Lithological discrimination and mineralogical mapping using Landsat-8 OLI and ASTER remote sensing data: Igoudrane region, jbel saghro, Anti Atlas, Morocco.

This study aims to delineate the lithological formations, in addition to a mineralogical mapping comparing between the ASTER and Landsat-8 OLI sensors in the Igoudrane region. The research was accomplished using BR along with spectral profiles of minerals, PCA, MNF, ICA, XRD, and reflectance spectrometry. The BR measured with ASTER revealed the presence of amphibole, illite, smectite, muscovite, phengite, basic degree index SiO2, calcite, chlorite, epidote, dolomite, hydroxides, and ferrous silicates.

The normalized difference vegetation index (NDVI) of the Zat valley, Marrakech: comparison and dynamics.

This study presents vegetation land cover mapping based on Remote Sensing (RS) data processing, including satellite imagery scenes from Sentinel-2A, ASTER, and Landsat, in order to show the spatio-temporal correlation between the climate and environmental setting in Morocco. The main objective of this study is to contribute on land use planning and ecosystem protection. The distribution of vegetation in the study area was analyzed based on the satellite image processing and computing Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI).