A review of machine learning in processing remote sensing data for mineral exploration

H Shirmard, E Farahbakhsh, RD Müller… - Remote Sensing of …, 2022 - Elsevier
The decline of the number of newly discovered mineral deposits and increase in demand for
different minerals in recent years has led exploration geologists to look for more efficient and …

Identifying high potential zones of gold mineralization in a sub-tropical region using Landsat-8 and ASTER remote sensing data: a case study of the Ngoura …

JDT Wambo, AB Pour, S Ganno, PD Asimow… - Ore Geology …, 2020 - Elsevier
Climatic conditions and vegetation constrain the use of optical satellite imagery as an
exploration tool for hydrothermal ore mineralization in tropical and subtropical regions. In …

[HTML][HTML] Application of Landsat-8, Sentinel-2, ASTER and WorldView-3 spectral imagery for exploration of carbonate-hosted Pb-Zn deposits in the Central Iranian …

M Sekandari, I Masoumi, A Beiranvand Pour… - Remote Sensing, 2020 - mdpi.com
The exploration of carbonate-hosted Pb-Zn mineralization is challenging due to the complex
structural-geological settings and costly using geophysical and geochemical techniques …

Integration of ASTER satellite imagery and 3D inversion of aeromagnetic data for deep mineral exploration

AM Eldosouky, RAY El-Qassas, AB Pour… - Advances in Space …, 2021 - Elsevier
Due to high metal values and raised difficulties in finding superficial deposits, the
exploration for mineral resources needs to reach greater depths. To achieve this objective …

Application of remote sensing data in gold exploration: targeting hydrothermal alteration using Landsat 8 imagery in northern Portugal

R Frutuoso, A Lima, AC Teodoro - Arabian Journal of Geosciences, 2021 - Springer
Mapping hydrothermal alteration minerals and structural lineaments using Landsat 8
multispectral imagery provides valuable information for mineral exploration. In northern …

Lithological and alteration mineral mapping for alluvial gold exploration in the south east of Birao area, Central African Republic using Landsat-8 Operational Land …

M Traore, JDT Wambo, CP Ndepete, S Tekin… - Journal of African Earth …, 2020 - Elsevier
Geological field mapping and mineral exploration still remain very laborious in many parts of
the inter tropical regions of African plate due to remoteness, low security and high cost …

Editorial for the special issue: Multispectral and hyperspectral remote sensing data for mineral exploration and environmental monitoring of mined areas

AB Pour, B Zoheir, B Pradhan, M Hashim - Remote Sensing, 2021 - mdpi.com
In recent decades, multispectral and hyperspectral remote sensing data provide
unprecedented opportunities for the initial stages of mineral exploration and environmental …

ASTER and WorldView-3 satellite data for mapping lithology and alteration minerals associated with Pb-Zn mineralization

M Sekandari, I Masoumi, AB Pour, AM Muslim… - Geocarto …, 2022 - Taylor & Francis
Abstract Advanced Spaceborne Thermal Emission and Reflection Radiometer (ASTER) and
WorldView-3 (WV-3) satellite remote sensing data were used for mapping lithological units …

Integration of selective dimensionality reduction techniques for mineral exploration using ASTER satellite data

H Shirmard, E Farahbakhsh, A Beiranvand Pour… - Remote Sensing, 2020 - mdpi.com
There are a significant number of image processing methods that have been developed
during the past decades for detecting anomalous areas, such as hydrothermal alteration …

[HTML][HTML] Metallogenic prediction based on geological-model driven and data-driven multisource information fusion: A case study of gold deposits in Xiong'ershan area …

M Fan, K Xiao, L Sun, Y Xu - Ore Geology Reviews, 2023 - Elsevier
The traditional metallogenic prediction based on the geological model has been extensively
used in prospecting, and the emerging machine learning method has also been successfully …