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==Study of shield areas==

==Study of shield areas==

[[file:using-magnetics-in-petroleum-exploration_fig14-4.png|300px|thumb|{{figure number|1}}. Copyright: Gay, 1995; courtesy International Basement Tectonics Assoc.]]

[[file:using-magnetics-in-petroleum-exploration_fig14-4.png|300px|thumb|{{figure number|1}}Landsat and SLAR images of exposed Precambrian crystalline crust. Copyright: Gay<ref name=Gay1995>Gay, S.P., Jr., 1995, The basement fault block pattern: its importance in petroleum exploration, and its delineation with residual aeromagnetic techniques, in R.W. Ojakangas, ed., Proceedings of the 10th International Basement Tectonics Conference, p. 159–207.</ref> courtesy International Basement Tectonics Assoc.]]

The Landsat and SLAR images of exposed Precambrian crystalline crust ([[:file:using-magnetics-in-petroleum-exploration_fig14-4.png|Figure 1]] show highly lineated terrains and demonstrate that the linears fall into multiple parallel or subparallel sets of varying strike directions. These overlapping fracture sets cut the basement into blocks of varying shapes and sizes. This collection of basement blocks is the '''basement fault block pattern'''.

The Landsat and SLAR images of exposed Precambrian crystalline crust ([[:file:using-magnetics-in-petroleum-exploration_fig14-4.png|Figure 1]] show highly lineated terrains and demonstrate that the linears fall into multiple parallel or subparallel sets of varying strike directions. These overlapping fracture sets cut the basement into blocks of varying shapes and sizes. This collection of basement blocks is the '''basement fault block pattern'''.