TITLE:
Structural Analysis of a Segment in Qatar-Kazerun Fault Using Satellite Images of Landsat 8
AUTHORS:
Soraya Dana, Mahmood Almasian, Mahyar Soltani, Shima Rahmati Kamel
KEYWORDS:
Qatar-Kazerun Fault, Landsat 8, Telemetry, Structural Analysis
JOURNAL NAME:
Open Journal of Geology,
Vol.5 No.7,
July
20,
2015
ABSTRACT: The north-south
Qatar-Kazerun fault, with an estimated 450-km length, is a fault with lithic
basement. It is mostly covered by young Quaternary alluvium, which has led to
obscurities of rock structure and fractures. As residential areas (such as
Nour-Abad, Khumeh Zar, Qaemiyeh and Kamaraj) are mainly placed on plains
covered by Quaternary alluvium, telemetry methods, especially structural
analyses based on satellite images, which are nowadays regarded as good
complements to field studies. That is why many satellites are recently launched
for different scientific objectives. Landsat is one of these research
satellites; it is for long helping scientists in different fields of natural
sciences. The present paper enjoys the latest information obtained through
Landsat 8. Using several image reproducing operations and assistant software,
it draws a new structure for the area and presents it for further analysis and
interpretation.