Tectonic implications of the Northern part of Gulf of Suez region as revealed from the lineament analysis of landsat imageries

الملخص EN

Processing on lineaments revealed from photo-satellites imageries of the northern part of the Gulf of Suez region has been carried out.

Imageries of Landsat exhibit lineaments that reflect topographic surface features surrounding the water covered area of the Gulf of Suez.

The lineaments were differentiated according to their frequencies, thicknesses and lengths.

Azimuth frequency distribution of groups of the different differential parameters was investigated for each azimuth interval of N 10º to the east and N 10º to the west.

Geographic information system (GIS) was applied in the different combinations of distributions for the two azimuth categories (N to E) ~ (S to W) and (N to W) ~ (S to E).

Tectonic implications and identifications of the paleogeologic events that produced shearing and rifting effects along the major trends of Gulf of Suez, Gulf of Aqaba, North South and East West are emphasized.

More light is thrown on the nature of the causative tectonisms, which includes their origins, intensities and the general framework of the structural settings.