hydrothermal alteration processes are extensively took place on volcanic and pyroclstics of takestan area. existence of abundant, deep fracturing and subvolcanic intrusions are enhanced extend hydrothermal alteration zones. the following alteration zones are determined: propylitic, argillic, advanced argillic and sillicic. there are outcropped and widespread in different size and limit. formati...

The thesis comprises five principle research chapters presented as articles (chapters 2-6) detailing both experimental and field studies on microbial interaction with mineral surfaces. Chapters 2, 3, 4 are articles that detail the results and conclusions of the experimental work on fungal behavior and involvement in mineral alteration and “diagenesis” of natural mineral substrates. Chapter 5 pr...

In this work, we focus on investigating the Quickbird and Landsat-8 datasets for mapping hydrothermal and gossans alterations in reconnaissance porphyry copper mineralization in the Babbiduyeh area. This area is situated in the Central Iranian Volcano-sedimentary Complex, where large copper deposits like Sarcheshmeh as well as numerous occurrences of copper exist. The alteration zones are discr...

Hyperspectral remote sensing records reflectance or emittance data in a large sum of contiguous and narrow spectral bands, and thus has many information in detecting and mapping the mineral zones. On the other hand, the geological and geophysical data gives us some other fruitful information about the physical characteristics of soil and minerals that have been recorded from the surface. ...

The Kirazlı mineral district is located at the center of Biga peninsula metallogenic province, in a geological setting characterized by an extensional tectonic environment. hosts high-sulfidation (HS) ore body with total reserve 33.86 Mt @ 0.69 g/t Au and 9.42 Ag within large-scale hydrothermal alteration. Although ideal magmatic-hydrothermal models present spatial temporal association HS-epith...

This paper provides a review of the Advanced Spaceborne Thermal Emission and Reflection Radiometer (ASTER), Advanced Land Imager (ALI), and Hyperion data and applications of the data as a tool for ore minerals exploration, lithological and structural mapping. Spectral information extraction from ASTER, ALI, and Hyperion data has great ability to assist geologists in all disciplines to map the d...

The Japanese ASTER sensor on board the US Terra satellite was launched in December 1999 to establish a spaceborne capability for high spatial, multispectral visible-shortwave infrared and thermal infrared remote sensing data mapping of the Earth’s environment. The Mt Fitton test site in South Australia was chosen to test the ability of the ASTER instrument for geological mapping having been pre...

An altered fluffy type A CaAl-rich inclusion in the CR2 Renazzo carbonaceous chondrite was examined by combined Raman, scanning electron microscopy with energy dispersion system (SEM-EDS) and cathodoluminescence (CL) mapping. Blue CL at 450 nm orange emission 600 were related to anorthite calcite, respectively. Raman spectra highly fluorescent, only stronger peaks of anorthite, clinopyroxene c...