Researches in Earth Sciences

Researches in Earth Sciences

Determining uncertainty associate to source contributions of sand dune sediments using a Monte Carlo fingerprinting technique

Document Type : علمی -پژوهشی

Authors
Mojtaba Dolat Kordestani 1
Hamid Gholami 1
Javad Ahamdi 2
Desmond Walling 3
Abolhassan Fathabadi 4
1 Department of Natural Resources Engineering, University of Hormozgan, Bandar-Abbas, Hormozgan, Iran.
2 Professor of Nuclear Atomic Research Institute, Iran Atomic Energy Organization, Tehran, Iran.
3 Professor of Physical Geography, University of Exeter, Exeter, UK.
4 Department of Rangeland and Watershed Management Engineering, University of Gonbad, Gonbad, Iran.
10.29252/esrj.9.1.14
Abstract
Todays, sediment fingerprinting have been increasingly used to determine source contributions of sediments, but there is a need to continue refining procedure especially with respect to uncertainty analysis during modeling. In this research, we applied a Monte Carlo fingerprinting framework to exploring of uncertainty associate to source contributions of sand dune sediments in the Jazmurian region, Kerman province. In order to, after selecting optimum composite fingerprints using a two-stage statistical procedure including Kruskal-Wallis H test and discriminant function analysis, Collins mixing model was solved 10000 times in the MATLAB with 95% confidence levels (percentiles 2.5% and 97.5%). Among of 10 tracers, four tracers including Cr, Ni, Li and Co were selected as optimum composite fingerprints and then they entered as modeling procedure. Full uncertainty (0-100%) calculated for some sources especially Qs and Qal, and also for some sediment samples, Qt recognized as main source. Variability on the source for sand dune sediment samples is due to winds with multiple directions. The effectiveness of this technique to sand dune sediment fingerprinting suggests that they will be useful in other desert regions with active dune fields for recognition of their sources, quantifying source contributions and studying uncertainty of source contributions.
Keywords
Fingerprinting-Uncertainty- Monte Carlo
-Source Contribution
-Jazmurian
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