Title : Landslides.Rainfall one of the main triggering factors in the mountainous regions of Puebla, Mexico.
Oscar Andres Cuanalo Campos, Universidad Popular Autónoma del Estado de Puebla, Mexico
The rains are one of the main triggers of landslide phenomena in the mountainous region of Puebla, which values reach up 4500 mm/year in some places in this area. Rainfalls combined with other factors such as morphology (mountainous topographic relief with strong inclinations), s [....] » Read More
Title : Sustainable ocean: Blueprint for the planet
Dorrik Stow Frse, Heriot Watt University, United Kingdom
The surface of our Blue Planet is 71% ocean – benign, mysterious and threatening in equal measure. Throughout the 4 billion years of their existence the oceans have been robust and durable, a source of constancy for Earth, acting as a buffer against climate extremes and an [....] » Read More
Title : Geotechnical ground investigation
Myint Win Bo, York University, Canada
The term “ground” is defined in BS 5930 (1999) as covering soils, rocks, and made ground (e.g., reclaimed land). While Field Investigation refers to investigating the whole site and surrounding field for all aspects, Site Investigation investigates cover onl [....] » Read More
Title : Machine learning to predict geological facies in complex carbonate reservoirs.
Ibrahim Milad, BP, United Kingdom
Automatic Facies prediction for complex reservoirs is an important step in characterising reservoir heterogeneity, understand reservoir productivity and performance. In this study decision tree algorithm approach was utilised to automatically classify and define facies on a field [....] » Read More
Title : High-resolution reservoir characterization for honda group in upper Magdalena valley basin, Colombia.
Laura Daniela Silva Buitrago, Universidad Industrial de Santander (UIS), Colombia
Recoverable reserves in mature fields can be increased through reservoir high-resolution characterization. For that, it is necessary a multi-scale integration of laboratory, rock and, well log information, obtaining thus discrete lithological curves which have associated composit [....] » Read More
Title : Thermal regime of the Northwestern sector of the Norte basin (Uruguay): Geothermal gradient and heat flow
Ricardo De Leon, Universidad De Oriente, Uruguay
The infilling of Norte Basin comprises thick Paleozoic and Mesozoic sedimentary units and Mesozoic basaltic flows mainly related to the evolution of Western Gondwana. In its northwestern sector, the Guaraní Aquifer System is located at increasing depths toward the west und [....] » Read More
Title : How subsurface waters record the earth’s history
Leonid Anisimov, Volgograd State University, Russian Federation
Author supposes that formation waters inherit chemical composition of surface water from sedimentary basin. Salinity of ancient basins is a reason to explain the formation water (sedimentary water) composition in many cases. Hydrochemical analysis of lithological sections for eve [....] » Read More
Title : Climate change is caused by radio emission of solar flares: Molecular modeling validation based on density functional theory
Shozo Yanagida, Osaka University, Japan
Atmospheric concentration of about 0.04% carbon dioxide is by no means the main cause of global warming. Climate change can be ascertained according to the Earth's radiation balance. Radio wave radiation (THz, MHz, Radio wave) from sunlight is absorbed by ocean water and sili [....] » Read More
Title : Water salinity and urolithiasis
Raafat Abdeldayem, Mansoura University, Egypt
Background; Medical geology is a rapidly growing research field that studies the co-occurrence of many contaminants in the environment and the resulting health hazards. goal:The purpose of this study was to determine the relationship between salt concentration in drinking water [....] » Read More
Title : Water scarcity in the arid-regions under the impact of climatic changes: Challenges and assessment for ground water management
Khaled Said Gemail, Zagazig University, Egypt
On a global scale, climatic changes are widely expected to affect water resources and therefore, the sustainable development in arid and hyper-arid regions. Thus, a full understanding of the role of groundwater in global water resources is essential for managing the deficiency of [....] » Read More
Title : Contribution of foraminifers in biostratigraphy and paleoecology interpretations of the basal eocene from the phosphatic sra Ouertaine basin, in the Southern Tethys (Tunisia)
Oum Elkhir Mahmoudi, Tunis El Manar University, Tunisia
Micropaleontological, sedimentological and statistical studies were carried out on the late Paleoceneearly Eocene succession of Sra Ouertaine and Dyr El Kef in Northern open phosphatic Basin of Tunisia. Based on the abundance and stratigraphic distribution of planktic foraminifer [....] » Read More
Title : Contribution of foraminifers in biostratigraphy and paleoecology interpretations of the basal eocene from the phosphatic sra ouertaine basin in the southern Tethys(Tunisia)
Oumelkhir, Tunis El Manar University, Tunisia
ABSTRACT Micropaleontological, sedimentological and statistical studies were carried out on the late Paleoceneearly Eocene succession of Sra Ouertaine and Dyr El Kef in Northern open phosphatic Basin of Tunisia. Based on the abundance and stratigraphic distribution of planktic fo [....] » Read More
Title : Geochemical investigation, oil–oil and oil–source rock correlation in the Murzuq Basin, Libya
Tarek Hodairi, National Oil Corporation (NOC)- Libya, Libyan Arab Jamahiriya
Crude oil and source rock samples collected from the Murzuq Basin, S.W. Libya were investigated by a variety of organic geochemical methods, including gas chromatography (GC) and gas chromatography mass spectrometry (GCMS). Biomarker quantitative analyses concentrations were stud [....] » Read More
Title : Applications of multivariate statistical methods on geo chemical data to evaluate the hydrocarbons source rocks and oils from Ghadames Basin, NWLibya.
