Effective delineation of rare metal-bearing granites from remote sensing data using machine learning methods: A case study from the Umm Naggat Area, Central …

MA Abdelkader, Y Watanabe, A Shebl… - Ore Geology …, 2022 - Elsevier
Albitized granite (ABG) is considered as one of the most significant hosts of rare metals
(RMs). Consequently, adequate recognition of ABG through proper lithological …

Twenty years of ASTER contributions to lithologic mapping and mineral exploration

M Abrams, Y Yamaguchi - Remote Sensing, 2019 - mdpi.com
The Advanced Spaceborne Thermal Emission and Reflection Radiometer is one of five
instruments operating on the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Terra …

Spectral analysis to improve inputs to random forest and other boosted ensemble tree-based algorithms for detecting NYF pegmatites in Tysfjord, Norway

D Santos, J Cardoso-Fernandes, A Lima, A Müller… - Remote Sensing, 2022 - mdpi.com
As an important source of lithium and rare earth elements (REE) and other critical elements,
pegmatites are of great strategic economic interest for present and future technological …

Semi-automatization of support vector machines to map lithium (Li) bearing pegmatites

J Cardoso-Fernandes, AC Teodoro, A Lima… - Remote Sensing, 2020 - mdpi.com
Machine learning (ML) algorithms have shown great performance in geological remote
sensing applications. The study area of this work was the Fregeneda–Almendra region …

Machine learning algorithms for automatic lithological mapping using remote sensing data: A case study from Souk Arbaa Sahel, Sidi Ifni Inlier, Western Anti-Atlas …

I Bachri, M Hakdaoui, M Raji, AC Teodoro… - … International Journal of …, 2019 - mdpi.com
Remote sensing data proved to be a valuable resource in a variety of earth science
applications. Using high-dimensional data with advanced methods such as machine …

Application of remote sensing data in gold exploration: targeting hydrothermal alteration using Landsat 8 imagery in northern Portugal

R Frutuoso, A Lima, AC Teodoro - Arabian Journal of Geosciences, 2021 - Springer
Mapping hydrothermal alteration minerals and structural lineaments using Landsat 8
multispectral imagery provides valuable information for mineral exploration. In northern …

Detecting Lithium (Li) mineralizations from space: Current research and future perspectives

J Cardoso-Fernandes, AC Teodoro, A Lima… - Applied Sciences, 2020 - mdpi.com
Optical and thermal remote sensing data have been an important tool in geological
exploration for certain deposit types. However, the present economic and technological …

GREENPEG–exploration for pegmatite minerals to feed the energy transition: first steps towards the Green Stone Age

A Müller, W Reimer, F Wall, B Williamson, J Menuge… - 2023 - pubs.geoscienceworld.org
The GREENPEG project, which is funded by the European Commission Horizon 2020
'Climate action, environment, resource efficiency and raw materials' programme, aims to …

Interpretation of the reflectance spectra of lithium (Li) minerals and pegmatites: A case study for mineralogical and lithological identification in the Fregeneda …

J Cardoso-Fernandes, J Silva, MM Perrotta, A Lima… - Remote Sensing, 2021 - mdpi.com
Reflectance spectroscopy has been used to identify several deposit types. However,
applications concerning lithium (Li)-pegmatites are still scarce. Reflectance spectroscopic …

Exploration and petrogenesis of corundum-bearing pegmatites: A case study in Migif-Hafafit area, Egypt

FM Khaleal, GM Saleh, ESR Lasheen… - Frontiers in Earth …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
A net of pegmatite veins crosscut gneiss and dismembered ophiolitic ultramafic rocks are
abundant in the Migif-Hafafit culmination area, South Eastern Desert, Egypt. Some of these …