Paradigm of Geological Mapping of the Adıyaman Fault Zone of Eastern Turkey Using Landsat 8 Remotely Sensed Data Coupled with PCA, ICA, and MNFA Techniques

A principal and independent component analysis (PCA ICA) a minimum noise fraction (MNFA) were applied in this study to Landsat 8 Operational Land Imager (OLI) images along the Adıyaman fault zone Eastern Turkey. These analyses indicated that lithologic units, patterns, morphological structural features can be mapped highly accurately by using spectral-matching techniques regions where rocks are well exposed. An inspection of all possible band combinations PCA 134 231 ICA 132 give best false color composite for identifying lithological units contacts. The findings MNFA show 521 combination also is robust discriminating particularly Quaternary clastic (colluvium/alluvium). 1 alone provides image tracing tectonic elements area. new up-to-date map we produced upon interpretation processed OLI reveals several river channels offset beheaded fault, which verifies its activity. This demonstrated that, when used with data, PCA, ICA, very powerful mapping actively deforming zones hence other elsewhere world climate arid semiarid, vegetation cover scarce.