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Title: A HIGH-RESOLUTION MICROPALEONTOLOGICAL AND SEDIMENTOLOGICAL ANALYSIS OF BURIED WASHOVER DEPOSITS FROM FOLLY ISLAND, SOUTH CAROLINA: IMPLICATIONS FOR PALEOTEMPESTOLOGY
Author: Zurawski, Lance
Date Created: 2019
Subjects--Topical: Geology, Paleontology, Sedimentology
Description: A 40-meter transect consisting of eight equally spaced 2.44-m vibracores was taken across a marginal-marine salt marsh behind North Folly Island, a barrier island located in Charleston County, South Carolina. Analysis of storm signatures from this...

Title: ALPINE AND SUBALPINE LANDSCAPE RESPONSE TO POST-GLACIAL CLIMATE CHANGE IN THE SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS: A COMPARISON OF NEW LANDSCAPE AND CLIMATE RECORDS
Author: Johnson, Bradley
Date Created: 2010
Subjects--Topical: Geomorphology, Paleoclimatology
Description: Post-glacial interactions between climate, landscapes, and soils remain poorly understood, especially in alpine and sub-alpine areas. Here, I aim to increase understanding of the dynamic interactions between climate, landscape evolution, and soil ...

Title: Bridge Scour Detection Using Terrestrial LiDAR and Advanced Quantification Techniques
Author: Shanmugam, Navanit Sri
Date Created: 2022
Subjects--Topical: Civil engineering
Description: Scour is an important factor affecting the hydraulic structures of a bridge. Remote sensing techniques such as terrestrial LiDAR (Light Detection And Ranging) can help speed up the inspection process and provide high-resolution records of the exte...

Title: Decision Analysis and Policy Formulation for Technology-Specific Renewable Energy Targets
Author: Okioga, Irene
Date Created: 2017
Subjects--Topical: Power resources, Government policy, Environmental engineering
Description: This study establishes a decision making procedure using Analytic Hierarchy Process (AHP) for a U.S. national renewable portfolio standard, and proposes technology-specific targets for renewable electricity generation for the country. The study pr...

Title: EVALUATION OF PLANTS ON WATER BALANCE OF EARTHEN LANDFILL COVERS
Author: Saghaei, Banafsheh
Date Created: 2019
Subjects--Topical: Geotechnical engineering, Hydrology, Environmental geology
Description: Landfilling is one of the most common methods to dispose municipal solid waste (MSW) and coal combustion residues (CCRs) in the U.S. Sustainable landfilling will be the key for the future advancement of solid waste management. Sustainable landfill...

Title: Evaluation of the lateral response of micropiles via full scale load testing
Author: Babalola, Michael
Date Created: 2011
Subjects--Topical: Civil engineering, Geotechnical engineering, Design
Description: Micropiles are a relatively new deep foundation technology in the United States. As an alternative to driven piles or drilled shafts, micropiles can provide substantial support while minimizing cost, environmental impact, and harmful construction ...

Title: Finite Element Modeling of A Pier-On-Bank Bridge Scour
Author: Chavan, Vidya Subhash
Date Created: 2021
Subjects--Topical: Civil engineering
Description: Scour is a critical condition change for a bridge hydraulic system, especially during storms and subsequent flooding. Caused by swiftly moving water, scours remove sand and soil, creating holes surrounding a bridge pier compromising the integrity ...

Title: GENETIC MECHANISMS OF OZONE TOLERANCE IN SOYBEAN AND METHODS OF EVOLUTIONARY DISTANCE
Author: Whaley, Adam
Date Created: 2015
Subjects--Topical: Bioinformatics, Genetics
Description: At ground level, ozone is a pollutant that poses serious risk to both human health and crop yields. In addition to being a vital economic crop in the US and abroad, conventional soybean lines are susceptible to damage caused by ozone exposure. In ...

Title: HYDROLOGICAL AND WATER QUALITY ASSESSMENT OF A RAPIDLY URBANIZING SOUTHEASTERN PIEDMONT WATERSHED
Author: Gagrani, Vijaya
Date Created: 2013
Subjects--Topical: Environmental engineering, Environmental sciences, Human ecology--Study and teaching
Description: The purpose of this dissertation research was to assess the change in hydrological and watershed processes influencing water quality in a rapidly urbanizing SE Piedmont watershed. Specifically, this dissertation research assessed the effectiveness...

Title: How the Brewing Industry Can Support a Circular Economy in Mecklenburg County, North Carolina
Author: Hendren, Heather
Date Created: 2022
Subjects--Topical: Environmental engineering, Civil engineering, Economics
Description: This research investigates beer production in Mecklenburg County and its impact on water demand, and waste production, with a specific focus on how beer production fits into Charlotte’s public strategy of a Circular Economy. Charlotte adopted a Ci...

