Land sliding is a perennial problem in the Eastern Himalayas. Out of 0.42 million km2 of Indian landmass prone to landslide, 42% fall in the North East Himalaya, specially Darjeeling and Sikkim Himalaya. Most of these landslides are triggered by excessive monsoon rainfall between...
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Research Article10.9734/jgeesi/2019/v19i330086
Cross sectional study was conducted around two unengineered dumpsites in Port Harcourt, Nigeria on heavy metal concentrations and physicochemical parameters in soil and plants. Physicochemical parameters studied include pH, Total Dissolved Solids (TDS), Biochemical Oxygen Demand...
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Research Article10.9734/jgeesi/2019/v19i330087
Aims: This study was carried out to assess the effect of Municipal Solid Waste (MSW) leachate on groundwater quality in Port Harcourt, Nigeria. Cross-sectional study was conducted around two dumpsites in Port Harcourt, Nigeria on leachates and borehole water. Study Design: Cross-...
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Research Article10.9734/jgeesi/2019/v19i330085
The major rock types mapped in the Tsiga area NW Nigeria, include gneisses and granites associated with minor rocks such as xenoliths and some structural features including foliation, joints, faults and veins (quartz and pegmatite).The mineralogy includes feldspar (orthoclase and...
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Research Article10.9734/jgeesi/2019/v19i230083
The study of visibility in the Niger Delta region is necessary because it reflects the atmospheric changes caused by economic expansion in Nigeria. Cities in the Niger Delta (especially Port Harcourt) are the most polluted cities in the country and therefore visibility degradatio...
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Research Article10.9734/jgeesi/2019/v19i330084
A good knowledge of fracturing leads to a better exploitation of the groundwater of the areas in crystalline basement. This study area of interests the catchment of Black Volta area in north eastern Côte d’Ivoire. Its aims to characterize the fracture networks of the catchment of...
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Research Article10.9734/jgeesi/2019/v19i230082
Facies analysis and depositional environment identification of the Vin field was evaluated through the integration and comparison of results from wireline logs, core analysis, seismic data, ditch cutting samples and petrophysical parameters. Well log suites from 22 wells comprisi...
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Research Article10.9734/jgeesi/2019/v19i230080
The paper presents the seasonal solar radiations over Varanasi (25°20' N, 83° 00' E 81.1m altitude) in Eastern Uttar Pradesh (UP) in India. An investigation on solar radiation over Varanasi station, India is carried out by using the five years (2010-2014) recorded direct, diffuse...
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Research Article10.9734/jgeesi/2019/v19i230081
Aims: Human interference is the most important factor to change the LULC pattern over the earth surface. Land cover means to the physical parameters and land use means the cultural components. The present study associated with the changes in land uses a land cover pattern for the...
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Research Article10.9734/jgeesi/2019/v19i230079
This study aims to investigate the soil erosion from selected watershed from Dehradun area having hilly terrain and human’s development activities The remote sensing based model was decided to perform the estimations and assessment of soil eroded from watershed. The Nun river wat...
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Research Article10.9734/jgeesi/2019/v19i130078