title: Statistical factor analysis of aerial spectrometric data, Al-Awabed area, Syria: a useful guide for phosphate and uranium exploration.
abstract: Factor analysis provides a quantitative interpretation for synthesizing and correlating data from airborne spectrometric surveys. Factor analysis is applied on such data of Al-Awabed area, Northern Palmyrides. The seven variables used in this research are: total radioactivity Ur1, e(U), e(Th), K%, e(U)/e(Th), e(U)/K and e(Th)/K. The analysis and interpretation show that a model of four factors (F1, F2, F3 and F4) is sufficient to represent them, where 94% of total data variance is interpreted. Mapping of these four factors proved to be a powerful tool for a direct differentiation of various rocks units, and a score lithological map of 11 radiometric units was established.
authors.affiliation: Geology Department, Atomic Energy Commission, P.O. Box 6091, Damascus, Syria. jasfahani@aec.org.sy
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Asfahani
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Aissa
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Al-Hent