Geological studies, remote sensing and geophysical investigation around twenty two boreholes (highly and moderately productive, or dry ones) have clarified aquifers productivity factors of the crystalline basement of Burkina Faso as well as their geophysical signature. To boost t...
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Research Article10.9734/JGEESI/2017/35724
This study aimed at characterizing the urban Land Use/Cover (LU/C) types and their spatio-temporal changes in Awka Metropolis, Anambra State from a sub-pixel perspective. The study made use of Landsat satellite imageries for three epochs (1986, 2001 and 2016) covering a total of...
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Research Article10.9734/JGEESI/2017/35209
A study of variability of latent heating rate over West Africa has been done. Results were divided into three categories: mean latent heating rate profiles, monthly time series of mean latent heating rate at four different vertical layers in the atmosphere, and the latitudinal cr...
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Research Article10.9734/JGEESI/2017/35612
This study on Qualitative Interpretation of recently acquired aeromagnetic data of Naraguta, sheet 168 was aimed at analysing and interpreting the data, identifying the subsurface structures and the mineralized zones. Using some software packages, the data was analysed using the...
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Research Article10.9734/JGEESI/2017/35529
This study reports the ambient concentrations of total suspended particulate matter (TSP: both respirable and non-respirable) measured in Yenagoa and its environs as means of determining the distribution of particulate matter to assess the ambient air quality of a fast growing ur...
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Research Article10.9734/JGEESI/2017/35765
Sand dunes are topographical height in the low-lying coastal plain of west Bengal. They protect wave attack in the low-lying areas, shelter land ward communities and assist in the retention of fresh water tables against salt water intrusion. Sand dunes are developed along the coa...
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Research Article10.9734/JGEESI/2017/35657
Urban expansion is a universal trend primarily determined by the over population growth, particularly in developing countries like Egypt. Pattern and boundary of urban expansion could be observed and modeled on a spatial and temporal dimension. In the present study, GIS and remot...
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Research Article10.9734/JGEESI/2017/34906
Field study of the area shows that the major rock groups are migmatites, gneisses, schists, quartzites and calc-silicate rocks which have been intruded by a series of granites and pegmatites. The gneisses are sandwiched by the migmatites while the schists are highly weathered. Pe...
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Research Article10.9734/JGEESI/2017/32707
The small-scale structural features identified in the field are original sedimentary structures. They were formed as direct results of sedimentation processes and are clearly preserved. The size, shape, and sorting of sedimentary structures within rocks may provide clues to the d...
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Research Article10.9734/JGEESI/2017/33040
This study presents the analysis of rainfall and temperature across the climatic zones in Nigeria. Data from ten Global Circulation Models (GCM) regridded to a 1° x 1° spatial resolution was used in this study. Model evaluation was carried out for the models using ground observed...
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Research Article10.9734/JGEESI/2017/35304
Removal of Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons (PAHs) from the environment is important because of their potentially deleterious affect human health. Biological methods that was applied in the present study is typically contain microbial processes. It is the most innocuous and effec...
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Research Article10.9734/JGEESI/2017/35447
This study was carried out to understand structural features of joints of Owo area with the intention of unravelling the paleostress history of the area. The study area is a detachment of the Igarra schist belt, southwestern Nigeria. In this study, field mapping techniques and st...
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Research Article10.9734/JGEESI/2017/35498
This study sought to analyse the water quality of selected springs in Bvumba, Manicaland Province, Zimbabwe. The water quality parameters analysed in the study were pH, Total Dissolved Solids (TDS), Calcium, Magnesium and Total Coliforms. The study further sought to compare the r...
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Research Article10.9734/JGEESI/2017/30474
The knowledge of spatial pattern of groundwater quality is important to ensure a holistic approach to the management of the resource quality status in space and time. Thus a sample each of underground water was collected from each of the selected 5 rural communities in each of th...
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Research Article10.9734/JGEESI/2017/34634
Climate change is one of the alarming global environmental changes likely to have deleterious effects on natural, social, cultural and human systems. The risks associated with it call for a broad spectrum of policy responses and strategies at local, regional, national and global...
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Research Article10.9734/JGEESI/2017/34568