Hydrocarbon resources potential mapping using the evidential belief functions and GIS, Ahvaz/Khuzestan Province, southwest Iran

The purpose of the present study is to model the hydrocarbon resources potential mapping using geographic information systems (GIS). The presented method is based on petroleum system concepts; therefore, petroleum system elements were used to define criteria for petroleum potential mapping. Several statistical methods can be used to effectively predict potential areas for hydrocarbon resources. In this study, two statistical methods were used (frequency ratio and evidential belief functions) to predict the potential distribution of petroleum resources in the study area. A case study in the Red River – Red River petroleum system of the Canadian Williston Basin in southeastern Saskatchewan in Canada is proposed to assess the feasibility of this new modelling technique. The accuracy of the hydrocarbon potential maps was evaluated by success rate and prediction rate efficiency curves. The resultant petroleum potential maps resulted in delineation of high-potential zones occupying about 15% of the study area. The validation results showed that the prediction rate for the best model is 88.14%. This study was carried out at a regional scale; therefore, the results can be used to guide exploration works at early stages.

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Prediction of groundwater flowing well zone at An-Najif Province, central Iraq using evidential belief functions model and GIS

Environmental Monitoring and Assessment ◽

10.1007/s10661-016-5564-0 ◽

2016 ◽

Vol 188 (10) ◽

Cited By ~ 2

Author(s):

Alaa M. Al-Abadi ◽

Biswajeet Pradhan ◽

Shamsuddin Shahid

Keyword(s):

Belief Functions ◽

Evidential Belief Functions ◽

Flowing Well

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Epidemiological Survey of Crimean-Congo Hemorrhagic Fever (CCHF), a Fatal Infectious Disease in Khuzestan Province, Southwest Iran, During 1999 - 2015

Jundishapur Journal of Microbiology ◽

10.5812/jjm.30883 ◽

2016 ◽

Vol 9 (5) ◽

Cited By ~ 6

Author(s):

Mona Sharififard ◽

Sayed Mohammad Alavi ◽

Shokrollah Salmanzadeh ◽

Farhad Safdari ◽

Amin Kamali

Keyword(s):

Infectious Disease ◽

Hemorrhagic Fever ◽

Epidemiological Survey ◽

Crimean Congo Hemorrhagic Fever ◽

Khuzestan Province ◽

Southwest Iran

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Detection ofToxoplasma gondiiby PCR and Mouse Bioassay in Rodents of Ahvaz District, Southwestern Iran

BioMed Research International ◽

10.1155/2014/383859 ◽

2014 ◽

Vol 2014 ◽

pp. 1-5 ◽

Cited By ~ 6

Author(s):

J. Saki ◽

S. Khademvatan

Keyword(s):

Rattus Norvegicus ◽

Chronic Infection ◽

Rattus Rattus ◽

Mouse Bioassay ◽

Intermediate Hosts ◽

Khuzestan Province ◽

Zoonotic Parasite ◽

Southwestern Iran ◽

Southwest Of Iran ◽

Southwest Iran

Toxoplasma gondiiis obligate coccidian zoonotic parasite. Felidae family is definitive and wide ranges of warm-blooded vertebrates are intermediate hosts for the parasite. Rodents are measured as an important source ofT. gondiiinfection for the definitive host. Thus, this study aimed to investigateToxoplasminfection in rodents of Ahvaz district, southwest of Iran. A total of 100 rodents (73Rattus norvegicus, 21Rattus rattus, and 6Mus musculus) were collected and studied by GRA6PCR and mouse bioassay. The finding indicated that 6 out of 100 (6%) and 2 out of 100 (2%) samples were positive by PCR and mouse bioassay, respectively. The results show notable chronic infection in the rodent and potential transmission of the infection among animal and men in the region. Accordingly, this study recommended investigating of theT. gondiiinfection in definitive and other intermediate hosts in other points of Khuzestan province, Southwest, Iran.

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