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Correlation of lineaments and groundwater quality in Dasht-e-Arjan Fars, SW of Iran

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The NE-oriented Dasht-e-Arjan graben is located 65 km west of Shiraz and has resulted from the active Kare-e-Bas fault segmentations. This extensional graben bounded by two fault system east-Arjan and west-Arjan to the Shahneshin and Salamati anticline. In these study using Landsat 7 ETM images with resolution 2.5 m and directional filtering in the four azimuths and semi-automatic technique for linear structure in the study area. Using the obtained data from extracted lineaments, the rose diagrams of the main strike lineaments are well confirm with field measurements of faults with N56° ± 4°E direction. The structural lineaments of the study area show that the Dasht-e-Arjan area is underlain by the limestone, sandstone, and marl. LANDSAT imagery of the area has been analyzed and interpreted in order to determine the lineament and groundwater quality across the area. The fracture is structurally controlled and mostly influences both the groundwater and surface water pollution and flow directions in the Dasht-e-Arjan. Using visual interpretation, determining the lineaments on the satellite image is very difficult and subjective, and it requires an experienced interpreter. In this study, the lineament analysis is undertaken to examine the orientation of the lineament, the relationship between lineaments and tectonic features and groundwater quality. Lineament density maps show that the lineament density is high around areas. Areas having high lineament density represent areas with relatively high groundwater pollution. Field observations agreed with the results from the analysis of the imagery.

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  1. Department of Geology, Lorestan University, Khorramabad, Iran

    Ramin Sarikhani, Artimes Ghassemi Dehnavi & Reza Zarei Sahamieh

  2. Department of Geology, Birjand University, Birjand, Iran

    Zahra Kamali

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Sarikhani, R., Kamali, Z., Dehnavi, A.G. et al. Correlation of lineaments and groundwater quality in Dasht-e-Arjan Fars, SW of Iran. Environ Earth Sci 72, 2369–2387 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12665-014-3146-4

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