GIS&RS
maryam Ebrahimian najafabadi; Alireza Ildoromi; samar mortazavi; Ebrahim Mohammadi Manesh
Abstract
Today, one of the most important environmental problems around the world, especially in aquatic ecosystems, is heavy metals pollution. since sediments are the main source of heavy metals, in this study, Gamasiab River sediments were evaluated for heavy metal contamination of chromium, copper, nickel, ...
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Today, one of the most important environmental problems around the world, especially in aquatic ecosystems, is heavy metals pollution. since sediments are the main source of heavy metals, in this study, Gamasiab River sediments were evaluated for heavy metal contamination of chromium, copper, nickel, zinc, iron and manganese. After layering, the results were interpolated by two methods of kriging and Inverse Distance. Moller Index, Ecological risk Index and numerical parameters were used to assess the range of sediment pollution. Results of Moller index in spring showed no pollution. Also, in summer it represented no pollution for all metals except Ni. Results of RI categorized level of Heavy metal concentration in low contamination. Using RI plans, zoning plans and Hot Spot analysis indicated that the concentration of heavy metals in the east of Gamasiab river in spring is higher than summer and it is shown that spots with high concentration in summer are located in the west of Gamasiab river.
Mohammadhossein Rezaei Moghadam; Nooshin Pirouzi Nejad
Volume 18, Issue 47 , April 2014, , Pages 109-132
Abstract
River channel change, such as bank erosion and accretion are natural processes in alluvial rivers. This paper aims to investigate migration and channel change plan form and effect on bank erosion and accretion done in Gamasiab River in Kermanshah Province. This study used aerial photography taken ...
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River channel change, such as bank erosion and accretion are natural processes in alluvial rivers. This paper aims to investigate migration and channel change plan form and effect on bank erosion and accretion done in Gamasiab River in Kermanshah Province. This study used aerial photography taken in 1955, 1969, 2003 and IRS satellite imagery of 2010 with a resolution of 5/8 m, aerial photographs were orthophoto in ARCMAP software based on 1/25000 topographic map. Shoreline was digitized and river was divided into 12 reaches. By comparing river in the sequence period investigated the positions have a change. Using the ARCMAP software to create polygons that represented the difference between two positions we calculated erosion and accretion separately for each side of the river. The area of bank accretion along the river had been 285.5 ha and from 1955 to 1969 this area had been 402.6 ha from 1969 to 2003 and the area of bank accretion was 112.9 ha from 2003 to 2010. Bank erosion had been 347 ha from 1955 to 1969, and this was been 414.17 ha from 1969 to 2003 and the area of bank erosion had been 138.2 ha from 2003 to 2010. Results show that the amount of bank erosion is more due to bank accretion in the Gamasiab River. Change and migration in river is the cause of the erosion. Some places in river show about 400 m of movement.
