Analyzing and interpretation of the satellite imagery lineaments to studying the tectonic framework of the gulf of Aqaba area in Egypt

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The present work is concerned with studying and analyzing the satellite imagery to extract and integrate lineament by using logic operator technique (Baridi J., 2000), in turn of lineaments analysis and interpretation to clarify the general structural framework of the south eastern part of Sinai which have complex tectonic.

This study revealed that there is sort of tectonic rotation, affecting the area in clockwise direction.

Accordingly the tectonic activity seaward is believed to be stronger than that landward, i.e.

the stability in the zone behind the shore line is less than that in the land side.

Since the tectonic activity in the study area comes from sea towards land, along an E-W direction, the Gulf of Suez tectonism is suggested to effect the study area, where the tectonic activity decrease from N to S.

The surface activities i.e.

(erosion) decrease toward the north, south and shore line of the Gulf basin more than that at its middle part.

The tectonic activity in this study classified according to the lineaments thickness to reveal the shallow, intermediate and Deep seated tectonic.