Second EARsel Workshop on Imaging Spectroscopy, Enschede, 2000 DETECTION OF NEOTECTONIC FEATURES USING HYPERSPECTRAL AND SAR DATA, AMAZIJAHU FAULT - DEAD SEA RIFT, ISRAEL *, ** Shimoni Michal, *Van der Meer Freek * ITC - International Institution for Aerospace Survey and Earth Sciences Geological survey division. ** SIC - Signal and Image Centre, Brussels mshimoni@elec.rma.ac.be , vdmeer@itc.nl *** Ben-Dor Eyal *** Tel-Aviv University Department of Geography and Human Environment Bendor@post.tau.ac.il **** Shulman Haim **** Tel-Aviv University Department of Geophysics and Planetary Sciences Key Words: Hyperspectroscopy, SAR interferometry, Tectonism, Seismic profiles, Sediment displacement, ERS-1/2, DAIS-7915. Abstract The ERS-1/2 tandem mission opened a new dimension in the geology and the tectonic researches. Displacements of active tectonic structure can be detected by using the phase of the radar signal. However, the global understanding of neotectonic process as well as interpretation of the interferometry data require geophysical investigation and complete description of the geological setting. Regional geological mapping and mineral exploration are within the main targets of the hyperspectral technology. In areas were faults are covered by loose sediments, the surface mineralogy deposition is essential. Amazijahu fault is part of the Dead Sea rift, an active fracture zone with continuous seismic activity. The displacement along the fault has never been mapped and the geological setting has never been studied. By using new analysis technique and geophysical inversion models, the research extracted quantitative information about surface mineralogy from the DAIS- 7915 data. By using SAR Interferometry we will measure the relative movement and its direction. Seismic analysis was used to decode the relationship between the deep seismic activity and the surface cover. The combination of data will be used to produce a model detecting minor neotectonic faults in the Dead Sea Rift, southern basin, Israel. This article presents some preliminary results of combining seismic and advanced remote sensing data. Agreement between seismic activity and lithological distribution was found in the Dead Sea rift.