"G. d'Annunzio"
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Learn the tool to find, understand and process the data necessary to realize a planetary geological map. Learn the technical as well as the scientific tools to realize a planetary geological map.
Browsing planetary data archive; data processing for GIS ingestion; concepts for planetary geological mapping; realization of a geological map.
PDS Geosciences Node Orbital Data Explorer (ODE): footprint and data search. Other tools (e.g., Google Mars). Data processing:ISIS (Integrated Software for Imagers and Spectrometers) Installation and basic commands; imagery processing; cartography. Nomenclature. Coordinate systems and projections. Hyperspectral data. DEM production: NASA AMES Stereo Pipeline. Installation and basic commands; data selection for stereo processing; examples of data processing with different missions. GIS Integration. Planetary cartography protocols. Geological mapping vs geomorphological mapping. Scale of work. Realization of a geological map. Crater counting. Geological sections. Stratigraphic schemes.
Planetary Geology, 2018 Editors: Rossi, Angelo Pio, van Gasselt, Stephan (Eds.) Springer
Classroom-taught lecture for the basic principles. Practical exercises with the realization of a cartographic project from the data selection phase up to the geological map preparation.
Geological Mapping project. Presentation of the results including methods and explanation of the geology of the study area: mapped units description, stratigraphic relations, evolution of the depositional environments through time.
