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Sponsored byAmerican Mining Congress

In Concert WithUnited States Geological Survey

American Association of Petroleum GeologistsAfuerican Society of Photogrammetry

The Association of American GeographersThe Geological Society of AmericaSociety of Economic Geologists

American Mining Congress1100 Ring Building, Washington, D.C. 20036

Telephone (202) 331-8900 TWX 710-822-01 26

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The 1st Annual William T. Pecora Memorial Symposiumscheduled for Sioux Falls, South Dakota, October28-31 , 1975, will foster the exchange of multi-disciplinary scientific and management findingsresulting from the use of remotely sensed data.

The four-day symposium will address itself to new andrevolutionary discoveries which assist the earthscientist in meeting the world's obligation to producethe minerals, fiber and food essential for the securityand continuing progress of our people. Remote sensingexperts from the United States, Canada, France, Mexicoand South America will present more than 30 technicalpapers covering the results of two years of LANDSAT(formerly ERTS-Earth Resources Technology Satellite)productivity

EARTH RESOURCES OBSERVATION SYSTEMSDATA CENTER TOURSFeatured during the Symposium will be special-ized tours of the EROS Data Center geared to theinterest of each attendee. The tours through themodern Data Center will feature user services'operations, applications assistance and trainingfacilities, high volume photographic laboratoriesand equipment, and the central computer com-plex. Highlighting the tours will be a visit to theunique Data Analysis Laboratory. Demonstrationsof interactive digital and analog image analysisequipment will be conducted to illustrate tech-niques for locating mineralized zones using satel-lite images. Applications scientists will be avail-able to answer questions on specific image analy-sis techniques and equipment capabilities.

Shuttle buses will depart the Holiday Inn (Down-town) at 3D-minute intervals on Tuesday, October28 and Friday, October 31. Specific schedules willbe listed in the program given to the attendee atreg istration.

TUESDAY AFTERNOON

Tours of the EROS Data Center. Shuttle buses willdepart the Holiday Inn at short intervals throughout theafternoon. Visitors will be given specialized tours insmall groups showing applications of the equipment andservices within the Data Center.

WEDNESDAY MORNING

Welcoming Address: The Honorable Richard F. Kneip,Governor of the State of South DakotaOpening Remarks: The Honorable V.E. McKelvey,Director, US. Geological Survey, Reston, VA

INTERNATIONAL IMPLICATIONS OF LANDSAT DATAFROM A GEOLOGICAL VIEWPOINT

Dr. John Reinemund, Chief, Office of InternationalGeology, U.S. Geological Survey, Reston, VA

NASA PLANS FOR FUTURE EARTH RESOURCEMISSIONS

Dr. William Nordberg,Director of Applications, NASA / GoddardSpace Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD

APPLICATION OF REMOTE SENSING (LANDSATDATA) TO PETROLEUM EXPLORATION

Michel T. Halbouty, Consulting Geologist andPetroleum Engineer, Houston

LANDSAT APPLICATIONS TO RESOURCEEXPLORATION AND GASLINE PLANNING

Dr. Carlos Brockmann, Director, Programa ERTS/Bolivia, GEOBOL Servicio Geologico de Bolivia,La Paz, Bolivia, South America

WEDNESDA Y AFTERNOON

AN OVERVIEW OF CANADIAN PROGRESS IN THEUSES OF LANDSAT DATA IN GEOLOGY

Co-authors: Dr. L.W. Morley, Director, CanadianCentre for Remote Sensing, Ottawa, Ontario, CanadaandDr. A. F. Gregory, President, Gregory GeoscienceLtd., Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

MAPPING AND CHARTING FROM LANDSATDr. A. P. Colvocoresses, Cartography Coordinator,EROS Program, U.S Geological Survey, Reston, VA

RELATIONSHIP OF MINERAL RESOURCES TOLINEAR FEATURES IN MEXICO AS DETERMINEDFROM LANDSAT DATA

Ing. Guillermo P. Salas, Director General, Consejo deRecursos Naturales no Renovables, Mexico City, Mexico

