Variation in the computation of slope from digital elevation data can result in significantly different slope values and can, in turn, lead to widely varying estimates of environmental phenomena such as soil erosion that are highly dependent on slope. Ten methods of computing slope from distributed elevation data, utilizing capabilities inherent in five different geographic information systems ...

[1] Sediment gravity cores collected on the Pacific slope and incoming plate offshore Central America reach up to 400 ka back in time and contain numerous ash layers from plinian eruptions at the Central American Volcanic Arc. The compositionally distinct widespread ash layers form a framework of marker horizons that allow us to stratigraphically correlate the sediment successions along and acr...

Irrigation land suitability assessment and mapping play an imperative role for sustainable utilization of scarce physical land resources. The objectives of this study were to prepare spatial data base of physical land resources for irrigated agriculture and to assess land suitability for irrigation and developing suitable area map for the study area. The study was conducted at Fogera catchment,...

this study was aimed to assess wheat-grown fields health in gharessoo basin, golestan province, iran, using 79 fields in 8 villages in 2010. the samples were taken by quadrates. the number and the type of weeds were recorded at genera and species levels. in parallel, management data were recorded by questionnaire. species richness was defined as species number and shannon-wiener index, simpson’...

the high hillsides of the tehran metropolis are prone to landslides due to the climatic conditions and the geological, geomorphologicalcharacteristics of the region. therefore, it is vitally important that a landslide susceptibility map of the region be prepared. for thispurpose, thematic layers including landslide inventory, lithology, slope, aspect, curvature, distance to stream, distance to ...

The water crisis is harmful effects on human life. Also one of the most problems in the human society is water resources management. In this study, site selection of most suitable areas for artificial recharge using Boolean model. Criteria used to select the most suitable area for artificial recharge included: infiltration, slope, aquifer thickness, aquifer quality.  The layers were produced an...

Bacterial vaginosis or non-specific vaginitis describes the disease caused by a change in the normal Flora of the vagina, which leads to the elimination of Lactobacilli, generating hydrogen peroxide and excess growth of bacteria, particularly anaerobic bacteria. This disease is the most prevalent infection of the female genital tract, and the rate of frequency of anaerobic bacteria, specificall...

in this study the land surface in western half of hyper-arid lut desert, in south east of iran, which is covered by yardangs, a worldwide typical landform for aeolian erosion, were classified by self organizing maps (som) method. in the first step by using digital elevation model with 10 m resolution and matlab software, 22 morphometric parameters were calculated based on derivative of the surf...