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Vol. 3 No. 01 (2022)

Articles

Potential of Multispectral Satellite Data for Superficial Iron Oxide Detection in Sulaimaniyah, Iraqi Kurdistan Region

https://doi.org/10.38094/jastt301171

Published 2022-06-30

  • Ayad M. Fadhil Al-Quraishi
    • ,
  • Banaz M. Mustafa
    • ,
  • P. Gopinathan
    • ,
  • Y. Divya

Ayad M. Fadhil Al-Quraishi
Department of Surveying and Geomatics Engineering, Tishk International University, Erbil 44001, Kurdistan Region, Iraq

Banaz M. Mustafa
Deptartment of Soil and Water Sci., College of Agriculture, Salahaddin University, Erbil 44003, Kurdistan Region, Iraq.

P. Gopinathan
CSIR - Central Institute of Mining and Fuel Research, Ministry of Science and Technology, Govt. of India, Dhanbad, Jharkhand, 828108, India

Y. Divya
Department of Earth & Environment, Florida International University, Miami, FL, 33199, USA

Abstract

This study primarily investigates the total (Fe) iron presence in Sulaimaniyah Governorate, the Iraqi Kurdistan Region (IKR), which has an abundance of iron mines. Spatial quantification and frequent monitoring of mineral existence in the soil are essential in the mining regions. To achieve this goal, a remote sensing technique was utilized to predict soil minerals, particularly iron, in the study area using a multispectral satellite image, Landsat-7 Enhanced Thematic Mapper Plus (ETM+).  A robust methodology was perceived and developed from image processing to estimate and map iron oxide-rich soils, and the soil’s spectral indices were obtained after algorithms were applied in processing the bands of the Landsat image. Soil samples were collected and analyzed in the laboratory to determine the chemical, physical, and mineralogical characteristics of soils. Correlation coefficients were carried out between soil properties and spectral band values retrieved from image analysis to examine the band potentials of Landsat. The statistical results showed that there was a significant relationship between the 3rd band of the ETM+ image and each of the total iron (R2 = 0.643), the free iron oxide (R2 = 0.659), and sand particles (R2 = 0.561). The predicted soil mineral maps were generated for the study area to visualize the study site's soil characterization and total iron spread. This study's results could help primarily identify the spatial distribution of some soil properties in Sulaimaniyah, Iraq.

Keywords

Iron Oxide, Multispectral Satellite Data, Landsat ETM , Sulaimaniyah, Iraqi Kurdistan Region

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