Assessing Utilization of Multi-Resolution Satellite Imageries in Geological Mapping, A Case Study of Jabal Bani Malik Area, Eastern Jeddah City, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
Adel Zein Bishta
Faculty of Earth Sciences, King Abdulaziz University
P.O.Box 80206, Jeddah 21589, Saudi Arabia
abishta@kau.edu.sa
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Fig. 2. False color composite imageries of LSR data for the study area: (a) Landsat MSS
Image (80-m resolution),
(b) Landsat TM image (30-m resolution), and (c) Landsat
TM image (25-m resolution)
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JKAU: Earth Sci., Vol. 21, No. 1, pp: 27-52 (2010 A.D. / 1431 A.H.)
DOI: 10.4197 / Ear. 21-1.2
Abstract:
The different types of satellite imageries are considered as one of important useful source of data for the lithologicl discriminations and geological mapping. The modern and high advanced remote sensing technique supplies huge amounts of satellite imageries of different resolutions. This work aimed to assess utilization of the different satellite imagers of different resolutions in the geological mapping. Jabal Bani Malik area which is located to the east of Jeddah city in the Middle Eastern Red Sea is chosen as a case study for this work. This area is composed of different igneous and metamorphosed rocks of the Arabian shield. It is geologically complicated, sheared, fractured and weathered.