This article investigated the principal reason for water circulations in the Caspian Sea. Unlike other inland water bodies, and similar to the open seas, the Caspian Sea shows regular water circulations which are not explained by the wind. The Steric contribution of water level f...
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Research Article10.9734/JGEESI/2018/44294
The transformation of the rural landscape through industrialisation, urbanisation and rural-urban migration contributes to the physical growth of cities using ‘built-up’ development, known as urban sprawl. Urban sprawls are often associated with the increase of Land Surface Tempe...
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Research Article10.9734/JGEESI/2018/44047
In this Review, we aim to reveal an unrecognised source of causality leading to increases in combustibility, intensity, and the extent of California, United States of America wildfires, and the concomitant harm to human and environmental health. We review literature, including sc...
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Research Article10.9734/JGEESI/2018/44148
The Soil Conservation Service-Curve Number (SCS-CN) method is one of indirect methods of runoff estimation developed by National Resources Conservation Service (NRSC), United States Department of Agriculture (USDA). The main objectives of the present study are to estimate surface...
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Research Article10.9734/JGEESI/2018/44076
Aim: Gottschalk demonstrated the bump coincident with World War II is a robust feature showing up in eight independent NOAA temperature databases. Without contradicting Gottschalk's conclusion, I consider the broader activities of WW2, especially the manner of altering Earth's de...
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Research Article10.9734/JGEESI/2018/44290
A palynostratigraphic study of Well-X in the Niger Delta was carried out with a gamma ray log and a total of sixteen ditch cutting samples collected at different depth interval (700ft - 2180 ft), the samples were made up of sandstone, sandy shale and shale, depicting that the wel...
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Research Article10.9734/JGEESI/2018/37268
This study aims to investigate the urban heat island (UHI) effect of San Antonio, Texas (USA), and its temporal changes over the time period 1991-2010. It is an extension of previous work that used historical air temperature data from 1946 to 1990. The study was designed to compa...
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Research Article10.9734/JGEESI/2018/43367
Kumbur River basin has been one of the biodiversity areas in India. Land use and land cover study of a particular area has been one of the most important criteria to know about the usage pattern of the environmental conditions. With every passing year, we can see a change in lan...
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Research Article10.9734/JGEESI/2018/43062
Grain size distribution, pebble morphometry and petrographic analyses were carried out on samples collected from Mamfe Formation, Ikom-Mamfe Embayment, southeastern Nigeria to determine textural parameters, provenance and paleoenvironment. The results from grain size analysis sho...
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Research Article10.9734/JGEESI/2018/42686
This paper presents landslide hazard assessment in and around Balkhila sub-watershed of Uttarakhand, Himalaya using remote sensing data and Geographical Information System. IRS-IC LISS III, RESOURCESAT LISS-IV remote sensing data products along with Survey of India (SOI) topograp...
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Research Article10.9734/JGEESI/2018/43301