Date of Award

Summer 8-1-1983

Document Type

Thesis

Degree Name

Master of Arts (MA)

Department

Geography, Geology, and Anthropology

Abstract

Geologists have used numerous tYPes of remote sensors for the interpretation of earth surface features. Two of the more recently developed remote sensors are SLAR (side-looking airborne radar) and LANDSAT (ERTS, Earth's Resources Technology Satellite, renamed L~~DSAT). The author undertook a straightforward qualitative research study to ascertain and compare the amount, types and reliability of the geologic information which can be derived separately from visually interpreted LANDSAT and SLAR imagery. The area selected for this study is located in north-central Arizona. The imagery analyzed consists of unenhanced black and white ... multispectral scanner (MSS) bands 5, 6 and 7 LANDSAT imagery, and black and white SLAR mosaics and the stereoscopic SLAR strip prints from which they were made. The band 7 LANDSAT imagery yielded more geologic data than did any of the other bands. A more detailed and comprehensive geologic map was produced from the east- and west-look SLAR imagery. The radargeologic maps derived from the SLAR imagery are far Sl'Iperior to the geologic maps produced from the LANDSAT imagery and are of a caliber comparable to that of the U-2 geologic map compiled by Gardner and Miller (1977).

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