. Natural Disasters, Environmental Hazards, and Global
Warming. Section 5: Astrogeology. 17. Mapping Planetary Structure. 18.
Planetary Geologic Processes, Composition, and Stratigraphy. 19. Planetary
Resources. Section 6: Remote Sensing, Geoscience, and Society. 20. Public
Relations, the Media, and the Law. 21. Geographic Information Systems and
Online Remote Sensing Resources. 22. Military and Clandestine Geologic
Remote Sensing. 23. Geologic Remote Sensing in the Age of Google Earth. 24.
Closing Thoughts.