Sediment deposition has increased at a meander section of Mbaa river resulting in a drastic reduction of water storage. It has necessitated calls for sand-mining or periodic dredging which could have far-reaching impacts on the aquatic ecosystem, depending on the texture and chem...
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Research Article10.9734/jgeesi/2019/v22i130139
In this present study area, most building failures often start with minor/major cracks which widen over time, and it is often followed by post construction remedial measures which fail after sometime, thereby leading to total collapse and sinking of such buildings. The research w...
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Research Article10.9734/jgeesi/2019/v22i130138
Channel planform dynamics were analyzed for the River Nun; a major distributary of the River Niger from 1985 to 2015 using GIS and Remote sensing applications. Satellite imagery of the area from 1985, 1995, 2005, and 2015 were analyzed by means of GIS and used to determine the pl...
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Research Article10.9734/jgeesi/2019/v22i130137
River banks are characterised by dynamic environments that change in response to a variety of inputs. Bank erosion ordinarily means losses of bank materials and individual particles or aggregates by fluvial, sub-aerial and geo-tectonic processes. It is a common phenomenon of geom...
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Research Article10.9734/jgeesi/2019/v22i130136
Simulation of drought is needed for proper planning and management of water resources. This study has been developed using the following five key points: a) primarily from rainfall Standard Precipitation Index (SPI), Percentage to Normal (PN), Decile based drought index (DI), Rai...
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Research Article10.9734/jgeesi/2019/v22i130135
Selected composited samples from Lewumeji (0-111m) and Idogun (0- 54m) wells, from Abeokuta Group, Eastern Dahomey Basin, Nigeria, were subjected to detailed lithologic and palynological studies. The studies aimed at determining the lithological sequence, relative age, palynolog...
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Research Article10.9734/jgeesi/2019/v21i430134
The present study area, occupying a major south-central part of the Jadukata river basin of the West Khasi Hills District of Meghalaya, predominantly comprises two contrasting litho-units viz., the Precambrian gneissic unit (PGU) towards the north of the study area and the Mahade...
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Research Article10.9734/jgeesi/2019/v21i430133
Coastal zone across the world is typified with intensive multiple human activities. Historic maps and multi-temporal satellite images are helpful in detecting the change in land use over the years. An attempt is made to evaluate the land use/land cover change along the coastal zo...
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Research Article10.9734/jgeesi/2019/v21i430131
The ability of a water body to self-purify itself is dependent on its re-aeration rate (Ka). This rate is necessary to calculate the dissolved oxygen content in the waterbody. This rate also depends on some variables that include the stream velocity, stream bed slope, cross secti...
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Research Article10.9734/jgeesi/2019/v21i430130
Proportion of area under different crops and change therein remains a concern before policymakers, researcher, public policy analysts and, academia like geographers. As cropping pattern determines food security, internal consumption demand and export of crops, sustainable croppin...
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Research Article10.9734/jgeesi/2019/v21i430132