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Reliability of using ASTER data in lithologic mapping and alteration mineral detection of the basement complex of West Berenice, Southeastern Desert, Egypt

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The Neoproterozoic basement complex of Egypt outcrops in the Eastern Desert (ED) and southern Sinai, and is regarded to represent the northwestern continuation of the Arabian–Nubian Shield (ANS). The area west of Berenice has been given little attention, although it represents the key to understanding the geologic history of the South Eastern Desert and the entire ED. The present work is an integrated study using remote sensing (Advanced Spaceborne Thermal Emission and Reflection Radiometer (ASTER) data imagery) and field-structural data to assess their utility in lithologic mapping and in detecting alteration mineral zones with considerable accuracy. A false-color-composite image, color-ratio composite image, decorrelation stretch, mafic index (MI), and quartz index (QI) were used to discriminate and map the various rock units. Correlation of False-color images of the ASTER band combination (7, 3, 1) with previous lithological mapping studies of the study area allow preliminary discrimination of different lithologies and drawing a base map. Subsequently, ASTER band ratios tested (4/1, 3/1, 12/14) and (4/7, 4/6, 4/10) with the ground truth data were used to refine the base map and construct the digital detailed geologic map. Petrographically, the investigated rock samples show kaolinite, chlorite, and epidote in alteration zones. The spectral angle mapper (SAM)-supervised classification using reference spectra of the USGS spectral library was used for detecting alteration zones. For verification, total accuracy assessment was carried out to evaluate the band combination and band ratios used in the lithologic mapping. That reached to 85.01% for band ratio 4/1, 3/1, 12/14 in RGB.

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  1. Center of Space Research and Applications (CSRA), Damietta University, New Damietta, Egypt

    Hatem Aboelkhair

  2. Department of Geology, Faculty of Science, Cairo University, Giza, Egypt

    Ahmed Abdelhalim

  3. Department of Geology, Faculty of Science, Benha University, Benha, 13518, Egypt

    Zakaria Hamimi

  4. Department of Geology and Environment, Thamar University, Dhamar, Yemen

    Majid Al-Gabali

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Aboelkhair, H., Abdelhalim, A., Hamimi, Z. et al. Reliability of using ASTER data in lithologic mapping and alteration mineral detection of the basement complex of West Berenice, Southeastern Desert, Egypt. Arab J Geosci 13, 287 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12517-020-5227-x

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