Volume 4, Issue 2 (2014) | Current Research in Geoscience

New (Digital) Technique for Areal Measurements of Stonewall Surface Roughness

Mary J. Thornbush — 2015-01-14

Current Research in Geoscience, Published online: 14 January 2015; doi:10.3844/ajgsp.2014.24.31

This study revisits a method introduced in the 1990 s that was deployed to measure surface roughness through profiles on rock blocks. Measurements were originally taken directly in the field using a m...

Study of Heavy Metals in the Surface Sediments of the Main Wadis in the Region of Meknes-Morocco

A. Lammini — 2015-04-29

Current Research in Geoscience, Published online: 29 April 2015; doi:10.3844/ajgsp.2014.32.39

Because of their growing demographic and industrial expansion, the urban areas of the city of Meknes are likely to disturb the ecological balance of watercourse. In the present work, we had evaluate t...

Assessment of the Cenozoic Erosion Amount Using Monte Carlo Type-Petroleum Systems Modeling of the Hammerfest Basin, Western Barents Sea

Krzysztof Jan Zieba — 2015-04-29

Current Research in Geoscience, Published online: 29 April 2015; doi:10.3844/ajgsp.2014.40.53

The Cenozoic uplift and erosion is often believed to be a major risk factor in hydrocarbon exploration in the Barents Sea causing petroleum redistribution and leakage from filled traps. Therefore, the...