Identification and Separation of Massive and Debris Lime Stones by Integrated Application of Remote Sensing and Geomorphology Approaches (Case study: Bahadoran region in Yazd province)

Poormohammadi, Samaneh; Ekhtesasi, M.R.; Rahimian, M.H.

doi:10.18869/acadpub.jeg.9.4.3113

Identification and Separation of Massive and Debris Lime Stones by Integrated Application of Remote Sensing and Geomorphology Approaches (Case study: Bahadoran region in Yazd province)

Authors

samaneh poormohammadi

M.R. Ekhtesasi

M.H. Rahimian

10.18869/acadpub.jeg.9.4.3113

Abstract

Mountains are usually formation origin of their neighbor land surface features such as hillsides and plains. some problems and errors may occur in application of RS technique for generation of geology maps and in separation of these units from other similar units. The main objective of this study is to integrate RS and geomorphology approaches for identification of different geomorphology units and finally separation of debris lime stones from massive lime stones in Bahadoran region, Yazd province. For this purpose, a Landsat ETM⁺ image was acquired together with band ratios, principal component analysis and factor analysis approaches to generate lime stone distribution map. Results of this study show that (integration of RS and geomorphology sciences) can better generate the lime stone distribution map compared with the first one

Keywords

limestone formation

Geomorphology unit

Lithology unit

Plain

Mountain

Landsat