Lineaments on remote sensing images of Caucasian region

Abstract

The analyzed part of Alpine active belt includes the Great Caucasus, the Small Caucasus, and the highlands of East Anatolia and of North-Western Iran. The main faults of this region were distinguished by the landscape- geomorphological deciphering of remote sensing map. The new scheme of lineaments was compiled. Transversal lineaments with "anticaucasus" strikes are of special interest because they play significant role in the recent geodynamic of the region.