Self Potential, an electrical geophysical method is chiefly used in mineral prospecting. Vertical and lateral variations in the conductivity of earth materials produce variations in the potential distribution as measured on the surface thereby giving information of the sub-surfac...
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Research Article10.9734/JGEESI/2018/40911
Key element for developing countries in remote sensing research is the availability of data particularly the newly developed sensors such as SAR data. This research aims at exploring the potentiality of utilising RADARSAT-2 (which is obtained freely from Canadian Space Agency) in...
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Research Article10.9734/JGEESI/2018/41461
The metasomatised dioritic rocks are well exposed in and around Umsopri area (N 25°49/ and E91°39/), Ri-Bhoi district of Meghalaya, along with granitoid rocks. The gneissic complex represents the basement of the Shillong plateau comprising a group of high-grade metamorphic rocks...
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Research Article10.9734/JGEESI/2018/40930
There are studies on spatial demography that tackled issues related to households livelihood, however little is known regarding toilet facility despite the fact that it is a significant element in household livelihood. Its spatial variability, type, methods, and adequacy are sens...
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Research Article10.9734/JGEESI/2018/40515
Aims: The study aims to identify wetlands from different study epochs using remote sensing images and also detect any changes in their extent or existence; correlate changes with nearby land use and land cover over time; identify wetland losses within the stipulated epochs; and,...
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Research Article10.9734/JGEESI/2018/39505
The study examined urban warming in Port Harcourt Metropolis and Environs. The data used for this study were generated from field observation at fixed points on different land use types in the urban canopy between January to December 2017. Analysis of Variance was used to determi...
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Research Article10.9734/JGEESI/2018/41123
An Agro-ecological (AEZ) zone describes it’s all characteristics about those phenomena which are related with agriculture such as temperature, rainfall, humidity, soil quality, soil fertility, crop pattern of a specific region. This study was done to find out irrigation distribut...
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Research Article10.9734/JGEESI/2018/40714
Every society has certain groups of people who are more susceptible to risk due to lack of capacity to prevent it, which makes them vulnerable. Malaria is one of such infectious diseases that imposes a substantial burden on vulnerable populations. The objectives of this study is...
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Research Article10.9734/JGEESI/2018/40466
This study analysed the land-use and land-cover transition of Warri vegetation zone of the Niger Delta Region over the last four decades using Landsat imageries of 1975, 1987 and 2015 with the aid of Remote Sensing (RS) techniques and Geographic Information System (GIS). The stud...
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Research Article10.9734/JGEESI/2018/40378
The variation among living organisms, encompassing species, genetic and ecosystem diversity is known as Biodiversity. It includes all species of plants, animals, and microorganisms, the ecosystems and ecological processes of which they are part, covering all forms of life on eart...
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Research Article10.9734/JGEESI/2018/35770
The current study aims to utilize the use of multi-remote sensing data for land use land cover changes and trend analysis for the New Damietta city in Damietta governorate. Three different sensors were used in this study in different dates (SPOT-4 2007, SPOT-5 2011, and Kanopus-V...
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Research Article10.9734/JGEESI/2018/40132
This study aimed at finding a complementary field guide to recognize the relative gold ‘grade’ of the palaeoplacer banket conglomerate of the Tarkwaian Group in southwestern Ghana, West Africa. The study was conducted on a drill core from the Ajopa pit near Tarkwa, which, interce...
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Research Article10.9734/JGEESI/2018/40428
This study attempts to analyze structural elements and mineralogical compositions that are present in rocks in parts of Oke Ogun and relates their occurrences to the geology of the area. The main objectives are to better understand the structural history of the rocks and the defo...
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Research Article10.9734/JGEESI/2018/40010
Migration of river channel is a natural process but sometimes it can create problems such as land ownership conflict, land loss and loss of infrastructure. Present study deals with the river Kalindri of Malda district which is considered as a branch of Pullahar. The principle obj...
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Research Article10.9734/JGEESI/2018/40154
This study evaluated the groundwater quality in Umuebulu IV, Oyigbo, using water quality index (WQI) with a view to ascertain its suitability for domestic and drinking water purposes. Groundwater samples were collected from ten (10) functional boreholes in the study area. These w...
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Research Article10.9734/JGEESI/2018/40438