lake maharlu basin is located in a synclinal valley of the folded zagros. the frame and rugged structure of the basin is made of three units of mountainous geomorphologic, smooth levels and tectonic hole and evolved during several geological periods under the effect of interactive relations of tectonic, climatology and hydro geomorphologic processes. in this study, the researchers applied histo...

The climate changes will be much more significant over the next 100 years and may lead to the heavy rainfall event. The heavy rainfall causes the flood hazard in the lowlands and geologic hazard in the mountains. Floods are also related to the changes in social economic conditions and land use. Recently, floods have been increasing due to rapid urbanization and human activity in the lowlands. T...

Some of the inshore reefs of the Great Barrier Reef are showing impacts consistent with a decline in water quality as a result of increased sediments and nutrients. The Wet Tropics covers approximately 2.2 million hectares and includes 91 percent of the Wet Tropics World Heritage area. The climate and geomorphologic conditions of the region are unique in Australia and generally result in fast f...

Shallow earth translational slides and earth flows, affecting colluvial soils derived by the weathering of the clayey bedrock, are a recurrent problem causing damage to buildings and roads in many areas of Apennines. The susceptibility assessment, e.g. slope stability models, requires the preliminary characterization of these superficial covers (lithology, geotechnical and hydraulic parameters)...

[1] The reason for the survival of mountainous topography in ancient orogenic belts is a long-standing problem in geomorphology and geodynamics. We explore the geomorphologic controls on the timescale for the postorogenic decay of topography to address the question of whether there is a viable geomorphologic explanation for the persistence of topography in ancient orogenic belts or whether alte...

High precision DEM of a tidal-flat is valuable to coastal management as well as pure scientific interest including erosion and sedimentation rate study. Geomorphologic mapping in coastal zone is, however, complicated by the rapid and significant changes on many fluvial forms and poor topographic expression of the landform. Three space-borne SAR systems including ALOS PALSAR, TerrrSAR-X and ERS-...