In this paper, we investigated the possible interactions of the moon and Earth, mainly in the period 1996-2015. Initially, we considered the gravitational force of Moon vs. Earth by Newton’s equation. The Moon has an elliptical orbit around the planet that reaches two points of...
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Research Article10.9734/JGEESI/2016/29227
This study evaluated Opa catchment’s hydrologic response to design precipitations and land use/land cover change. The study involved hydrologic model building, which consisted of basin characteristics’ extraction, meteorological model and control specifications. The basin charact...
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Research Article10.9734/JGEESI/2016/29937
One common cause of structural failure is inadequate soil analysis resulting in poor foundation. Therefore in order to prevent failure occurrence of a proposed communication mast and its accessories to be buried within the subsurface at a depth not less than 5 m at Isuada and Iye...
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Research Article10.9734/JGEESI/2016/29491
Mining of solid minerals has been a long time primary activity in Nigeria. The paper has reviewed a number of related works and discovered that mining of metallic minerals, particularly tin, columbite, iron ore and lead as well as mineral fuel like coal is on the increase in rece...
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Research Article10.9734/JGEESI/2016/26855
This study explored the opportunity offered by geospatial technology to delineate the watershed draining surface water into Opa River, Southwest Nigeria and its tributaries using a selected outlet downstream of Opa reservoir and then carried out extraction of hydrologic character...
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Research Article10.9734/JGEESI/2016/29267
Climate change has constituted a global menace to standard of living in many countries of the world. The developing countries including the Africa continent are among the most susceptible to climate change impact. In order to ensure environmental sustainability, food security and...
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Research Article10.9734/JGEESI/2016/26416
Giant mafic doleritic dyke swarms crosscut the Mbaoussi granitoid basement to the North of Ngaoundéré, in Adamawa plateau (Cameroon, Central Africa). The dyke swarm orientation might correspond to reworked Late Pan-African fault zones. Mbaoussi doleritic dykes display intergranul...
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Research Article10.9734/JGEESI/2016/28198
Aim and Objectives: The aim of this study is to investigate the influence of El -Niño Southern Oscillation (ENSO) on rainfall variation in Kaduna metropolis from the year 1973-2013. Study Design: Precipitation data was sourced from NIMET (Kaduna airport) while Sea Surface Tempera...
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Research Article10.9734/JGEESI/2016/27287
The UK's waste management had greatly changed due to the influence of the European Union (EU) waste hierarchy that gives preference to waste recycling and thus keeps Energy from Waste (EfW) next to recycling. In addition, the European Commission (EC) demanded its member states to...
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Research Article10.9734/JGEESI/2016/28528
The aim of this study was to identify the problems of domestic water supply in Dutsen Kura Gwari Area of Chanchaga Local Government Area, Niger State, Nigeria and to determine the major source of domestic water supply in the area, while finding out the extent and challenges encou...
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Research Article10.9734/JGEESI/2016/27973
This article deals with speleology applied to the exploration of a siphon named “Combe du Creux”. It is located in France, in the department of the Doubs. We present surveys and the specific forms that are encountered in this flooded cave; eventually we propose a possible evoluti...
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Research Article10.9734/JGEESI/2016/29223
This study was designed to proposed a multivariate model of monthly mean daily Photo synthetically active radiation (PAR) from the constant ratio of the global solar radiation for six selected tropical ecological zones between 4.40°N and 13.03°N of Nigeria (Port Harcourt, Enugu,...
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Research Article10.9734/JGEESI/2016/27945
The Mediterranean Sea receives domestic, agricultural and industrial untreated wastewaters from many cities and surrounding villages between Damietta and Port Said. The present study was to obtain a preliminary assessment about the level and distribution of some heavy metals (Fe,...
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Research Article10.9734/JGEESI/2016/26887
An integrated 3D sesmic data and a suit of well logs of Fareed six wells located at the Fareed field Niger Delta Nigeria were analysed with Petro Tech Software for reservoir characterization and volumetric analysis. Average reservoir parameters such as porosity (0.30), hydrocarbo...
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Research Article10.9734/JGEESI/2016/29113
Fjords occur in different parts of the world suggesting a common origin. Although being the subject of debate for more than a century, a common origin has not yet been disclosed; the relative importance of glaciation is still controversial. Here I propose that the primary origin...
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Research Article10.9734/JGEESI/2016/28016