Morphometric analysis of controlling parameters of glacial cirques in Jajrud river basin

Feyzolahpour, Mehdi

doi:10.22034/hyd.2023.55656.1685

Document Type : پژوهشی

Author

mehdi feyzolahpour

department of geography, faculty of human science, universty of zanjan, zanjan, iran

https://doi.org/10.22034/hyd.2023.55656.1685

Abstract

Glacier cirques show the characteristics of past glaciers and climates. In this research, the analysis of 39 glacial cirques in the catchment area of Jajrud River was done. For this purpose, Arc GIS software and Google Earth images were used. The parameters of length, width, height of the top of the circus, height of the floor of the cirques , area, perimeter, ratio of length to width, ratio of length to height of floor and ratio of width to height of floor were used to check the morphometry of cirques. For each of the morphometric parameters, statistical factors of coefficient of variation, standard deviation, average, maximum and minimum were calculated and estimated in Excel. Then R2 values or coefficient of determination were estimated for each of the parameters and a scatter diagram was drawn. Finally, the correlation matrix was estimated using the Pearson correlation coefficient for all factors. The highest abundance of cirques is located in the southwest direction. The maximum height of the cirques is 3800 meters and belongs to the geographical direction of the south.The highest correlations between length and width parameters were observed at the rate of 0.9936. The results show that the cirques in the north-facing slopes have a lower height. This indicates the high nutrition of these cirques and their significant volume in the Pleistocene period. Investigations showed that more developed cirques have more area, less height and less length to width ratio than less developed cirques .

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Geomorphology

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Morphometric analysis of controlling parameters of glacial cirques in Jajrud river basin

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Volume 10, Issue 36 - Serial Number 36October 2023Pages 37-19

Volume 10, Issue 36 - Serial Number 36
October 2023
Pages 37-19