Drone brings new advance of geological mapping in Mongolia: Opportunities and challenges

Authors

  • Otgonbayar Dandar Graduate School of Environmental Studies, Tohoku University, Japan
  • Atsushi Okamoto Graduate School of Environmental Studies, Tohoku University, Japan
  • Masaoki Uno Graduate School of Environmental Studies, Tohoku University, Japan
  • Undarmaa Batsaikhan Graduate School of Environmental Studies, Tohoku University, Japan
  • Burenjargal Ulziiburen Graduate School of Environmental Studies, Tohoku University, Japan
  • Noriyoshi Tsuchiya Graduate School of Environmental Studies, Tohoku University, Japan

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.5564/mgs.v0i47.1063

Keywords:

remote sensing, inaccessible outcrops, geological map

Abstract

Unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) or drones have revolutionized scientific research in multiple fields. Drones provide us multiple advantages over conventional geological mapping or high-altitude remote sensing methods, in which they allow us to acquire data more rapidly of inaccessible or risky outcrops, and can connect the spatial scale gap in mapping between manual field techniques and airborne, high-altitude remote sensing methods. Despite the decreased cost and technological developments of platforms, sensors and software, the use of drones for geological mapping in Mongolia has not yet been utilized. In this study, we present using of drone in two areas: the Chandman area in which eclogite is exposed and the Naran massif of the Khantaishir ophiolite in the Altai area. Drone yields images with high resolution that is reliable to use and reveals that it is possible to make better formulation of geological mapping. Our suggestion is that (1) Mongolian geoscientists are encouraged to add drones to their geologic toolboxes and (2) drone could open new advance of geological mapping in Mongolia in which geological map will be created in more effective and more detailed way combined with conventional geological survey on ground.

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Published

2018-12-31

How to Cite

Dandar, O., Okamoto, A., Uno, M., Batsaikhan, U., Ulziiburen, B., & Tsuchiya, N. (2018). Drone brings new advance of geological mapping in Mongolia: Opportunities and challenges. Mongolian Geoscientist, (47), 53–57. https://doi.org/10.5564/mgs.v0i47.1063

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Scientific communication