THE USES OF PHOTOGEOLOGY: A REVIEW

Aerial photography is finding ever-increasing uses in many fields of geological research and application, including regional mapping, the search for mineral deposits, fracture analysis, structural analysis, engineering geology and hydrology, and recent literature in these subjects is reviewed. The range of material available is now much more extensive, including colour and multiband photography, infra-red photography and thermal imagery, radar, and orbital photography. The principles of these newer techniques are briefly discussed and their application to geological problems examined. It is concluded that although many of these techniques have important roles to play in particular circumstances, the ordinary black and white photography will remain the most generally used tool for some time to come, and one of the main aims of the paper is to show just how useful it can be to the earth scientist. /Author/TRRL/

• Corporate Authors:

  Geological Society of South Africa

  Kelvin House, 2 Hollard Street
  Johannesburg,   South Africa 
• Authors:
  • Newton, A R
• Publication Date: 1971

Language

• English

Media Info

• Features: References;
• Pagination: p. 149-171
• Serial:
  • Geological Society of South Africa, Transactions
  • Volume: 74
  • Issue Number: 3
  • Publisher: Geological Society of South Africa

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Aerial photography; Applications; Color; Color photography; Geological surveying; Geology; Heat; Infrared photography; Infrared radiation; Mapping; Maps; Photogrammetry; Radar; Regions; Terrain; Thermal imagery
• Old TRIS Terms: Geologic mapping; Thermal infrared imagery
• ITRD Terms: 4006: Aerial photography; 6784: Colour; 6997: Frequency; 4053: Geology; 6743: Heat; 4074: Map; 4004: Photogrammetry; 6738: Radar; 378: Region; 4035: Terrain
• Subject Areas: Design; Geotechnology; Highways; Research; I41: General Soil Surveys;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00125092
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Transport and Road Research Laboratory (TRRL)
• Files: ITRD, TRIS
• Created Date: Oct 18 1975 12:00AM