Aims: Fifty years ago geoscientist Gordon J. F. MacDonald penned a book-chapter entitled, “How to Wreck the Environment”, in which he described how a nation might alter the environment so as to covertly inflict harm on an enemy nation. Our objective is to review MacDonald’s sugge...
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Research Article10.9734/JGEESI/2018/42006
Mangrove core sediments from Choba, Ogbogoro and Isaka in Niger Delta, Nigeria were analyzed to determine their geochemical composition. The ecological risk of the metal concentrations was assessed using Contamination Factor (CF) and Enrichment Factor (EF) while the quality of th...
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Research Article10.9734/JGEESI/2018/42913
The study of socio-economic status is very important in developing world to know the socio-economic condition of the people living in the rural areas. Such types of study analyze the socio-economic condition of the rural areas and put forward the suggestions to solve the problem...
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Research Article10.9734/JGEESI/2018/42228
The study was undertaken with the aim of estimating vulnerability index of shallow aquifer within weathered crystalline regolith that overlies the basement complex rocks of Oke-lla, Osun State, South-western Nigeria. Twenty five vertical electrical soundings adopting Schlumberger...
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Research Article10.9734/JGEESI/2018/41836
Aims: Extraction of coal by the opencast (OC) method generates huge amounts of waste materials due to the removal of overlying rock and soil. These materials (overburden) are dumped near the mining site. Thus, anthropogenic landforms li...
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Research Article10.9734/JGEESI/2018/42253
Dams and reservoirs often facilitate the high economic gain in lieu of prolonged initial societal pain. Prevailing ecosystems be it in the minor pool, land, grassland, forest or built up do face the extremity of consequences. Developmental initiatives, which generally modify surf...
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Research Article10.9734/JGEESI/2018/42179
In the present study, an attempt has been made to assess the flowing water quality of different rivers flowing through Pune during the spring season, i.e., prior to summer and monsoon. Physico-Chemical monitoring of these rivers of Pune was done from Jan-Mar 2015 to analyse vario...
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Research Article10.9734/JGEESI/2018/42307
The city of Port Harcourt, an emerging mega city in the Niger Delta, is grappling with solid waste management as seen by mountains of refuse in some parts of the city. This study examined solid waste management practice in Port Harcourt, Rivers State,...
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Research Article10.9734/JGEESI/2018/42325
Land is the most important natural resource containing soil, water, flora & fauna involving total ecosystem. Mapping of Land use and Land cover change is essential for a wide range of applications such as landslide and erosion control, land planning etc. In this research land...
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Research Article10.9734/JGEESI/2018/42185
The Calabar Flank sedimentary basin has remained relatively unexplored using potential fields. In this study ground, magnetic data was acquired covering about three-quarters of the Calabar Flank sedimentary basin. Twenty-five traverses were a...
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Research Article10.9734/JGEESI/2018/41486