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
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
The Mahakoshal Supracrustal Belt (MSB) is disposed in a linear tract forming an ENE-WSW trending asymmetrical rift basin in the northern part of Central Indian Tectonic Zone (CITZ). The rocks of Mahakoshal Group are dominated by meta-sedimentary with subordinated meta-basalt, and [....] » Read More
We design a robust improved GMPE of peak ground acceleration (PGA) for the Indian subcontinent using the XGBoost algorithm and independent input parameters like moment magnitudes, hypocentral distances, focal depths, and Vs30. A PGA dataset of nine Mw5.6-7.9 earthquakes from Nepa [....] » Read More
Rising sea levels have a significant impact on saltwater intrusion, which has been researched for decades. The issue gets significantly worse when the effects of overpumping and sea level rise are coupled. It is yet in the preliminary phases to consider real sloping seaward borde [....] » Read More
Rising sea levels have a significant impact on saltwater intrusion, which has been researched for decades. The issue gets significantly worse when the effects of overpumping and sea level rise are coupled. It is yet in the preliminary phases to consider real sloping seaward borde [....] » Read More
The classification and study of reservoir lithofacies have played a crucial role in reservoir comprehension for decades among geophysicists and geologists. The manual facies identification of well logs is a time-consuming task that requires considerable interpretation skill and e [....] » Read More
India has emerged as an innovation led technology hub. Its emergence as a giant technology hub through “Make in India” initiative is eternal. The latest addition is “National Quantum Mission” through which India has stepped in the elite League of Nat [....] » Read More
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
Many of the joints may have been filled by transported material or joint walls being weathered. In comparison to the joint blocks the filling material is much weaker as it is generated by rock fracturing or weathering of joint block material. Infilled joints exist in many cases o [....] » Read More
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
Identifying good water resource province over hard crystalline rock terrain has been a huge challenge over the decades as it is considered a poor groundwater province area. Over the years, usage of satellite imagery for delineation of groundwater potential zone in sheared hard ro [....] » Read More
The main challenge in fractured basement reservoirs is to determine whether the fractures are primary contributors to store and flow hydrocarbons from the reservoirs. In a fractured basement reservoir, permeability is closely [....] » Read More
Concept of the tectonic delamination of the lithosphere according to which its upper and lower “layers” can deform in different ways being divided by the detachment or zone of plastic deformations is based, mainly, on the regional geological, geophysical and seismolog [....] » Read More
Bangladesh is one of the worst affected countries of the world by human induced global warming and climate change because of its unique geographic and geologic locations, dominance of flood- and deltaic plains formed by dynamic river system, low elevation from sea, high populatio [....] » Read More
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
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
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
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
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
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
The challenge of combating global warming is a major one for scientific researchers.An issue of great interest in the scientific community's debate. As a result, several reflections have been made, targeting different ways to implement Carbon Capture and Storage solutions in [....] » Read More
Short Description of what will be discussed during the presentation (about 250 - 500 words) The issue of climate change continues to linger in global studies due to its impact. Efforts in the quantification of these impacts have been appreciated tremendously with the advent an [....] » Read More
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
Mesozoic sandstone gas reservoirs of Kutch Offshore basin are tight and can be termed as unconventional reservoirs, having permeability is generally less than 0.1 mD. Such reservoirs have low producibility, and they can only be exploited under technically viable economic c [....] » Read More
Title : Geotechnical ground investigation
Myint Win Bo, Toronto Metropolitan 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 : 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 : 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
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 : Fairy Tales and facts about the environmental magnetism of the Siberian loess sequences
Alexey Yu Kazansky, Geological Institute RAS, Russian Federation
The Siberian loess province is comparable in area to the well-known Chinese loess plateau. However, until now, this area remains practically unexplored. Since the publications by Chlachula et al.(1997-2003) western researchers have formed a stable opinion that the formation of th [....] » Read More
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 : 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 : Sustainable utilization of land resources and high-quality development
Zhongsheng Guo, Institute of Soil and Water Conservation, China
Plants use Land resources and produce plant products and services for people to use. As population increases and economy develops, there is an increasing demand for the quantity and variety of plant products and services. To meet the demands of this situation, most of the origina [....] » 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 : 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 : A theory of great utility in earth science and space explorations
Ravi Kikar Sinha, Private Indian Reporter, India
If two points are equidistant from a third point (their origin/precursor/ source) then, whatever variance and hence standard deviation exists for the two points for a given trait, is also a reasonably good estimate of variance/standard deviation at the third (their origin/precurs [....] » Read More