The direct causes for the end-Cretaceous biological crisis are still enigmatic despite of the numerous studies carried out at the Chicxulub asteroid impact site and in the Indian late Cretaceous Deccan volcanic province. None of the discussed physical and chemical devastating fac...
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Research Article10.9734/JGEESI/2015/17721
The vertical electrical sounding (VES) method has been used to characterize the aquifer in part of Abak Local Government Area, Akwa Ibom State, Nigeria. Thirteen (13) electrical sounding were taken in three transect using ABEM Terrameter (SAS1000). The maximum current electrode s...
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Research Article10.9734/JGEESI/2015/17832
This study involved the delineation of all the river sub-basins in the Imo Basin of the Anambra-Imo River basin area. It the area drained by measuring all the tributaries and their stream order. This study found out that there are basically five sub-basins in Imo State, viz. Imo...
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Research Article10.9734/JGEESI/2015/17114
Five hundred and thirteen Vertical Electrical Sounding data sets were acquired within the Akure9. Metropolis, processed and interpreted quantitatively. Akure Metropolis lies within Latitudes 07°10. 09' and 07° 19'N and Longitudes 05° 07' and 05° 17'E and covers an areal extent...
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Research Article10.9734/JGEESI/2015/15851
The objective of this study is to integrate frequency and event based rainfall-runoff models in order to derive some conclusions on the role of basin physiography on the frequency distribution of peak flows. Annual peak flow series of the hypothetical basins with alternating phys...
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Research Article10.9734/JGEESI/2015/17950
The paper examines the impact of human’s activities along the River Ngadda channel, Maiduguri, Borno State, Nigeria. Primary and secondary data were used for the study. The primary data include field observation and measurement of various activities along the river’s channel wher...
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Research Article10.9734/JGEESI/2015/14161
The study explored new strategies and technologies being used by cities around United Kingdom and China to mitigate climate change. So as to enable other cities in the world to emulate similar strategies. Hence, the study reviewed the adaptation strategies of five cities. One of...
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Research Article10.9734/JGEESI/2015/18399
In most peri-urban communities of south east Nigeria, shortages of domestic water supply relative to demand is a common feature of such areas. This is because most of these peri-urban communities usually fall outside the urban water supply projects physical boundary, thus forcing...
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Research Article10.9734/JGEESI/2015/14767
This work analyses jointly aeromagnetic and ground radiometric data over Song region of Hawal Basement Complex. The area is marginally located with respect to the Yola Rift, an arm of the Benue Trough. The area comprises of gneiss, migmatite, granitoids and basalt as the main lit...
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Research Article10.9734/JGEESI/2015/18085
Two F/A-18 Hornets from Carrier Air Wing 17 crashed at 5:40 (UT) while attempting to board the aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson 466 km west of Wake Island on 12 September 2014. A large geomagnetic storm caused by a solar flare occurred at 17:46 (UT) on 10 September 2014. It is do...
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Research Article10.9734/JGEESI/2015/16620
The Australian government is still basing policy on the concept that sea level will rise by 1.1 meters along the Australian coastline by 2100. The Department of the Environment has proposed a 10 billion dollar dike to save Melbourne from the hypothetical rising sea. In reality th...
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Research Article10.9734/JGEESI/2015/17463
Sirch basin, in the North of Kerman Province lays vicinity of Naiband fault zone. Approximately there is not where in the world during the years that is not affected by tectonics variation. So, evaluating and investigating tectonics condition, active tectonics processes and conse...
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Research Article10.9734/JGEESI/2015/15209
Foliar rust disease is a real threat to the wheat crop of Pakistan from few last years. Humid conditions are very favorable for the proliferation of the stripe rust especially in the rain-fed region of the Punjab. This piece of research is done to find the hotspots of the stripe...
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Research Article10.9734/JGEESI/2015/16025
Aim: This study investigates the implication of the waste dumpsite on the groundwater quality. Place of Study: The study was conducted in Calabar Metropolis, the Capital of Cross River state of Nigeria. Methodology: 22 boreholes were selected for the study. Data on these borehole...
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Research Article10.9734/JGEESI/2015/16144
A better understanding of the future climate pattern developments in the Arctic may only follow a better reconstruction of the past patterns of natural oscillations and the determination of the forcing and the resulting oscillations occurred in the climate parameters over differe...
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Research Article10.9734/JGEESI/2015/16694