The geospatial relationship of geologic strata, geological fractures, and land use attained by a time-series aridity index in a semiarid region.

Abstract:

:In a vast semiarid region of the Baja California Peninsula, remote sensing and GIS techniques were applied to moderate resolution images of Landsat 5 TM to explore the geospatial correlation among the grid aridity index (AI), shapefiles of geologic strata, land use, and geological fractures. A dataset of randomized sample points in a time-series of one hydrologic year along with vector file GIS delineated geologic fractures-including the area between their left/right parallel buffer lines-was used as mask analysis. MANOVA results were significant (p < 0.05) for geologic strata, land use, and basin. Overall results reveal the effects of soil texture on water retention on deeper soil horizons and the rate of vertical motion of rainwater. Despite the fact that geologic fractures underlie a large number of biotic communities, in both latitude and longitude gradients of the peninsula, no statistical significance was observed among the fractures themselves or the areas between their parallel buffer lines. One pulse rainfall event was documented by the AI grid maps enabling a robust vegetative response in early summer to an abnormal amount of rain provided by tropical storm Julio. AI grids appear to be useful for characterizing an ecosystem's dynamism. New options are suggested for this research strategy by expanding the number of datasets and incorporating geographic exclusion areas.

journal_name

Environ Monit Assess

authors

Rodríguez-Moreno VM,Kretzschmar TG,Padilla-Ramírez JS

doi

10.1007/s10661-015-4676-2

subject

Has Abstract

pub_date

2015-07-01 00:00:00

pages

457

issue

7

eissn

0167-6369

issn

1573-2959

journal_volume

187

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