Just as the double-pipe heat exchanger is being utilized in an increasing number of applications, its research content is also deepening. For this paper, based on the air-conditioning cold and heat source project of a building in Handan, Hebei Provin...
Understanding the isotopic composition and interrelations of different water bodies at the soil–plant–atmosphere continuum (SPAC) is crucial to reveal the processes and mechanisms of regional water cycles. Rainfall, river water, plant, an...
In order to study the distribution pattern of hydrocarbons in the shallow layer of the slope area outside of the source in the hydrocarbon-bearing basin, we built a method to predict the favorable site of the fault that adjusts hydrocarbon to the sha...
To better understand the geothermal system of the Gonghe Basin, we deployed 471 magnetotelluric survey points with an average distance of 2~3 km, covering the eastern and southern areas of the Basin. We used ModEM inversion software to carry out 3D i...
Winter wheat is a major staple crop worldwide, and real-time monitoring of soil moisture content (SMC) is critical for yield security. Targeting the monitoring needs under arid conditions in southern Xinjiang, this study proposes a UAV multispectral-...
A model for predicting shallow depth soil temperatures is important and effective to assess the changes in soil conditions related to global climate change and local disturbances. Shallow-depth soil temperature estimation model in cold region in Alas...
Intensified human activities in recent years, such as wastewater discharge and agricultural non-point source pollution have led to a decline in lake water quality, especially in the middle and lower reaches of the Yangtze River Basin, which threaten...
Ecosystem water use efficiency (WUE) is a key indicator of carbon–water coupling in ecosystems under climate change. While WUE responses to meteorological droughts are well-documented, the influence of different soil layers on WUE across vegeta...
Considering the importance of soil moisture in hydrological processes, it is crucial to understand the water distribution and time stability of different aerial shrub soils. There are few studies on the soil moisture of aerial vegetation in the north...
The western mining regions of China, known for shallow-buried and high-intensity mining activities, face significant ecological threats due to damage to loose strata and the surface. The evolution of fissures within the loose layer is a critical issu...
Water use strategies reflect the ability of plants to adapt to drought caused by climate change. However, how these strategies change with stand development and seasonal drought is not fully understood. This study used stable isotope techniques (&del...
Irrigation depth plays a critical role in regulating soil water availability and root water uptake in perennial orchards, yet its mechanistic effects remain poorly understood in subtropical red-soil hilly regions characterized by strong evaporative d...
Ecological evidence for epifaunal communities on offshore wind farm structures remains geographically concentrated in temperate Northeast Atlantic systems, whereas comparable studies from the subtropical Northwest Pacific remain limited. We sampled u...
Vegetation photosynthesis is jointly regulated by precipitation supply, atmospheric water demand, and vertically stratified soil moisture, but their relative roles across vegetation types and hydroclimatic backgrounds remain unclear. Using monthly sa...
With the implementation of the policy of ecological protection and high-quality development of the Yellow River Basin, the Guohe River Basin, which is close to the middle reaches of the Yellow River Basin, is also an important part of future developm...
In this study, survey methods including seismic techniques and controlled-source audio-frequency magnetotelluric, drilling, and pumping tests were employed to investigate the geothermal systems and their formation mechanisms in northern Shanxi Provin...
Deep saturated layered foundations are common in coastal and reclaimed areas, where weak interlayers can significantly influence seismic response and settlement. To investigate the seismic behavior of ultra-deep strata and the effectiveness of target...
Moisture plays a pivotal role in the establishment of vegetation in sandy areas, underscoring the need to comprehend the water utilization strategies employed by established trees for the judicious use of water resources. Despite this significance, t...
To improve the detection accuracy of vehicles and pedestrians in traffic scenes using object detection algorithms, this paper presents modifications, compression, and deployment of the single-stage typical algorithm YOLOv7-tiny. In the model improvem...
The desert–oasis ecotone is ecologically fragile, yet the profile-scale role of the Dry-Sand Layer (DSL) in regulating soil moisture stratification and plant community assembly remains poorly understood. We systematically investigated six repre...
The sound design of landfills is essential in order to protect human health and the environment (air, water, and soil). The study area, Babylon Governorate, is situated in the middle of Iraq, and is distinguished by a hot climate and shallow groundwa...
In this study, three typical plants capable of restoring in the Heidaigou open-pit mine dump, namely, Pinus sylvestris var. mongolica, Caragana korshinskii, and Medicago sativa, were taken as the research objects. The δ2H and δ18O values...
In arid and semi-arid regions, the climatic impact on lakes is especially critical, as they are scarce and play an important role as a primary source of the water supply. However, in some extended regions with those climatic conditions, the implement...
To investigate the contamination of PCBs in agricultural soils irrigated chronically with polluted water and the distribution and migration of PCBs under long-term irrigation, 100 farmland soil profile samples were collected in the Yellow River irrig...
The destruction of shallow aquifers by water-conducting fractures of overlying strata caused by underground coal mining is the most representative form of mining-induced damage in the Yushenfu mining area. It has become an important factor restrictin...
