Neotectonic investigations in the Pannonian basin based on satellite images

Analysis of Landsat images of the Mura depression in the Pannonian basin enabled identification of a number of lineaments that, in most cases, were not known from previous geological investigations. Many of these lineaments act as real faults and they have neotectonic significance. Combination of Landsat and field data made possible construction of a structural model that can explain the neotectonic evolution of this area. The model is based on wrench-tectonics, where Sava, ?o?tanje and Labod faults represent the first order wrench faults, and Donat, Ormo? and Ljutomer the second order wrench faults. During this wrenching only a few accompanying structural forms were newly generated. In most cases they follow a pre-existing regional fracture pattern.