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A TILTED CRUSTAL BLOCK BOUNDED BY LINEAMENTS, SHOWN BY REMOTE SENSING
Author(s) -
Khatieb S. O. Al,
Norman. J. W.
Publication year - 1986
Publication title -
journal of petroleum geology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.725
H-Index - 42
eISSN - 1747-5457
pISSN - 0141-6421
DOI - 10.1111/j.1747-5457.1986.tb00406.x
Subject(s) - lineament , geology , outcrop , block (permutation group theory) , peninsula , mesozoic , remote sensing , bounded function , tectonics , satellite , geomorphology , paleontology , geodesy , seismology , geometry , geography , archaeology , mathematical analysis , mathematics , structural basin , aerospace engineering , engineering
From a remote‐sensing study here reported, a block of Mesozoic sediments (about 160 km by 40 km) in the Arabian Peninsula appears to have been tilted, and the boundaries of the tilted rocks were seen to be bounded by lineaments detected on satellite imagery. Fieldwork has shown supporting evidence of increased dips, and the movement of the block was confirmed by carrying out a trend surface analysis of the positions of key horizons in water bore‐holes, and their outcrops at the surface.