INTERPRETATION OF THE SOIL MANTLE USING DIGITAL PROCESSING OF MULTIZONAL INFORMATION (EXEMPLIFIED BY THE STEPPE AND DRY-STEPPE ZONES OF THECISCAUCASUS)

A graphic-analytical method of interpreting the soil mantle is examine d and tested. It is based on field data, specialized cartographic info rmation, and the results of a multizonal satellite survey. It is found ed on an analysis of the distribution of the average numerical values of clusters in two projections of the survey channels: (1) 0.5-0.6 mu m and 0.6-0.7 mu m, and (2) 0.5-0.6 mu m to 0.6-0.7 mu m and 0.8-0.9 m u m to 0.6-0.7 mu m.