USES OF LANDSAT AND OTHER REMOTE SENSORSYSTEMS TO ADDRESS ENERGY, MINERALS, ANDRELATED ENVIRONMENTAL PROBLEMS

Dr. John M. DeNoyer, Director, EROS Program,U.S. Geological Survey, Reston, VA

THURSDA Y MORNING

LANDSAT CONTRIBUTIONS TO STUDIES OF PLATETECTONICS

Dr. Jan Kutina, Consulting Geologist, BethlehemSteel Corporation, Bethlehem, PA

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MACHINE PROCESSING OF LANDSAT DATA IN THESEARCH FOR ALTERATION HALOSCo-authors: Dr. Lawrence C. Rowan, Geologist,U. S. Geological Survey, Reston, VA andAlexander F. H. Goetz, Jet Propulsion Laboratory andRoger P. Ashley, U. S. Geological Survey,Menlo Park, CA

THURSDA Y AFTERNOON

LANDSA T IMAGE STUDIES AS APPLIED TOPETROLEUM EXPLORATION IN KENYAJohn B. Miller, Staff Geologist, Chevron OverseasPetroleum, Inc., San Francisco

REGIONAL LINEAR ANALYSIS AS A GUIDE TOMINERAL RESOURCE EXPLORATION-USINGLANDSAT (ERTS) DATA

Dr. Robert A. Hodgson, Research Associate, GulfResearch and Development Co., Pittsburgh

LANDSAT DATA CONTRIBUTIONS TO EXPLORATIONOF FOREIGN REGIONS

Co-authors: Seth I. Gutman, GeophysicistandDr. F. P Bentz, Chief Geologist, Santa Fe Minerals,Inc., Orange, CA

SOME SPECIFIC EXAMPLES OF SPACE IMAGERYPROSPECTS

Robert Worthing, Chief Geologist, The ReservePetroleum Co., Oklahoma City

LANDSAT AND OTHER REMOTE SENSINGTECHNIQUES APPLIED TO INVESTIGATION OFVEGETATED GEOCHEMICAL ANOMALIES

Co-authors: Dr. Frank Canney, Geologist, U. S.Geological Survey, Denver and Gary L. Raines,Research Associate, U. S. Geological Survey,Denver

TECTONIC DEDUCTIONS FROM ALASKAN SPACEIMAGERY

Co-authors: E. H. Lathram, EROS, Pacific Coast/Alaska, U. S. Geological Survey, Menlo Park, CA andRobert G. H. Raynolds, Department of Applied EarthSciences, Stanford University, Stanford, CA

LUMINESCENCE AS AN INDICATOR OFGEOCHEMICAL ANOMALIESCo-authors: William R. Hemphill, Acting AssistantProgram Manager, EROS Program, U. S. GeologicalSurvey, Reston, VA and Robert D. Watson, Physicist,US. Geological Survey, Flagstaff, AZ

COMPUTER-ENHANCED LANDSAT DATA AS AMINERAL EXPLORATION TOOL IN ALASKACo-authors: Nairn R D. Albert, Geologist, U.S.Geological Survey, Menlo Park, CA andPat S. Chavez, Mathematician, U.S. GeologicalSurvey, Flagstaff, AZ

EVALUATION OF IMPROVED DIGITAL PROCESSINGTECHNIQUES OF LANDSAT DATA FOR SULFIDEMINERAL PROSPECTING .Co-authors: Robert Gordon Schmidt, Geologist,US. Geological Survey, Reston, VA andRalph Bernstein, Senior Engineer, IBM, Gaithersburg,MD

FRIDAY MORNING

USE OF LANDSAT DATA FOR ENGINEERINGGEOLOGIC APPLICATIONS IN NORTH CENTRAL IRAN

Dr. Daniel B. Krinsley, Chief, Environmental ImpactAnalysis Program, U.S. Geological Survey, Reston,VA

FUTURE SENSOR TECHNOLOGY FOR GEOLOGICAND RELATED MISSIONSMarvin S. Maxwell, Head, Systems and MissionsAnalysis Branch, NASA/Goddard Space FlightCenter, Greenbelt, MD

ENVIRONMENTAL EVALUATION AND SITE STUDIESUSING LANDSAT DATALeo Eichen, Manager, Remote Sensing TechnologyGroup, Dames & Moore, Cranford, NJ

