Earth and related environmental sciences topic list of research papers
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Conversion of savanna rangelands to bush dominated landscape in Borana, Southern Ethiopia2016 / Teshome Abate, Ayana Angassa
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Tectonically asymmetric Earth: From net rotation to polarized westward drift of the lithosphere
Abstract The possibility of a net rotation of the lithosphere with respect to the mantle is generally overlooked since it depends on the adopted mantle reference frames, which are arbitrary. We review the geological and geophysical signatures of...
2014 / Carlo Doglioni, Eugenio Carminati, Mattia Crespi, Marco Cuffaro, Mattia Penati, et al. -
Solar Urban Planning: A Parametric Approach
Abstract Solar urban planning is a complex process which needs to consider the interplay between multiple factors and variables, depending on urban form and solar energy inputs. This paper presents a methodology based on a parametric approach to...
2014 / Miguel Amado, Francesca Poggi -
Integrated Development and Modeling of Heat Pipe Solar Collectors
Abstract Heat pipe solar collectors have a high potential regarding both state-of-the-art collector development and new collector concepts and applications. However, they still suffer from several drawbacks. To overcome those drawbacks and exploit...
2014 / Katharina Morawietz, Michael Hermann -
Alkali control of high-grade metamorphism and granitization
Abstract We review petrologic observations of reaction textures from high-grade rocks that suggest the passage of fluids with variable alkali activities. Development of these reaction textures is accompanied by regular compositional variations in...
2014 / Oleg G. Safonov, Leonid Y. Aranovich -
Constraints on the geodynamic evolution of the Africa–Iberia plate margin across the Gibraltar Strait from seismic tomography
Abstract Geophysical studies point to a complex tectonic and geodynamic evolution of the Alboran Basin and Gulf of Cadiz. Tomographic images show strong seismic waves velocity contrasts in the upper mantle. The high velocity anomaly beneath the...
2014 / S. Monna, A. Argnani, G.B. Cimini, F. Frugoni, C. Montuori -
Spatiotemporal Structure of Wind Farm-atmospheric Boundary Layer Interactions
Abstract Observations and modelling studies show that wind farms can alter their local microclimate. This study examines the effect of real-world wind farms on land surface temperatures in West Central Texas using the Weather Research and...
2013 / Matthew Charles Cervarich, Somnath Baidya Roy, Liming Zhou -
Development of a 128-channel multi-water-sampling system for underwater platforms and its application to chemical and biological monitoring
Abstract We developed a new multi-water-sampling system, ANEMONE-11, for autonomous underwater vehicle and remotely operated underwater vehicle exploration. Water samples are continuously collected by the ANEMONE-11 sampler by an in situ water pump...
2014 / Kei Okamura, Takuroh Noguchi, Mayumi Hatta, Michinari Sunamura, Takahiko Suzue, et al. -
Study of Wind, Tidal Wave and Current Potential in Sunda Strait as an Alternative Energy
Abstract The energy from marine environment has not been explored to the fullest, while the needs of energy in Indonesia have increased. Therefore, studying the potential of wind, currents, tides and wave energy might be the solution for building...
2014 / Rona Sandro, Arnudin, Armyanda Tussadiah, Rizky Mahriza Utamy, Niomi Pridina, et al. -
Fluid flow and CO2–fluid–mineral interactions during CO2-storage in sedimentary basins
Abstract Modelling the progress of geochemical processes in CO2 storage sites is frustrated by uncertainties in the rates of CO2 flow and dissolution, and in the rates and controlling mechanisms of fluid–mineral reactions that stabilise the CO2 in...
2013 / Niko Kampman, Mike Bickle, Max Wigley, Benoit Dubacq -
Preface2014 / Fazil E. Alfitri
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The First North American Carbon Storage Atlas
Abstract Canada, Mexico and the United States formed the North American Carbon Atlas Partnership (NACAP) in December 2008 to collaborate in the development of a North American Carbon Storage Atlas (NACSA). This partnership was formally announced by...
2013 / Robert Wright, Frank Mourits, Leonardo Beltran Rodríguez, Moisés Dávila Serrano -
Assessment of Factors Influencing CO2 Storage Capacity and Injectivity in Eastern U.S. Gas Shales
Abstract Organic-rich gas shales appear to behave similarly to coal and desorb methane while preferentially adsorbing CO2. In addition, the pore volume containing “free” (non-adsorbed) methane is expected to be available for CO2 storage, especially...
2013 / Michael Godec, George Koperna, Robin Petrusak, Anne Oudinot -
Reforming the EU approach to LULUCF and the climate policy framework
Abstract We focus on recent progress in reforming the role of forests and other land use in the EU climate policy framework. EU inclusion of LULUCF (Land Use, Land-Use Change and Forestry) in the climate policy framework still lags international...
2014 / David Ellison, Mattias Lundblad, Hans Petersson -
Experimental Investigation into a Packed Bed Thermal Storage Solution for Solar Gas Turbine Systems
Abstract High temperature thermal storage in randomly packed beds of ceramic particles is proposed as an effective storage solution for Solar Gas Turbine (SGT) cycles in the near term. Numerical modelling of these systems allows for optimised...
2014 / P. Klein, T.H. Roos, T.J. Sheer -
A strategy for low cost, effective surfactant injection
Abstract Ideally, in a chemical flooding process, one would like to inject a surfactant solution that has good solubility at the relevant conditions, ultralow interfacial tension (efficient oil mobilisation) and low loss of surfactant (better...
2014 / Kristine Spildo, Limei Sun, Ketil Djurhuus, Arne Skauge -
Emerging contaminants in urban groundwater sources in Africa
Abstract The occurrence of emerging organic contaminants within the aquatic environment in Africa is currently unknown. This study provides early insights by characterising a broad range of emerging organic contaminants (n > 1000) in groundwater...
2014 / J.P.R. Sorensen, D.J. Lapworth, D.C.W. Nkhuwa, M.E. Stuart, D.C. Gooddy, et al. -
Fine-scale hydrodynamics influence the spatio-temporal distribution of harbour porpoises at a coastal hotspot
Abstract The coastal Runnelstone Reef, off southwest Cornwall (UK), is characterised by complex topography and strong tidal flows and is a known high-density site for harbour porpoise (Phocoena phocoena); a European protected species. Using a...
2014 / A.R. Jones, P. Hosegood, R.B. Wynn, M.N. De Boer, S. Butler-Cowdry, et al. -
Study on Wave Energy into Electricity in the South Coast of Yogyakarta, Indonesia
Abstract Indonesia hassome potential alternative energy source including the wave energy, caused by the temperature difference between the water surface and the sea floor. The greatest potential as a renewable energy that can be developed in the...
2014 / Irhas, Rahayu Suryaningsih -
Microstructural and Tomographic Analyses in Geotechnical Assessment of Soil Media2015 / Maciej Kordian Kumor