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In the south of the European part of Russi a natural parks are basic units of regional nature conservation framework. A full-fledged situational and diagnostic analysis of current condition of the territory of natural parks is available within the Regional Nature Conservation Geoinformational System (GIS), which is oriented at making efficient administrative decisions for nature manage ment. Administration model for specially protected natural territories must have a geoi nformational basis, i.e. it must use digit...

Data fusion has been important field of expl oration, brought to light under the influence of new technologies and the emerging need for information integration and knowledge extraction from heter ogeneous data sources. The main focus of this paper will be set particularly on sensor data fusion. Our cu rrent focus is on designing and developing an intelligent data fusion component for a Sens or Web based architecture that will enable combining different environmental data into coherent information. For addressing ...

The present study is oriented to the interdisciplinary approach of Stemmacantha serratuloides (Georgi) M. D ittrich alias Rhapontic um serratuloides (Georgi) Bobr., a rare plant for Romanian flora. The aim is to combine systematic botanics, chemistry analyses and Geographic Information Sy stems in order to assess the present conservation state and enhance better management measures in the county of Ia Еџi. The EUNIS database describes the taxon as Leu zea altaica (Spreng.) vegetating in Sarmatic saline meadows [1]

Factors that influence the geomechanical char acteristics of rocks can be of different nature, being divided into two broad categories of external factors and internal factors. Internal factors influencing the geomechanical characteristics of the rocks are the geological, physical and chemical. From the geological point of view, the main characteristics that influence the behavior of rocks are: mineralogical composition, structure and texture. From Physical and ch emical point of view rocks are directly influenced...

Western Anatolia in Turkey is one of the areas in which the earth`s continental crust has been rapidly deformed. The dominant system is a graben system in western part of the Anatolia. There are various suggestions about the type of the deformation, the amount of extension and the formation of grabens. The regional tectonic structures of western Anatolia is characterized by strike-slip and normal fault zones. Tuzla fault zone, in Izmir in Western Anatolia, is one of the most important of them. The seismic activity...

Kosova has a significant resources of coal-lig nite, that is the mo st important energy resource, which supplies about 98% of total electricity production. During the process of electricity generati on amount existing plants release enormous quantity of ash, CO 2, NOx and SO 2.These discounts have impact in the air and water, and as well affecting the health of the population. The number of residents in the Obiliq Municipality and suburb is increasing with cancer an disease respiratory and ch ronic diseases. This ...

During mining activities, as a result of removal of inert materials for unfolding layers of lignite, has resulted into covering and degradation of large areas of land. This inert material is now distributed in some areas, in the form of landfill, often referred to as wastelands or dump tuck, and occupied this area: Folding Lismir – Kuzmin 780 ha, folding Shipitullë – 136 ha, folding deep Lugu 437 ha, folding Vasilevo 157 ha, folding Palaj 49 ha. From the above data results that the degraded land from wastelan...

Forecast of international experts shows that by the end of the first quarter of this century there will be about 20-30% less copper produced from natural resources in relation to consumption (needs) in the world. Therefore, it is planned to compensate for the lack of processing of raw materials with recycling of technogene waste, which contains copper. In this respect the planned implementation of this process (technological process) has a special significance, especially as the processi ng of these raw materials,...

The Alborz range, surrounding the south Caspian basin, forms a composite orogenic belt and has suffered shortening and uplift through several tectonic events from the Late Triassic Cimmerian orogeny to the present day stage of convergence between the Arabian and Eurasian Plates. The central Alborz, comprises main ly Tertiary rock formations, is an intensively deformed portion in which deformation is accommodated on major reverse faults. These faults are transversely crosscut by several NE- and NW- trending strike-...

In this study, nickel extraction from Karaçam (Eskisehir) region laterites by hydrochloric acid leaching is ai med. The mineralogical analysis showed that the ore sample contains goethite, hema tite, wustite, retgers ite, gaspeite and clay type minerals together with quartz. The effects of various parameters such as leaching time, stirring speed, acid concentration and leaching temperature on nickel recovery were determined. The shrinking core model was applied to the results of experime nts investigating the eff...

The Triassic sediments in the Moesian Platform are very well explored. The study area is in the Bulgarian territory and covers ce ntral part of the South Moesian Platform Margin and adjoining zone to the north. The Triassic rocks there are characterized by considerable diversity, thickness and burial depths. Among them Mitrovo Fm. (T 2lad- T3crn) contains mostly silty-argillacious car bonates with a fair to good organic matter content. The Pre-Jurassic erosion reached different le vels up to Middle Triassic, Lower...

The health risks for people in residential zones most often result from the dangerous chemicals but also physical risks. Realization of living and working environment protection system which w ould provide harmony between humans, their activities and nature, required an integral approach. The presence of toxins in drinking water and food are significant factors ac ting on human health. The food additives become and increasing hazard and instrument for permanent disruption of human health. The occurrence of lead in...

