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Spot Satellite Data For Exploration Of Fractured Aquifers In A Semi-Arid Area In Southeastern Botswana

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In areas with little primary porosity and low bedrock hydraulic conductivity, hydrogeological properties are mainly determined by secondary factors, such as fracture zones and associated weathering. Fracture zones in areas with limited regolith cover are often detectable on satellite images as linear features originating mainly from pronounced vegatation anomalies, topographic effects or both. SPOT multispectral and panchromatic data of a 2000 km2 semi-arid area in southeastern Botswana have, in this study, been merged and interpreted in an image processing system resulting in a detailed lineament map and a delineation of dry season vegetation. The lineament data have been analyzed in a geographical information system and correlation studies of borehole and geophysical data with satellite lineaments have been carried out. The study shows that a digital approach, using satellite data in combination with existing field data, can provide a time- and cost-effective tool for the identification and narrowing of target areas for groundwater exploration in semi-arid areas.

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dans le sud-ouest du Botswana ont été rassemblées et interprétées sous forme d'une image synthétique donnant une carte détaillée des linéaments et une carte schématique de la végétation en saison sèche. Les linéaments ont été introduits dans un système d'information géographique et des corrélations ont été recherchées entre les données des forages et de la géophysique et les linéaments des images satellites. Bien que préliminaires, les résultats de cette étude montrent qu'une approche numérique, utilisant les données satellitaires combinées aux données de terrain existantes, peut fournir un outil, économe en temps et en coût, efficace pour identifier et pour définir des zones cibles pour la recherche d'eau souterraine en région semi-aride.

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Gustafsson, P. Spot Satellite Data For Exploration Of Fractured Aquifers In A Semi-Arid Area In Southeastern Botswana. HYJO 2, 9–18 (1994). https://doi.org/10.1007/s100400050246

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