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Hydrothermal alteration mapping and structural features in the Guelma basin (Northeastern Algeria): contribution of Landsat-8 data

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In this work, we use remote sensing tools to recognize and map outcrops of altered hydrothermal rock zones in the Guelma basin (Northeastern Algeria). This basin is characterized by many thermal springs which could be the origin of the hydrothermal alterations and the source of polymetallic mineralization of Zn, Sb, Pb, and As. Structural lineaments representing faults or faulted zones were successfully extracted using remote sensing processing. The superimposition of the known mineralization site map with the evidenced lineaments and hydrothermal alteration zones evidences that the zones of high fractures density and of great structural complexity are in agreement with the detected hydrothermal alterations zones.

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The authors would like to express their thanks and gratitude to the editors and anonymous reviewers for their constructive comments that helped in improving this paper. Sincere thanks are due to Said Benzineh Professor in Department of Geography and Spatial Planning, USTHB, for constructive critical and fruitful discussions.

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This work is supported by the FSTGAT/USTHB (University of Science and Technology Houari Boumediene Bab Ezzouar) Algiers, Algeria and CGS (National Center of Applied Research in Earthquake Engineering).

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  1. Faculty of Earth Sciences, Geography and Spatial Planning (FSTGAT), University of Science and Technology, Houari Boumedienne (USTHB), BP 32, El Alia Bab Ezzouar, 16111, Algiers, Algeria

    Baya Nait Amara, Djamal Eddine Aissa, Massinissa Braham & Nabila Guessoum

  2. Laboratory of Metallogeny and Magmatism of Algeria, FSTGAT-USTHB, Algiers, Algeria

    Baya Nait Amara, Djamal Eddine Aissa & Nabila Guessoum

  3. National Center of Applied Research in Earthquake Engineering (CGS), BP 252, Rue Kaddour Rahim prolongée, Hussein Dey, 16040, Algiers, Algeria

    Baya Nait Amara, Massinissa Braham, Djamel Machane & Nabila Guessoum

  4. Center of Research in Astronomy, Astrophysics, and Geophysics (CRAAG), BP 63, Bouzareah, 16340, Algiers, Algeria

    Saïd Maouche

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Nait Amara, B., Aissa, D.E., Maouche, S. et al. Hydrothermal alteration mapping and structural features in the Guelma basin (Northeastern Algeria): contribution of Landsat-8 data. Arab J Geosci 12, 94 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12517-019-4224-4

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