Application of remote sensing in the identification of the geological terrain features in Cameron Highlands, Malaysia

The geological terrain mapping conducted by the Department of Mineral and Geosciences, Malaysia (JMG) is time-consuming especially for inaccessible or remote area. In order to improve the current practice, remotely sensed data such as aerial photographs and Landsat imagery were used to identify geol...

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Main Authors:	Mohamad Abd Manap, Mohammad Firuz Ramli, Wan Nor Azmin Sulaiman
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia 2010
Online Access:	http://journalarticle.ukm.my/317/ http://journalarticle.ukm.my/317/ http://journalarticle.ukm.my/317/1/

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spelling	ukm-3172016-12-14T06:27:01Z http://journalarticle.ukm.my/317/ Application of remote sensing in the identification of the geological terrain features in Cameron Highlands, Malaysia Mohamad Abd Manap, Mohammad Firuz Ramli, Wan Nor Azmin Sulaiman, The geological terrain mapping conducted by the Department of Mineral and Geosciences, Malaysia (JMG) is time-consuming especially for inaccessible or remote area. In order to improve the current practice, remotely sensed data such as aerial photographs and Landsat imagery were used to identify geological terrain features in Cameron Highlands, Pahang. It was found that features such as hillcrest, sideslope, footslope, straight slope, convex slope and concave slope were easily delineated using aerial photographs draped over a digital elevation model (DEM) compared to using Landsat imagery. Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia 2010-02 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://journalarticle.ukm.my/317/1/ Mohamad Abd Manap, and Mohammad Firuz Ramli, and Wan Nor Azmin Sulaiman, (2010) Application of remote sensing in the identification of the geological terrain features in Cameron Highlands, Malaysia. Sains Malaysiana, 39 (1). pp. 1-11. ISSN 0126-6039 http://www.ukm.my/~jsm/contents.html
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description	The geological terrain mapping conducted by the Department of Mineral and Geosciences, Malaysia (JMG) is time-consuming especially for inaccessible or remote area. In order to improve the current practice, remotely sensed data such as aerial photographs and Landsat imagery were used to identify geological terrain features in Cameron Highlands, Pahang. It was found that features such as hillcrest, sideslope, footslope, straight slope, convex slope and concave slope were easily delineated using aerial photographs draped over a digital elevation model (DEM) compared to using Landsat imagery.
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author	Mohamad Abd Manap, Mohammad Firuz Ramli, Wan Nor Azmin Sulaiman,
spellingShingle	Mohamad Abd Manap, Mohammad Firuz Ramli, Wan Nor Azmin Sulaiman, Application of remote sensing in the identification of the geological terrain features in Cameron Highlands, Malaysia
author_facet	Mohamad Abd Manap, Mohammad Firuz Ramli, Wan Nor Azmin Sulaiman,
author_sort	Mohamad Abd Manap,
title	Application of remote sensing in the identification of the geological terrain features in Cameron Highlands, Malaysia
title_short	Application of remote sensing in the identification of the geological terrain features in Cameron Highlands, Malaysia
title_full	Application of remote sensing in the identification of the geological terrain features in Cameron Highlands, Malaysia
title_fullStr	Application of remote sensing in the identification of the geological terrain features in Cameron Highlands, Malaysia
title_full_unstemmed	Application of remote sensing in the identification of the geological terrain features in Cameron Highlands, Malaysia
title_sort	application of remote sensing in the identification of the geological terrain features in cameron highlands, malaysia
publisher	Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia
publishDate	2010
url	http://journalarticle.ukm.my/317/ http://journalarticle.ukm.my/317/ http://journalarticle.ukm.my/317/1/
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Application of remote sensing in the identification of the geological terrain features in Cameron Highlands, Malaysia

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