Search Results - "Environmental earth sciences"

Factors affecting the performance of microbial-induced carbonate precipitation (MICP) treated soil: a review by Tang, Chao-Sheng, Yin, Li-yang, Jiang, Ning-jun, Zhu, Cheng, Zeng, Hao, Li, Hao, Shi, Bin

“…Soil stabilization technology based on microbial-induced carbonate precipitation (MICP) has gained widespread interest in geotechnical engineering. MICP has…”
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Human health risk assessment of groundwater nitrogen pollution in Jinghui canal irrigation area of the loess region, northwest China by Zhang, Yuting, Wu, Jianhua, Xu, Bin

“…Nitrogen pollution of groundwater is becoming more and more serious due to intense and extensive industrial and agricultural activities. This may exert great…”
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Karst waters in potable water supply: a global scale overview by Stevanović, Zoran

“…Karst aquifers are one of the main potable water sources worldwide. Although the exact global karst water utilisation figures cannot be provided, this study…”
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Multi-hazard assessment modeling via multi-criteria analysis and GIS: a case study by Skilodimou, Hariklia D., Bathrellos, George D., Chousianitis, Konstantinos, Youssef, Ahmed M., Pradhan, Biswajeet

“…Multi-hazard assessment modeling comprises an essential tool in any plan that aims to mitigate the impact of future natural disasters. For a particular area…”
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Comprehensive understanding of groundwater quality for domestic and agricultural purposes in terms of health risks in a coal mine area of the Ordos basin, north of the Chinese Loess Plateau by Wu, Jianhua, Zhou, Hui, He, Song, Zhang, Yuxin

“…Assessment of groundwater quality and health risk was conducted in the Shenfu coal mine area in Ordos basin, northwestern China. Statistical analysis, Piper…”
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Stability analysis of a typical landslide mass in the Three Gorges Reservoir under varying reservoir water levels by Zhang, Yonggang, Zhang, Zhen, Xue, Shuai, Wang, Ruijie, Xiao, Mao

“…Water level change upstream of a reservoir highlights the risk of a landslide-prone area on the banks of a reservoir. This paper conducted a study on the…”
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Groundwater quality assessment for domestic and agricultural purposes in Yan’an City, northwest China: implications to sustainable groundwater quality management on the Loess Plateau by Li, Peiyue, He, Song, Yang, Ningning, Xiang, Gang

“…Groundwater is critical for the sustainable development of the Loess Plateau, while groundwater quality is generally poor in this area due to natural factors…”
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Investigation of microrubbers, microplastics and heavy metals in street dust: a study in Bushehr city, Iran by Abbasi, Sajjad, Keshavarzi, Behnam, Moore, Farid, Delshab, Hossein, Soltani, Naghmeh, Sorooshian, Armin

“…This study aimed to (1) investigate microrubbers (MRs) for the first time and identify microplastics (MPs) in street dust, (2) determine the physicochemical…”
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GIS-based modeling of rainfall-induced landslides using data mining-based functional trees classifier with AdaBoost, Bagging, and MultiBoost ensemble frameworks by Tien Bui, Dieu, Ho, Tien-Chung, Pradhan, Biswajeet, Pham, Binh-Thai, Nhu, Viet-Ha, Revhaug, Inge

“…The main objective of this study is to propose and verify a novel ensemble methodology that could improve prediction performances of landslide susceptibility…”
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A novel hybrid of meta-optimization approach for flash flood-susceptibility assessment in a monsoon-dominated watershed, Eastern India by Ruidas, Dipankar, Chakrabortty, Rabin, Islam, Abu Reza Md. Towfiqul, Saha, Asish, Pal, Subodh Chandra

“…The exponential growth in the number of flash flood events is a global threat, and detecting a flood-prone area has also become a top priority. The flash…”
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Shallow landslide susceptibility assessment using a novel hybrid intelligence approach by Shirzadi, Ataollah, Bui, Dieu Tien, Pham, Binh Thai, Solaimani, Karim, Chapi, Kamran, Kavian, Ataollah, Shahabi, Himan, Revhaug, Inge

“…We present a hybrid intelligent approach based on Naïve Bayes trees (NBT) and random subspace (RS) ensemble for landslide susceptibility mapping at the Bijar…”
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Characterization of groundwater potential zones in water-scarce hardrock regions using data driven model by Ruidas, Dipankar, Pal, Subodh Chandra, Islam, Abu Reza Md. Towfiqul, Saha, Asish

“…The deficiency of freshwater has become a global issue in the recent era, especially in water-scarce hard rock region including India. Groundwater (GW) as a…”
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Random forests and evidential belief function-based landslide susceptibility assessment in Western Mazandaran Province, Iran by Pourghasemi, Hamid Reza, Kerle, Norman

“…In many parts of the world, landslide susceptibility remains inadequately mapped, due to the lack of both data and suitable methods for widespread…”
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Building a new and sustainable “Silk Road economic belt” by Li, Peiyue, Qian, Hui, Howard, Ken W. F., Wu, Jianhua

“…The building of the Silk Road economic belt is an exciting prospect that may bring immense economic benefits to Eurasian countries. However, intensive human…”
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Analysis of urban heat island characteristics and mitigation strategies for eight arid and semi-arid gulf region cities by Abulibdeh, Ammar

“…The aim of the study is, therefore, to analyze the formation of the UHIs in eight different cities in arid and semi-arid regions. The analysis is based on land…”
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Microbial‑induced carbonate precipitation (MICP) technology: a review on the fundamentals and engineering applications by Zhang, Kuan, Tang, Chao-Sheng, Jiang, Ning-Jun, Pan, Xiao-Hua, Liu, Bo, Wang, Yi-Jie, Shi, Bin

“…The microbial‑induced carbonate precipitation (MICP), as an emerging biomineralization technology mediated by specific bacteria, has been a popular research…”
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Climate and land use change impacts on water yield ecosystem service in the Yellow River Basin, China by Yang, Jie, Xie, Baopeng, Zhang, Degang, Tao, Wenqian

“…The Yellow River Basin is an important water conservation and ecological barrier in China. Studying its water supply services is of great significance for the…”
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Mechanical characteristics and deformation control of surrounding rock in weakly cemented siltstone by Yu, Weijian, Li, Ke, Liu, Ze, An, Baifu, Wang, Ping, Wu, Hai

“…The roof of coal seams are mostly soft rock with weak cementation. To further study the mechanical characteristics and deformation control scheme of the…”
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GIS-based gully erosion susceptibility mapping: a comparison among three data-driven models and AHP knowledge-based technique by Arabameri, Alireza, Rezaei, Khalil, Pourghasemi, Hamid Reza, Lee, Saro, Yamani, Mojtaba

“…Toroud Watershed in Semnan Province, Iran is a prone area to gully erosion that causes to soil loss and land degradation. To consider the gully erosion, a…”
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Landslide susceptibility mapping using artificial neural network tuned by metaheuristic algorithms by Mehrabi, Mohammad, Moayedi, Hossein

“…As a frequent natural disaster, landslides incur significant economic and human losses worldwide. The main idea of this paper is to propose novel integrative…”
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