Fracture network mapping using Landsat-8 OLI images of the mining zone of Jbel Tijekht in Moroccan Eastern Anti-Atlas

• Published in: Estudios Geológicos
• Main Authors: Saidi, Omar, Mhamdi, Hicham Si, Essalhi, Abdelhafid, Toummite, Abdeslam
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas 2020
• Subjects: Structural mapping; Lineaments extractions; Variscan; Jbel Tijekht; Ougnat-Ouzina Ridge; Moroccan Eastern Anti-Atlas; Cartografía estructural; Extracciones de lineamientos; Dorsal Ougnat-Ouzina; Anti-Atlas oriental marroquí; Alta; Rocas; Roca; Pirita; Media Luna; Polar Science
• Online Access: http://estudiosgeol.revistas.csic.es/index.php/estudiosgeol/article/view/1029; https://doi.org/10.3989/egeol.43887.587

Jbel Tijekht is one of the most important geological structures of the Ougnat-Ouzina ridge in the Eastern Anti-Atlas. This crescent-shaped massif was affected by a network fractures that is visible at different scales. It is particularly rich in numerous mineralized veins of barite, and is associate...