Investigation of lineaments in Tehran province on the basis of remote sensing techniques

Since the latest 1990s within the rapid development of earth observing, field application has been continuing to expand and deepen ceaselessly. Remote sensing technique is the most efficient scientific tool in conjunction with ground truth and toposheet for collection of spatial information and very useful in identification and mapping of the Lineaments of an area. The main objective of the present investigation was to examine Landsat ETM⁺ of the study area by ENVI.4.0, ER Mapper 7.0, and applying Sobel 2 and sun angel filters to identify new lineaments. The extracted map indicated several new lineaments in the Tehran Province.