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Journal of Petroleum Geology

Abstract

Journal of Petroleum Geology, Vol.9, No.4, pp. 463-468, 1986

©Copyright 2000 Scientific Press, Ltd.

A TILTED CRUSTAL BLOCK BOUNDED BY LINEAMENTS, SHOWN BY REMOTE SENSING

S. O. Al Khatieb* and J. W. Norman**

* Directorate of Mineral Resources, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia.

** Consultant in Remote Sensing Geology, 11 Riverside, Forest Row, East Sussex RH18 5HB, UK.

Abstract

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.

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