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Interpretation
of Complex Structures Using Remotely Sensed
Data
HOPKINS, HENRY ROBERT, and PATRICK J. SHANNON
Four examples of complex structuring are used to illustrate the point that
detailed interpretation of remote sensing data over exposed complex structures
can provide a key to determining the structural style or styles of an area and
will assist in developing a structural model. The remote sensing interpretation
and the model can then be used to assist in interpreting seismic, magnetic and
gravity data of the area.
The complex structures illustrated are: 1) an area of small, buoyant salt
structures; 2) tectonic salt structures; 3) a low-angle, overthrust sheet; and
4) the junction of major tectonic elements. Each example is illustrated by a
remote sensing sub-scene, a segment of a published geologic map, and an
interpretation
of the remote sensing data.