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Mapping lithology, hydrothermal alteration, and Fe mineralization using satellite data in the Champeh salt dome, South of Iran

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Champeh salt dome is located 30 km northwest of Bandar Lengeh, east of Hormozgan province, Iran. Iron ores and several alterations can be found in this salt dome, which consists of evaporitic and volcanic sequences of the Hormoz series and Pabdeh-Jahrom, Asmari, Gachsaran, and Mishan formations. The existing geological maps do not provide comprehensive details of mineralization, alteration, and various lithologies in this salt dome. Therefore, the separation and detection of these phenomena, by using ASTER (advanced spaceborne thermal emission and reflection radiometer) and OLI (operational land imager) satellite images and utilizing different image processing methods can be helpful to locate them and produce a lithological map of this area. The processing methods used in this study are band ratio, false-color combination, principal component analysis, independent component analysis, minimum noise fraction, spectral angle mapping, and linear spectral unmixing. Due to a vast number of salt domes in the south and southwest of Iran, and the similarity of these salt domes in terms of mineralogy and lithology, the results of this study can be useful in future geological and exploratory studies for this salt dome and similar salt domes of the world.

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The authors would like to acknowledge the use of the Landsat-8 image courtesy of the U.S. Geological Survey and the Terra ASTER image courtesy of the NASA and U.S. Geological Survey.

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Daryanavard, E., Bonyadi, Z. & Rahmani, S. Mapping lithology, hydrothermal alteration, and Fe mineralization using satellite data in the Champeh salt dome, South of Iran. Arab J Geosci 14, 2039 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12517-021-08401-8

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