Validating the use of object-based image analysis to map commonly recognized landform features in the United States

ABSTRACT

The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) National Geospatial Program (NGP) seeks to i) create semantically accessible terrain features from the pixel-based 3D Elevation Program (3DEP) data, and ii) enhance the usability of the USGS Geographic Names Information System (GNIS) by associating boundaries with GNIS features whose spatial representation is currently limited to 2D point locations. Geographic object-based image analysis (GEOBIA) was determined to be a promising method to approach both goals. An existing GEOBIA workflow was modified and the resulting segmented objects and terrain categories tested for a strategically chosen physiographic province in the mid-western US, the Ozark Plateaus. The chi-squared test of independence confirmed that there is significant overall spatial association between terrain categories of the GEOBIA and GNIS feature classes. Contingency table analysis also suggests strong category-specific associations between select GNIS and GEOBIA classes. However, 3D visual analysis revealed that GEOBIA objects resembled segmented regions more than they did individual landform objects, with their boundaries often failing to correspond to match what people would likely perceive as landforms. Still, objects derived through GEOBIA can provide initial baseline landscape divisions that can improve the efficiency of more specialized feature extraction methods.     

山东省临沭县常林钻石省级地质公园地质遗迹资源类型与评价

临沭县常林钻石省级地质公园,面积约85.85km2,属中型省级地质公园,地质遗迹类型丰富,保存完好。园区内既有代表性的地质构造剖面,又有丹霞地貌、恐龙遗迹化石,同时还是常林钻石的发现地。其中沂沭断裂带、岌山恐龙足迹和金刚石砂矿产地具有全国乃至国际性对比意义,是国内较为罕见的地质遗迹,在地学方面具有较高的科研价值。     

蜀南地区二叠系茅口组古岩溶地区水系分布及岩溶地貌单元特征*

蜀南地区茅口组为一套沉积稳定的巨厚层生物碎屑灰岩,基质致密性脆。中二叠世末的东吴运动使蜀南地区茅口组顶部发育古风化壳岩溶,古岩溶地区水系控制着古岩溶的发育和演化。在研究古地貌恢复方法的基础上,分析研究区地层特征和区域构造背景,采用印模法进行古地貌恢复,进而研究了古岩溶地区的水系发育特征。在此基础上,结合风化壳表面侵蚀溶蚀特征、沉积物性质、地貌组合形态、钻井和地震资料,把研究区划分为岩溶台地、岩溶陡坡、岩溶缓坡及岩溶盆地4种二级地貌单元和溶丘洼地、岩溶槽谷、峰林平原等10种三级地貌单元,进一步分析了各种地貌单元的岩溶特征,为下一步的储集层预测提供了有利的目标。     

湖南崀山丹霞地貌岩体抗酸侵蚀脆弱性的实验研究

湖南崀山拥有独特的丹霞喀斯特现象,但具有溶蚀力的水对丹霞地貌区重要的物质基础砂岩和砾岩的侵蚀还没有进行过深入的实验研究。以此为切入点,通过实地采样获得41块砂岩、砾岩岩芯,选择其中18块岩芯平均分成3组,分别放入2%、5%、10%3种不同浓度的H2SO4溶液中浸泡并连续12天定时观测、记录,最后把未破碎的3块砾岩岩芯进...     

基于ArcGIS的条带剖面提取方法在地貌分析中的应用

条带剖面提取方法是利用数理统计原理,获得垂直于剖面线方向上一定缓冲区范围的高程信息,计算最大、最小和平均高程以及地形起伏度,把地形剖面图对线状地形起伏特征的描述转化为对面状地形起伏特征的描述。该文基于ArcGIS 9.3对三峡地区SRTM-DEM数据进行了条带剖面提取方法研究,实现了基于ArcGIS的条带剖面提取技术流程。应用条带剖面对三峡地区地形地貌进行了定量分析,该方法可快速提取条带剖面,能准确获取高程属性的相关统计参数,对地形地貌信息提取和定量分析具有一定价值。     

上海湖沼平原地貌分界线上地层分布特征研究

上海湖沼平原和滨海平原地貌类型划分应遵从地貌特征,为工程应用方便,可划分地貌亚区。地貌分界线上典型的地质剖面,为湖沼平原第一硬土层与滨海平原暗绿色硬土层属于同一地质时代提供了直接证据。由于古河道、台地等古地貌特征,造就了不同地貌及地貌亚区之间地层差异。     

