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creators_name: Malakhov, Dmitry V.
creators_name: Dyke, Gareth J.
creators_name: King, Christopher
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title: Remote sensing applied to paleontology: Exploration of upper cretaceous sediments in Kazakhstan for potential fossil sites
ispublished: pub
subjects: QH
divisions: bus_dept4
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full_text_status: none
keywords: spectral analysis, GIS, remote sensing, sedimentology, Kazakhstan, dinosaurs, Syrdarya Uplift
abstract: Here we show that low-cost analysis of satellite image data (derived from Landsat ETM+) can be used efficiently for the ‘remote prospecting’ of a large field area, in this test case in Kazakhstan. By developing a spectral library to characterize the sedimentary profiles in our field area, we outline a simple method that can be used to quickly identify the locations of potentially fossiliferous strata that can subsequently be prospected first-hand by paleontologists on the ground. We have successfully tested this remote approach to search for fossils in the Lower Syrdarya Uplift in southern Kazakhstan – an area that encompasses more than 17,000 square kilometers. As image capture and analysis technologies develop, remote prospecting (sensing) applications are likely to become more and more prevalent in paleontology, especially in the development of remote field areas.
date: 2009
date_type: published
publication: Palaeontologia Electronica
volume: 12
number: 2
publisher: Society for Vertebrate Paleontology
refereed: TRUE
issn: 1935-3952
official_url: http://palaeo-electronica.org/2009_2/164/index.html
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related_url_url: http://palaeo-electronica.org/2009_2/164/index.html
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funders: University College Dublin
funders: The Leonard family (Dublin, Ireland)
creators_browse_id: 842
online_issn: 1094-8074
accepted_pub: 2009-04-23
pre2014_divisions: bus
pre2014_divisions: sch_bus_dept4
dates_date: 2009
dates_date: 2009-04-23
dates_date_type: published
dates_date_type: accepted
hoa_compliant: 304
hoa_date_acc: 2009-04-23
hoa_date_pub: 2009
citation:   Malakhov, Dmitry V., Dyke, Gareth J. and King, Christopher  (2009) Remote sensing applied to paleontology: Exploration of upper cretaceous sediments in Kazakhstan for potential fossil sites.  Palaeontologia Electronica, 12 (2).   ISSN 1935-3952 (Print), 1094-8074 (Online)