Yangjiang coastal waters provide vital spawning grounds, feeding grounds, and nursery areas for many commercial fish species. It is important to understand the spatial distribution of fish for the management, development, and protection of fishery re...
The evolution of toppling deformation of anti-dip slope is essentially a process of energy dissipation and transformation. Aiming to study the characteristics of energy evolution in different stages, the DEM (discrete element method) software PFC (Pa...
Preferential flow in coal mining subsidence areas leads to shallow soil moisture loss, vegetation reducing and ecological degradation. However, the factors influencing the development of preferential flow remain unclear. This study analyzed the morph...
Rainfall-induced instability of highway slopes with a soil–rock binary structure may be strongly influenced by the hydraulic barrier effect of low-permeability shale. This study investigated the right-side slope along the D-ramp section from DK...
As the depth of mineral exploration increases, integrated geophysical methods are increasingly playing a crucial role in prospecting deep structures at the district scale. The Nanling-Xuancheng ore district is the eighth ore district in the middle-lo...
In this study, we investigated the seasonal phytoplankton community and phytoplankton functional types (PFTs) in the vicinity of Dokdo Island, located in the East/Japan Sea, in 2019. With strong seasonal winds, the water column was well mixed in wint...
Several short sections from Istria (northern Adriatic Sea) were studied to determine the impact of short-term climate variability on pelagic assemblages from the northern mid-latitudes during a critical period of evolution in the mid-Eocene greenhous...
This study investigated the formation mechanism of the Kahui Geothermal Field in Western Sichuan, China, using geophysical and geochemical approaches to elucidate its geological structure and geothermal origins. This study employed a combination of 2...
We aimed to investigate the corrosion patterns and the main controlling factors of N80 steel and P110 steel tubing under different sections. Conducting weight loss corrosion experiments for 168 h using high-temperature and high-pressure autoclaves to...
For a binary structure slope with a soil layer on the top and a rock layer on the bottom, during the rainfall process, surface runoff will cause soil and water loss on the slope surface and damage to the slope environment. When rainwater infiltrates...
Mechanical subsoiling is an effective practice to promote better water infiltration and crop root development. The bending subsoiling tool (BST) is a primary subsoiling tool and is used to remove soil compaction and restore soil productivity. In this...
Mangrove sediments represent vital reservoirs for carbon storage in coastal wetland ecosystems, and characterizing their organic carbon stocks and sources is critical for elucidating carbon cycling dynamics and accurately quantifying blue carbon sink...
The Dongying Depression (Bohai Bay Basin, eastern China) was widely filled with evaporite (anhydrite and halite) layers during the Paleogene period, especially the middle of the fourth member of the Shahejie Formation (Es4). Most evaporite layers are...
Power system maintenance is an important guarantee for the stable operation of the power system. Power line autonomous inspection based on Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) provides convenience for maintaining power systems. The Power Line Extraction (...
To study the spatial distribution of soil salinization, the temporal and spatial variations of groundwater depth, along the Yellow River saline–alkali land, were analyzed. GIS technology was used to conduct spatial interpolation and quantitativ...
Shallow lake sediments have huge potential for carbon storage, but they are vulnerable to various environmental changes and are highly susceptible to becoming a source of carbon emissions. Understanding the amount of sediment carbon storage can provi...
The Sheyang estuary is located on the northern Jiangsu muddy coast, in the western South Yellow Sea, and in the transition area between the eroded coast of the abandoned Yellow River delta and the silted coast of the central Jiangsu. This area is als...
Although the current ecological engineering technology can reinforce shallow landslides, it cannot reinforce deep landslides. A new type of ecological engineering technology-living tree stump slope protection was developed, aiming at the deficiency o...
The Tazhong No. 2 fault zone is a major fault zone in the Tazhong area, and studying its structural characteristics is of great significance for hydrocarbon exploration. Based on detailed structural interpretation of 2D and 3D seismic data, this stud...
The trade-off between speed and precision is a key step in the detection of small polyps in wireless capsule endoscopy (WCE) images. In this paper, we propose a hybrid network of an inception v4 architecture-based single-shot multibox detector (Hyb-S...
This study uses the Finite-Volume Community Ocean Model (FVCOM) to simulate the hydrodynamic processes during typhoon “Saola”. The simulation results closely match observed data. Typhoon “Saola” was a major system in the Pacif...
We used transient electromagnetic (TEM) to map the hydrogeological structures in the Choushui River Alluvial Fan in Yunlin County of central Taiwan. A total of 63 TEM measurements were collected using the FASTSNAP system with 50 × 50 m in-loop...
Soil moisture content has a direct effect on the growth rate and survival rate of trees. However, previous studies on soil moisture have often focused on the topsoil, lacking effective monitoring of long-term dynamic changes in deep soil layers. In t...
The phreatic surface and seepage field are key factors causing instability in tailings storage facilities (TSFs). In this study, electrical resistivity tomography (ERT) was used to determine the internal structure and phreatic surface of the TSF of H...
In the Heihe River basin, China, increased salinity and water shortages present serious threats to the sustainability of arid wetlands. It is critical to understand the interactions between soil water and salts (from saline shallow groundwater and th...
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