An analysis of climatic and social-economic conditions of territory of Tomsk oblast was used to study environmental management risk connected with change of conditions of modern ecological system.

Submitted article deals with sy stem regulation of potable water supply customers in crisis situations. The main emphasis is lay stress on means alternative and forced supply of water, their safety from side of responsib le terminals of critical infrastructure and on possibilities of creation quite a number of special events natu ral, but primary anthropogenic character, which manage to syst em violation of supply of potable water. From analysis of available information about potential threats of remembered system...

The economic development includes the macro approach to all economic fields. The important economic tools are those wh ich lead economic subjects through the internationalization of th e living environment and costs of natural resources exploitation. Since the economic development is only one part of the overall economic development, the future economic growth cannot be imagined without the ecological protection and environmental reproduction.

Geografical information system (GIS) is curre ntly the most used tool for analyzing and presenting spatial digital data of various sources. This article is focused on the application of GIS tools in the process of data processing for the needs of tourism informations. Processed spatial information of the tourism of fer the possibility to create different analysis and output s oriented primarily to the requirements of the user (potential tourists). Slovak Paradise is a popular tourist region and through the use of ...

As is shown in the paper, Russia and its Far Eastern region (RFE) possess large amounts of mineral wealth, comparable to th at of China, USA, Australia, Canada and other major mineral producing countries. The same can be said with respect to the production of mineral commodities, including highly valuable ones. Unfortunately, country's and region's mineral potentials are insufficiently geologically explored and are not used to their full capacity. Presumably, the situation can be s ubstantially corrected in positi...

Structure of the mathematical model of underground coal gasification process in terms of material and energy (heat) balance is presented in this paper. Base inputs of gasification process are coal (coal model) and oxidant (a mixture of oxygen and air), which appropriate combination has to ensure the best possible conditions for the gasification process. The expected energy output from coal gasification process is a synthetic gas - syngas. Components such as ash, tar and unburned coal are side outputs of the proces...

The paper presents the factors affecting the performance of a mining company, identified and classified into two categories: internal and external factors. Further, the paper evaluates the external factors affecting the activity of a mining company, and identifies possible correlations between factors or group of factors and the performance indicators of the mining co mpany. These correlations are validated in time by the evolution of the pair: external f actor – indicator value, or are object of simulations –...

Dojran Lake is the smallest natural lake in Macedonia, but is very important water resource for population in the region. Main economy in the region is tourism and fishery. Dojran Lake with its hydrological basin is a closed hydrological system with natural inflow of water to th e lake, but no natural outflow. Recharge of the lake is from direct surface and underground inflow. In the period 1988-2000, the water level in the lake continuously was declining. Water level declination caused ecological catastrophe for ...

Daily precipitation data measured in 38 meteorological stations during all months of the year in the period (1960 – 2009) are sorted looking for consecutive days with precipitation. The used 38 points are approximately uniformly located on the territory of the country (19 in North Bulgaria and 19 in South Bulgaria) and represent in fact the basic (synoptic) stations in the meteorologi cal network of the National Institute of Meteorology and Hydrology. Fifteen cases of extreme number of consecutive days with prec...

Significant economic mineralizations of Kosova territory are hydrothermal deposits of Pb-Zn. These deposits are located mainly in northern and eastern part of Kosovo, the so- called Trepca ore belt, which has a longitudinal stretch about 80 km and consists of a number of mineralized deposits and occurrences. In the geological context, this ore belt is part of the Vardar zone and associated with volcanic and sub volcanic rocks. Most of these deposits are located in the sequences carbonate and other rocks of differe...

The main shortcoming of the earlier offered casing methods was the fact that along with the productivity slowdown of a well, in some cases there was observed renewing of sanding, with even greater intensity. Renewal of sand production after the carried out casing is explained by the specificity of cement stone perforation, in the production process of which a part of projectiles remain in layer of a cement stone, and the other, with the influence on a productive layer, dest roys it, forming new caverns. In additio...

Hydrological parameters have major impact to water, energy, civil engineering, industry and other commercial and non-economic branches. For the determination of the hydrological processes are: observed, measured and recorded data on hydrological phenomena. Our knowledge of these phenomena modes is the basis for good planning and management of water resources. As a source of information for defining the characteristics we used measured data. The effectiveness of water systems depends on the measurement and hydrolog...

In seismic microzonation we want to display the variation in seismic response of the subsurface and subsequently determine where the soil is being amplified to a level that may damage existing buildings or other structures. Frequently peak ground acceleration (PGA) is used to determine the maximu m horizontal forces that can be expected. The method is not always adequate, because PGA often corresponds to high frequencies, which are out of range of the natural frequencies of most structures. The largest amplificati...