Title: Insitu Determination of Residual Soil Shear Strength Parameters Using the Standard Penetration Test with Torque
Author: Cottingham, Marcus
Date Created: 2010
Subjects--Topical: Civil engineering
Description: Residual soils are found throughout the world and often behave differently than transported soils. Residual soils are identified as materials developed from the insitu weathering of rock that has remained in the location of its origin as opposed t...

Title: Integrated Water Management and Green Infrastructure Retrofits in Urban Areas: Perspectives on Energy Savings, Water Quality Improvements and Economic Incentives
Author: Malinowski, Patricia
Date Created: 2017
Subjects--Topical: Environmental economics, Water resources development--Management, Environmental management
Description: This research investigates various aspects of implementing integrated water management (IWM) measures in urban areas, with a specific focus on green infrastructure (GI) retrofits. Three major perspectives are examined in relation to water resource...

Title: MICROSTRUCTURAL ANALYSIS AND MODELING OF FLUE GAS DESULFURIZATION WASTEWATER SEQUESTERED IN THE ALKALI-ACTIVATED FLY ASH MATRIX
Author: Ghaempanah Tajabadi, Morteza
Date Created: 2019
Subjects--Topical: Materials science, Civil engineering, Environmental engineering
Description: Geopolymers can be categorized as synthetic zeolitic monoliths. The amorphous structure of this material is developed by dissolution of an aluminate and silicate-rich source, like fly ash, in a highly alkaline solution and then interlinking and cr...

Title: Mitigating Consequences of Flooding in a Typical Boiling Water Reactor Similar to Fukushima Daiichi Plant in Japan
Author: Salehi, Kombiz
Date Created: 2018
Subjects--Topical: Management
Description: The Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant experienced a major accident on March 11, 2011, which was caused by a seismic event of 9.0 magnitude on the Richter scale followed by a tsunami wave of about 15 meters. This combination resulted in the los...

Title: NATURALLY-OCCURRING CHROMIUM AND VANADIUM IN CHARLOTTE TERRANE ROCKS: A SOURCE OF TRACE ELEMENTS TO GROUNDWATER?
Author: Vail, Jacey
Date Created: 2017
Subjects--Topical: Environmental sciences, Geology, Geochemistry
Description: Vanadium (V) and chromium (Cr) contamination has become a rising concern in North Carolina due to a coal ash spill in February 2014. Coal ash is known to contain these trace elements, but V and Cr are also naturally occurring. Cr and V above healt...

Title: POST-LAST GLACIAL MAXIMUM LANDSCAPE EVOLUTION OF THE UPPER CONEJOS RIVER BASIN, SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS, CO, USA.
Author: Aldred, Jennifer
Date Created: 2020
Subjects--Topical: Geomorphology, Geology, Soil science
Description: Soil development combined with sediment storage and erosion in small, upland watersheds are key landscape processes for which assumptions are frequently made but rarely verified in landscape evolution studies. However, processes such as these, act...

Title: Petrography and Geochemistry of High-Silica East Pacific Rise Glasses: Implications for Melt Production and Transport from 8o37'N to 15o50'N
Author: Kotash, Alisa
Date Created: 2014
Subjects--Topical: Geology
Description: Highly evolved, silica-rich lavas have been recovered from several different locations along the global MOR system. Over the course of two decades, basalt (50-51 wt.% SiO2), basaltic andesite (52-55 wt.% SiO2), andesite (56-61 wt.% SiO2), and daci...

Title: Recycled Brick Masonry Aggregate Concrete: Use of Recycled Aggregates from Demolished Brick Masonry Construction in Structural and Pavement Grade Portland Cement Concrete
Author: Cavalline, Tara
Date Created: 2012
Subjects--Topical: Civil engineering
Description: Reuse of construction waste as aggregates is becoming increasingly popular for a number of environmental and economic reasons. In this study, structural- and pavement-grade portland cement concrete (PCC) mixtures were developed using crushed recyc...

Title: SPATIAL AND SITING ANALYSIS OF SUSTAINABLE BIOMASS BASELOAD POWER GENERATION FOR NIGERIA
Author: Akinde, Adedolapo
Date Created: 2018
Subjects--Topical: Power resources, Environmental management
Description: A new dawn in Nigeria’s power generation landscape requires renewable energy development. Episodic power supply, and too frequent outages characterizes the centralized power grid in Nigeria, thus frustrating efforts towards economic development. T...

Title: STRATIGRAPHY AND SOILS OF FLUVIAL TERRACES ON THE CATAWBA RIVER, NC AND SC: LANDSCAPE EVOLUTION OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US
Author: Arey, Jordan
Date Created: 2018
Subjects--Topical: Geomorphology, Geology, Soil science
Description: Few studies provide data that can document the long-term landscape evolution of the Piedmont of the southeastern United States. Here we present the results of field mapping and a soil chronosequence for fluvial terraces along a ~46 km reach of the...