Remote Sensing Technique for Lineament Extraction in Association with Mineralization Pattern in Central Belt Peninsular Malaysia

Abstract

Geographical information system and remote sensing data are now more remarkable for the extraction of lineaments. Lineaments studies provide the tectonic history of geological settings. It is the objective of this study to demonstrate the extraction of lineaments from Landsat 8 Operational Land Imager (OLI) of Kelantan area. The current approach applied different image processing techniques on Landsat 8 imagery to achieve its gold. The image processing techniques include; principal component analysis (1,2,3), Band ratios (7/5,6/4, 4/2) and Minimum Noise Fraction bands (7,5,3). Gamm stretching and directional filtering facilitate the extraction of lineaments. The results of this study indicate that the area is affected by several structural trends (N-S, NW-SE, and NE-SW). The structural trends sever as conduits for gold mineralization fluids. The methodology demonstrates capability in extracting lineaments from Landsat 8 imagery. The methods locate known gold deposits and also highlight new locations for new ones.