Study enhances rock strata identification in complex terrains, suggesting improved remote sensing methods.
The enhancement of remote sensing interpretation accuracy for rock strata in complex terrain areas has long been limited by challenges in field validation and the insufficient integration of geological knowledge in traditional spectral–spatial feature selection methods. This study proposes a geological remote sensing interpretation framework that integrates textual geological data, which enhances lithological identification accuracy by systematically combining multi-source geological knowledge with machine learning algorithms. Using a dataset of 2591 geological survey reports and scientific literature, a remote sensing interpretation ontology model was established, featuring four core entities (rock type, stratigraphic unit, spectral feature, and geomorphological indicator). A hybrid information extraction process combining rule-based parsing and a fine-tuned Universal Information Extraction (UIE) model was employed to extract knowledge from unstructured texts. A knowledge graph constructed using the TransE algorithm consists of 766 entity nodes and 1008 relationships, enabling a quantitative evaluation of feature correlations based on semantic similarity. When combined with Landsat multispectral data and digital elevation model (DEM)-derived terrain parameters, the knowledge-enhanced Random Forest (81.79%) and Support Vector Machine (75.76%) models demonstrated excellent performance in identifying rock-stratigraphic assemblages in the study area. While reducing subjective biases in manual interpretation, the method still has limitations. These include limited use of cross-modal data (e.g., geochemical tables, outcrop images) and a reliance on static knowledge representations. Future research will introduce dynamic graph updating mechanisms and multi-modal fusion architectures to improve adaptability across diverse geological lithological and structural environments.
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