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Haoran Liu, Kehui Xu, Bin Li, Ya Han and Guandong Li
Machine learning classifiers have been rarely used for the identification of seafloor sediment types in the rapidly changing dredge pits for coastal restoration. Our study uses multiple machine learning classifiers to identify the sediment types of the C...
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Janja Vrzel, Hans Kupfersberger, Carlos Andres Rivera Villarreyes, Johann Fank and Leander Wieser
In Europe, 1132 Mt of sand and gravel were mined in 2019, which causes major changes to the hydrogeological cycle. Such changes may lead to significantly raised or lowered groundwater levels. Therefore, the aggregate sector has to ensure that impacts on ...
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Haimei Yang, Hongbang Liang, Xingshuang Liu and Mingsi Li
Desert vegetation in the outer transition zone of an arid oasis serves as a protective barrier against wind and sand, safeguarding the oasis ecosystem. However, intensive agricultural water usage within the oasis has led to water depletion, posing a thre...
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Xu Wang, Ke Qu, Jia Men, Liangbin Zhang, Junjie Li and Rongze Gao
Dredging materials from reef flats have become an important source of sand and aggregates for meeting the infrastructure needs of coral-lined shores in subtropical and tropical regions, especially for low-lying atoll islands. Dredging at the reef flats c...
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Daud Andang Pasalli, Sri Tudjono and Ilham Nurhuda
Pit sand generally has a lower silica content than sand sourced from rivers or crushed stones. The effect of this sand on the creep of concrete has not yet been fully studied. Understanding the creep of concrete can help to estimate the behaviour of stru...
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Caroline Behrman, Roy Van Arsdale, Youngsang Kwon, Kerry Stockslager, Dave Leverett and David Lumsden
Aerial drone photography of an active pit within a sand and gravel quarry in DeSoto County, Mississippi, was conducted to better understand the Upland Complex, which is a high-level Pliocene terrace of the Mississippi River. The Upland Complex is of grea...
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The search for unconventional energy resources such as coalbed methane (CBM) is on the rise in Poland due to the demand for energy resources and protection of the environment. CBM production has a lower impact on the environment when compared with coal p...
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