Lineament mapping in Malaysian tropical forest environment utilizing Landsat imagery

The remote sensing application of multispectral data analysis has been proven as a useful tool in geological exploration especially in lineament identification and mapping. This study demonstrates the use of multispectral Landsat TM and ETM+ satellite data obtained in different two acquisition dat...

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Main Author:	Yusof, Norhakim
Format:	Thesis
Language:	English English
Published:	2009
Subjects:	Forests and forestry - Malaysia - Linear operators - Case studies
Online Access:	http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/8524/1/FPAS_2009_2_IR.pdf
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spelling	my-upm-ir.85242023-11-30T07:09:40Z Lineament mapping in Malaysian tropical forest environment utilizing Landsat imagery 2009-03 Yusof, Norhakim The remote sensing application of multispectral data analysis has been proven as a useful tool in geological exploration especially in lineament identification and mapping. This study demonstrates the use of multispectral Landsat TM and ETM+ satellite data obtained in different two acquisition dates in year 1990 and 2002 for lineament interpretation in a Malaysian tropical forest environment. The Digital Elevation Model (DEM) was also been utilized to improve the interpretation process. Utilizing the rose diagram analysis and histogram superimposition, it was found that most of the major orientations from field station were successfully matched with the orientations from extracted lineaments obtained from the imageries. The lineaments also found to be structurally controlled by the river segments. Thus river segments may be used as a basis in the early stage of interpretation where the knowledge of general lineament trend is necessary. The results from the study showed that remote sensing technique through the manual extraction is capable of extracting lineament trends in tropical forest which inaccessible by conventional survey technique. The undertaken steps may be utilized as an ideal framework of lineaments extraction utilizing the Landsat imagery in tropical forest environment such as Malaysia. Forests and forestry - Malaysia - Linear operators - Case studies 2009-03 Thesis http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/8524/ http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/8524/1/FPAS_2009_2_IR.pdf text en public masters Universiti Putra Malaysia Forests and forestry - Malaysia - Linear operators - Case studies Faculty of Environmental Studies Ramli, Mohammad Firuz English
institution	Universiti Putra Malaysia
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advisor	Ramli, Mohammad Firuz
topic	Forests and forestry - Malaysia - Linear operators - Case studies
spellingShingle	Forests and forestry - Malaysia - Linear operators - Case studies Yusof, Norhakim Lineament mapping in Malaysian tropical forest environment utilizing Landsat imagery
description	The remote sensing application of multispectral data analysis has been proven as a useful tool in geological exploration especially in lineament identification and mapping. This study demonstrates the use of multispectral Landsat TM and ETM+ satellite data obtained in different two acquisition dates in year 1990 and 2002 for lineament interpretation in a Malaysian tropical forest environment. The Digital Elevation Model (DEM) was also been utilized to improve the interpretation process. Utilizing the rose diagram analysis and histogram superimposition, it was found that most of the major orientations from field station were successfully matched with the orientations from extracted lineaments obtained from the imageries. The lineaments also found to be structurally controlled by the river segments. Thus river segments may be used as a basis in the early stage of interpretation where the knowledge of general lineament trend is necessary. The results from the study showed that remote sensing technique through the manual extraction is capable of extracting lineament trends in tropical forest which inaccessible by conventional survey technique. The undertaken steps may be utilized as an ideal framework of lineaments extraction utilizing the Landsat imagery in tropical forest environment such as Malaysia.
format	Thesis
qualification_level	Master's degree
author	Yusof, Norhakim
author_facet	Yusof, Norhakim
author_sort	Yusof, Norhakim
title	Lineament mapping in Malaysian tropical forest environment utilizing Landsat imagery
title_short	Lineament mapping in Malaysian tropical forest environment utilizing Landsat imagery
title_full	Lineament mapping in Malaysian tropical forest environment utilizing Landsat imagery
title_fullStr	Lineament mapping in Malaysian tropical forest environment utilizing Landsat imagery
title_full_unstemmed	Lineament mapping in Malaysian tropical forest environment utilizing Landsat imagery
title_sort	lineament mapping in malaysian tropical forest environment utilizing landsat imagery
granting_institution	Universiti Putra Malaysia
granting_department	Faculty of Environmental Studies
publishDate	2009
url	http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/8524/1/FPAS_2009_2_IR.pdf
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Lineament mapping in Malaysian tropical forest environment utilizing Landsat imagery

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