Relative quantification of wind erosion in argan woodlands in the Souss Basin,Morocco     

Miriam Marzen  Mario Kirchhoff  Irene Marzolff  Ali Aït Hssaine  Johannes B. Ries 《地球表面变化过程与地形》2020,45(15):3808-3823

The endemic argan woodlands cover large parts of South Morocco and create a characteristic landscape with areas of sparsely vegetated and bare soil surfaces between single trees. This unique ecosystem has been under extensive agrosilvopastoral management for centuries and is now at risk of degradation caused by overgrazing and increasing scarcity and variability of rainfall. To investigate susceptibility to wind erosion, we conducted an experimental–empirical study including wind tunnel tests and a drone-generated digital elevation model and quantified wind-erodible material on five different associated surface types by means of sediment catchers. The highest emission flux was measured on freshly ploughed surfaces (1875 g m^–2 h^–1), while older ploughed areas with a re-established crust produced a much lower emission flux (795 g m^–2 h^–1). Extensive tillage may have been a sustainable practice for generations, but increasing drought and uncertainty of rainfall now lead to an acute risk of severe soil erosion and dust production. The typical crusted surfaces characterized by residual rock fragment accumulation and wash processes produced the second highest emission flux (1,354 g m^–2 h^–1). Material collected from tree-shaded areas (933 g m^–2 h^–1) was revealed to be a considerable source of organic material, possibly affecting substrate conditions positively on a larger regional scale. The lowest flux was measured on rock fragment-covered surfaces (301 g m^–2 h^–1). The data show that open argan woodland may be a considerable source for wind erosion and dust production, depending on surface characteristics strongly related to management. An adapted management must include the conservation of argan trees to offer a promising approach to prevent severe wind erosion and dust production and mitigate possible impacts of land-use change and climate change related shifts in wind and rainfall patterns. © 2020 The Authors. Earth Surface Processes and Landforms published by John Wiley & Sons Ltd  相似文献   

Modelling wind-erosion risk in the Laghouat region (Algeria) using geomatics approach     

Djouher Saadoud  Mohamed Saïd Guettouche  Mohamed Hassani  Francisco José Martin Peinado 《Arabian Journal of Geosciences》2017,10(16):363

Wind-erosion risk is a challenge that threatens land development in dry-land regions. Soil analysis, remote sensing, climatic, vegetal cover and topographic data were used in a geographic information system (GIS), using multi-criteria analysis (MCA) to map wind-erosion risk (R_we) in Laghouat, Algeria. The approach was based on modelling the risk and incorporating topographic and climatic effects. The maps were coded according to their sensitivity to wind erosion and to their socio-economic potential, from low to very high. By overlapping the effects of these layers, qualitative maps were drawn to reflect the potential sensitivity to wind erosion per unit area. The results indicated that severe wind erosion affects mainly all the southern parts and some parts in the north of Laghouat, where wind-erosion hazard (H_we) is very high in 43% of the total area, and which was affected mainly by natural parameters such as soil, topography and wind. The results also identified features vulnerable to R_we. The product of the hazard and the stake maps indicated the potential risk areas that need preventive measures; this was more than half of the study area, making it essential to undertake environmental management and land-use planning.  相似文献   

双源CT心脏图像的三维显示系统     

宋薇  杜阿安  杨新  薛海虹  孙锟 《CT理论与应用研究》2012,21(3):387-399

针对心内复杂结构,本文结合三维虚拟内窥镜技术和二维常规观测截面功能,开发了双源CT心脏图像的显示系统。用户可以在本系统内以自动和交互式的两种方式观测心内结构。自动方式,对造影剂增强的数据部分进行基于欧式距离的三维骨架化得到规划路径,光线投射法根据已算出的欧式跳过空白区域,减少了绘制计算量;交互方式,用户可以随时从内窥镜视角切换到当前视点所在的任意截面,便于进行二维和三维的结构和病理综合分析。而且,本系统根据规划路径自动检测标准四腔切面,改善临床检查的效率。本系统采用基于CUDA的体绘制技术有效实现了对心内解剖结构更加直观的观测,便于心脏疾病的诊断和治疗。  相似文献   

