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DIE ANWENDUNG VON FERNERKUNDUNGEN IN DER 
GEOLOGIE IN JUGOSLAWIEN 
Marinko Oluié 
Industroprojekt- Zagreb 
ABSTRACT 
The year 1923 was the year when the first images were made in Yugoslavia. 
However, it was not until after World War II that the black-and-white photo- 
graphs were successfully used not only in topographic surveying, but in other 
scientific and practical fields. The application of infrared and color imagery 
(infrared black and white, infrared - false - color images) was started in Yu- 
goslavia in 1970, 
In 1974 the first airborne thermal scanning was performed in Yugoslavia by 
means of a multispectral scanner. 
Today, images of the entire Yugoslav territory, made by different techniques 
from aircraft and satellite are available, which, combined with other explora- 
tion methods, have resulted in precious data in various geologic exploration 
fields. 
The panchromatic black-and-white airborne photos have been broadly and suc- 
cessfully used in making out the basic geological map of Yugoslavia, as in 
exploration for oil-bearing strata in Dinarides and in the Pannonian Basin. 
The airborne images - those IR and color photograms in particular - have been 
successfully used in exploration for copper ore in eastern Serbia (Bor mines) 
and for bauxite deposites in Dalmatia. 
Engineering geology and hydrogeologic exploration were also fields where pan- 
chromatic and IR images proved to be very advantageous, especially in setting 
up programs for the remedy of landslides, in'making out the signs for tracks 
and roads (transport routes), pipelines, gaslines, hydropower plants, etc. 
Rich applicability is anticipated in connection with thermal scanning that by now 
is in the phase of experimentation (geothermal occurences, underground springs, 
environment protection, etc. ). 
The images from the satellite LANDSAT (and SKY LAB images in the beginning) 
proved very useful in determining the Earth's tectonics; in identifying the 
weakened zones of the Earth’ s crust representing possible centers of Earth- 
quakes; and finally in delineating structures (bodies) where mineral ores 
depositing may be expected.