Abstract
It has been generally accepted that the main trend of late Tertiary and Quaternary tectonics on Java and Sumatra is parallel to the longest axis of the islands. A study of ERTS-1 images covering parts of central and eastern Java, reveals a set of NE—SW trending lineaments, which measure a few 10 km in length. The direction of these lineaments corresponds to the so-called Meratus tectonic trend. Without being directly recognizable as fault or fault-line features these lineaments are also observable on scale 1: 50,000 aerial photographs. Geomorphic features such as unpaired terraces, linear scars, morphological unconformities, different land-use patterns across the lineament, and coastline configurations, however, strongly suggest a fault-origin of these lineaments.
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