Earth Sciences

Volume 6, Issue 5, October 2017

  • Photogrammetry with a Drone “DJI Phantom 2 Vision Plus”: 3D Model of an Area Deformed by Neotectonics in the Venezuelan Andes

    Riccardo Rocca

    Issue: Volume 6, Issue 5, October 2017
    Pages: 63-68
    Received: 24 July 2017
    Accepted: 17 August 2017
    Published: 4 September 2017
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    Abstract: A commercial drone was used to acquire a series of images in an area in the Venezuelan Andes characterized by the deformation of a regional strike-slip fault. The digital model obtained by processing the images has allowed to obtain quantitative measurements of the fault displacement and to test geological concepts related to the structure evolutio... Show More
  • Evolution Characteristics of Urban Functional Land and Its Development Strategy in Oasis City: A Case of Zhangye City, the Hexi Corridors, China

    Liang Feng, Li Qianguo, Shi Peiji

    Issue: Volume 6, Issue 5, October 2017
    Pages: 69-74
    Received: 4 September 2017
    Published: 4 September 2017
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    Abstract: The evolution of urban functional land is the spatial reflection of urban functional agglomeration and diffusion, it can profoundly reveal the internal characteristics of urban expansion. This paper applies spatial analysis tools of GIS to explore the spatial-temporal evolution characteristics of residential land, industrial land and public service... Show More
  • Sustainable Management of Water Resources on the Background of Current Climate Change

    Nana Bolashvili, Tamaz Karalashvili, Vakhtang Geladze, Nino Machavariani, Ana Karalashvili, Nino Chikhradze, Geladze Giorgi, David Kartvelishvili

    Issue: Volume 6, Issue 5, October 2017
    Pages: 75-79
    Received: 4 August 2017
    Accepted: 7 August 2017
    Published: 6 September 2017
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    Abstract: We are all dependent on water. We need it every day, in so many ways. We need it to stay healthy; we need it for growing food, for transportation, irrigation and industry. Under the existing trend of climatic change, serious problems will occur accompanying the intensive migratory processes of the population living in the arid regions. The main goa... Show More
  • Forbs Rather Than Grasses as Key Factors Affecting Succession of Abandoned Fields - A Case Study from a Subalpine Region of the Eastern Tibet Plateau

    Wenjin Li, Jinhua Li, Rulan Zhang, Shuangshuang Liu, Huakun Zhou, Buqing Yao, Meiling Guo, Fangping Wang

    Issue: Volume 6, Issue 5, October 2017
    Pages: 80-87
    Received: 28 July 2017
    Accepted: 10 August 2017
    Published: 8 September 2017
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    Abstract: An old-field chronosequence in the subalpine region of the Tibetan Plateau were used as a model system to test a hypothesis that forbs drive pathways of successional trajectories in earlier stages of succession and grasses drive the development of vegetation in later successional stages. All old fields were dominated by forbs, which accounted for 6... Show More
  • Curie Point Depth from Spectral Analysis of Magnetic Data in the Southeast Tibet

    Kai Yang, Junhui Xing, Wei Gong, Chaoyang Li, Xiaoyang Wu

    Issue: Volume 6, Issue 5, October 2017
    Pages: 88-96
    Received: 27 June 2017
    Accepted: 11 July 2017
    Published: 18 September 2017
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    Abstract: The satellite magnetic anomalies are used to calculate the Curie point depth of the Southeast Tibet by spectral analysis method in the study. The relationship between the Curie point depth and the regional faults or heat flow will be discussed. The results show that the Curie point depth of the study area ranges from 15 km to 36 km and the average ... Show More
  • Impact of Climate Change on the Development of Rainfall Intensity, Duration and Frequency Curves in Chiro and Hurso Stations of Eastern Ethiopia

    Abeba Tesfay, Shoeb Quraishi

    Issue: Volume 6, Issue 5, October 2017
    Pages: 97-105
    Received: 5 June 2017
    Accepted: 26 June 2017
    Published: 18 September 2017
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    Abstract: Today environmental issue becomes the biggest concern of humankind because of scientific evidence about the increasing concentration of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere and the changing climate of the Earth. This study was conducted in eastern Ethiopia specifically at Chiro and Hurso stations. The study assessed quantitatively the rainfall Intens... Show More