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Investigation of a relation between radiogenic heat production and kinetic surface temperature from multispectral ASTER-TIR data: a case study on Elmissikat-Eleridiya granites, Central Eastern Desert, Egypt

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In this paper, an attempt was tried to study the relation between radiogenic heat production rate (RHPR) that derived from gamma-ray spectrometric data and the kinetic surface temperature KST, which was calculated from the thermal emission and reflection radiometer-thermal infrared (ASTER-TIR) imagery applied on Elmissikat-Eleridiya district. This area is considered one of the most important uranium localities in the Central Eastern Desert of Egypt. The gamma-ray spectrometric data including both airborne data and in situ measurements concurrent with the collection of 20 rock samples were used to determine the rock density. The ground gamma-ray spectrometry has been conducted using GS-256 spectrometer at the same locations of rock samples. The gamma-ray spectrometric data (airborne and ground) beside rock density data were used for calculating RHPR. Alongside, pairs of daytime and nighttime ASTER-TIR images were collected and surface kinetic temperature for both day (daytime kinetic surface temperature (DKST)) and night (nighttime kinetic surface temperature (NKST)) were derived by using reference channel emissivity technique. The study showed a relative higher RHPR within syenogranite (4.2 up to 6 μW/m3) than other rock units. Besides, the KST of syenogranite ranged from 33 to 48 °C in daytime and between 7 and 17 °C at night. Comparing all results, no clear relation between RHPR and KST is evident. This is due to the very weak RHPR that is not sufficient to affect the surface heat temperature, which can be remotely sensed by ASTER satellite TIR data. This factor in addition to other factors such as: structural elements, topography, geographic locations, shading and scattering, rock moisture and density, can strongly affect the surface temperature. In conclusion, these results could be improved in areas of very high radioelement concentrations, especially 235U and through the use of the enhanced spatial resolution of future satellite TIR imaging instruments.

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The authors thank the Nuclear Materials Authority (NMA) of Egypt for providing airborne gamma-ray spectrometry data and the portable gamma ray spectrometer GS-256 that was used in ground gamma ray spectrometry survey. We also thank Dr. Urai Minoru, Geoinformatics Research Group, Geological Survey of Japan, for supplying ASTER data. Grateful thanks are also extended to Prof. Dr. Ahmed Ammar, Emeritus Professor of Applied Geophysics, Exploration Division, NMA, for critical revising of the manuscript for his revision and fruitful discussions.

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  1. Research Sector, Nuclear Materials Authority (NMA), Cairo, Egypt

    Mahmoud Elsaid & Ahmed Dardier

  2. Geology Department, Faculty of Science, Damietta University, New Damietta, Egypt

    Hatem Aboelkhair

  3. National Authority for Remote Sensing and Space Sciences (NARSS), Cairo, Egypt

    Elsayed Hermas

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Elsaid, M., Aboelkhair, H., Dardier, A. et al. Investigation of a relation between radiogenic heat production and kinetic surface temperature from multispectral ASTER-TIR data: a case study on Elmissikat-Eleridiya granites, Central Eastern Desert, Egypt. Arab J Geosci 7, 4615–4628 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12517-013-1118-8

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