Tectonic architecture through Landsat-7 ETM+/SRTM DEM-derived lineaments and relationship to the hydrogeologic setting in Siwa region, NW Egypt

Journal of African Earth Sciences

Volumn 45, Issue 4-5, 2006, Pages 467-477

  Masoud, Alaa ^a   Koike, Katsuaki ^a  

^a KUMAMOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Egypt; Hydrogeology; Lineaments; Segment tracing algorithm; Siwa region; Tectonic evolution

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; DIGITAL ELEVATION MODEL; FRACTURE ZONE; HYDROGEOLOGY; LANDSAT THEMATIC MAPPER; LINEAMENT; SPATIAL VARIATION; TECTONIC EVOLUTION; TECTONIC STRUCTURE;

AFRICA; EGYPT; MATRUH; NORTH AFRICA; SIWA; WESTERN DESERT;

EID: 33746033370     PISSN: 08995362     EISSN: 1464343X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jafrearsci.2006.04.005     Document Type: Article

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