Contribution of Landsat 8 data for the estimation of land surface temperature in Batna city,Eastern Algeria   总被引：1，自引：0，他引：1  

Abdelhalim Bendib  Hadda Dridi  Mohamed Issam Kalla 《国际地球制图》2017,32(5):503-513

In this study, we presented a mono-window (MW) algorithm for land surface temperature retrieval from Landsat 8 TIRS. MW needs spectral radiance and emissivity of thermal infrared bands as input for deriving LST. The spectral radiance was estimated using band 10, and the surface emissivity value was derived with the help of NDVI and vegetation proportion parameters for which OLI bands 5 and 4 were used. The results in comparison with MODIS (MOD11A1) products indicated that the proposed algorithm is capable of retrieving accurate LST values, with a correlation coefficient of 0.850. The industrial area, public facilities and military area show higher surface temperature (more than 37 °C) in comparison with adjoining areas, while the green spaces in urban areas (34 °C) and forests (29 °C) were the cooler part of the city. These successful results obtained in the study could be used as an efficient method for the environmental impact assessment.  相似文献   

Land surface temperature and emissivity estimation for Urban Heat Island assessment using medium- and low-resolution space-borne sensors: A review     

Abdelmoneim Abdelsalam Mohamed  John Odindi  Onisimo Mutanga 《国际地球制图》2017,32(4):455-470

The Urban Heat Island (UHI) phenomenon, a typical characteristic on urban landscapes, has been recognised as a key driver to the transformation of local climate. Reliable retrieval of urban and intra-urban thermal characteristics using satellite thermal data depends on accurate removal of the effects of atmospheric attenuations, angular and land surface emissivity. Several techniques have been proposed to retrieve land surface temperature (LST) from coarse resolution sensors. Medium spatial resolution sensors like the Advanced Space-borne Thermal Emission and Reflection Radiometer and the Landsat series offer a viable option for assessing LST within urban landscapes. This paper reviews the theoretical background of LST estimates from the thermal infrared part of the electromagnetic spectrum, LST retrieval algorithms applicable to each of the commonly used medium-resolution sensors and required variables for each algorithm. The paper also highlights LST validation techniques and concludes by stipulating the requirements for LST temporal and spatial configuration.  相似文献   

Perogenesis of granites, Sharm El-Sheikh area, South Sinai, Egypt: petrological constrains and tectonic evolution     

Mahmoud I. Sherif  Mohamed F. Ghoneim  Mohamed Th. S. Heikal  Bothina T. El Dosuky 《Mineralogy and Petrology》2013,107(5):765-783

Precambrian granites of the Sharm El-Sheikh area in south Sinai, Egypt belong to collisional and post-collisional Magmatism (610–580 Ma). The granites are widely distributed in the northern part of the Neoproterozoic Arabian-Nubian Shield. South Sinai includes important components of successive multiple stages of upper crust granitic rocks. The earliest stages include monzogranite and syenogranites while the later stages produced alkali feldspar granites and riebeckite-bearing granites. Numerous felsic, mafic dikes and quartz veins traverse the study granites. Petrographically, the granitic rocks consist mainly of perthite, plagioclase, quartz, biotite and riebeckite. Analysis results portray monzogranites displaying calc-alkaline characteristics and emplaced in island-arc tectonic settings, whereas the syenogranites, alkali-feldspar granites and the riebeckite bearing-granites exhibit an alkaline nature and are enriched in HFSEs similar to granites within an extensional regime. Multi-element variation diagrams and geochemical characteristics reinforce a post-collision tectonic setting. REEs geochemical modeling reveals that the rocks were generated as a result of partial melting and fractionation of lower crust basaltic magma giving rise to A₁ and A₂ subtype granites. They were subsequently emplaced within an intraplate environment at the end of the Pan-African Orogeny.  相似文献   

The Effect of pH on Electro-osmotic Flow in Argillaceous Rocks     

Mohamed Younes Ahmed  Said Taibi  Hanène Souli  Jean-Marie Fleureau 《Geotechnical and Geological Engineering》2013,31(4):1335-1348

