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Results in EngineeringSeepage is a critical problem in earthfill dams which threatens the dam's stability and safety owing to extreme shifts in climate change with the rise in water intake in dams.
Muhammad Ishfaque +10 more
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The blue water footprint of electricity from hydropower [PDF]
, 2012 Hydropower accounts for about 16% of the world's electricity supply. It has been debated whether hydroelectric generation is merely an in-stream water user or whether it also consumes water.
Hoekstra, A.Y., Mekonnen, M.M.
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Archaeology in Oceania, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Shell middens in Gippsland along the eastern half of Victoria's coastline have usually been characterised as small, short‐duration camp sites with relatively low shell densities and low taxonomic diversity. Here we present new excavation results from a dense, high‐diversity site at Red Bluff near the eastern end of GunaiKurnai Country, a ...
Patrick Faulkner +17 more
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Surface water treatment process; a review on various methods [PDF]
, 2011 This review paper focuses on process of water treatment plants (WTP) using three different methods. It is focused on the comparing differences between traditional and new developed WTP models. For traditional system, settlement process is selected and it
Asadi, Afshin +4 more
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On the detectability of quantum spacetime foam with gravitational-wave interferometers [PDF]
, 1999 We discuss a recent provocative suggestion by Amelino-Camelia and others that classical spacetime may break down into ``quantum foam'' on distance scales many orders of magnitude larger than the Planck length, leading to effects which could be detected ...
Abramovici +9 more
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Archaeological Prospection, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Saruq al‐Hadid, located at the edge of the Rub Al‐Khali desert near Dubai's southern border with Abu Dhabi, is among the region's richest archaeological sites. Renowned for its historical role in metallurgy, trade and human habitation, the site was occupied from the Umm an‐Nar period through the post–Iron Age. Despite its significance, much of
Moamen Ali +9 more
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Surficial sediment texture database for the south-western Iberian Atlantic margin [PDF]
, 2018 Assessing the impact of changes on the environment driven by natural or anthropogenic forcers includes the comparison between antecedent and post-event conditions.
Costas, Susana +4 more
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Biofuels, Bioproducts and Biorefining, EarlyView.Abstract Iraq currently faces a significant electricity deficit estimated at approximately 18 000 MW, resulting in frequent and sometimes prolonged power outages that disrupt both economic activities and social life. The widening gap between energy supply and demand, combined with environmental concerns associated with fossil fuel consumption ...
Safaa Malik Abbas +3 more
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Water Science and Engineering, 2018 Based on the natural disaster risk evaluation mode, a quantitative danger degree evaluation model was developed to evaluate the danger degree of earth dam reservoir staged operation in the flood season.
Chong-xun Mo +5 more
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2D FEM Analysis of Slippage Phenomenon in Earth and Rockfill Dams [PDF]
, 2016 Dams are gaining more attention in recent years due to the rise of the environmental awareness and lsquorenewable energyrsquo and lsquosustainabilityrsquo concepts.
Saraswat, N. (Nishtha)
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