The Asmari Formation was deposited in the foreland basin of southwest Iran (Zagros Basin). Carbonate sequences of the Asmari Formation consist mainly of large benthic foraminifera along with other skeletal and non-skeletal components. Three assemblage zones have been recognized by distribution of these large foraminifera in the study area that indicate Oligocene age (Rupelian-Chattian). Absence...

The diversity of deep-water corals in the Caribbean Sea was studied using records from oceanographic expeditions performed by the R/V Pillsbury. Sampled stations were sorted according to broad depth ranges and ecoregions and were analyzed in terms of species accumulation curves, variance in the species composition and contributions to alpha, beta and gamma diversity. According to the analysis o...

abstract flood causes great and uncompressible damage to people’s life and properties as well as environment each year in iran. this research was carried out at the west section of jazmurian basin that placed in the southeast of iran. in this research physical characteristics such as area (a), perimeter (pr), average elevation of basin (av.e), average slope (av.s), gravelious coefficient (g), l...

The ocean bottom morphology, depth, sediment grain size, sorting, carbonate content, and water depth are used to compose seafloor maps as support for biological studies. Sediments reworked by waves currents accumulate according the hydrodynamic level on continental shelf. In contrast, sediments accumulated pelagic settling, mass wasting, turbidity flows, boundary slope. Sea oscillations during ...

A basic problem relating to the long-term water balance involves splitting precipitation P, into runoff R, and actual evapotranspiration E. Berger and Entekhabi (2001) showed that the evapotranspiration efficiency E/Ep (Ep denotes potential evapotranspiration) and the runoff ratio R/P, are related to physiographic basin features and regional climate information. Berger and Entekhabi (2001) esti...

The aim of this study is to determine runoff depth of the Van Lake basin by using remote sensing and geographic information system (GIS) integration. While determining the results we used various data sets such as Landsat satellite image, 1:25000 standard topographic map, and soil map data. Standard 1:25000 topographic maps were used to derive digital elevation model. Sub-basin area and physica...

Abstract. The North Ionian Gyre (NIG) displays prominent inversions on decadal scales. We investigate the role of internal forcing induced by changes in horizontal pressure gradient due to varying density Adriatic Deep Water (AdDW), which spreads into deep layers northern Sea. In turn, AdDW fluctuates according circulation NIG through a feedback mechanism known as bimodal oscillating system. se...

Water resources provided by alpine glaciers are an important pillar for people living in the arid regions in the west of China. In this study, the HBV (Hydrologiska Byrans Vattenavdelning) light model was applied to simulate glacier mass balance and runoff in the Koxkar River Basin (KRB) on the south slope of Mt. Tumur, western Tianshan Mts.. Daily temperature and precipitation were calculated ...

Four experiments in alluvial drainage basin evolution were carried out in the Rainfall Erosion Facility (REF) at Colorado State University to investigate the dependence of basin evolution on initial topography. Basins were initially undissected. Each experiment began with a unique initial condition representing various end-members of relief and hypsometry. Drainage network development, hillslop...