The use of electro-osmosis in geotechnical engineering has been considered since 1930. Its application has been tested in several sectors like the fight against rising damp in porous materials, the consolidation of soils as well as the remediation of the soils contaminated by oil and heavy metals, etc. The paper presents an experimental study of the electrokinetic phenomena resulting from the application of an electric field to argillaceous sandstones. The electroosmotic tests required the development of a completely new experimental device composed of a confining cell, of a system of measurement and control of the pH of the electrolyte near the electrodes, of a system of control and measurement of the voltage and current at the edges of the sample, and of a system of measurement of inlet (anodic) and outlet (cathodic) flows. Various boundary conditions are considered with and without control of pH. In addition, a micro structural modelling of the electrokinetic phenomena makes it possible to quantify the electro osmotic conductivity with a good agreement with experiments.  相似文献   

Impact of Carpet Waste Fibre Addition on Swelling Properties of Compacted Clays   总被引：1，自引：0，他引：1  

M. Mirzababaei  M. Miraftab  M. Mohamed  P. McMahon 《Geotechnical and Geological Engineering》2013,31(1):173-182

Municipalities and recycling and environmental authorities are concerned about the growing amount of carpet waste produced by household, commercial and industrial sectors. It is reported that 500,000 tonnes of carpet waste fibre are plunged into landfills annually in the UK. In the United States of America, around 10 million tonnes of textile waste was generated in 2003. In geotechnical engineering, expansive clay soils are categorised as problematic soils due to their swelling behaviour upon increase in the moisture content. The problematic nature of such soils is intensified with the increase in the plasticity index. This paper presents results of a comprehensive investigation into utilisation of carpet waste fibres in order to improve the swelling characteristics of compacted cohesive soils. Therefore, two different clay soils with markedly different plasticity indices (i.e. 17.0 and 31.5 %) were treated with two different types of carpet waste fibre. Waste fibres were added to prepare specimens with fibre content of 1, 3 and 5 % by dry weight of soil. Soil specimens with different dry unit weights and moisture contents were prepared so as to the swelling behaviour of fibre reinforced compacted clays is completely attained under various scenarios. The results indicated that the behaviour of the fibre reinforced soils seems highly dependent on the initial compaction state and secondary on the moisture content. It was found that the swelling pressure drops rapidly as the percentage of fibre increases in samples prepared at the maximum dry unit weight and optimum moisture content. Reducing the dry unit weight, while maintaining constant moisture content or increasing the moisture content at constant dry unit weight was found to reduce the swelling pressure.  相似文献   

Investigating the Effects of Local Contact Loss on the Earth Pressure Distribution on Rigid Pipes     

Sherif Kamel  Mohamed A. Meguid 《Geotechnical and Geological Engineering》2013,31(1):199-212

In this paper, the earth pressure distribution acting on a buried pipe with localized support loss is investigated experimentally and numerically in this study. A laboratory setup has been designed to facilitate the simulation of the local wall separation and to track the changes in earth pressure at selected locations along the pipe circumference. Validated by the experimental results, two-dimensional finite element analysis has been conducted to examine the role of soil-pipe interaction on the pressure distribution around the pipe before and after the contact loss is introduced. Experimental and numerical results revealed that the presence of a gap between the pipe wall and the surrounding backfill can lead to significant changes in contact pressure and bending moment in the pipe wall in the immediate vicinity of the gap. This study suggests that efforts to detect and repair areas experiencing support loss should be made before significant changes in pressure develop causing stress concentration in the pipe wall as it may lead to pipe damage.  相似文献   

Silicifications pédogénétiques dans les dépôts hamadiens du piémont de Boudenib (Maroc)     

Médard Thiry  Mohamed Ben Brahim 《Geodinamica Acta》2013,26(4):237-251

Résumé

— Le système de piémont atlasique du Sud marocain, d’âge tertiaire, est constitué dans le secteur de Boudenib de deux unités distinctes. La llamada de Boudenib forme l’unité inférieure et se caractérise par d’importants encroûtements carbonatés, riches en dolomite et attapulgite. L’unité supérieure de la llamada du Cuir marque une reprise de l’érosion et le dépôt de matériaux relativement peu altérés.

