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THE USE OF LANDSAT IMAGES IN OIL EXPLORATION 
IN URFA REGION, TURKEY 
OZCAN OZMUMCU 
Turkish Petroleum Corp. 
Ankara, Turkey 
Abstract 
The aim of this study is to investigate whether the Landsat images 
will add more information to our existing knowledge of petroleum 
exploration in the avea under study. It has been planned that this aim will 
be achieved by interpreting the geological features of Landsat images and 
correlating them with up-to-date data. 
The implications of the preliminary geological interpretation of the 
Urfa Region. SE Turkey, through Landsat images discussed. These 
images were taken from Earth Resources Technological Satellite in 
August 1975. 
The detection of structural lineaments has been quite successful, 
therefore a fracture trace analysis can be used for regional evaluation. 
However this approach might be inadequate for oil exploration. More 
sophisticated techniques should improve the interpretation.