The primary objective of the current study is to produce karstification potentiality maps in northeast of Khuzestan province, Iran, using both fuzzy logic and AHP models as an additional tool in hydrogeological research. Geographic Information Systems (GIS) and Remote Sensing (RS) are used to create two maps depicting the development of the karstification, consisting of five classes, showing th...

Exposed limestone karst landscapes, especially in the tropics, are often home to distinctive and specialized biotas. Among vertebrates, a particularly large number of karst-associated lizard taxa have been described, but for the vast majority, evidence of specific adaptions to karst is lacking. A number of studies, however, have provided evidence of consistent morphological trends in lizards th...

Rivers around the world are being regulated by dams to accommodate the needs of a rapidly growing global population. These regulatory efforts usually oppose the natural tendency of rivers to flood, move sediment, and migrate. Although an economic benefit, river regulation has come at unforeseen and unevaluated cumulative ecological costs. Historic and contemporary approaches to remedy environme...

Despite the close attention springs have received from a hydrologic perspective and as biodiversity hotspots, multiple dimensions of spring meiofaunal assemblage diversity are still poorly investigated. Knowledge beta patterns drivers can inform improve management decisions on conservation. Here, we analyzed copepod assemblages in karst Central Italy by focusing on: 1) relative contributions tu...

The relative importance of karst conduits and fractures in driving groundwater flow affects the discharge springs long-term availability water resources. Applying statistics to hydrographs studying recessions provide information on degree reliability variability and, therefore, regime within saturated part carbonate aquifers. This approach was applied six at Gran Sasso aquifer Central Italy. Th...

Recession Curve Analysis is a common method to characterize karstic aquifers and their discharge dynamics. Although this technique provides crucial information on quantifying system hydrodynamic properties, the manually selected recession curves analysis neither practical cover all candidate curves, nor it allows extracting entire hydrological diversity of behavior. This study aimed comparative...

There is a need to automate terrain feature mapping so that to make the process more objective and less time consuming by using proper feature extraction techniques. The objective of this study was the use of object-oriented image analysis methods for the automatic extraction of alluvial fan terrain units. The study area was located in the Death Valley, Nevada, USA. The data used included an AS...