江西信江盆地丹霞地貌形成机制分析

信江盆地是我国丹霞地貌发育最典型的区域之一。由于影响丹霞地貌演化的成景系统诸要素具有不同特征,信江盆地内不同部位丹霞地貌经历了不同的演化进程,不同发育阶段的丹霞地貌在盆地内成带状分布。盆地边缘由于受红层岩性、断裂构造及信江支流等因素影响,地表剥蚀速率快,丹霞地貌演化已步入壮年晚期至老年早期阶段,以丹霞石林、峰林、峰丛、崖壁以及各种类型的造型石为特征;盆地中部虽然断裂构造发育程度较弱,但受信江流水侵蚀,丹霞地貌演化也步入青年期至壮年早期阶段,以低矮的圆丘状丹霞石峰及岩洞为特征;而中部过渡地带,由于构造、水系发育均较弱,地貌演化速率慢,丹霞地貌演化处于幼年期至青年早期阶段,以石寨、巷谷、岩崖等景观为特征。     

青藏高原腹地班戈—双湖一带晚新生代伸展构造 及动力学机制

在青藏高原腹地,晚新生代以来除发育南北向的伸展构造以外,还发现有一系列时代较新的近东西向正断层控制的伸展构造,空间上呈现出平行排列的宽缓凹槽及其间相对狭窄的山梁相互间隔的活动地貌结构特点,称这种地貌结构为"槽梁地貌"。数字高程模型(DEM)的研究表明,研究区近东西向的伸展构造在地貌上切割了近南北向的双湖盆地。结合断层运动学、年代学及盆地沉积作用的研究,认为近东西向的伸展构造的发育最早可能始于中新世,与近南北向的伸展构造交织发育,断裂的活动性在第四纪随着高原腹地海拔抬升得到了显著的增强。青藏高原隆升后重力作用导致了不同方向断陷盆地的发育。     

Quantifying sediment storage in a high alpine valley (Turtmanntal,Switzerland)

The determination of sediment storage is a critical parameter in sediment budget analyses. But, in many sediment budget studies the quantification of magnitude and time‐scale of sediment storage is still the weakest part and often relies on crude estimations only, especially in large drainage basins (>100 km²). We present a new approach to storage quantification in a meso‐scale alpine catchment of the Swiss Alps (Turtmann Valley, 110 km²). The quantification of depositional volumes was performed by combining geophysical surveys and geographic information system (GIS) modelling techniques. Mean thickness values of each landform type calculated from these data was used to estimate the sediment volume in the hanging valleys and the trough slopes. Sediment volume of the remaining subsystems was determined by modelling an assumed parabolic bedrock surface using digital elevation model (DEM) data. A total sediment volume of 781·3×10⁶–1005·7×10⁶ m³ is deposited in the Turtmann Valley. Over 60% of this volume is stored in the 13 hanging valleys. Moraine landforms contain over 60% of the deposits in the hanging valleys followed by sediment stored on slopes (20%) and rock glaciers (15%). For the first time, a detailed quantification of different storage types was achieved in a catchment of this size. Sediment volumes have been used to calculate mean denudation rates for the different processes ranging from 0·1 to 2·6 mm/a based on a time span of 10 ka. As the quantification approach includes a number of assumptions and various sources of error the values given represent the order of magnitude of sediment storage that has to be expected in a catchment of this size. Copyright © 2009 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

Influence of climate and tectonic movements on granite landforms in China

Present granite landform characteristics and distribution are the integrated result of climate, tectonics and lithology. Various types of granite landforms in China signify climate zonality and differential vertical movement of earth surface, while published research results on Chinese granite landforms are very rare, especially in international journals. Based on the process analysis of chemical weathering and physical disintegration, four granite landform regions in China are classified according to the present climate regime. On the Tibetan Plateau, the cold and freezing climate induced periglacial landscapes; the northeast region is characterized by physical disintegration and low round mounds are widespread; in the northwest region controlled by arid climate, wind-carved minor landscapes are extremely prominent. The most spectacular granite landscapes in China are presented in southeast as a result of longtime chemical weathering under humid and warm conditions, as well as the differential uplift after Neogene. Correlating the weathering crust in southern China, Tibetan Plateau and India, a possible unified planation surface in Neogene is proposed. With corestones as indicators of original weathering front, the differential uplift extent of dissected planation surfaces can be estimated. At least three landforms implying uplift can be identified in southeastern China, with elevations of 300–400 m, 2000 m and 3600 m above the sea level respectively.