Flooding is one significant process that contributes to the movement of sediment and metals. With higher velocities of water, flooding can take contamination downstream. The soil samples were collected from three floodplains of Owena river, Ogbese river and Ala river in Ondo Stat...
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Research Article10.9734/JGEESI/2017/32278
Many debris flow hazards were triggered in Earthquake area after the Wenchuan Earthquake. On 13 Aug.2010, a catastrophic debris flows were triggered by heavy rainfall in Bayi Gully, Dujiangyan county, southwestern china. This debris flows originating shortly after a rainstorm wit...
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Research Article10.9734/JGEESI/2017/33092
This study examines the indicators of development in the rural areas of Okene in order to determine the levels of socio-economic development of the rural areas by identifying and analysing the available development indicators. Based on the yearnings of the people, the appropriate...
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Research Article10.9734/JGEESI/2017/28165
Aim: To use 2-D Electrical Resistivity method in Cassiterite Potential mapping in Jos-Bukuru Area, North Central, Nigeria. Methodology: Locations suspected to have very high probability for cassiterite mineralisation from the cassiterite potential map produced for the study area...
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Research Article10.9734/JGEESI/2017/33350
Estimation of radio refractivity is critical in the planning and design of radio links/systems for the purpose of achieving optimal performance. This present work investigates the tropospheric radio refractivity over Ikeja, Lagos State, South Western, Nigeria (Latitude 6.58°N, Lo...
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Research Article10.9734/JGEESI/2017/32534
Geological interpretation of the high resolution aeromagnetic data over Okigwe-Udi area Southeastern Nigeria, was carried out using 2-D spectral inversion and 3-D Standard Euler deconvolution methods. The objectives of the study are to delineate subsurface geological features, es...
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Research Article10.9734/JGEESI/2017/30741
Climate models evaluated by the IPCC are based on the assumptions that: (1) Heat derived from the Sun is constant; (2) Heat derived from within the Earth is constant; and, (3) Anthropogenic contributions to atmospheric warming stem mainly from heat retention by CO2 and other gree...
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Research Article10.9734/JGEESI/2017/32220
ASTER short wave infrared (SWIR) bands have been known to be suitable for mapping hydrous silicates and carbonates. The occurrence of certain mineral groups and specific minerals which include; kaolinite, alunite, illite, muscovite, montmorillonite, chlorite, calcite, dolomite, s...
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Research Article10.9734/JGEESI/2017/31847
Perception influences the manner people address the risks and opportunities associated with climate change and this in turn influences the manner people respond to the impact(s). Based on questionnaire data collected from 197 respondents, this paper examined public perception abo...
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Research Article10.9734/JGEESI/2017/32400
Aims: Understanding the role played by forest diversity to supply non-timber forest products for income and food supplements of households is important in forest management and human life. This study was conducted to investigate the role played by non-timber forest products and t...
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Research Article10.9734/JGEESI/2017/32300
In this paper, the first result of outdoor ambient radioactivity measurement and evaluated radiation indices and excessive lifetime cancer risk factor within Uyo, Unity Part Uyo, Nigeria (Latitude 5.0281°, Longitude 7.9734° and Latitude 5.0466° and Longitude 7.9869°) are presente...
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Research Article10.9734/JGEESI/2017/31980
The year 2016 CE marked the centennial of palynology as a scientific discipline after Lennart von Post introduced it in lectures in Kristiania (now Oslo) and Stockholm in 1916. However, palynology is only one of many disciplines within the broad field of palaeoecology. The 100th...
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Research Article10.9734/JGEESI/2017/32198
Aims: This is a critical comment on the recently published paper by Herndon (JGEESI 9(1): 1-11, 2017). I present compelling findings that Herndon’s main claim that the “air-drop material” found on February 14, 2016 in Harrison Township, Michigan (USA) is an evidence for a deliber...
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Research Article10.9734/JGEESI/2017/32479
In the French “Nord-Pas-de-Calais” region, sediments suspended in runoff waters coming from rural watersheds play a major part in the turbidity of surface waters, silting up of streams, and silting of permanent structures such as canals and ports. One of the main factors in proce...
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Research Article10.9734/JGEESI/2017/31781
This research reports overpressure occurrence in the eastern part of Niger Delta by using an integrated approach that combines the use of equivalent depth method, the Eaton equation with seismic reflection data. Sonic logs from four wells in the Oluku field were used. Pore pressu...
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Research Article10.9734/JGEESI/2017/31057