Spatial properties of lineaments using a computer software

Abstract

An interactive software, Spatial Analysis of Lineaments, has been developed, that calculates the spatial properties azimuth, length, spacing, and unidirectional frequency of lineaments, provided that the starting and end coordinates of the lineaments are given. The software accepts a large number of lineaments. The different statistical properties are derived in series of steps and spatial outliers are removed in an interactive way. The software allows the user to sub-divide the azimuth group in to two or more if necessary. The nearest lineament is found based on the rules developed by Ekenligoda, & Henkel, 2004. The results are presented in graphical form for all spatial properties mentioned above together with mean, mode and standard deviation of each property and the number of lineaments involved for the derivation of spatial properties and the unidirectional lineament frequency.