Abstract
The present work deals with geologic adaptation of Wadi Kharit shear zone based on field, petrographic, remote sensing and structural data. Neoproterozoic basement cover of Wadi Kharit includes, island arc metasedimentary association, metagabbro-diorite complex, syn-late to post-tectonized granites, and Nubian sandstone. The major structural orientation of the area is 270 degrees- 280 degrees N. The microstructure and paleostress analyses reveal a dextral sense of the shear zone. Such orientation indicates either the greater Najd-related Wadi Kharit-Hodein shear zone was overprinted by a dextral event subsequent to the main sinistral sense shear, or that Wadi Kharit shear can be considered as a separate high strain zone showing neither geometric nor kinematic relations with Wadi Hodein shear zone.