Soil,landuse and land evaluation studies of Patna area Bihar     

M. L. Manchanda  Jitendra Prasad  H. S. Iyer  R. S Shukla  S. Dasgupta 《Journal of the Indian Society of Remote Sensing》1982,10(3):55-67

The soil and landuse surveys have been conducted in Patna area, Bihar, using aerial photos of 1:25,000 scale. Three major systems, Ganges Gandak and interfluvial plain, have been identified in the area. These were further sub-divided into levees plains and channels etc. The soils were classified according to Soil axonomy. The major land use of the area is cultivation (62.2%) (Upland, lowland and wet land crops) plantation (1.8%) habitation (16.0%), water bodies (8.8%), barren lands (9.4%) and miscellaneous (1.8%). The soils of the area have been evaluated for different land utilization types-upland crops, lowland crops, and habitation. For paddy 75.:%, upland crops 8.2% and for habitation 57%, area was found suitable.  相似文献   

Non-cosmogenic lithium-6 in iron meteorites     

S.V.S. Murty  P.N. Shukla  P.S. Goel 《Earth and Planetary Science Letters》1982,60(1):1-7

A neutron activation method is used to measure⁶Li via the reaction⁶Li(n, α)³H in iron meteorites. It is found that most⁶Li occurs in non-metallic inclusions which can be separated by dissolution of the metal in 4 M H₂SO₄. The non-magnetic portion of such a residue has as high as 0.9 ppm⁶Li, while in the bulk sample⁶Li ranges from 0.02 to 10 ppb. Average⁶Li contents (ppb) for various classes are IA, 1.8; IIAB, 1.6; and IIIA, 0.4. Cosmic-ray-produced⁶Li is generally much smaller than the native⁶Li.  相似文献   

Geochemistry and magnetostratigraphy of deccan flows at Anjar, Kutch     

A. D. Shukla  N. Bhandari  Sheela Kusumgar  P. N. Shukla  Z. G. Ghevariya  K. Gopalan  V. Balaram 《Journal of Earth System Science》2001,110(2):111-132

Chemical analysis of nine Deccan flow basalts at Anjar, Kutch, western India, indicates that all, except the uppermost flow F-9, are alkaline. In their major and trace element composition, the alkali basalts resemble Ocean island basalts (OIB). Similarities of many diagnostic trace element ratios (e.g. Sm/Nd, Ba/Nb,Y/Nb and Zr/Nb) are similar to those found in the Réunion Island basalts. The uppermost basalt is tholeiitic and chemically resembles the least contaminated Deccan basalt (Ambenali type). The Anjar basalts have iridium concentration ranging between 2 and 178 pg/g. Some of these values are higher by about an order of magnitude compared to the Ir concentration in other basalts of the Deccan. A synthesis of chemical, palaeomagnetic and geochronologic data enables us to construct a chemical and magnetic stratigraphy for these flows. The three flows below the iridium enriched intertrappean bed (IT III) show normal magnetic polarity whereas all except one of the upper basalts show reversed magnetic polarity. The sequence seems to have started in polarity zones 31N and probably continued up to 28R or 27R. The results presented here support the view that Deccan volcanism in Kutch occurred on a time span of a few million years.  相似文献   

High iridium concentration of alkaline rocks of Deccan and implications to K/T boundary     

P. N. Shukla  N. Bhandari  Anirban Das  A. D. Shukla  J. S. Ray 《Journal of Earth System Science》2001,110(2):103-110

We report here an unusually high concentration of iridium in some alkali basalts and alkaline rocks of Deccan region having an age of about 65Ma, similar to the age of the Cretaceous-Tertiary boundary. The alkali basalts of Anjar, in the western periphery of Deccan province, have iridium concentration as high as 178pg/g whereas the alkaline rocks and basalts associated with the Amba Dongar carbonatite complex have concentrations ranging between 8 and 80 pg/g. Some of these values are more than an order of magnitude higher than the concentration in the tholeiitic basalts of Deccan, indicating the significance of alkaline magmatism in the iridium inventory at the Cretaceous-Tertiary boundary. Despite higher concentration, their contribution to the global inventory of iridium in the Cretaceous-Tertiary boundary clays remains small. The concentration of iridium in fluorites from Amba Dongar was found to be <30 pg/g indicating that iridium is not incorporated during their formation in hydrothermal activity.  相似文献   

Lead-210 sedimentation in Lake Ontario     

S. R. Joshi  B. S. Shukla  A. G. Bobba 《Environmental Geology》1992,19(2):121-126

The sedimentation rates and diffusive sediment mixing coefficients at several Lake Ontario locations have been derived from measurements of unsupported²¹⁰Pb profiles in sediment cores. The values of mixing coefficients obtained in the present study are significantly lower than those obtained previously through an analysis of porosity profiles. The present estimates, however, are consistent with the rather well-preserved pollutant profiles at some of these locations. It is observed that the more realistic value of the mixing coefficient, obtained by inclusion of the sedimentation rate parameter, follows the sign opposite to that for the constant obtained by regression analysis of the porosity data. Further work is required to delineate this apparent relationship between two important physical characteristics of deposited sediments.Analysis of available suspended sediment data shows that Niagara River supplies about 1.8 million tonnes of sediment annually to Lake Ontario. This value is significantly lower than that (4.6 mt/yr) used previously in constructing sediment and pollutant budgets for Lake Ontario. From the presently derived sedimentation rate and suspended solid discharge estimates, an average value of 441 km² (range 220-938 km²) is obtained for the minimum area of Lake Ontario over which the Niagara River-supplied fine sediment is deposited.  相似文献   

