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The Importance of Joint Set Measurements for Slope Stability and Design Case Study: Ikpobia BUA Quarry, Okpella, Edo State, Nigeria
The kinematic analysis technique is largely used to assess the ability of rock slopes. Its objective is to identify the possible modes of slope...
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ANNs-Based Prediction Models for Consistency and Compaction Characteristics of Bentonite–Sand Mixtures
This study is fictionalized with the use of ANNs logic to estimate the compaction parameters of bentonite–sand mixtures. Totally 230 sets of tests...
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Performance of Hyperbolic Model Parameters for Non-cohesive Soil-Concrete Interface
The response of the stress–strain curve at the soil-concrete interface is nonlinear. The interface response is generally idealized in numerical...
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Observations of the Landslide Mitigation of Rock Slopes on the Pilgrimage Route Between Makkah and Mena in Saudi Arabia
The pilgrimage route between Makkah and Mena in Saudi Arabia is heavily used during the pilgrimage season. Just within three days, millions of...
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Porosity and Water Content Prediction with Dry Unit Weight Measurements of Evaporitic Rocks from Abu Dhabi City, United Arab Emirates
The evaporitic rocks commonly occur at the surface or depth and may be found in the foundations of buildings and infrastructure constructions in Abu...
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Mixing Nanoclay Additive to Improve Internal Erosion Resistance of Earth Dams Constructed of Silty Sand
Seepage-induced erosion is one of the main reasons leading to the catastrophic failure of earth dams, levees, and dykes. Mitigation measures include...
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Latent Hydraulic Effect of Ground Granulated Blast Furnace Slag on the Strength Development of Stabilized Peat
Peat is identified as soft organic soil with high water retention. It cannot be stabilized with Portland cement for soil improvement due to its...
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Integrating LiDAR and Landsat Images for 3D Visualization
In this work, we present a visualization tool of 3D spaces obtained from integrating Landsat and LiDAR images. The increasing necessity of...
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Assessment of Collapse Potential of Lumped Soil in Alluvial Deposit by Double Consolidation Tests
Alluvial soils transported by water are widely distributed in the arid and semi-arid regions of the world. Due to the increasing population in these...
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Investigating Accurate Water Body Extraction from Satellite Imagery Using Convolutional Neural Network with Water Indices
Water bodies like rivers and lakes are essential human, animal, and vegetation resources. Acquiring and analyzing these data are essential for better...
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Satellite Remote Sensing Applied to Landslide Susceptibility in the Andean Cordillera (33°27'–33°55' S)
The availability of remotely sensed data sources makes it possible to generate large-scale studies efficiently, accurately, and geographically...
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Using SAR Data to Delineate Burned Territories in Central Kazakhstan
The study of fires and their consequences using remote sensing methods in the optical range is widespread. However, many works are devoted to forest...
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Selected Practical Applications
In the previous chapters, the basics of applied meteorology were presented. In this chapter, some examples of applications are presented which are...
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Basic Equations of Atmospheric Turbulence
Before starting the derivation of the equations for the turbulent fluxes of momentum, heat and trace gases (Sect. 2.3), we present a short...
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Exploring the Concept of Self-Similarity and High-Frequency Decay Kappa-Model and fmax-Model Using Strong-Motion Surface and Borehole Data of Japan: A Statistical Approach
We statistically analyzed the fmax-model, κ-model and stress drop (Δσ) using surface and borehole data of the KIK-NET Japan seismological network....
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Body Waves– and Surface Waves–Derived Moment Tensor Catalog for Garhwal-Kumaon Himalayas
Moment tensor associated with an earthquake is the mathematical representation of the movement along a fault. It comprises nine generalized vector...
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Exploring GRACE and GPS and Absolute Gravity Data on the Relationship Between Hydrological Changes and Vertical Crustal Deformation in South India
Rainfall during the monsoon across the Indian subcontinent leads to significant hydrological changes that alter the ground over a range of...
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Coulomb Stress Change of the 2012 Indian Ocean Doublet Earthquake
The 2012 Sumatra (Mw 8.6) earthquake, which falls into the largest and rarest group of the great intraplate earthquakes, continues to awe many...
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Measurement Technique
Because meteorological measurements are primarily taken in the near-surface layer, they are carried out in the micrometeorological scale. Recently, a...
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Microclimatology
Microclimatology investigates mean states and permanent repeated phenomena on the micrometeorological scale. These are small-scale circulation...