In this paper we emphasize the main methods of data fusion with potential applications in navigation systems with micro and nano sensors. In the introduction are outlined some basic features of data fusion process. Further the work is st ructured as it follows: 2) Architectures for sensor data fusion, 3) M odels for sensor data fusion; 4) Sensor data fusion methods, 5) Sensor management. At the point 2 of this paper are presented information regarding different types of data fusion architectures, and also the crit...

Creep damage of pressure equipment invol ves a great variety of high temperature components ranging from superheaters, bo iler drums, furnaces, reactors, etc. Consequences of failures of these components are of high economic and safety concern. Moreover, the probability of failure of high temperature components is now increasing due to frequent cyclic of power plants im posed by a deregulated market and the search for increasing temperatures in ultra supercritical plants. A housing from high-pressure steam turbine...

The bauxite is not processed through the usua l processes of ore en richment because of the mineralogical composition and structure, the intergrowths of minerals being very fine. Mineralogical characterization is very important to choose the method of extracting alumina from bauxite. This paper presents the mineralogical st udy of a hydrargyllitic bauxite from Sierra Leone and of the red mud resulted after extraction of alumina by Bayer method. The mineralogical characterization of red mud is needed to choose the ...

The paper deals with the description of actual technologies and trends in the development of miniaturized accelerometers used in inertial naviga tion systems. At the technology levels discussions are made ar ound the micro-electro-mechanical systems (MEMS), nano- electro-mechanical systems (NEMS), micro-opto-electro-mechanical systems (MOEMS), and nano-opto-electro- mechanical systems (NOEMS). Miniature accelerometers use two main methods of de tection: 1) moving or bending under the action of an acceleration plat...

Soil erosion associated with non-point source pollution is viewed as a process of land degradation in many terrestrial environments. The question of nutrient loading of rivers and reservoirs, as it relates to sediment in general and farmland erosion in particular, is still a potentially important issue. This paper presents the suggestion of model for predicting the total nitrogen, phosphorus and potassium contents in reservoir bottom sediments. The model is based on the soil loss calculation using the Univer sal S...

Many researches have been carried out in field of “Roof rock behavior in coal mines", most of them concentrated on mines devel opment networks; but a less attention have been paid to assessment and classification of roof strata behavior over long wall coal mining panels. In this paper, It has been a ttentioned to roof strata behavior over long wall coal mining panels in East Alborz coal mines. Intens ive field work and laboratory analyses that discuses the influence of various parameters on roof rock behavior of...

One of the most characteristic features of the processes in the area of mining and processing of earth resources is their comple xity. The modern methods of investigation, monitoring and control of these processes utilize approaches ba sed upon modeling of the processes. In this paper we will focu s only on the dynamical processes, where the mathematical models are diffe rential equations. As it results from the last research works, majority of the real objects in ge neral are fractional-order systems. Fractional-...

Spatial data are being used in the process of effective decision making, for optimal resource management and continuous development. A need for properly maintained cadastral records enforced the development of spatial data infrastr ucture at national, regional and global level. NSDI (National Spatial Data Infras tructure) decreases redundancy and allows an easy access, share and exchange of spatial data on the principles of interoperability. NSDI de velopment must be based on the ISO 19100 series of standards and ...

The aim of paper is information about a complex model for computation a surface runoff as an ArcGIS geoprocessing tool. Th e formulated LOREP model represents an application for the identification and loca lization of areas with low flood storage capability. The procedure of computation of te rritorial specific surface runoff is based on a combination of specific functions in LOREP as hydrological equations of the runoff curve number method and spatially distributed unit hydrographs. Model involves a transformatio...

The landscape structure, its components and their developments are possible to monitor from several, mutually complementary aspect s: arrangement of gradients (abiotic and biotic) across the territory without signifi cant and sharp boundaries; arrangement of areas in the mosaic of the landscape; network of areas and corridors; system of boundaries and rims in the landscape mosaic [1]. The investigation into ecotones enabled a better understanding of the causal relationships between certain landscape elements, land...

Reliable and safe operation of pipelines is one of the basic requirements of natural gas transmission. Construction of new routes but also runni ng existing pipelines requires planning and risk assessment. Pipeline Integr ity Management is a system that requires collection and processing of information not only about the route and condition of piping systems, but also an analysis of all f actors that can contribute significantly to the fail of integrity. Qualitative ri sk analysis is used for th e effective decisi...

The analysis of the air quality impact of the industry production reduction was elaborated by means of th e air quality pollution modeling in accord with the Czech reference methodology SYMOS"97. All relevant pollution sources were included. It concerned local and contiguous extra large and large air pollution sources (REAPS 1), medium-sized sources, local heating systems (small sources) and the road traffic. Also the local pollution background and the tran sfrontier pollution transmission were estimated. The air ...

