Earth and related environmental sciences topic list of research papers
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Comparison of measured and calculated consolidation settlements of thick underconsolidated clay
Abstract This study investigates the consolidation settlement of thick deep deposit of underconsolidated clay encountered east of Port Said in Egypt. The foundation soil of the studied area includes a 35m thick deposit of very soft to medium stiff...
2013 / Manal Salem, Rami El-Sherbiny -
AACMM Performance Test: Influence of Human Factor and Geometric Features
Abstract Articulated Arms Coordinate Measuring Machines (AACMMs) have spread out in the manufacturing industry thanks to their flexibility and reduced cost. Nevertheless, their performance has been barely studied unlike traditional coordinate...
2014 / Daniel González-Madruga, Joaquin Barreiro, Eduardo Cuesta, Beatriz González, Susana Martínez-Pellitero -
The interactions of strontium and technetium with Fe(II) bearing biominerals: Implications for bioremediation of radioactively contaminated land
Abstract At nuclear contaminated sites, microbially-mediated Fe(III) reduction under alkaline conditions opens up the potential for co-treatment of the groundwater contaminants 99Tc, though reduction to less mobile Tc(IV) phases, and 90Sr, through...
2013 / Clare L. Thorpe, Christopher Boothman, Jonathan R. Lloyd, Gareth T.W. Law, Nicholas D. Bryan, et al. -
Possible Source-sink Matching for CO2 Sequestration in Eastern India
Abstract In India, the current CO2 emission level is 2,069 Mt with many large point sources emitting more than 10 Mt per year of CO2. Also, there are large numbers of coal-fired power plants emitting huge quantum of CO2. The potential sites for...
2013 / Priyank Jain, Khanindra Pathak, Swarup Tripathy -
Ecology and Classification of Forests in Turkey
Abstract Turkey possesses all types of parent materials or bedrocks like metamorphic, sedimentary and volcanic belonging to different geological era and periods. Some parent materials contain evaporitic sediments with salt, gypsum and high contents...
2014 / Ibrahim Atalay, Recep Efe, Münir Öztürk -
Analytics Driven Water Management System for Bangalore City
Abstract Water systems are becoming increasingly complex and instrumented and require a rich set of features to deal with the complexity efficiently. We introduce a new water management software that is centered around powerful dash boarding,...
2014 / A. Merchant, M.S. Mohan Kumar, P.N. Ravindra, P. Vyas, U. Manohar -
CO2 Wettability Behavior During CO2 Sequestration in Saline Aquifer -An Experimental Study on Minerals Representing Sandstone and Carbonate
Abstract Changes in wettability have been quantified by measuring the CO2 contact angle on some selected minerals typical for reservoir rocks quartz, calcite and feldspar, in the presence of brine at reservoir conditions by use of the captive-needle ...
2013 / Raheleh Farokhpoor, Bård J.A. Bjørkvik, Erik Lindeberg, Ole Torsæter -
Technical Work Processes for Qualifying Geological CO2 Storage
Abstract This paper is a condensed version of a technical guideline for maturing proposed offshore CO2 storage complexes towards investment decision [1]. Workflows to ensure compliance with legal requirements, industry best practices and project...
2013 / Gøril Tjetland, Hallvard Høydalsvik, Espen Erichsen -
Coupling R and PHREEQC: Efficient Programming of Geochemical Models
Abstract We present a new interface between the geochemical simulator PHREEQC and the open source language R. It represents a tool to flexibly and efficiently program and automate every aspect of geochemical modelling. The interface helps...
2013 / Marco De Lucia, Michael Kühn -
Stability analysis of backfilling in subsiding area and optimization of the stoping sequence
Abstract In underground mining by sublevel caving method, the deformation and damage of the surface induced by subsidence are the major challenging issues. The dynamic and soft backfilling body increases the safety risks in the subsiding area. In...
2013 / Ping Wang, Huiqiang Li, Yan Li, Bo Cheng -
Measurement of radioactive nuclides present in soil samples of district Ganderbal of Kashmir Province for radiation safety purposes
Abstract Assessment of radioactive elements in the residential area is very important from different points of view especially for human health. The aim of present survey was focused on determining the current radon exhalation rate and radium...
2014 / Feroz A. Mir, Sajad A. Rather -
The Influence of Lithology and Soil on the Occurrence and Expansion of Gully Erosion, Toroud Basin – Iran
Abstract Gully erosion, is often associated as one of the most severe forms of soil erosion processes. Gully erosion forms after removal of soil along drainage lines from water surface after raining or thawing snow. Also gully erosion often results...
2014 / Fatemeh Mousazadeh, Khairulmaini Osman Salleh -
Spatial and temporal seasonal trends in coastal upwelling off Northwest Africa, 1981–2012
Abstract Seasonal coastal upwelling was analyzed along the NW African coastline (11–35°N) from 1981 to 2012. Upwelling magnitudes are calculated by wind speed indices, sea-surface temperature indices and inferred from meteorological station,...
2014 / Thomas E. Cropper, Edward Hanna, Grant R. Bigg -
Calibration of a convective parameterization scheme in the WRF model and its impact on the simulation of East Asian summer monsoon precipitation2014 / Ben Yang, Yaocun Zhang, Yun Qian, Anning Huang, Huiping Yan
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Effect of high-powered LED-curing exposure time on orthodontic bracket shear bond strength
Abstract Objective To evaluate the influence of light exposure time on the adhesive strength and the failure mode of orthodontic brackets bonded to human enamel. Methods ...
2014 / Patrícia Gomes, Jaime Portugal, Luís Jardim -
Transmission Use of System Charges Under Future GB Power System Scenarios2007 / Graham W. Ault, Ian M. Elders, Richard J. Green
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Drivers and uncertainties of future global marine primary production in marine ecosystem models2015 / C. Laufkötter, M. Vogt, N. Gruber, M. Aita-Noguchi, O. Aumont, et al.
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HCl and ClO profiles inside the Antarctic vortex as observed by SMILES in November 2009: comparisons with MLS and ACE-FTS instruments2013 / T. Sugita, Y. Kasai, Y. Terao, S. Hayashida, G. L. Manney, et al.
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Performance evaluation of an all-fiber image-reject homodyne coherent Doppler wind lidar2015 / C. F. Abari, A. T. Pedersen, E. Dellwik, J. Mann
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Sky Walk–Sky Trek: A Successful Community Project in the Mountains of Monteverde, Costa Rica2006 / Ana L. Báez