Geomorphic changes in Ras Al-Subiyah area,Kuwait |
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| Authors: | A Al Hurban H El-Gamily A El-Sammak |
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| Institution: | (1) Earth and Environmental Sciences Department, Faculty of Science, Kuwait University, Safat, Kuwait City, Kuwait;(2) Environmental Sciences Department, Kuwait Institute for Scientific Research, P.O. Box 24885, Safat, State of Kuwait, Kuwait, 13109 |
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| Abstract: | The Ras Al-Subiyah area is considered one of the most promising areas in Kuwait for future development. This development will
include a new town called Subiyah and its associated infrastructure. This area is also being considered as the location for
connection between Boubyan Island, which is now undergoing major development and the Kuwait mainland. The present study investigates
the geomorphology of the Ras Al-Sabiyah area in the northern sector of Kuwait. The study area is generally flat, and it is
located west of the Jal Az-Zor escarpment. It is bordered on the east by the Khor Al-Sabiyah tidal channel and on the south
by Kuwait Bay. The area receives sediments from several sources; currently the most important are aeolian sediments and the
deposition of mud delivered through the Khor Al-Sabiyah from the Iraqi marshes. The study area has been subjected to severe
environmental changes due to the Gulf wars and the drainage of Iraqi marshes and the associated artificial changes in fluvial
system. Twenty-two surface sediments were collected from the Ras Al-Subiyah area. Samples were collected to include the main
geomorphologic characteristic features of the study area. Field observations and remote sensing images from 1990 and 2001
were used to produce an updated geomorphologic map for the Ras Al-Subiyah and a map showing geomorphic changes between 1990
and 2001. Grain size of the surface sediment ranges from gravel to medium sand. In general, grain size statistical analysis
indicates that most of the areas are composed of two or more classes of sands transported and deposited from different sources
including aeolian, sabkhas, river and the bays. The variability in the grain size statistical parameters may be attributed
to the complexity of surface morphology as well as the diversity in the type of depositional environment in the Ras Al-Subiyah
area. The total area subjected to change during the 12-year period (1990–2001) is about 32 km2 as calculated using GIS techniques. |
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| Keywords: | Surface geomorphology Remote sensing GIS Jal Az Zor |
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