Des silicifications affectent les différents faciès de l’unité inférieure, ainsi que les grès crétacés sous-jacents, et jalonnent une surface d’érosion intra-fonnationnelle. Ces silicifications sont précoces, puisque remaniées dans les dépôts ultérieurs. Les illuviations d’opale et les accumulations gramdaires intercalées entre les concrétionnements successifs de silice attestent d’environnements pédologiques. La silicification plus forte vers la partie supérieure des coupes, ainsi que l’association fréquente des faciés silicifiés avec des niveaux hioturhés et altérés sont également à rapporter à des dispositions pédologiques. Ce sont des silcréles pédogénétiques.

L’étude micrographique montre que la silicification procède par épigénie des argiles et des carbonates, ainsi que par des cristallisations dans les vides. C’est à partir des vides existants (fentes, bioturbations et porosité intergranulaire) que se développe la silicification, montrant ainsi le rôle primordial des circulations. En particulier, l’épigénie des carbonates par la silice semble limitée par la diffusion de la silice à partir des vides, où le renouvellement des solutions est assuré. Les séquences de cristallisation des différentes formes de silice (allant de l’opale vers les quartz automorphes) peuvent être interprétées en terme d’évolution du milieu au cours de la silicification. Au fur et à mesure que des dépôts de silice se font sur les parois des vides, les solutions nourricières sont isolées de la roche encaissante, elles se chargent alors moins en cations étrangers, et la cristallisation de plus grands cristaux peut intervenir.

Les silicifications se développent pendant une période de stabilité tectonique et s’installent dans un paysage de glacis et sous des climats chauds à saisons alternées. Leur reconnaissance à l’échelle régionale peut constituer un repère lithostratigraphique précieux.  相似文献   

Silicifications de nappe dans les formations carbonatées tertiaires du piedmont atlasique (Hamada du Guir,Maroc)     

Médard Thiry  Mohamed Ben Brahim 《Geodinamica Acta》2013,26(1):12-29

Résumé

Les formations tertiaires du système de piedmonts atlasiques du Sud marocain montrent de nombreuses silicifications qui affectent les différents faciès de la série : les grès calcaires, les conglomérats, les calcaires lacustres, aussi bien que les faciès plus argileux. Les accidents siliceux sont de tailles et de faciès variés, allant d’échardes millimétriques à des masses pluri-décimétriques. Dans les faciès argileux (torba), ce sont des plaquettes et des tubules de silice translucide. Dans les calcaires, ce sont surtout des faciès silexoïdes, à morphologies variées et à contours irréguliers. Dans les grès calcaires, ce sont des silicifications scoriacées, quelquefois disposées suivant un réseau de conduits anastomosés,

La pétrographie révèle que les dépôts de silice dans les vides forment une part importante des silicifications. Les silicifications translucides des faciès argileux sont entièrement formées de concrétions de calcédoine. Dans les grès calcaires, les silicifications résultent de la cimentation des grains de quartz détritiques par des dépôts de silice fibreuse et d’opale, après dissolution du ciment calcaire primaire. Dans les calcaires, certaines silicifications correspondent à la cimentation de micro-brèches karstiques par des quartz géodiques; même les plages qui apparaissent très homogènes, formées de quartz microcristallin, révèlent une porosité primaire importante. Il y a alternance de phases de dépôt de silice et de dissolution de la matrice calcaire. A côté de ces dépôts dans les vides existent aussi des épigénies, c’est à dire le remplacement de la matrice calcaire avec préservation des structures, sans formation de vides. Néanmoins, ces épigénies sont limitées à la bordure de vides à dépôts de silice.

