Recent advances in geo-environmental engineering, geomechanics and geotechnics, and geohazards :
[Book]
proceedings of the 1st Springer Conference of the Arabian Journal of Geosciences (CAJG-1), Tunisia 2018 /
Amjad Kallel, Zeynal Abiddin Erguler, Zhen-Dong Cui, Ali Karrech, Murat Karakus, Pinnaduwa Kulatilake, Sanjay Kumar Shukla, editors.
Cham, Switzerland :
Springer,
[2019]
1 online resource
Advances in science, technology & innovation: IEREK interdisciplinary series for sustainable development
11 Assessment of Heavy Metals Along a Contamination Gradient in Soils Collected from Industrial Areas in Northern Tunisia
Intro; Preface; Contents; About the Editors; Keynote; 1 A New Three-Dimensional Rock Mass Strength Criterion; Abstract; 1 Introduction; 2 Procedures; 3 Results; 4 Development of a New Rock Mass Strength Criterion; 5 Discussion; 6 Conclusion; References; 2 New Tools and Techniques of Remote Sensing for Geologic Hazard Assessment; Abstract; 1 Introduction; 2 Innovative Remote Sensing Techniques and Applications; 2.1 Uninhabited Aerial Vehicles; 2.2 LiDAR; 2.3 Satellite Multi-temporal Interferometry (MTI); 3 Conclusion; References
2.1 Soil Preparation and Avoidance Test2.2 Locomotor Behaviour; 3 Results; 3.1 Avoidance Behaviour; 3.2 Locomotor Behaviour; 4 Discussion; 5 Conclusion; References; 8 Heavy Metals Distribution in Soils of an Agricultural Area Impacted by Former Mining Activities: Case of Trozza Mine, Tunisia; Abstract; 1 Introduction; 2 Materials and Methods; 3 Results and Discussion; 3.1 Mine Tailings Characterization; 3.2 Physical-Chemical Properties and Total Heavy Metal Levels in Soils; 4 Conclusions; References
3 Land Subsidence Induced by the Engineering-Environmental Effect in Shanghai, ChinaAbstract; 1 Introduction; 2 In-Site Monitoring and Numerical Simulation; 3 Results; 4 Discussion; 5 Conclusion; Acknowledgements; References; Geo-Environmental Engineering: Identification and Assessment of Different Geo-Environmental Problems; 4 Synchrotron X-Ray Absorption Spectroscopy Applications to Speciation of Metals in Soil; Abstract; 1 Introduction; 2 Materials and Methods; 3 Results; 4 Discussion; 5 Conclusions; Acknowledgements; References
5 Hydro-Geochemical Behavior of Acid Formation of Sulfide Bearing Rocks Based on Kinetic Column TestsAbstract; 1 Introduction; 2 Materials and Methods; 3 Results and Discussion; 4 Conclusions; Acknowledgements; References; 6 Interaction of CuO Nanoparticles with Hordeum Sativum Distichum in an Aquatic Medium and in the Soil; Abstract; 1 Introduction; 2 Materials and Methods; 3 Results and Discussion; 4 Conclusion; Acknowledgements; References; 7 Behavioural Responses of Armadillidium Granulatum (Crustacea, Oniscidea) to Zinc Contaminated Soil; Abstract; 1 Introduction; 2 Materials and Methods
9 Statistical Distribution of Geochemical Elements in Stream Sediments and the Influence of Flood Phosphate Mud on the Mining Area, Metlaoui, Southwest TunisiaAbstract; 1 Introduction; 2 Materials and Methods; 2.1 Sampling; 2.2 Evaluation of Basic Statistical Parameters and Multivariate Statistics; 3 Results; 4 Discussion; 5 Conclusion; References; 10 Assessment of Heavy Metal Contamination in the Sediment of the Bizerte Lagoon in Northern Tunisia; Abstract; 1 Introduction; 2 Materials and Methods; 3 Results; 4 Discussion; 5 Conclusion; References
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This edited volume contains the best papers in the geo-engineering field accepted for presentation at the 1st Springer Conference of the Arabian Journal of Geosciences, Tunisia 2018. In addition, it includes 3 keynotes by international experts on the following topics: 1. A new three-dimensional rock mass strength criterion 2. New tools and techniques of remote sensing for geologic hazard assessment 3. Land subsidence induced by the engineering-environmental effects in Shanghai China The book is useful for readers who would like to get a broad coverage in geo-engineering. It contains 11 chapters covering the following main areas: (a) Applications in geo-environmental engineering including soil remediation, (b) Characterization of geo-materials using geological, geotechnical and geophysical techniques, (c) Soil improvement applications, (d) Soil behaviour under dynamic loading, (e) Recent studies on expansive soils, (f) Analytical and numerical modelling of various geo-structures, (g) Slope stability, (h) Landslides, (i) Subsidence studies and (j) Recent studies on various other types of geo-hazards.
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Recent Advances in Geo-Environmental Engineering, Geomechanics and Geotechnics, and Geohazards : Proceedings of the 1st Springer Conference of the Arabian Journal of Geosciences (CAJG-1), Tunisia 2018.