We disclose a fourth independent line of evidence, based on the co-precipitation technique, pointing to coal fly ash as the material utilized in tropospheric geoengineering, and describe some of the adverse environmental and public health risks associated with its persistent appl...
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Research Article10.9734/JGEESI/2017/31417
Aims: On or about February 14, 2016, an oily-ashy substance was accidently released by an aircraft and fell on seven residences and vehicles in Harrison Township, Michigan (USA). The aims of this investigation are to analyze the “air-drop material” and from the results obtained t...
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Research Article10.9734/JGEESI/2017/30834
This study compares the predictive skills of some commonly used prediction schemes to estimate dates of onset of rainfall in various climatic regions of West Africa. Specifically, the abilities of seven different schemes, which are relatively easy to apply on a large scale, were...
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Research Article10.9734/JGEESI/2017/31043
The main objective of this research is to study the seismo-thermal earthquake precursor of the Goharan earthquake (2013) using TERRA satellite imaging and MODIS (Moderate-resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer) sensor. In order to reach this goal, Land Surface Temperature (LST) dat...
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Research Article10.9734/JGEESI/2017/27226
Sewage disposal poses serious environmental challenges yet it is largely full of organic compounds that store usable energy in their chemical bonds. A study was carried out on potential environmental impact of chemical and microbial characteristics of sewage generated in Kakamega...
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Research Article10.9734/JGEESI/2016/30568
The computer processed log interpretation allows analysing and evaluating numerous types of logs with ease and presenting the results as functions of depth in graphical forms for visualisation. Computer processed interpretation of geophysical logs from five deep oil wells has bee...
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Research Article10.9734/JGEESI/2016/31088
3D seismic sections, composite well logs and check-shot data were used for four wells in this study. The wells were drilled to the depths of (i) 1627-2541 m, (ii) 1726-2804 m, (iii) 1788-2994 m and (iv) 1955-3409 m. All data were loaded in the petrel software. The in-line (dip) i...
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Research Article10.9734/JGEESI/2016/29980
The carbon dioxide information analysis center ( CDIAC ) provides a remarkable 163 years of data on atmospheric CO2 concentrations, man-made CO2 emissions, and from 1959 onwards CO2 net-fluxes into oceans and biosphere. Currently, half of the anthropogenic CO2 emissions remain in...
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Research Article10.9734/JGEESI/2016/30532
This study presents a numerical rating method for mapping debris slide susceptibility in Turkana, Kenya. The use of remotely sensed data; 31 m digital elevation model (DEM) 1.5 m SPOT 6 image of study area, and an exploratory soil and agro-climatic zone map of Kenya...
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Research Article10.9734/JGEESI/2016/30548
The morphometric analysis of the drainage basin and channel network plays a vital role for understanding the geo-hydrological behavior of drainage basin and its implication on flood. Besides the primary aim of studying drainage basin as a geographical unit in order to understand...
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Research Article10.9734/JGEESI/2016/30266
El Fayoum and Wadi El Natrun are typical examples of desert depressions, differ in nature; El Fayoum is connected with the Nile Valley by a major irrigation network, while Wadi El Natrun is inserted in the Eaolian desert landscape. Remote sensing and GIS spatial anal...
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Research Article10.9734/JGEESI/2016/29706
Palynological investigation of T–Well located in the South Western Niger Delta was carried out using 26 ditch cuttings to date and infer paleoenvironment of the sediments penetrated by this interval. The analysis showed - moderately rich palynofloral content consisting of angiosp...
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Research Article10.9734/JGEESI/2016/26211
This work is about the observation of some cuticles recovered from the fossil Angiosperms leaves collected from the Neyveli lignite mines, the leaves are in compressed form. The fossil cuticles were recovered from the fossil leaves using concentrated Nitric acid with a few cr...
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Research Article10.9734/JGEESI/2016/29276
This study uses a high resolution digital orthophoto derived from an Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) aerial photographs to update the landuse map of the Obafemi Awolowo University Campus while focusing on the built up environment. An aerial survey was conducted in the study area us...
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Research Article10.9734/JGEESI/2016/30025
Subsoil competence evaluation was carried out in Emure Ile area of Ondo State, Southwestern Nigeria, with the aim of evaluating the competence of the subsurface geology in hosting civil engineering structures. Geotechnical investigation involved analysis of six soil samples for m...
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Research Article10.9734/JGEESI/2016/29609