Application of optical and microwave remote sensing data to the tectonics and lithostratigraphy of metasedimentary rocks: the case of Douro Region (Northeastern Portugal)

Author

Sequeira, A.J.D. ; Vicente, A.M.P. ; Pereira, A. J S C ; Pereira, L.C.G.

Author_Institution

INETI, Alfragide

fYear

2007

fDate

23-28 July 2007

Firstpage

1654

Lastpage

1657

Abstract

The lithostratigraphy and the tectonics of Douro region, mainly composed by metasedimentary rocks of Neoproterozoic to Lower Cambrian age, has been studied with support of optical and microwave data collected by the Landsat 7 ETM+, Jers-1 and Envisat satellites. The lithologies already characterized from field data where recognized in the images which also show that they are organized under a normal sequence.

Keywords

Earth crust; artificial satellites; geochronology; geophysical techniques; remote sensing; rocks; stratigraphy; tectonics; Douro region; ENVISAT; JERS-1; Landsat 7 ETM+; Lower Cambrian metasedimentary rocks; Neoproterozoic metasedimentary rocks; metasedimentary rock lithostratigraphy; microwave remote sensing; northeastern Portugal; optical remote sensing; tectonics; Character recognition; Geology; Geoscience; Image recognition; Integrated optics; Optical sensors; Remote sensing; Rivers; Satellites; Douro Group; Portugal; Slate and Greywacke Complex; lithostratigraphy; microwave data; optical data; tectonics;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium, 2007. IGARSS 2007. IEEE International

Conference_Location

Barcelona

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-1211-2

Electronic_ISBN

978-1-4244-1212-9

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/IGARSS.2007.4423133

Filename

4423133