The increasing environmental impact from the construction becomes a serious problem that can cause significant damage, not only to ecosystems but also to the health and wellbeing of field workers and nearby resident s of construction sites. Therefore, is necessary to approach and continuous effort within the industry in order to achieve the objectives sustainable constr uction and reducing of the environmental impacts of construction. A recent study shows that construction is the third largest industry sector in t...

This paper presents the investigations related to Moho - disc ontinuity on the territory of the Republic of Macedonia. Conducted inves tigations using deep seismic sounding are base for correlation analysis of the dependen ce of the depth of the Moho - discontinuity with some physical parameters. The paper shows the map of the Moho - discontinuity of the territory of the Republic of Macedonia. The depth varies from 48 km on the west, 30 km in the Vardar zone and 45 km to the east to the border with Bulgaria. Topog...

Monitoring of environmental components, in relation to changes in global biochemical cycles and the presence of their deposition, is one of the world`s most attractive areas of research. This area plays an important role in the sphere of crisis management. One of the dominant components of the environment is water, in all states, especially in forms of snow and ice. Monitoring of weight and height of snow deposition concentrations is the main task of research projects of envi ronmental, geographical and technical ...

This paper provides an analysis of the info rmation registered in the Seveso Plants Information Retrieval System (SPIRS) about Seveso establishments in Europe and which are collected from the 27 European Union Member States (MS) and three EEA/EFTA countries in accordance with the Seveso II Directive. As of September 2010, 9937 Seveso establishments are recorded in SPIRS. Four MS account for more than half (54%) of th ese establishments. This work also highlights the possibility of integrating information contained...

During 2008/10 we have investigated the cowslip (Primula veris L.) populations in different habitats across Kosovo in order to find morphological differences and genetic resources. We have found that this species in Kosovo is distributed in different altitudes, from 700 m (Mramor) up to 2000 m (Albanian Alps). We have observed more than 16 8 localities, in which cowslip was present. Largest populations were found in Albanian Alps, in Sharri Mountains and in the Shala region (Northern Kosovo). For investigated para...

The importance of understanding seismic waves and measurement waves has gravitated form the seismic prediction to training electromagnetic propagation. Seismic electromagnetic waves may be useful in shor t-term earthquake prediction. It was found our observation system is influenced by lightni ng as far away as about hundreds km in the VLF and LF range. It is found that the increase in the number of LF and VLF electromagnetic pulses before earthquakes were generated by lightning. Some researches show that there is...

The NELA system was created in coope ration with the Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science of VЕ B-Technical University of Ostrava and the Neurocognitive Laboratory of the Univers ity Hospital Ostrava for the purpose of neurocognitive rehabilitation of patients who, owing to the system, can carry out practice tests comfortably from their homes and thus contribute to their quicker recovery. The fundamental bases of neuroc ognitive rehabilitation rely on the so-called brain plasticity, i.e. the abil...

Coal mining is connected with many burdens, which affect mostly the safety of mining. One of the most serious problems is exhalation of methane to the mine air. This Paper describes methods used for degassing in Czech Republic’s underground coal mines. Authors deal with new options and new trends in mainta ining security by the means of degassing drill holes. There are two main methods Czech Republic used to prevent accumulation of the Methane gas in gaseous mines. The first method is sufficiently effective vent...

During the research of flora and vegetation of Sharri Mountains we have found five new taxons for Kosovo’s flora. As part of the Sharri Mountains we have also researched Mushtisht Mountain which occupied the northeas tern part of the Sharri Mountains and range in altitude 480 - 2092 m (Maja Pashallare). These terrains are rich with rare endemic and relict species to the Balkans and that species have been preserved very well especially at the valley of the Rusenica. During research the Mushtisht Mountain flora’...

The main topic of the article is mineralogical research in the North Bohemian Brown Coal Basin. This work summarises new knowledge for the 2002 – 2009 period, five new minerals were identified in the basin in the interval: anorthite, esseneite, ferrierite, melilite, and srebrodolskite. The second object of the article is the situation of important localities of the Krušné Hory Mountains. Main attention is devoted to a newly discovered amethyst locality Černý Potok.

Complex uranium ores of Kazakhstan are a potential raw source of gold and RRE, for example, scandium. Experime ntal researches on opening of ores various leaching systems are spent. It is shown, that uran ium accompanying metals can be extracted in solutions.

The noise propagation an alysis is critical in noise lo aded areas for a remedy search. Very useful tool for these analyses is mathematical modeling. Any modeling of a real world scenario has to consider a number of input data, noise sources, the landscape over which the noise is propagating and the location of the receivers. All these input data has a spatial character and that’s why it was decided to perform the noise propagation modeling in the GIS environment. A noise pollution modeling takes the geometry fr...