The contribution of pattern recognition techniques in geomorphology and geology: the case study of Tinos Island (Cyclades, Aegean, Greece)

ABSTRACTScope of the present work is to apply modern methods of pattern recognition concerning the automatic detection of geomorphological features (curvilinear lineaments and topographic highs), with emphasis on geological faults and to compare the results of the automatic detection with aerial photographs and further geological data collected in Tinos Island. The contribution of this work in the geosciences is multidisciplinary because (a) it proposes to geoscientists a new tool of geomorphological analysis prior to the fieldwork and especially at the stage where published work and already available data are collected, evaluated and reprocessed, (b) it increases the detection accuracy of the geological features both prior and after the fieldwork, (c) it decreases the time of fieldwork and consequently the cost of the entire geological research and (d) it can be applied in digital elevation data. The automatically detected linear-curvilinear lineaments and topographic highs agree in location, shape and o...