64排螺旋CT对胫骨平台隐匿性骨折的诊断及临床意义     

刘海平  张藜莉  吴戈  孟华伟  曾庆玉 《CT理论与应用研究》2012,21(3):457-463

目的:探讨64排螺旋CT对胫骨平台隐匿性骨折的诊断价值及临床意义。方法:收集2008年1月至2011年12月连续21例门急诊下肢外伤后普通X线平片表现为阴性及可疑骨折,64排螺旋CT检查确诊为胫骨平台骨折患者影像资料,并重新采用多层面重建(MPR);容积显示(VR)和最大灰度重建(MIP)等多种后处理技术进行回顾性分析。结果:MDCT3D共显示SchatzkerⅠ型10例;Ⅱd型4例;Ⅲ3例;Ⅳ型2例;Ⅳ型1例和Ⅴ型1例。结论:64排螺旋CT联合应用多种重建技术对胫骨平台隐匿性骨折的评价是可靠和准确的。可以准确评估21例胫骨平台骨折的部位、类型、程度及并发症等。明显提高了诊断准确性,避免了普通平片对胫骨平台隐匿性骨折的漏诊及误诊。可为临床采取及时有效的治疗提供更准确、更丰富的诊断信息。  相似文献   

X射线安检图像增强方法研究   总被引：1，自引：0，他引：1  

杨晓刚  杨立瑞 《CT理论与应用研究》2012,(4):705-712

本文提出了一种X射线安检图像增强的新方法。传统X射线安检图像的对比度较小、边缘不够清晰、噪声较大,针对这些特点,本方法的思路如下:首先消除安检图像的背景区域噪声,接着利用拉普拉斯变换对图像的边缘进行增强,然后通过CLAHE(有约束的局部直方图均衡化)方法实现图像的对比度增强,最后利用双边滤波器在保持图像边缘的前提下降低图像噪声。这样一套组合方法很好地适应了X射线安检图像的特点,得到了很好的增强效果。  相似文献   

Erratum to: Site effect assessment using KiK-net data: part 2—site amplification prediction equation based on f<Subscript>0</Subscript> and Vsz     

Héloïse Cadet  Anne-Marie Duval  Etienne Bertrand 《Bulletin of Earthquake Engineering》2012,10(2):491-491

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Foundation conditions of buildings in undermined areas: An example of evaluation     

Zdeněk Kaláb  Markéta Lednická 《Acta Geophysica》2012,60(2):399-409

Evaluation of a set of individual geological and petrophysical parameters is necessary in many geoscientific studies or those with constructional purposes. However, correlation and mutual evaluation of these parameters are very complicated. Our methodology, which is part of the expert evaluation, is based on compilation of four significant effects: local subsurface geology, groundwater table (and accumulation of surface water), deformation of the surface due to mining (subsidence), and landslides. Different values of specified significances were assigned to all four selected effects. The class of foundation conditions was selected according to the summary of values of specified significances for a given point. This value describes how the selected parameters influence vibration effect on the surface and resistance of buildings to this seismic loading. The pilot map of foundation conditions, which was elaborated as part of the evaluation of Stonava area in 2008, is presented.  相似文献   

Landslide susceptibility mapping of the Sera River Basin using logistic regression model   总被引：2，自引：1，他引：1  

Nussaïbah B. Raja  Ihsan Çiçek  Necla Türkoğlu  Olgu Aydin  Akiyuki Kawasaki 《Natural Hazards》2017,85(3):1323-1346

