Geoinformatics in Applied Geomorphology

Preface 

Geoinformatics is the science and technology dealing with the acquisition, processing, analyzing, and visualization of spatial information. It includes remote sensing, photogrammetry, geographic information systems, global positioning systems, and cartography. The technologies in geoinformatics have been used in various disciplines such as geology, geography, urban planning, environmental science, and global change science.
With recent innovations in data, technologies, and theories in the wider arena of remote sensing and geographic information systems, the use of geoinformatics in applied geomorphology has received more attention than ever. Nevertheless, there is no book dedicated exclusively to the use of geoinformatics in applied geomorphology, a field that examines the interaction between geomorphology and human activities.Given the above context, a book discussing the roles of geoinformatics in applied geomorphology is timely. 

This book examines how modern concepts, technologies, and methods in geoinformatics can be used to solve a wide variety of applied geomorphologic problems, such as characterization of arid, coastal, fluvial, eolian, glacial, karst, and tectonic landforms; natural hazard zoning and mitigations; petroleum exploration; and groundwater exploration and management. 

In total, this book contains 19 chapters. Chapter 1 provides an overview of geoinformatics and some recent developments in this field. Chapter 2 introduces the airborne laser scanning technique applied to map fluvial landforms. Chapter 3 discusses some environmental issues in arid environments by remote sensing. Chapters 4 through 7 describe coastal zone management, coastal landform evolution, subsurface coastal geomorphology, and estuarine bathymetric change analysis. Chapters 8 through 10 deal with tectonic geomorphology. 

Chapters 11 through 14 discuss groundwater evaluation, artificial recharge for groundwater sustainability, deep fracture aquifer analysis, and aquifer vulnerability. Chapter 15 focuses on petroleum exploration. Chapters 16 and 17 deal with natural hazard assessment. Chapter 18 focuses on glacial landform mapping. Finally, Chapter 19 describes the development of sinkhole landforms in several different areas.This book is the result of extensive research by interdisciplinary experts and will appeal to students, researchers, and professionals dealing with geomorphology, geological engineering, geography, remote sensing, and geographic information systems

Contents
Preface................................................................................................................ vii
Editors..................................................................................................................ix
Contributors........................................................................................................xi
1 Geoinformatics: An Overview and Recent Trends............................. 1
C. Jeganathan
2 Airborne Laser Scanning and Very High-Resolution Satellite
Data for Geomorphological Mapping in Parts of Elbe River
Valley, Germany....................................................................................... 23
Siddan Anbazhagan, Marco Trommler, and Elmar Csaplovics
3 Geoinformatics in Spatial and Temporal Analyses of Wind
Erosion in Thar Desert............................................................................ 39

Amal Kar
4 Remote Sensing and GIS for Coastal Zone Management:
Indian Experience..................................................................................... 63
Debashis Mitra
5 Kuwait Coastline Evolution during 1989–2007.................................. 87
S. Neelamani, S. Uddin, and Siddan Anbazhagan
6 Detecting Estuarine Bathymetric Changes with Historical
Nautical Data and GIS........................................................................... 105
Xiaojun Yang and Tao Zhang
7 High-Resolution Mapping, Modeling, and Evolution of
Subsurface Geomorphology Using Ground-Penetrating
Radar Techniques....................................................................................119

Victor J. Loveson and Anup R. Gjuar
8 Remote Sensing in Tectonic Geomorphic Studies: Selected
Illustrations from the Northwestern Frontal Himalaya, India......141
G. Philip
9 Strain Accumulation Studies between Antarctica and
India by Geodetically Tying the Two Continents with GPS Measurements................................................................................ 163
N. Ravi Kumar, E.C. Malaimani, S.V.R.R. Rao, A. Akilan,
and K. Abilash
10 Indian Ocean Basin Deformation Studies by Episodic GPS
Campaigns in the Islands Surrounding India................................. 175
E.C. Malaimani, N. Ravi Kumar, A. Akilan, and K. Abilash
11 Remote Sensing and GIS in Groundwater Evaluation in
Hilly Terrain of Jammu and Kashmir................................................ 187
G.S. Reddy, S.K. Subramanian, and P.K. Srivastava
12 Remote Sensing in Delineating Deep Fractured

Aquifer Zones..................................................................................205
Siddan Anbazhagan, Balamurugan Guru, and T.K. Biswal
13 Remote Sensing and GIS for Locating Artificial Recharge
Structures for Groundwater Sustainability...................................... 231
S.K. Subramanian and G.S. Reddy
14 Fuzzy Arithmetic Approach to Characterize Aquifer
Vulnerability Considering Geologic Variability and Decision
Makers’ Imprecision.............................................................................. 249
Venkatesh Uddameri and Vivekanand Honnungar
15 Remote Sensing and GIS in Petroleum Exploration....................... 269
D.S. Mitra
16 Geoinformatics in Terrain Analysis and Landslide
Susceptibility Mapping in Part of Western Ghats, India.............. 291
Siddan Anbazhagan and K.S. Sajinkumar

17 Impact of Tsunami on Coastal Morphological Changes in
Nagapattinam Coast, India................................................................... 317
E. Saranathan, V. Rajesh Kumar, and M. Kannan
18 Remote Sensing for Glacier Morphological and Mass
Balance Studies....................................................................................... 335
Pratima Pandey and G. Venkataraman
19 Geomorphology and Development Mechanism of Sinkholes
in Arid Regions with Emphasis on West Texas, Qatar
Peninsula, and Dead Sea Area............................................................. 349
Fares M. Howari and Abdulali Sadiq

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