Volume 12, Issue 5 (2016) | American Journal of Environmental Sciences

The Status of Pollutants in the Three Gorges Reservoir Area, China and its Ecological Health Assessment

Chun-Jiao Lu — 2016-09-28

American Journal of Environmental Sciences, Published online: 28 September 2016; doi:10.3844/ajessp.2016.308.316

The Three Gorges Reservoir Area (TGRA) stretches along the Yangtze River from Jiangjin District, Chongqing to Yichang, Hubei in China. Since TGRA is the main source of drinking water and fresh fishery...

Application of a Multi Stage Method to Assess the Landscape Alteration Induced by Quarrying Sites: A Comparative Analysis

Dario Lippiello — 2016-09-02

American Journal of Environmental Sciences, Published online: 2 September 2016; doi:10.3844/ajessp.2016.317.327

The aim of this study is to provide a design tool to forecast the effects that extraction methods and reclamation plans will generate on the land surrounding quarry sites. The method is based on a gra...

Time Dimension Parameters of the Dual-Porosity Reservoir Determination using Periodic Hydraulic Pulse Testing

Marat Ovchinnikov — 2016-09-09

American Journal of Environmental Sciences, Published online: 9 September 2016; doi:10.3844/ajessp.2016.328.333

The process of periodic hydraulic pulses propagation in porous fractured media of dual-porosity near a vertical well is considered. Using the calculation data as the base, it is shown that the effect ...

Estimated Greenhouse Gases Emissions from Mobile and Stationary Sources in the Limestone and Basalt Rock Mining in Thailand

Dubsok Atima — 2016-10-26

American Journal of Environmental Sciences, Published online: 26 October 2016; doi:10.3844/ajessp.2016.334.340

Mineral processing can become more environmentally sustainable by integrating practices that reduce all environmental impact of mining operations. Along with pollution problems, global climate change ...