Earth and related environmental sciences topic list of research papers
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Degradation in urban air quality from construction activity and increased traffic arising from a road widening scheme
Abstract Road widening schemes in urban areas are often proposed as a solution to traffic congestion and as a means of stimulating economic growth. There is however clear evidence that new or expanded roads rapidly fill with either displaced or...
2014 / Anna Font, Timothy Baker, Ian S. Mudway, Esme Purdie, Christina Dunster, et al. -
Quantification of Long-Range Persistence in Geophysical Time Series: Conventional and Benchmark-Based Improvement Techniques2013 / Annette Witt, Bruce D. Malamud
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Reservoir Management of CO2 Injection: Pressure Control and Capacity Enhancement
Abstract The transition to large-scale CO2 storage as part of a low Carbon-fuels energy mix will require intelligent use of reservoir management methods, and can draw from many decades of experience from Enhanced Oil Recovery (EOR) projects. CO2 EOR ...
2013 / Bamshad Nazarian, Rudolf Held, Lars Høier, Philip Ringrose -
The Bamble Sector, South Norway: A review
Abstract The Proterozoic Bamble Sector, South Norway, is one of the world's classic amphibolite- to granulite-facies transition zones. It is characterized by a well-developed isograd sequence, with isolated ‘granulite-facies islands’ in the...
2014 / Timo G. Nijland, Daniel E. Harlov, Tom Andersen -
Multiaxial Load Situations in Random Vibration Fatigue – Phasing and Cross Correlation
Abstract Traditionally fatigue damage is associated with time dependent loading, in the form of local stress or strain histories. But there are load situations both in the lab testing as well as in the real world, where the determination and...
2014 / Michael Hack, Frank Zingsheim -
Selecting Time Scale Resolution to Evaluate Water Saving and Retention Potential of Rainwater Harvesting Tanks
Abstract Water saving and stormwater retention benefits from Rainwater Harvesting (RWH) tanks can be evaluated by the use of behavioural models able to simulate the long-term water balance of the rainwater tank. However, simulation results may be...
2014 / A. Campisano, C. Modica -
Atmospheric Tomography as a Tool for Quantification of CO2 Emissions from Potential Surface Leaks: Signal Processing Workflow for a Low Accuracy Sensor Array
Abstract Atmospheric tomography is a monitoring technique that uses an array of sampling sites and a Bayesian inversion technique to simultaneously solve for the location and magnitude of a gaseous emission. Application of the technique to date has...
2013 / Tehani Kuske, Charles Jenkins, Steve Zegelin, Mahabubur Mollah, Andrew Feitz -
Applying the Seismic Refraction Tomography for Site Characterization
Abstract Seismic refraction method is a geophysical method that has been developed for shallow subsurface investigation. It provides 2-dimensional profiles including depth and distance that simplified the characterization of relatively large volumes ...
2013 / I.N. Azwin, Rosli Saad, M. Nordiana -
Multiscale estimation of GPS velocity fields2009 / Carl Tape, Pablo Musé, Mark Simons, Danan Dong, Frank Webb
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Development of CSP Plants in Wallacea Region: Solar Intensity Resource Assessment and CSP Plant Design Specification
Abstract Wallacea region is a significant location for doing esearch on biodiversity and geology. However, many places in the region still have problems of electricity availability. To balance between MDG and natural resources conservation,...
2013 / Estiko Rijanto, Syahrul Aiman, Adi Santoso -
A microseismic study in the western part of the Gulf of Corinth (Greece): implications for large-scale normal faulting mechanisms2011 / A. Rigo, H. Lyon-Caen, R. Armijo, A. Deschamps, D. Hatzfeld, et al.
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Imaging quasi-vertical geological faults with earthquake data2012 / P. Zheglova, J. R. McLaughlin, S. W. Roecker, J. R. Yoon, D. Renzi
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A human health risk assessment of rare earth elements in soil and vegetables from a mining area in Fujian Province, Southeast China
Abstract Contaminated food through dietary intake has become the main potential risk impacts on human health. This study investigated concentrations of rare earth elements (REEs) in soil, vegetables, human hair and blood, and assessed human health...
2013 / Xiaofei Li, Zhibiao Chen, Zhiqiang Chen, Yonghe Zhang -
An analysis of UK policies for domestic energy reduction using an agent based tool
Abstract This paper introduces a new agent-based model, which incorporates the actions of individual homeowners in a long-term domestic stock model, and details how it was applied in energy policy analysis. The results indicate that current policies ...
2013 / Timothy Lee, Runming Yao, Phil Coker -
Climate Change and Water Scarcity Adaptation Strategies in the Area of Pacitan, Java Indonesia
Abstract The Karst area in Indonesia consists of a total area of 154.000 km2 of which 15% is protected. Pacitan is a part of The Thousand Mountains (Gunung Sewu in Javanese language) karst area and located in Southern Coastal of Java Island. Gunung...
2014 / Wiwin Widiyanti, Andreas Dittmann -
Optimisation of Pump and Valve Schedules in Complex Large-scale Water Distribution Systems Using GAMS Modelling Language
Abstract This paper considers optimisation of pump and valve schedules in complex large-scale water distribution networks (WDN). An optimisation model is automatically generated in GAMS language from a hydraulic model in EPANET format and from...
2014 / P. Skworcow, D. Paluszczyszyn, B. Ulanicki, R. Rudek, T. Belrain -
Spatially-varying surface roughness and ground-level air quality in an operational dispersion model
Abstract Urban form controls the overall aerodynamic roughness of a city, and hence plays a significant role in how air flow interacts with the urban landscape. This paper reports improved model performance resulting from the introduction of...
2013 / M.J. Barnes, T.K. Brade, A.R. MacKenzie, J.D. Whyatt, D.J. Carruthers, et al. -
Assessing the Geomechanical Responses of Storage System in CO2 Geological Storage: an Introduction of Research Program in the National Institute for Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST)
Abstract This paper overviews studies being conducted in the National Institute for Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST) on the fluid-rock mechanical interaction associated with CO2 geological storage (CGS). Our studies include the...
2013 / Takahiro Funatsu, Yasuko Okuyama, Xinglin Lei, Shinichi Uehara, Yoshito Nakashima, et al. -
Landscape Design and Cognitive Psychology
Abstract Kevin Lynch's The Image of the City remains one of the most important books in environmental design research. Its approach relies upon behavioral observations and systematic surveys of environmental cognition. We can perceive only what we...
2013 / Baris Kara -
Integrated CCS Aspect into CO2 EOR Project Under Wide Range of Reservoir Properties and Operating Conditions
Abstract Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS) aspects can be combined with enhanced oil recovery (EOR) aspects for environmental responsibility and project economics. Oil Field in Pattani Basin, Gulf of Thailand is one candidate for this process...
2013 / Vitsarut Attavitkamthorn, Javier Vilcáez, Kozo Sato