Mohamed, National Oil Corporation, Libyan Arab Jamahiriya
The Principal Component Analysis (PCA) was performed on a dataset comprising 41 biomarker concentrations from twenty-three core source rocks samples and seven oil samples from different location, with the objective of establishing the major sources of variance within the steranes [....] » Read More
Title : Paleo environmental and structural factors that controlled the development and organic matter content of the deposits cenomano-turonians in the tarfaya l agouira segment of the Atlantic Moroccan margin
Mohamed Ouklifa, Hassan II university, Casablanca, Morocco
The Meso-Cenozoic Basin of Tarfaya-Lagouira, qualified zone with oil prospect, is among the sedimentary Basins having known a rather particular history. Our study focused on the assessment of the paleoenvironmental and structural factors controlling the development of organic mat [....] » Read More
Title : The use of remote sensing for the extraction of lineaments and mineral occurrences from the Mesozoic Cover, Maghrawa region, tazekka hercynian massif of Morocco
Naoufal, Sidi Mohamed ben abdella University, Morocco
The use of remote sensing allows the positioning of geological structures and mineral showings, thus promoting the correct advancement of research and exploration work. In fact, it is a question of processing techniques of satellite images which constitute a source of vigorous in [....] » Read More
Title : Petrology of the iron occurrences and associated rocks of the Asukawkaw-Okanease-Akokrowa range of the neoproterozoic buem structural units, Eastern Ghana
Rauda Adam Addae, Guangzhou Institute of Geochemistry, Ghana
The Buem Structural Unit (BSU) is the youngest and most external parts of the Pan-African Dahomeyide orogenic belt. It is mainly composed of volcanic rocks and sedimentary rocks that are interstratified, and thus, coeval. The BSU forms a lithologic complex of schist, phyllite, qu [....] » Read More
Title : Environmental assessment include: Discharge, salinity and bed materials of the Tigris river from Mosul to Baghdad cities, Iraq
Alyaa Shakir Oleiwi, University of Baghdad, Iraq
The Tigris River is one of the most significant sources of water in Iraq. Iraq has been through periods of drought due to climate change and numerous water infrastructure projects that were carried out in the Tigris Basin of Turkey. Four sites have been selected for environmental [....] » Read More
Title : Tectonic instability of the son-Narmada south fault as major threat to dams in central India
Vaibhava Srivastava, Banaras Hindu University, India
In central India that forms the northern part of the peninsula two ENE-WEW striking major faults, namely the Son-Narmada-South Fault (SNSF) and Son-Narmada –North Fault (SNNF), demarcate the boundary limits of the Paleoproterozoic Mahakoshal Group of rocks in the Son river [....] » Read More
Title : Groundwater flow and transport modeling for assessing the coastal managed aquifer recharge (MAR). A case study
Maria Vicenta Esteller Alberich, Universidad Autónoma del Estado de México, Mexico
In coastal aquifers, there is a natural freshwater-saltwater equilibrium relationship that can be altered by human action by reducing the discharge of freshwater into the sea as a result of pumping extractions. This subterranean advance of seawater can occur in different ways, th [....] » Read More
Title : Flood risk assessment for mpazi basin focusing on land use/land cover alteration for the kigali master plan 2050
Omar Ashraf Nimr, University of Antwerp, Belgium
The progression of anthropogenic encroachments on nature reflects negatively on the community inhabitants. Unequivocally, rainfall and drought patterns have changed globally due to climatic change. As a result, the Mpazi basin has been experiencing more frequent and intense flash [....] » Read More
Title : The risk of flooding in the province of Tetouan (Northern Morocco): What issues?
khadija Aluni, Assistant professor, Morocco
Located in northern Morocco, the city of Tetouan is rapidly developing so that urban expansion is transforming land use in the wadis of the province. The risk of floods is a major problem, especially when the region receives abundant rainfall, the predominance of impermeable marl [....] » Read More
Title : A walk through the alpine chain of the high Atlas between Marrakech to Ouarzazat and comparison with the chain of the Pyrenees
El Hassane Chellai, Paul Sabatier Toulouse University, France
On the geodynamic and sedimentary level, the evolution of the atlasic domain is part of a global framework that begins with the dislocation of the pangea and the opening of the Atlantic rift expressed in North Africa by the atlasic rifting from the Trias/Lias. This rift aborted [....] » Read More