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Romeo Eftimi, Isabella Serena Liso and Mario Parise
Carbonate rocks cover about 23% of Albania, with exploitable karst water resources estimated at 2.84 × 109 m3/year (about 65% of the total exploitable groundwater resources in the country). The Kruja tectonic zone is characterized by the presence of SE?N...
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Jun Dong, Qingqing Chen, Guangxiang Yuan and Kaiyan Xie
In large-scale water conservancy and hydropower projects, complex rock structures are considered to be the main factor controlling the stability of hydraulic structures. The classification of rock mass structure plays an important role in the safety of a...
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Hanhan He, Jingze Xiao, Jing He, Bo Wei, Xiaogang Ma, Fan Huang, Xiangmin Cai, Yuanxin Zhou, Jingyi Bi, Yiting Zhao, Chunjun Wang and Jingran Wei
Three-dimensional (3D) geological models are currently needed and used independently for urban development. The main difficulty in constructing a 3D geological model of a shallow subsurface is to determine the stratigraphic distribution. Highly variable ...
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Mariaelena D?Errico, Fabio Ambrosino, Luigi Cimmino, Vincenzo Masone, Marco Mirra, Giulio Saracino and Lorenzo Roscilli
Muons are constantly produced in cosmic-rays and reach the Earth surface with a flux of about 160 particles per second per square meter. The abundance of muons with respect to other cosmic particles and their capability to cross dense materials with low ...
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Hong-Liang Tang, Jun Yang and Qi Yu
Rock fragmentation by blasting influences ore recovery and the cost of downstream operations. The development of electronic detonators makes it possible to improve fragmentation by controlling the initiation timing in blasting projects, and the effect of...
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Michael John Rudolph and Evans Muchesa
This paper presents a case study of two sites in South Africa: the Phumulani Agri-Village in Mpumalanga, and a school program in the Eastern Cape. The study evaluates the effectiveness of water and sanitation programs in these rural settings. A transdisc...
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Wanru Li, Mekuanent Muluneh Finsa, Kathryn Blackmond Laskey, Paul Houser and Rupert Douglas-Bate
Predicting groundwater levels is challenging, especially in regions of water scarcity where data availability is often limited. However, these regions have substantial water needs and require cost-effective groundwater utilization strategies. This study ...
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Tshepang Mmamorena Marema, Loago Molwalefhe and Elisha M. Shemang
The 3 April 2017 Mw 6.5 Moiyabana earthquake (Central Botswana) had a significant impact on groundwater levels; a gradual co-seismic increase and a stepwise decline in groundwater levels were observed in response to the earthquake at boreholes MH2 and Z1...
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Kingsley Kanjin, Richard Adade, Julia Quaicoe and Minxuan Lan
Despite water being a basic human need, the residents of Sibi in Ghana?s Nkwanta North District struggle to obtain potable water, which negatively influences their livelihoods. This study aimed to evaluate the impacts on households? livelihoods due to di...
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Alberto Gracia, Francisco Javier Torrijo, Julio Garzón-Roca, Miguel Pérez-Picallo and Olegario Alonso-Pandavenes
Sinkholes are a severe problem in urban areas located in karstic regions, especially where evaporitic rocks such as gypsum exist. Identification and proposal of mitigation measures are needed to reduce this geo-hazard effect on buildings and social urban...
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