Earth and related environmental sciences topic list of research papers
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Evidence of pre-Columbian settlements in the forest of the Tuxtla Volcanic Field, Veracruz, Mexico
Abstract The basaltic Los Tuxtlas Volcanic Field (LTVF) is located at the western margin of the Gulf of Mexico in the State of Veracruz, Mexico. The field is a massif composed of four large volcanic structures and hundreds of scoria cones, lava...
2015 / Araceli Zamora-Camacho, Juan Manuel Espíndola, Peter Schaaf, Angel Ramírez, María de Lourdes Godínez Calderón -
River Morphology Modeling at the Downstream of Progo River Post Eruption 2010 of Mount Merapi
Abstract Mt.Merapi is one of the most active volcanoes in Indonesia. Some of the rivers that the origin is located at Mt.Merapi have a large amount of sediment resources after eruption in October-November 2010. The total volume of sediment is...
2015 / Puji Harsanto -
Baseline geochemical characterisation of a vulnerable tropical karstic aquifer; Lifou, New Caledonia
Abstract Study region Lifou Island, near the main island of New Caledonia. Study focus Stable oxygen and hydrogen isotopes of groundwater and rainfall were used to ...
2015 / Eric Nicolini, Karyne Rogers, Delphine Rakowski -
Analysis of Rainfall Events Driving MDHEs Occurred in the Solofrana River Basin, Southern Italy
Abstract The current paper aims to investigate the risk of occurrence of damaging events, as a function of rainfall triggering event types, for the Solofrana peri-urban basin, where MDHEs has occurred rather frequently, especially during the last...
2015 / Mirka Mobilia, Felice Califano, Antonia Longobardi -
Cr(VI) occurrence and geochemistry in water from public-supply wells in California
Abstract Hexavalent chromium, Cr(VI), in 918 wells sampled throughout California between 2004 and 2012 by the Groundwater Ambient Monitoring and Assessment-Priority Basin Project (GAMA-PBP) ranged from less than the study reporting limit of 1...
2015 / John A. Izbicki, Michael T. Wright, Whitney A. Seymour, R. Blaine McCleskey, Miranda S. Fram, et al. -
Coupled flow-geomechanical performance assessment of CO2 storage sites using the Ensemble Kalman Filter
Abstract A methodology for coupled flow-geomechanical CO2 storage site performance assessment using the ensemble Kalman filter (EnKF) is developed. The methodology is applied to the In Salah case study dataset in order to validate the developed...
2014 / Jorge de la Torre Guzman, Masoud Babaei, Ji-Quan Shi, Anna Korre, Sevket Durucan -
CO2 Storage Capacity Assessment of Deep Saline Aquifers in the Mozambique Basin
Abstract This study is the first of its kind that made an assessment of theoretical storage capacity within the deep saline aquifers in the Mozambique Basin. An integrated approach that involved geographic information systems analysis and field data ...
2014 / Semere Solomon, Gaëlle Bureau-Cauchois, Nada Ahmed, Jørg Aarnes, Pernille Holtedahl -
In memory of Jean-François Stéphan2016 / René Blanchet
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Rapid surface detection of CO2 leaks from geologic sequestration sites
Abstract This study focuses on developing a method to characterize and detect leakage of carbon dioxide from a geologic sequestration site using a Picarro gas analyser, and to systematically evaluate the robustness of detection ability and optimize...
2014 / Dylan Moriarty, Laura Dobeck, Sally Benson -
Conceptual model for environmental science applications on parallel and distributed infrastructures2015 / Denisa Rodila, Nicolas Ray, Dorian Gorgan
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Quality control of porosity changes predicted by geochemical modelling in CCS case studies
Abstract Assessment of long-term stability of injected CO2 for geological storage requires a certain level of dynamic modelling, including geochemical modelling of fluid-rock interactions triggered by the injected CO2 in geological formations. One...
2014 / Jeroen Snippe -
Demonstrating demand response from water distribution system through pump scheduling
Abstract Significant changes in the power generation mix are posing new challenges for the balancing systems of the grid. Many of these challenges are in the secondary electricity grid regulation services and could be met through demand response...
2016 / Ruben Menke, Edo Abraham, Panos Parpas, Ivan Stoianov -
Coral Reef Ecosystem Monitoring Using Remote Sensing Data: Case Study in Owi Island, Biak, Papua
Abstract Coral reef ecosystem is a typical ecosystem in tropical marine and important for coastal island communities, including in Owi Island. This study aims to know a condition of coral reef covered area in Owi Island using Rapideye imagery...
2016 / Dominggus Samuel H.L.M.K. Awak, Jonson Lumban Gaol, Beginer Subhan, Hawis H. Madduppa, Dondy Arafat -
Very Fast Characterization of Focal Mechanism Parameters Through W-Phase Centroid Inversion in the Context of Tsunami Warning2016 / Julien Roch, Pierre Duperray, François Schindelé
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Detection of ground movements in Montjuïc (Barcelona) using TerraSAR-X data2016 / Luca Tanteri, María Cuevas-González, Núria Devanthéry, Michele Crosetto, Nicola Casagli
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Seasonal surface velocities of a Himalayan glacier derived by automated correlation of unmanned aerial vehicle imagery2015 / Philip Kraaijenbrink, Sander W. Meijer, Joseph M. Shea, Francesca Pellicciotti, Steven M. De Jong, et al.
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The Flagship South West Hub Project: Approach Towards Developing a Green-field Industrial Scale CCS Project in Western Australia
Abstract Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS) is a potential stepping stone to maintaining energy security while reducing the carbon footprint of Australia's energy sources. CCS, which involves capturing carbon dioxide that would otherwise be emitted to ...
2014 / Sandeep Sharma, Dominique Van Gent, Martin Burke, Louise Stelfox -
Analysis of Prospects of Using Solar Energy in Russian Federation Economy
Abstract On our planet, the hydrocarbon is limited thus inefficiency of hydropower engineering and ecological damage made by heat and nuclear power engineering make it extremely important to develop alternative energy sources, for instance solar...
2016 / Lyudmila Serga, Ekaterina Chemezova, Elena Makaridina, Nataliya Samotoy -
Spatio-temporal variation of spring phenology in Tibetan Plateau and its linkage to climate change from 1982 to 20122016 / Ming-jun Ding, Lan-hui Li, Yong Nie, Qian Chen, Yi-li Zhang
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New perspectives on interdisciplinary earth science at the Dead Sea: The DESERVE project
Abstract The Dead Sea region has faced substantial environmental challenges in recent decades, including water resource scarcity, ~1m annual decreases in the water level, sinkhole development, ascending-brine freshwater pollution, and seismic...
2016 / Christoph Kottmeier, Amotz Agnon, Djamil Al-Halbouni, Pinhas Alpert, Ulrich Corsmeier, et al.