Remote Sensing Applications in Applied Geosciences

Description

Remote sensing is becoming an important and useful tool in mapping large, remote areas and has many applications in geosciences such as geologic and geo-structural mapping, mineral and water exploration, hydrocarbon exploration, natural hazards analysis, and geomorphology. The recent advances in remote-sensing imaging acquisition and availability of images can help geoscientists to explore and prepare maps quickly and evaluate the geo-potential of any specific area on the globe. The science branch of geosciences encompasses various disciplines such as geology, geophysics, geotechnology, and computer simulations dealing with the planet Earth and aiming at understanding the Earth’s history and its future evolution. Through fieldwork, Earth observations from space, modeling, and theoretical studies and geoscience applications provide essential information to further understand the developments in the Earth sciences and relevant environmental engineering aspects. Remote sensing in geology is remote sensing used in the geological sciences as a data acquisition method complementary to field observation, because it allows mapping of geological characteristics of regions without physical contact with the areas being explored. About one-fourth of the Earth's total surface area is exposed land where information is ready to be extracted from detailed earth observation via remote sensing. Geoscience is ideal for students, administrators, legal professionals, non-scientific professionals, and general readers with little or no science background. It is a user-friendly overview of our physical, biological, and ecological environment, one that offers up-to-date coverage of the major scientific fields that form the structure of geoscience. The purpose of the book is not to provide a text book or reference handbook on remote sensing capabilities and applications, but to take a broad look on the returns of the technology as well as to explore possibilities for future applications.