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A Script-Driven Approach to Mapping Satellite-Derived Topography and Gravity Data Over the Zagros Fold-and-Thrust Belt, Iran Cover

A Script-Driven Approach to Mapping Satellite-Derived Topography and Gravity Data Over the Zagros Fold-and-Thrust Belt, Iran

Artificial Satellites
Volume 57 (2022): Issue 2 (June 2022)
By: Polina Lemenkova  
Open Access
|Jul 2022

Figures & Tables

Figure 1.

Topographic map of Iran. Data source: General Bathymetric Chart of the Oceans (GEBCO), GEBCO Compilation Group (2020). Mapping in GMT.
Topographic map of Iran. Data source: General Bathymetric Chart of the Oceans (GEBCO), GEBCO Compilation Group (2020). Mapping in GMT.

Figure 2.

Geologic map of Iran. Data source: United States Geological Survey (USGS). Mapping in QGIS.
Geologic map of Iran. Data source: United States Geological Survey (USGS). Mapping in QGIS.

Figure 3.

Lithologic map of Iran. Data source: United States Geological Survey (USGS). Mapping in QGIS.
Lithologic map of Iran. Data source: United States Geological Survey (USGS). Mapping in QGIS.

Figure 4.

Geoid model of Iran. Data source: Earth Gravitational Model (EGM-2008), Pavlis et al. (2012). Mapping in GMT.
Geoid model of Iran. Data source: Earth Gravitational Model (EGM-2008), Pavlis et al. (2012). Mapping in GMT.

Figure 5.

3D model of Zagros mountains. Data source: ETOPO 5-minute gridded elevation data, Data Announcement 88-MGG-02, Digital relief of the surface of the Earth. NOAA, National Geophysical Data Center, Boulder, Colorado, U.S.A., 1988. URL: ETOPO5. Mapping in GMT.
3D model of Zagros mountains. Data source: ETOPO 5-minute gridded elevation data, Data Announcement 88-MGG-02, Digital relief of the surface of the Earth. NOAA, National Geophysical Data Center, Boulder, Colorado, U.S.A., 1988. URL: ETOPO5. Mapping in GMT.

Figure 6.

Free-air gravity anomaly of Iran. Data source: gravity anomaly from Geosat and ERS 1 satellite altimetry, Sandwell and Smith (1997). Mapping in GMT.
Free-air gravity anomaly of Iran. Data source: gravity anomaly from Geosat and ERS 1 satellite altimetry, Sandwell and Smith (1997). Mapping in GMT.

Figure 7.

Elevation model by R ‘raster’ package. Data source: Shuttle Radar Topography Mission (SRTM) DEM, Farr and Kobrick (2000). Mapping in R.
Elevation model by R ‘raster’ package. Data source: Shuttle Radar Topography Mission (SRTM) DEM, Farr and Kobrick (2000). Mapping in R.

Figure 8.

Slope terrain model based on DEM of Iran. Data source: Shuttle Radar Topography Mission (SRTM) DEM, Farr and Kobrick (2000). Mapping in R.
Slope terrain model based on DEM of Iran. Data source: Shuttle Radar Topography Mission (SRTM) DEM, Farr and Kobrick (2000). Mapping in R.

Figure 9.

Aspect terrain model of Iran. Data source: Shuttle Radar Topography Mission (SRTM) DEM, Farr and Kobrick (2000). Mapping in R.
Aspect terrain model of Iran. Data source: Shuttle Radar Topography Mission (SRTM) DEM, Farr and Kobrick (2000). Mapping in R.

Figure 10.

Hillshade terrain model of Iran. Data source: Shuttle Radar Topography Mission (SRTM) DEM, Farr and Kobrick (2000). Mapping in R.
Hillshade terrain model of Iran. Data source: Shuttle Radar Topography Mission (SRTM) DEM, Farr and Kobrick (2000). Mapping in R.

Figure 11.

DEM elevation model of Iran. Data source: Shuttle Radar Topography Mission (SRTM) DEM, Farr and Kobrick (2000). Mapping in R.
DEM elevation model of Iran. Data source: Shuttle Radar Topography Mission (SRTM) DEM, Farr and Kobrick (2000). Mapping in R.

Listing 1.

GMT code for converting formats and visualising raster in Figure 4
GMT code for converting formats and visualising raster in Figure 4

Listing 2.

GMT code for plotting cartographic grid on the image
GMT code for plotting cartographic grid on the image

Listing 3.

GMT code for plotting textual annotations on the image
GMT code for plotting textual annotations on the image

Listing 4.

GMT code for inserting a small globe map on the image in Figure 1.
GMT code for inserting a small globe map on the image in Figure 1.

Listing 5.

GMT code visualizing the image
GMT code visualizing the image

Listing 6.

GMT code for 3D image visualisation in Figure 5.
GMT code for 3D image visualisation in Figure 5.

Listing 7.

R code for data capture and uploading necessary packages
R code for data capture and uploading necessary packages

Listing 8.

R code visualizing the geomorphological parameters and saving the output data
R code visualizing the geomorphological parameters and saving the output data

Listing 9.

R code for visualisation of the geographic map in Figure 8.
R code for visualisation of the geographic map in Figure 8.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/arsa-2022-0006 | Journal eISSN: 2083-6104 | Journal ISSN: 1509-3859
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Language: English
Page range: 110 - 137
Submitted on: Apr 1, 2022
Accepted on: Jun 20, 2022
Published on: Jul 28, 2022
Published by: Polish Academy of Sciences, Space Research Centre
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
Publication frequency: 4 issues per year
Keywords:
geophysics,
cartography,
R,
GMT,
satellite altimetry
Related subjects:
Geosciences,
Geosciences, other

© 2022 Polina Lemenkova, published by Polish Academy of Sciences, Space Research Centre
This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

Volume 57 (2022): Issue 2 (June 2022)