A DEEPER LOOK AT LANDSAT IMAGES OF UMIAT,ALASKACo-authors: A. F. Maurin, Head, Research Depart-ment of Morpholoqy andiMathematical Sed imentology,Compagnie Francaise Des Petroles, Paris, France,and E. H. Lathram, EROS, Pacific Coast/Alaska,U. S. Geological Survey, Menlo Park, CA

WHY REMOTE SENSING? A MANAGEMENT VIEWJ. Robert Porter, President, Earth SatelliteCorporation, Chevy Chase, MD

REGIONAL AND GLOBAL GEOLOGICAL STUDIESUSING SATELLITE MAGNETOMETER DATARobert D. Regan, Ph.D., Geophvsicist, U.S. GeologicalSurvey, Reston, VA

LANDSAT DATA CONTRIBUTIONS TO PROJECT'BIRDDOG'Terrence J. Donovan, Geologist, Branch of Oil andGas Resources, U.S. Geological Survey, Denver

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AIRTRACE-AN AIRBORNE GEOCHEMICALEXPLORATION TECHNIQUEDr. Anthony R. Barringer, President, BarringerResearch, Ltd., Rexdale, Ontario, Canada

AN APPLICATION OF SATELLITE IMAGERY TOMINERAL EXPLORATIONCo-authors: Mark Liggett, Research Geologist, andJohn F. Childs, Research Geologist, CyprusGeoresearch Co., Los Angeles

MINERAL EXPLORATION APPLICATIONS OFDIGITALLY PROCESSED LANDSAT IMAGERY

Prof. Ronald J. P. Lyon, Director, Remote SensingLaboratory, Stanford University, Palo Alto, CA

OPTIMUM SLAR SYSTEM PARAMETERS FORREVELATION OF GEOLOGIC DATACo-authors: Louis F. Dellwig, Director, RemoteSensing Laboratory andRichard K. Moore, Space Technology Center,Lawrence, Kansas

Luncheon,Thursday, October 30

Speaker: Mr. Russell L. SchweickartDirector, User Affairs, Office ofApplications, NASA

SPECIAL EVENTS

WORLD WIDE INDEXING AND RETRIEVAL OFLANDSAT IMAGESDr. Floyd Sabins, Senior Research Associate,Chevron Oil Field Research Co, La Habra, CA

Early Bird Reception, Tuesday, October 28

Luncheon,Wednesday, October 29Speaker: The Honorable Frank E. MossU. S, Senator from Utah

Reception and Banquet.Thursday, October 30

Speaker: The Honorable Pete V. DomeniciU, S, Senator from New Mexico

FRIDAY AFTERNOON REGISTRA TION

Tours of the EROS Data Center for those who did notvisit on Tuesday or who wish to return. Shuttlebuses will depart the Holiday Inn at short intervalsthroughout the afternoon.

This photo shows asegment of TheAppalachian Moun-tains In Tennessee.

jJ It was taken froman altitude ofapproximately 570miles by ERTS

The Symposium Registration Fee is $75.00 per person.(A receipt setting forth the registration fee and mealfunction costs will be issued upon request). The feecovers all technical sessions, the Early Bird Reception,all shuttle bus transportation, the Wednesday andThursday Luncheons and Thursday Banquet.

Smooth your registration by filling in the enclosedregistration form and mail it (with your check) to theAmerican Mining Congress, 1100 Ring Building,Washington, D. C. 20036. Advance registrations will beaccepted until October 17. After this date, attendeesmay register for the symposium in the hotel lobby ofthe Holiday Inn (Downtown) beginning October 28.

All advance registration material will be held in SiouxFalls and may be secured upon your arrival.

HOTEL RESERVA TIONS

Make your hotel reservations today; an applicationform is enclosed. All reservations will be handled bythe Symposium Housing Bureau, Sioux Falls Chamberof Commerce, 101 West 9th St., Sioux Falls, SO 57101.Confirmations will be sent by the hotel direct to theattendee.

Hotel and meeting space in Sioux Falls is limited,therefore consider making your hotel reservation early.