Les silicifications sont dues à des processus diagénétiques tardifs. L’essentiel de la silice est constitué par des dépôts dans des vides ce qui permet de faire des hypothèses sur la nature des solutions nourricières. La régularité des dépôts tout autour des vides indique un milieu saturé, au sein d’une nappe. En raison de la solubilité relativement faible de la silice dans les eaux superficielles, des débits importants sont nécessaires pour renouveler constamment la silice précipitée des solutions. Ceci conduit à envisager des climats relativement humides à l’époque de la silicification, ainsi que l’existence de reliefs et de paysages incisés pour générer les écoulements de nappe suffisants.  相似文献   

Hydrogeochemical processes affecting groundwater in an irrigated land in Central Tunisia   总被引：7，自引：4，他引：3  

Intissar Farid  Rim Trabelsi  Kamel Zouari  Kamel Abid  Mohamed Ayachi 《Environmental Earth Sciences》2013,68(5):1215-1231

Detailed hydrogeochemical investigation has provided new information concerning the major factors and mechanisms controlling the groundwater chemistry of Chougafiya basin. The hydrogeochemical characteristics of groundwaters comprise three main types: Cl–SO₄–Ca, Cl–SO₄–Na and Cl–Na. Hydrochemical characteristics based on the bivariate diagrams of major (Cl^?, SO₄ ^2?, NO₃ ^?, HCO₃ ^?, Na⁺, Mg²⁺, K⁺ and Ca²⁺) and some trace (Br^? and Sr²⁺) ions, mineral saturation indices and hierarchical cluster analysis indicate different origins of groundwater mineralization. The water–rock interaction (dissolution of evaporitic minerals), followed by cation exchange reactions with clay minerals, constitute the main processes that control groundwater salinization. However, the chemical composition of brackish groundwater in the central and southern parts of the study area is influenced by a mixing process with Sabkhas salt groundwater. The mixing proportions inferred from chloride mass balance prove that the contribution of Sabkhas groundwater to Quaternary aquifer ranges between 2.7 and 9.1 %. These intrusion rates reflect the progress of the saltwater–freshwater interface, which is mainly controlled by the piezometric level variation and the distance to the Sabkhas.  相似文献   

Effect of municipal wastewaters on bottom sediment geochemistry and benthic foraminifera of two Red Sea coastal inlets, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia     

Ramadan H. Abu-Zied  Ali S. Basaham  Mohamed A. El Sayed 《Environmental Earth Sciences》2013,68(2):451-469

Al-Arbaeen and Al-Shabab inlets are two Red Sea coastal inlets lying on the mid-coast of Jeddah City, Saudi Arabia. Forty-four surface sediment samples were collected from these inlets and surrounding areas during June 2010. Water depths and the overlying environmental parameters (temperature, salinity, pH and dissolved oxygen) of these samples were measured. Sediment samples were analyzed for variables, such as loss on ignition (LOI, organic matter), CaCO₃, heavy metals (Fe, Mn, Cu, Zn, Cd, Ni, Cr and Pb) and benthic foraminifera to assess any changes in the environment of the inlets and surrounding areas. Variables distribution patterns indicated that mud sediments dominated the inlets and enriched by LOI, heavy metals and Ammonia tepida–Quinqueloculina seminula assemblage, whereas coarse (sand–gravel) sediments dominated the substrates of surrounding areas and enriched by CaCO₃ and Coscinospira hemprichii–Peneroplis planatus–Varidentella neostriatula assemblage with low values of LOI and heavy metals. Highest concentrations of Cu, Zn, Cd, Ni, Cr and Pb were recorded inside the inlets, especially near the discharge points, and they were positively correlated with the LOI and mud fraction indicating their affinity to anthropogenic materials. However, highest concentrations of Fe and Mn were typically recorded in the whole study area. These metals were positively correlated with the LOI values of the surrounding area, but in the inlets they were negatively correlated with the LOI, indicating an existence of reducing conditions caused by limited dissolved oxygen conditions at bottom waters of the inlets. Changing the environment within the inlets, according to higher concentrations of heavy metals and LOI, is probably responsible for the existence of the low density and diversity of benthic foraminifera and the absence of (reefal) symbiont-bearing species.  相似文献