Prospecting for coal in China with remote sensing

摘要: Abstract With the rapid development of China's economy, coal resources are increasingly in great demand. As a result, remaining reserves diminish gradually with large-scale exploitation resources. Easily-found mines which used to be identified from outcrops or were buried under shallow overburden decreasing, especially prosperous eastern regions China, experience shortages. Currently main targets prospecting concealed and unidentified underground bodies, making it more difficult for prospecting. It is therefore important explore by taking advantage modern remote sensing geographic information system technologies. Given theoretical basis sensing, we demonstrate methodologies existing problems systematically summarizing past practices sensing. We propose new theory In uncovered areas, can prospected direct interpretation. bearing strata developed areas covered thin Quaternary vegetation, carried out indirect interpretation geomorphology vegetation. For deeply deposits, rely on tectonic structures, analysis clues regularity formation preservation controlled structures. By applying newly hyper-spectral, multi-polarization, multi-angle, multi-temporal multi-resolution data carrying integrated attributes, ground geophysical exploration results, geochemical geological drilling results GIS tools, geology mineralogical regularities explored resource acquired some confidence.