Use of Remote Sensing and Geographical Information System in the delineation and characterization of ground water prospect zones     

M A Khan  P C Moharana 《Journal of the Indian Society of Remote Sensing》2002,30(3):131-141

The present study was carried out to delineate and characterize ground water prospect zones using IRS-ID LISS-III geocoded data on 1:50,000 scale. The information on lithology, structure, geomorphology and hydrology were generated and integrated to prepare ground water prospect map for a region in western Rajasthan. The information on nature and type of aquifer, type of wells, depth range, yield range, success rate and sustainability were supplemented to form a good database for identification of favourable zone. Geographical Information system (GIS) was used to prepare database on the above layers, analysis of relationship and integrated map preparation. The study area has a complex geomorphology. The geology is dominated by rocks of post Delhi Intrusive and Quaternary sediments. On the basis of hydrogeology and geomorphic characteristics, four categories of ground water prospect zones: high, moderate, low and very low ere delineated. The high prospect zones are alluvial plains and valley fills mainly influenced by quaternary formations with yield expectation between 100-200 lpm. The moderate zone has pediment surfaces covered by shallow soil cover in addition to weathered and fractured aquifer material with expected yield of water between 50-100 lpm. The low potential zones mainly comprise inselbergs and rocky surface with expected discharge below 50 lpm. The very low prospect zones act as run-off generating zones.  相似文献   

Estimation of climatic transition in Riyadh (Saudi Arabia) in global warming perspectives   总被引：2，自引：0，他引：2  

Salahuddin Qureshi  Nazeer Khan 《GeoJournal》1994,33(4):423-432

The present exercise is a study to enquire into the recent climatic transition, if any in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. Conventional climatic indicators such as rainfall distribution, temperature regime, relative humidity, sunshine duration, wind velocity and evaporation characteristics were examined over a period of twenty six years of available meteorological data. The analyses showed a remarkable mutual resemblance and unidirectional trend in all the temperature parameters like absolute monthly maximum, absolute monthly minimum, mean monthly maximum, mean monthly minimum and mean monthly temperatures and the mean monthly maximum and mean monthly minimum relative humidities. Similarly, the trends in sunshine duration, wind velocity and pan evaporation were also supportingly in accordance to the general trends of climatic transition. The analysis based on a smaller period climatic data shows a good deal of agreement with the trends of studies on global warming projections made by simulated models on the basis of CO₂ concentration changes in the atmosphere.  相似文献   

Earthquake hazard assessment from the recent space and surface measurements of the Earth's gravity field     

M. A. Khan 《Natural Hazards》1992,5(2):125-132

The distinctive nature of the structure of the Earth's gravity field over high seismicity areas, as observed in some limited scale studies, indicates that it is possible to use these associative patterns to outline areas of high seismicity or high earthquake hazard potential from a knowledge of the finer structure of the Earth's gravity field. The global scale investigation of such relationships as a function of the geophysical characteristics of various tectonic provinces, and the parameterisation of such relationships by hypocentral depth and earthquake intensity/energy data, become even more attractive because of the availability of (1) satellite-determined gravity models which provide global information on the long wavelength components of the gravity field, (2) satellite altimetry data which provide oceanwide information on the detailed geoidal structure, (3) surface gravity data which provide information on the short wavelength components in the areas of surface gravity coverage, and (4) bathymetric and topographic data which, though still somewhat limited in spite of their recent extensions of coverage, are available in more and more areas and provide information on the tectonic and morphological environments of an area to enable its gravity data conversion to some standard environments for direct comparisons of underlying structures. Additionally, the rapidly mounting geological and geophysical evidence of considerable intraplate tectonic activity, not so fashionable until recently, makes the study of these correlative patterns even more attractive and productive from a scientific viewpoint. This paper presents the major elements of the theoretical formulation for conducting such investigations.  相似文献   

Factors affecting the performance of family planning workers: importance of geographical information systems in empirical analysis     

Ali M  De Francisco A  Khan MM  Chakraborty J  Myaux J 《International journal of population geography : IJPG》1999,5(1):19-29

