ASTER for Global Geoscience Mapping Prepared by Michael
ASTER for Global Geoscience Mapping Prepared by Michael Abrams, Jet Propulsion Laboratory/California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, USA mjabrams@jpl. nasa. gov Presented by Stephane Chevrel, CA-06 Po. C, France chevrel@chevrel. eu stephane. chevrel@minpol. com CA-06 Energy and Mineral Resources Management GEO-XIII Plenary St. Petersburg 8 November 2016
ASTER on NASA’s Terra Platform • The 1 st (and only…) geoscience-tuned satellite sensor • Launched in 1999 on Terra Platform • Joint project of U. S. NASA and Japan Ministry of Economy, Trade, and Industry • Wide Spectral Coverage - 14 bands in VNIR, SWIR, TIR • High Spatial Resolution - 15 m to 90 m • Along-Track Stereo Capability • 60 km Swath Width • Systematic global coverage • SWIR module failed in 2009 CA-06 Energy and Mineral Resources Management GEO-XIII Plenary St. Petersburg 8 November 2016
ASTER spectral bands and reflectance spectra ASTER VNIRSWIR-TIR band positions (left) ASTER VNIR to SWIR mineral spectra (right) ASTER SWIR mineral spectra Figures courtesy R. Hewson, CSIRO CA-06 Energy and Mineral Resources Management GEO-XIII Plenary St. Petersburg 8 November 2016
Mineral Exploration with ASTER Alteration mapping with ASTER VNIR and SWIR bands; Central Iranian Volcano. Sedimentary Complex Sarcheshmah, Sereidun, Darrehzar copper deposits shown in B, C, D enlargements jarosite-sericite, sericite-illite, pyrophyllite-alunite, kaolinite, chlorite-epidote-calcite Zadeh et al. , 2014 CA-06 Energy and Mineral Resources Management GEO-XIII Plenary St. Petersburg 8 November 2016
Mineral Exploration with ASTER Alteration mapping, Mt. Fitton in east-central Australia. Talc mineralization precious metals are exploited. Alteration is associated with both types of deposits. False color IR Al-OH group content Mg. OH group composition Mg. OH group content Hewson et al. , 2015 CA-06 Energy and Mineral Resources Management GEO-XIII Plenary St. Petersburg 8 November 2016
Mineral Exploration with ASTER Mt. Fitton: comparisons between ASTER mineral mapping and geophysical data (radiometrics and aeromagnetics) R: Al. OH G: Ferric Fe B: Silica R: K G: Th B: U Aeromag CA-06 Energy and Mineral Resources Management GEO-XIII Plenary St. Petersburg 8 November 2016
ASTER Geoscience Maps of Australian ASTER mosaic comprises 3500 ASTER scenes spanning a 10 year period. Mosaic was cross-calibrated (reduced to reflectance) using Hyperion satellite hyperspectral imagery. Spatial resolution is 90 m. False Colour Infrared CA-06 Energy and Mineral Resources Management GEO-XIII Plenary St. Petersburg 8 November 2016
ASTER Geoscience Maps of Australia 17 Geoscience maps were created False Color IR Landsat TM regolith ratios Green vegetation Ferric oxide content Ferric oxide composition Ferrous iron index Opaque index Al. OH group content Al. OH group composition Kaolin group index Fe. OH group content Mg. OH group composition Ferrous iron in Mg. OH/Carbonate Silica index Quartz index Gypsum index CA-06 Energy and Mineral Resources Management GEO-XIII Plenary St. Petersburg 8 November 2016
ASTER Geoscience Maps of Australia Silica Index Proportional to Si. O 2 content but also affected by particle size. low high CA-06 Energy and Mineral Resources Management GEO-XIII Plenary St. Petersburg 8 November 2016
ASTER Geoscience Maps of Australia Al. OH Group Composition e. g. Al-Clays: phengite, muscovite, paragonite, lepidolite, illite, brammalite, montmorillonite, kaolinite, dickite, beidellite Al-rich muscovite/illite kaolinite paragonite beidellite White mica chemical gradients (exploration) Transported versus in situ regolith materials. Productive agricultural soils. Surface permeability (water catchments). p. H indicator. Al-poor muscovite/illite (phengite) montmorillonite CA-06 Energy and Mineral Resources Management GEO-XIII Plenary St. Petersburg 8 November 2016
ASTER Geoscience Maps of Australia Halls Creek Mobile Zone, WA published 250 K geology ASTER Al. OH Group composition phyllic zone argillic zone oxidised zone Au Cu 5 km CA-06 Energy and Mineral Resources Management GEO-XIII Plenary St. Petersburg 8 November 2016
ASTER Global Geoscience Maps From ASTER Geoscience Maps of Australia to ASTER Global Geoscience Maps CSIRO Share software with JPL Provide tech support QC finished products Distribute maps JPL Provide all ASTER L 1 T data Cloud-mask data Mosaic, cross calibrate QC finished products Distribute maps Estimated completion date: 2018 CA-06 Energy and Mineral Resources Management GEO-XIII Plenary St. Petersburg 8 November 2016
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