Earth Sciences

Volume 3, Issue 3, June 2014

  • Rotation Forcing of Tectonics and Climate

    Valentin Krassilov, Sophia Barinova, Svyatoslav Rybnikov

    Issue: Volume 3, Issue 3, June 2014
    Pages: 68-75
    Received: 3 June 2014
    Accepted: 18 June 2014
    Published: 30 June 2014
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    Abstract: Contrary to predictions of the tidal torque model, length of day (LOD) decreases over a series of fluctuations since 1960s at least. The so far deepest LOD depression of 1997 – 2010 corresponds to the most prominent rises of total seismic activity and global mean temperatures. A conspicuously flat interval of the LOD curve uniformly at or slightly ... Show More
  • Remote Sensing and GIS Contribution to the Detection of Coastal Slope Failure in the Safi Area, Morocco

    El Bchari, Fatima, Theilen-Willige, Barbara, Ait Malek Halima

    Issue: Volume 3, Issue 3, June 2014
    Pages: 76-84
    Received: 29 May 2014
    Accepted: 17 June 2014
    Published: 30 June 2014
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    Abstract: Located in the urban area, the cliff of Sidi Bouzid and Amouni shows slope instabilities due to falls and collapse blocks and rotational block gliding. These phenomena form a risk to the economic, social, cultural and environmental issues. Geomorphologic, lithologic and tectonic conditions (ie surfaces of discontinuities such as fractures) combined... Show More
  • Cenozoic Eruptive Stratigraphy and Structure in Taiz area of Yemen

    Abdul-Hamid Malek, Mysore Ramachandraiah Janardhana, Abdul-Aleam Ahmed Al-Qadhi

    Issue: Volume 3, Issue 3, June 2014
    Pages: 85-96
    Received: 3 June 2014
    Accepted: 26 June 2014
    Published: 10 July 2014
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    Abstract: The present study focuses on the field description of a bimodal volcanic rock centre and fault types present in Taiz area located in the southern part of Yemen. Taiz area serves as one of the key areas to understand the Afro-Arabian bimodal volcanism and the emplacement of Afar plume and the relationship between extension tectonics and magmatism. T... Show More