TUGAS PRAKTIKUM GEOMORFOLOGI ACARA 3

Lukman Hakim
14/364891/GE/07736
REVIEW JURNAL
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF GEOMATICS AND GEOSCIENCES
Volume 2, No 2, 2011
Copyright 2010 All rights reserved Integrated Publishing services

Research article ISSN 09764380

Submitted on September 2011 published on November 2011

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Geomorphological study of Atagad Basin, Chamoli District,

Uttarakhand:
GIS and Remote Sensing approaches
Khanduri Kamlesh1, Kumar Satyendra2
1- D.Phil Research Scholar, Dpt. of Geography, HNBGU, JRF, FSI, Dehradun,
India
2- Technical Associate, JRF, Forest Survey of India (FSI), Dehradun, India
ABSTRACT
Geomorphology is the science of evolution of landforms in terms of its
lithology, structure, basin geometry and other morphometric factors. The
main object is to map the land system into further various Landform
unit and features through geomorphic approach in Atagad Basin. This
study has been carried out to create the geomorphologic parts of
Atagad Catchment. Geomorphologic maps were prepared using Satellite
images (Landsat ETM+,TM, MSS ,SRTM ) and digital SOI topographic sheet
of the region; this was further updated during post field work. Digital
Elevation Model (DEM) generation based on topographical sheet was
prepared for creating relief map, slope map and erosion intensity zone as
well as drainage map with the help of topographic sheets, the generation
of various thematic layers has also been developed. Land Use/Cover over
the study area has been analyzed for the time periods of 2008. Various
theme maps (erosion intensity, LST) were generated for GIS study analysis is
done to analyze the instability and morphology of the catchment area.
Keywords: DEM, Geomorphology, GIS& Remote Sensing, LST, Land use.

Review
Secara garis besar, komposisi jurnal yang ditulis sudah cukup baik dengan bahasan
yang mudah dipahami. Jurnal ini membahas mengenai analisis morfologi Cekungan
Atagad, Distrik Chamoli, Uttarakhand, India menggunakan SIG dan citra berupa
DEM. Berdasarkan metode penelitian yang dituliskan, jurnal ini memiliki alur dengan
tujuan utama berupa pengkajian pemasalahan lingkungan di Cekungan Atagad dan
diakhiri dengan penawaran beberapa rekomendasi/solusi yang bisa
diimplementasikan. Namun, pada akhir jurnal ini tidak ditemukan satupun goal dari
tujuan awal sehingga dapat dikatakan jurnal ini masih belum sempurna.
Meski demikian, jurnal ini telah dibuat dengan sangat baik. Analisis morfologi
melalui informasi spasial berupa citra penginderaan jauh juga dilakukian dengan
teliti sesuai kaidah interpretasi. Hanya saja, untuk menganalisis morfologi suatu
wilayah tidak cukup hanya mengandalkan citra saja. Analisis melalui observasi
lapangan juga sangat diperlukan karena tidak semua kondisi pada realita bisa
tergambarkan dalam citra.