A landslide susceptibility assessment for the Three Gorges (TG) region (China) was performed in a Geographical Information System (GIS) environment and Persistent Scatterer (PS) InSAR derived displacements were used for validation purposes. Badong County of TG was chosen as case study field. Landslide parameters were derived from two datasets. The Advanced Spaceborne Thermal Emission and Reflec...

In this paper, we have proposed the implementation of Groundwater Possibility Retrieval System to detect the groundwater possibility using the burgeoning technique of Biogeography Based Optimization and Case based reasoning retrieval. In the case base used in this study, Geology, Land form, Soil, Land use, Slope and Lineament play a decisive role in determining ground water possibilities. These...

Synthetic aperture radar (SAR) has been recognized as a powerful tool for geological feature detection. This work introduces a new approach using Particle Swarm Optimization automatically detected geological features from PALSAR SAR data. The result shows that the new formula based on Particle Swarm Optimization can be delineated lineament features in PALSAR data. The new approach using Particl...

lineaments are the most important phenomena of geological exploration of hydrocarbon reservoirs . concepts in order to map the contours of land need so much time and money. one of the most famous methods in lineaments extraction is satellite image processing. in this paper, an overview of lineament extraction methods and a new method based on canny edge detection algorithm is raised. the result...

A new three-dimensional (3D) inversion strategy is applied to compilations of gravity and magnetic data reassess the role crustal lineaments in development western Laurentian margin, Selwyn Basin, associated sediment-hosted zinc–lead (Zn–Pb) deposits. The region’s history obscured by multiple tectonic overprints, including terrane accretion, plutonism, thrust faulting. Regionally continuous, br...

This paper presents a new method of automatic lineament extraction which includes the removal of the ‘artefacts effect’ which is associated with the process of raster based analysis. The core of the proposed Multi-Hillshade Hierarchic Clustering (MHHC) method incorporates a set of variously illuminated and rotated hillshades in combination with hierarchic clustering of derived ‘protolineaments’...

Background After decades of research carried out in India by several government organizations, a decision has been taken to generate 1000 MW of electricity using geothermal energy by 2022. Geothermal energy is perceived as a hidden potential in the earth’s crust. The USA, Indonesia, Philippines, Italy, Mexico and Iceland are the leading nations in utilizing this potential. Research efforts in I...