Mapping runoff generating areas using AGNPS-VSA model     

Kishor Panjabi  Pradeep Goel  Prasad Daggupati  Narayan Kumar Shrestha  Rituraj Shukla 《水文科学杂志》2020,65(13):2224-2232

ABSTRACT

In humid regions, surface runoff is often generated by saturation-excess runoff mechanisms from relatively small variable source areas (VSAs). However, the majority of the current hydrologic models are based on infiltration-excess mechanisms. In this study, the AGricultural Non-Point Source Pollution (AGNPS) model was used to integrate the VSA concept using topographic wetness index (TWI). Both the original and AGNPS-VSA models were evaluated for a small agricultural field in Ontario, Canada. The results indicate that the AGNPS-VSA model performed better than original model. The AGNPS-VSA model predicted that only the saturated portion of the field with higher TWI values produced runoff, whereas the original AGNPS model showed uniform hydrologic response from the entire field. The results of this study are important for accurately mapping the locations of VSAs. This new model could be a powerful tool in identifying critical source areas for applying targeted best management practices to minimize pollutant loads to receiving waters.  相似文献   

Coda Q in the Kachchh Basin, Western India Using Aftershocks of the Bhuj Earthquake of January 26, 2001   总被引：1，自引：0，他引：1  

S. C. Gupta  Ashwani Kumar  A. K. Shukla  G. Suresh  P. R. Baidya 《Pure and Applied Geophysics》2006,163(8):1583-1595

Q_C-estimates of Kachchh Basin in western India have been obtained in a high frequency range from 1.5 to 24.0 Hz using the aftershock data of Bhuj earthquake of January 26, 2001 recorded within an epicentral distance of 80 km. The decay of coda waves of 30 sec window from 186 seismograms has been analysed in four lapse time windows, adopting the single backscattering model. The study shows that Q_c is a function of frequency and increases as frequency increases. The frequency dependent Q_c relations obtained for four lapse-time windows are: Q_c=82 f^1.17 (20–50 sec), Q_c=106 f^1.11 (30–60 sec), Q_c=126f^1.03 (40–70 sec) and Q_c=122f^1.02 (50–80 sec). These empirical relations represent the average attenuation properties of a zone covering the surface area of about 11,000, 20,000, 28,000 and 38,000 square km and a depth extent of about 60, 80, 95, 110 km, respectively. With increasing window length, the degree of frequency dependence, n, decreases marginally from 1.17 to 1.02, whereas Q₀ increases significantly from 82 to 122. At lower frequencies up to 6 Hz, Q_c⁻¹ of Kachchh Basin is in agreement with other regions of the world, whereas at higher frequencies from 12 to 24 Hz it is found to be low.  相似文献   

Generation of fraction images from AVHRR data using linear mixing model     

Yogesh Kant  KVS Badarinath 《Journal of the Indian Society of Remote Sensing》1998,26(1-2):23-27

The coarse resolution satellite data have been widely used for regional and global studies as they provide high temporal frequency. The information contained in the coarse resolution pixels are mostly mixture of several components. The extraction of information contained in a pixel find its role in Geosphere-Biosphere context. The present study address the utility of constrained least square model applied to coarse spatial resolution data from NOAA-AVHRR for generating fraction images of vegetation, soil and water/shade. The red and near-infrared channels have been used to run the constrained least square model to generate fraction images. The derived fraction images are related to normalised difference vegetation index (NDVI) for model validation. The results suggest that vegetation fraction components are strongly correlated with NDVI values (r²=0.98). The soil fractions (r²=?0.84) and water/shade fractions (4²=?0.97) are negatively correlated with NDVI. The relationship between the fraction images and NDVI show the potential of the model in deriving sub-pixel component information using coarse resolution data.  相似文献   

Regional scale evapotranspiration estimation using satellite derived albedo and surface temperature     

Yogesh Kant  K V S Badarinath 《Journal of the Indian Society of Remote Sensing》1998,26(3):129-134

In the studies reteted to surface energy balance, satellite data provides important inputs for estimating regional surface albedo and evapotranspiration. The paper describes the use of satellite data in determining the surface emissivity over heterogeneous a’reas by taking Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI) as modulating parameter at pixel resolution. The estimated emissivity values have been used to find the surface temperature at the pixel scale. Landsat-TM-visible, NIR, TIR bands data and some ground meteorological data have been used in an energy balance model for estimating surface albedo and evapotranspiration. The ET values derived from the model are in good agreement with the values obtained with. ‘CENTURY MODEL’ and ground observations over the area, suggesting the possible use of this approach fot regional scale studies on evapotranspiration.  相似文献   

Interpretations of new features of time domain electric-field structures in the auroral acceleration region     

P. K. Shukla  L. Stenflo 《Annales Geophysicae》1998,16(7):889-890

Possible theoretical interpretations of the various nonlinear electric-field structures in the auroral acceleration region are provided.  相似文献