African Journal of
Environmental Science and Technology

  • Abbreviation: Afr. J. Environ. Sci. Technol.
  • Language: English
  • ISSN: 1996-0786
  • DOI: 10.5897/AJEST
  • Start Year: 2007
  • Published Articles: 1148

Table of Content: October 2017; 11(10)

October 2017

Pig faeces digestion as compared to anaerobic co-digestion using waste waters sludge or bovine ruminal gastric content treatments

Anaerobic co-digestion improves the pig faeces digestion process. This work presents anaerobic digestion of pig faeces (C) as compared to 2 co-substrates: Sludge (L) from waste waters and bovine ruminal gastric content (R). Pig faeces used were generated in a local farm at the Juarez Autonomous University of Tabasco (UJAT), with a total population of 148 animals. Analytical determinations were made on the substrate and...

Author(s): José Ramón Laines Canepa, Shayla Montejo Olán, José Aurelio Sosa Olivier, Israel Ávila Lázaro and Gabriel Núñez Nogueira

October 2017

Effects of soil bund on soil physical and chemical properties in Arsi Negelle woreda, Central Ethiopia

This study was conducted in Arsi Negelle woreda of West Arsi Zone, Oromia regional state. The main objective of the study was to investigate the impacts of soil bund on soil physical and chemical properties in Arsi Negelle woreda. The soil data was collected from sites namely: lowland, midland and highland and from soil bunds aged >4 years, <4 years and control of farmland. Three representative sites were selected...

Author(s): Dulo Husen, Feto Esimo and Fisiha Getechew

October 2017

Correlation and mapping of geothermal and radioactive heat production from the Anambra Basin, Nigeria

Twelve sheets of aeromagnetic and aeroradiometric data covered the study area. The data was used to investigate heat sources. The aeromagnetic data were combined to form a composite map- total magnetic intensity (TMI) anomaly map and aeroradiometric data of each radio-element were combined to produce the radioelements maps. Regional-residual separation of the total magnetic intensity data was performed using polynomial...

Author(s): Kuforijimi Olorunsola and Christopher Aigbogun

October 2017

Evidence for a gas-flaring source of alkanes leading to elevated ozone in air above West Africa

As part of the African Monsoon Multidisciplinary Analysis (AMMA) project, the FAAM BAe-146 research aircraft sampled the lower and mid-troposphere around the West Africa sub-region. Back trajectory analysis of the air parcels sampled on-board during the entire duration of the flights showed the history and fate of the air parcels. Data from flights B228 and B231 showed strongly enhanced carbon monoxide (CO) and ozone...

Author(s): O. G. Fawole, X. Cai and A. R. MacKenzie,

October 2017

Increased streamflow dynamics and implications for flooding in the Lower River Benue Basin

The paper dealt with increased streamflow dynamics and implications for flooding in the Lower River Benue Basin. The study utilised data collected over a period of more than fifty years (1955-2012) from three hydrological stations operated by the Nigerian Hydrological Services Agency (NIHSA). The average discharge at Umaisha was 4,919.47 cubic metres per second (m3/s). Average discharge at Makurdi hydrological station...

Author(s): Roland Clement Abah, and Brilliant Mareme Petja,