Of the natural hazards in Turkey, landslides are the second most devastating in terms of socio-economic losses, with the majority of landslides occurring in the Eastern Black Sea Region. The aim of this study is to use a statistical approach to carry out a landslide susceptibility assessment in one area at great risk from landslides: the Sera River Basin located in the Eastern Black Sea Region. This paper applies a multivariate statistical approach in the form of a logistics regression model to explore the probability distribution of future landslides in the region. The model attempts to find the best fitting function to describe the relationship between the dependent variable, here the presence or absence of landslides in a region and a set of independent parameters contributing to the occurrence of landslides. The dependent variable (0 for the absence of landslides and 1 for the presence of landslides) was generated using landslide data retrieved from an existing database and expert opinion. The database has information on a few landslides in the region, but is not extensive or complete, and thus unlike those normally used for research. Slope, angle, relief, the natural drainage network (including distance to rivers and the watershed index) and lithology were used as independent parameters in this study. The effect of each parameter was assessed using the corresponding coefficient in the logistic regression function. The results showed that the natural drainage network plays a significant role in determining landslide occurrence and distribution. Landslide susceptibility was evaluated using a predicted map of probability. Zones with high and medium susceptibility to landslides make up 38.8 % of the study area and are located mostly south of the Sera River Basin and along streams.  相似文献   

Contribution of rock magnetism to stratigraphy and palaeoenvironment of the Karaïn cave infill,Antalya, Turkey     

Abderrezak Djerrab  Tahar Aïfa 《Studia Geophysica et Geodaetica》2010,54(1):49-76

The magnetic properties of the infill of the Karaïn cave in Turkey were compared to the results of a sedimentological study on three longitudinal sections. The sediments of this site, namely cavity E, cover a period of ca. 500 ka and correspond to a large part of the Middle and Upper Pleistocene. The evolution observed for the various magnetic parameters is mainly related to climatic changes which followed one another during the infilling history of the cave. Two preconditions are necessary to understand the environmental magnetism, namely both the identification and the quantification of different magnetic phases (components) in the sediments, expressed by the ratio of the various magnetic parameters and the analysis of the magnetization curves. The results obtained through the study of the different magnetic parameters (low-field initial bulk (κ_lf) and mass (χ_lf) magnetic susceptibility, frequency dependence of the magnetic susceptibility (χ_fd), anhysteretic remanent magnetization (ARM), hysteresis parameters, anhysteretic susceptibility, ...) on 171 samples allowed us: 1 — to follow the nature, size and source of the grains at each level, and 2 — to identify six alternating levels, having different magnetic susceptibility signatures during warm, damp periods, in which the contribution of prehistorical hominidae (Homo Sapiens or Homo Neandertalensis) and animals, could have modified the original sedimentary structures.This study, in agreement with the sedimentological results, suggests a significant difference between sandy or sandy-silty levels (3 and 5) and those rich in clays and concretions. The sandy or sandy-silty levels are mainly characterized by a low amount of antiferromagnetic type grains, likely goethite and hematite, dominated by single-domain size (SD) and a small content of ferrimagnetic type grains, likely magnetite of multidomain size (MD), inherited from the host rock. Antiferromagnetic grains did not develop and were a priori drifted by the wind. They could be contemporaneous with a cold climate.The clays and clayey-silty levels are characterized by a large amount of superparamagnetic (SP) and SD grains, and a high content of low coercivity magnetic grains (magnetite, maghemite and Ti-magnetite). The saturation remanent magnetization (SIRM) of clayey levels is 5 to 10 times higher than that of sandy levels. The clayey levels are contemporaneous with a humid climate, which favoured the formation of secondary iron oxides, of stalagmitic floors and calcite concretions and of the emplacement of local pedogenesis phenomena, mainly at the top of the infill, i.e. in Level 6.  相似文献   

Long-term Geomechanical Observation in the Jeroným Mine     

Zdenĕk Kaláb  Markéta Lednická 《Acta Geophysica》2016,64(5):1513-1524

Geomechanical measurements have been carried out in the medieval Jeroným Mine since 2001. At first quarterly observation and later also continual monitoring by distributed measurement network were used. The network includes a number of different sensors that have been installed in selected places of underground spaces. There have not been any manifestations documenting dangerous changes of stability during the period of monitoring (2001–2015). The results of accomplished measurements from all convergence profiles confirm the total stability of all underground spaces. However, a number of places have been documented as potentially unstable. Measured values of selected parameters are presented in the paper, namely, movements along fractures, changes of stress tensor and fluctuations in the level of mine water table.  相似文献