Shoreline mapping and change rate along the Ras El-Hekma, north west of Egypt has been analyzed. Thresholding band ratio method, in which a thresholding value is selected either by man-machine interaction or by a local adaptive strategy, has been used to extract shorelinе. Digita...
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Research Article10.9734/JGEESI/2017/32086
The Rusizi national Park management is now disconnected from peripheral territorial dynamics. This study aims to analyze the evolution of the protected area considering both participatory management strategies and spatial socio-economic interactions. For this, an integrated metho...
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Research Article10.9734/JGEESI/2017/32025
This study focuses on characterization of hard-rock aquifers in South Western Côte d’Ivoire where previous quantitative hydrogeological studies were not common. San Pedro is localized in South-Western Côte d'Ivoire where the basement is dominated by folded and fissured crystallin...
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Research Article10.9734/JGEESI/2017/27464
Aims: The aim of this study was to analyze the environmental and health impacts of poor waste management at the autonomous port of Cotonou, Benin. Materials and Methods: The socio-anthropological investigations were carried. The collected data was used, through appropriate analys...
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Research Article10.9734/JGEESI/2017/31410
The theoretical mechanism of geyser eruption is analyzed and verified using the example of Geysers in Kamchatka (Russian Federation) and Yellowstone (United States). A simple experimental geyser model, confirming the basic conclusions of the theory, is described and demonstrated....
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Research Article10.9734/JGEESI/2017/31316
Inyang Godwin Edet, Opara Alexander Ifeanyichukwu, Ibechu Bridget Odochi, Nwachukwu Helen Gloria, Eluwa Ndidiamaka, Amadi Chinyere Caroline, Emberga Theophilus Terhemba & Eke Daberechi Richmond·Journal of Geography, Environment and Earth Science International·2017
Hydrogeophysical characterization of the aquifers of Ugep and environs, Southeastern Nigeria was carried out to delineate the aquifers of the study area, evaluate their geometrical potentials and to assess their level of vulnerability to pollution from surface contaminants. Forty...
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Research Article10.9734/JGEESI/2017/30349
The study has shown that the environmental challenges encountered in Iringa and most other urban areas in Africa are due to the anthropogenic activities arising from the influxes of migrants from rural areas. The urban areas are continuing to receive mostly rural migrants beyond...
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Research Article10.9734/JGEESI/2017/31072
The schist enclaves of Oban massif, southeastern Nigeria were deformed predominantly by brittle deformation and contain a plethora of fractures such as joints and conjugate shear fractures. Analysis of the conjugate shear fractures using stereographic projection technique and sta...
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Research Article10.9734/JGEESI/2017/28643
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