Snapshot - Predictive mapping of the cover: implications for mineral exploration
Channel: GeoscienceAustralia
Date: 2016-03-23

In this Geoscience Australia Snapshot video, Dr John Wilford describes the use of digital regolith mapping techniques that have been pioneered at Geoscience Australia. 

This approach extends traditional regolith and surface mapping techniques to quantitative modelling and prediction of physical and chemical characteristics of the cover from local to national scales.
The research draws on digital soil mapping techniques where statistical correlations are established between field-based point observations or measurements and a suite of national covariate or predictive datasets. These predictive datasets include spatially-continuous remotely-sensed imagery such as digital elevation models, radiometrics, aeromagnetics, Landsat TM, ASTER and MODIS.

Although the talk has a mineral exploration focus, the methodologies described also have broad utility in biophysical and hydrological mapping.

This Snapshot video summarises Dr John Wilford ’ Distinguished Geoscience Australia Lecture given on Wednesday 21 October 2015.

Watch the full lecture: http://bit.ly/1NDxXjZ

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