Earth and related environmental sciences topic list of research papers
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Orthodox Cave Churches and Monasteries of the V-XX Centuries in Russia and Ukraine: Architectural Traditions and Technologies
Abstract In the paper is researched the history of creation and development of unique underground monuments of sacred heritage, as well as their current state. There are the most significant in its architectural and historical value Orthodox cave...
2016 / Alexander Bertash, Diana Keypen-Warditz, Svetlana Levoshko -
Comparison of Quantitative Analysis of Image Logs for Shale Volume and Net to Gross Calculation of a Thinly Laminated Reservoir between VNG-NERGE and LAGIA-EGYPT
Abstract This study focuses on one of the resistivity imaging tools owned by Schlumberger; Full-bore Formation Micro Imager (FMI). The objective of this paper is to analyze quantitative analysis that is carried out focusing on calculating the volume ...
2017 / Ahmed Z. Noah, El-Abbas A.A. Moustafa -
Theoretical and Experimental Study of Gaussian Plume Model in Small Scale System
Abstract Atmospheric dispersion pollution modelling is of great and actual concern in the scientific international community. Many dispersion models have been developed and used to estimate the downwind ambient concentration of air pollutants from...
2016 / S. Brusca, F. Famoso, R. Lanzafame, S. Mauro, A. Marino Cugno Garrano, et al. -
Geochemical characteristics of natural gas in the hydrocarbon accumulation history, and its difference among gas reservoirs in the Upper Triassic formation of Sichuan Basin, China
Abstract The analysis of hydrocarbon generation, trap formation, inclusion homogenization temperature, authigenic illite dating, and ESR dating were used to understand the history of hydrocarbon accumulation and its difference among gas reservoirs...
2016 / Peng Wang, Sibing Liu, Zhongmin Shen, Fei Huang, Zili Luo, et al. -
Effect of salinity of groundwater on the geotechnical properties of some Egyptian clay
Abstract This study deals with the effect of salinity of groundwater on some properties of clayey soil. Properties obtained from tests carried out on samples mixed with water containing different salt contents are compared with those obtained from...
2016 / Mahmoud M. Abu zeid, Ahmed K. Abd El-Aal -
Integrating a compressible multicomponent two-phase flow into an existing reactive transport simulator
Abstract This work aims to incorporate compressible multiphase flow into the conventional reactive transport framework using an operator splitting approach. This new approach would allow us to retain the general paradigm of the flow module...
2016 / Irina Sin, Vincent Lagneau, Jérôme Corvisier -
Environmental impact assessment in Brazilian Amazonia: Challenges and prospects to assess biodiversity
Abstract Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) has the goal of providing decision makers with an indication of the likely environmental consequences of planned actions risking environmental changes and, when necessary, allowing revision of these...
2017 / Camila D. Ritter, Gabriel McCrate, R. Henrik Nilsson, Philip M. Fearnside, Ulrika Palme, et al. -
Peer review report 2 on “Water temperature forecasting for Spanish rivers by means of nonlinear mixed models”2016 / Anonymous
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Effects of Shock and Martian Alteration on Tissint Hydrogen Isotope Ratios and Water Content
Abstract The Tissint meteorite, a picritic shergottite, fell to Earth in Morocco on the 18th of July 2011, and is only the fifth Martian meteorite witnessed to fall. Hydrogen isotope ratios and water contents are variable within different minerals...
2017 / L.J. Hallis, G.R. Huss, K. Nagashima, G.J. Taylor, D. Stöffler, et al. -
Internal breather-like wave generation by the second mode solitary wave interaction with a step2016 / Kateryna Terletska, Kyung Tae Jung, Tatiana Talipova, Vladimir Maderich, Igor Brovchenko, et al.
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Characterization and parameterization of aerosol cloud condensation nuclei activation under different pollution conditions2016 / H. C. Che, X. Y. Zhang, Y. Q. Wang, L. Zhang, X. J. Shen, et al.
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A Simulated Annealing based Optimization Algorithm for Automatic Variogram Model Fitting2016 / Saeed Soltani-Mohammadi, Mohammad Safa
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A practical application of photogrammetry to performing rib characterization measurements in an underground coal mine using a DSLR camera
Abstract Understanding coal mine rib behavior is important for inferring pillar loading conditions as well as ensuring the safety of miners who are regularly exposed to ribs. Due to the variability in the geometry of underground openings and ground...
2016 / Brent A. Slaker, Khaled M. Mohamed -
Advanced Well Spacing System Application in the Development of Oil and Gas Fields
Abstract Selecting the spacing density of wells is very important issue of rational development of oil and gas fields. Wells spacing significantly affects to the key indicators of the field development such as the rate of liquid and gas recovery...
2016 / Rf.S. Gurbanov, S.A. Musayeva, R.S. Gurbanov, Z.M. Ahmedov -
Tree Stem Shapes Derived from TLS Data as an Indicator for Shallow Landslides
Abstract Landslides or other forms of mass movement influence slope stability, and are known to have significant effects on vegetation patterns. Observation of such surface patterns may result in valuable information for understanding the kinematics ...
2016 / Di Wang, Markus Hollaus, Elmar Schmaltz, Martin Wieser, David Reifeltshammer, et al. -
The Level II aggregated forest soil condition database links soil physicochemical and hydraulic properties with long-term observations of forest condition in Europe2016 / Stefan Fleck, Nathalie Cools, Bruno De Vos, Henning Meesenburg, Richard Fischer
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New U-Pb age constraints on the upper Banxi Group and synchrony of the Sturtian glaciation in South China
Abstract The Nanhua basin in South China hosts well-preserved middle–late Neoproterozoic sedimentary and volcanic rocks that are critical for studying the basin evolution, the breakup of the supercontinent Rodinia, the nature and dynamics of the...
2016 / Gaoyuan Song, Xinqiang Wang, Xiaoying Shi, Ganqing Jiang -
Where Do Seasonal Climate Predictions Belong in the Drought Management Toolbox?
On the Ground • Seasonal climate predictions, based largely on the status of the El Niño-Southern Oscillation, are one such tool but need to be...
2016 / Michael A. Crimmins, Mitchel P. McClaran -
Mechanisms of inorganic carbon-14 attenuation in contaminated groundwater: Effect of solution pH on isotopic exchange and carbonate precipitation reactions
Abstract Radioactive 14C is a significant contaminant associated with nuclear fuels and wastes that is potentially highly mobile in the environment as dissolved inorganic carbonate species. This study investigated the mechanisms by which dissolved...
2016 / Aislinn A. Boylan, Douglas I. Stewart, James T. Graham, Divyesh Trivedi, Ian T. Burke -
Deep seated magmas and their mantle roots: Introduction2016 / Igor V. Ashchepkov, Nick M.W. Roberts