Substantial variation in contraceptive prevalence rates (CPRs) and fertility rates (FRs) between community health workers (CHWs) has been documented since the inception of the Matlab family planning program in rural Bangladesh. The coefficients of variation of these indicators for Matlab CHWs were 7% and 26%, respectively, in 1995. To identify the reasons for these performance variations, geographical information system (GIS) approaches were applied to longitudinal and cross-sectional data on 80 CHWs for the period 1980-95. Each observation in the data-set included catchment area-specific characteristics, measures of CHW efficiency in service delivery, and CHW-specific characteristics for one specific year. A one-unit increase in the average age of target women in the catchment area increases the CPR by 9.2%. The CPR increases by 0.2% for each 1% increase in women's literacy and decreases by 0.1% for each 1% increase in the number of Muslim households in the catchment area. An increase of 1 sq. km in the size of the catchment area reduces the CPR by 3%. CHW performance increases with age up to 45 years and then decreases. Similarly, a 1-year increase in the average age of target women reduces the FR by 2%. A 10% increase in the size of the catchment area reduces program performance by increasing the FR by 1.4%. A single geographic barrier to movement increases the FR by 1%. This analysis indicates that CHW performance can be improved significantly by defining catchment areas through use of GIS techniques. Without knowledge of the spatial distribution of population and the physical barriers to movement, allocating a fixed number of clients per CHW may not be the most efficient approach.  相似文献   

Geophysical methods in geology     

M.A. Khan 《Tectonophysics》1977,38(3-4)

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Foundations of Geophysics: A.E. Scheidegger. Elsevier,Amsterdam, 1976, 238 pp., U.S.$ 20.95 (paperback)     

M.A. Khan 《Precambrian Research》1977,5(3):306-307

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Engineering properties of sabkha soils in the benghazi plain and construction problems     

Iqbal H. Khan  Syed I. Hasnain 《Engineering Geology》1981,17(3):175-183

This paper describes the geological, geotechnical and chemical properties of some Sabkha (lagoonal) soils in the Benghazi plain. Several buildings constructed on such soils show tilting and cracks. The cause of this trouble has been traced to the special characteristics of Sabkha soils. It is suggested that improved mix design and dense concrete should be used so as to make concrete in the foundation impermeable.  相似文献   

Observations on Zooplankton Composition,Abundance and Periodicity in two Flood-plain Lakes of the Kashmir Himalayan Valley     

M. A. Khan 《洁净——土壤、空气、水》1987,15(2):167-174

In the two eutrophic shallow lakes there were detected 51 taxa in the zooplankton: 27 rotifers, 14 cladocerans, 6 cyclopoids, 3 calanoids and 1 harpacticoid. In the lake Trigamsar, rotifers prevail at a higher electrolytic content, higher nutrient concentrations and higher primary production and at a transparency depth of 0.4 m, whereas cladocerans prevail in the less eutrophicated lake Naranbagh. In the annual variation, in both lakes rotifers show pronounced spring and autumn maxima, the same applying to copepods, whereas cladocerans have a pronounced summer maximum. In general, at the water surface the zooplankton density is higher than near the bottom.  相似文献   

Improved method of generation of artificial time-histories,rich in all frequencies,from floor spectra     

Mohsin R. Khan 《地震工程与结构动力学》1987,15(8):985-992

A method to generate artificial time-histories from given floor response spectra is presented in this paper. The original method proposed by Levy and Wilkinson¹ is modified. New iterative equations are developed, based on extensive computational experimentation, to speed up and stabilize the convergence process. The present approach, when applied to spectra with peaks in the high frequency range (40 to 100 Hz) along with seismic peaks, converges very closely to the target spectra within eight iterations regardless of damping values. The original computer program for synthetic time-history generation was developed on the UNIVAC 1100 series computer. This program was converted to work on the IBM PC. The PC based program ‘MICRO-SEIM’ saves the response spectra generated at each iteration and the final synthetic time-history on the PC diskette. The post processing program reads those saved data from the diskette and plots the spectra and time-history.  相似文献   

Spatio-temporal Phytoplankton Variability in two Himalayn Lacustrine Ecosystems     

M. A. Khan 《洁净——土壤、空气、水》1985,13(2):249-257

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