TY  - JOUR
T1  - Assessment of Soil in Criteria Indices for Desertification with IMDPAModel and GIS (Case Study: Mazayijan Iran)
AU - Zakerinejad, Reza AU - Masoudi, Masoud 
JO  - Research Journal of Biological Sciences
VL  - 5
IS  - 1
SP  - 116
EP  - 117
PY  - 2010
DA  - 2001/08/19
SN  - 1815-8846
DO  - rjbsci.2010.116.117
UR  - https://makhillpublications.co/view-article.php?doi=rjbsci.2010.116.117
KW  - Desertification
KW  -IMDPA
KW  -GIS
KW  -phenomenon
KW  -determine
KW  -scoring
AB  - Desertification is the consequence of a set of important processes 
  which are active in arid and semi-arid environments where water is the main 
  limiting factor of land use performance in ecosystem. The desertification phenomenon 
  with all the problems it cause, most great effect will remain in soil, so by 
  assessing soil variation, the researchers can reach the intensity of desertification. 
  For this purpose IMDP (Iranian Model of Desertification Potential Assessment) 
  a methodology that prepared by natural resources college, Tehran university 
  was used to determine map of desertification emphasize in soil criteria in mazayjan 
  region as arid that including EC, soil deep, soil texture and the amount of 
  sub soil gravel are recommended in order to assess the intensity of desertification 
  mazayjan basin. Subhumid area of Iran. Score of indices were recorded in different 
  work units. At last using the following formula<img src="http://medwelljournals.com/fulltext/rjbsci/2010/images/img2-2k10-116-117.gif" width="77" height="19" align="absmiddle">Final 
  score of soil character was determined in the study area based on IMDPA.
ER  -