Environmental Earth Sciences

Impact of climate variability and streamflow alteration on groundwater contribution to the base flow of the Lower Zab River (Iran and Iraq)

Ruqayah Mohammed, Miklas Scholz

Two decades of system-based hygienic–microbiological research in Swist river catchment (Germany)

Christiane Schreiber, Andrea Rechenburg, Christoph Koch, Ekkehard Christoffels, Thomas Claßen, Marlene Willkomm, Franz Michael Mertens, Andrea Brunsch, Susanne Herbst, Esther Rind, Thomas Kistemann

Determination of electrofacies using wireline logs based on multivariate statistical analysis for the Kareem Formation, Gulf of Suez, Egypt

Mohamed S. El Sharawy, Bassem S. Nabawy

Modelling and assessment of the combined impacts of climatic and demographic change on a multipurpose reservoir system in the Harz mountains

Martin Gocht, Günter Meon

Large-area goaf fires: a numerical method for locating high-temperature zones and assessing the effect of liquid nitrogen fire control

Botao Qin, Hetang Wang, Junzhe Yang, Leizheng Liu

Effect of accelerated carbonation on the chemical properties and leaching behaviour of Australian coal fly ash, to improve its use as a compost amendment

N. L. Ukwattage, P. G. Ranjith, M. S. A. Perera

Evaluation of different models in rainfall-triggered landslide susceptibility mapping: a case study in Chunan, southeast China

Hangjian Feng, Jianjun Yu, Jiali Zheng, Xiaoming Tang, Chenchuan Peng

Responses of hydrochemical parameters, community structures, and microbial activities to the natural biodegradation of petroleum hydrocarbons in a groundwater–soil environment

Zhaoxian Zheng, Yuling Zhang, Xiaosi Su, Xiaoshun Cui

Assessment of the content of heavy metals and potential pathogenic microorganisms in soil under illegal dumping sites

Agata Bartkowiak, Barbara Breza-Boruta, Joanna Lemanowicz

Soil map and 3D virtual tour using a database of soil-forming factors

A. M. Martínez-Graña, J. L. Goy, C. Zazo, P. G. Silva

Geochemical modeling-based rehabilitation proposal for abandoned sulfidic flotation mill tailings, Kirki, Thrace, NE Greece

Stavros Triantafyllidis, Constantinos Loupasakis, Paraskevas Tsangaratos

Gas-phase formation during thermal energy storage in near-surface aquifers: experimental and modelling results

Klas Lüders, Linda Firmbach, Markus Ebert, Andreas Dahmke, Peter Dietrich, Ralf Köber

Simulation of soil erosion under the influence of climate change scenarios

Mohammad Zare, Ali Akbar Nazari Samani, Majid Mohammady, Teimur Teimurian, Javad Bazrafshan

Surface soil water content and its controlling factors in a small karst catchment

Tonggang Fu, Hongsong Chen, Zhiyong Fu, Kelin Wang

Green and sustainable remediation practices in Federal Agency cleanup programs

Louis E. Martino, Carol L. Dona, Jerry Dicerbo, Amy Hawkins, Beth Moore, Robert Horner

Solution methods of hydraulic conductivity in low permeable saturated soil during liquid releasing

Yang Chen, Zhifang Zhou, Wen Zhao

Effects of elevated CO2 concentration on water use efficiency of Tamarix ramosissima in an extremely arid region

Zongqiang Chang, Yali Ma, Chenglin Zhou

Hydro-chemical evolution of groundwater in a sequence of Tertiary Formations in Northwest Oman

Osman Abdalla, Rashid Al-Abri, Khadija Semhi, Talal Al-Hosni, Saif Al-Yaroubi, Ian Clark, Mansour Amerjeed

Effects of interface connections on narrowed mechanically stabilized earth walls

Chao Xu, Yu-shan Luo, Hong-shuai Chen, Bin Jia

Synoptic variation of stable isotopes in precipitation and ground level vapour in a humid tropical region, Kerala, India

Ahmed Shahul Hameed, Thoppil Ramakrishnan Resmi, Mohan Praveenbabu, Maroli Sudheesh, Rajendrakumar Dattatraya Deshpande

Three Gorges Reservoir: metal pollution in surface water and suspended particulate matter on different reservoir operation periods

Yingqun Ma, Yanwen Qin, Binghui Zheng, Yanmin Zhao, Lei Zhang, Chenchen Yang, Yao Shi, Quan Wen

Behaviour of crushed rock aggregates used in asphalt surface layer exposed to cold climate conditions

Ana Patricia Pérez Fortes, Sara Anastasio, Elena Kuznetsova, Svein Willy Danielsen

Environmental impact of mining activities on surface water and sediment qualities around Murgul copper mine, Northeastern Turkey

Irfan Yolcubal, Ayda Doğrul Demiray, Emin Çiftçi, Ercan Sanğu

Changes of backfill soil of tower foundation in the permafrost regions with warm ice-rich frozen soil on the Qinghai–Tibet Plateau

Junfeng Wang, Kun Jia, Rashid Rafique, Lei Guo, Qihao Yu, Yongyu Yue, Chang Yuan

Effect of shifting sand burial on soil evaporation and moisture–salt distribution in a hyper-arid desert

Jian Guo Zhang, Xin Wen Xu, Ying Zhao, Jia Qiang Lei, Sheng Yu Li, Yong Dong Wang

Major ion chemistry and quality assessment of the groundwater resources of Nanded tehsil, a part of southeast Deccan Volcanic Province, Maharashtra, India

Vasant Madhav Wagh, Dipak Baburao Panaskar, Abhay Mukund Varade, Shrikant Vitthal Mukate, Satyajit Kundlik Gaikwad, Ranjitsinh Subhash Pawar, Aniket Avinash Muley, Manesh Laxman Aamalawar

Geological and geotechnical assessment of some derelict barite fields in the Abakaliki Basin, Nigeria

G. E. Ene, C. O. Okogbue

Hexavalent chromium and some trace metals in concrete from buildings of different ages in northern Italy

Eric Costeri, Giovanni Martinelli, Giampaolo Sighinolfi, Lorenzo Tassi, Paolo Zannini

Full 3D nonlinear time history analysis of dynamic soil–structure interaction for a historical masonry arch bridge

Hamza Güllü, Handren Salih Jaf

Failure mechanism analysis of rainfall-induced landslide at Pingguang stream in Taiwan: mapping, investigation, and numerical simulation

Chia-Ming Lo, Ching-Fang Lee, Wei-Kai Huang

Model-based quantification of runoff generation processes at high spatial and temporal resolution

Andreas Steinbrich, Hannes Leistert, Markus Weiler

Quantifying eroding head cut detachment through flume experiments and hydraulic thresholds analysis

Aliakbar Nazari Samani, Robert James Wasson, Mohammad Reza Rahdari, Abolfazl Moeini

GIS mapping of impact of industrial activities on the terrestrial background ionizing radiation levels of Ughelli metropolis and its environs, Nigeria

O. E. Agbalagba, G. O. Avwiri, C. P. Ononugbo

Strata movement and surface subsidence prediction model of dense solid backfilling mining

Qingbiao Guo, Guangli Guo, Xin Lv, Wenxin Zhang, Yikai Lin, Shuangyu Qin

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