The detection of temporal and spatial changing of basalt lavas which outcrops in geosite area of Kula and its near vicinity by landsat satellite images

The Earth is constantly in a continuous change and development. The main reason for this change is the dynamic nature of the earth and live activities. The humankind, from the world they live in maximum benefit and trust in this sphere in order to live on the follow-up to these changes, sometimes even has to steer. The purpose of this study is to determine the temporal and spatial changing of Kula Basalts which outcrops geosite area in Kula and its near vicinity by using different dated satellite images of the area and remote sensing change detection techniques. For this purpose, 1987, 2006 dated Landsat images of the study area were obtained. Image processing techniques such as PCA, band ratio were used to determine the spread of basalt lavas which outcrop in geosite. Followed by, supervised and unsupervised classifications were used to detection changing of the spread of basalts lavas from 1987 to 2006. As a result, based on supervised classification, the spread of basalt lavas are decreased 705,23 ha from 1987 to 2006 because of these areas were converted to settlement and agricultural land. Key Words: Change Detection, Geosite, Kula Basalt Lavas, Remote Sensing.