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Were described a quartz-veins zones which localized within metamorphosed rock of South Muya block Northeast part of Western Transbaikalia. During the research was received structural and material characteristics quartz veins different orientation of the creeks an Otvesny, a Krivoy and a Bambukoy river. Based of kinematic analysis, crack paragenesis highlighted and genetic nature is determined structural deformations. Thus was found out that paragenesis of quartz veins which has been studied was educated as a resul...

The oil fields of the Vereysky horizon (C2vr) are regional oil saturated on the Tatarstan Republic and located in the oil-and-gas-bearing Serpukhovsky-Vereysky basinal complex. In the sections are interbedding of various facial types of limestone with marls, clays, and sandstones. From below upwards along the section, the proportion of the clastic component increases and the carbonate component decreases. In the anticline structure, Vireysky oil-saturated reservoirs form multilayers series. Oil reservoirs are conf...

One of the properties of coal, used to evaluate the qualitative features of this mineral, is the microhardness of its particular components (macerals). Unfortunately, that parameter is relatively seldom used in analyses of this substance. Microhardness measurements are mostly used in research into metals, ceramics or composites; they are also sometimes used to analyse minerals and rocks. The objective of the paper presented here was to conduct coal's microhardness tests and to determine the relationship between st...

The methodology of obtaining the morphometric characteristics of large ice features by means of the improved technology of water thermal drilling with the drilling rate record to a logger is discussed in the article. Possibilities of diverse application of technology of thermal drilling (also for study of physical-mechanical ice properties) and perspectives of its development are shown. Peculiarities of data processing and analysis by the internal structure of ice ridges and stamukhas are considered. Specific char...

A characteristic feature of fuel cells is a weak dependence of their energy efficiency on the scale of the installation and the ability to provide the required level of power by simply increasing the number of fuel cells. The use of fuel cells, including in combination with renewable energy sources, can mean a technological revolution in the transport sector and energy, will reduce the negative impact on the environment to a minimum level. In this paper, a review of the current state of problems and trends in the ...

The sustainable development of the economy of many countries is due to the stability of the oil and gas complex. Revenues of oil and gas companies form a significant part of the state budget revenues and the balance of payments. The government accumulates gold reserves by the seizure of windfall revenues of the oil companies in the period of high oil prices. In this article, we analyzed the development of the Russian oil and gas industry by the Substantial growth rate (SGR) model. In the study, the authors identif...

The long-term response of aquatic vegetation of shallow freshwater ecosystems to the anthropogenic impacts (water level changes, pollution by heavy metals) was studied in 1999-2018 at two water bodies of Leningrad region, Russia: the Rakovye lakes and Neva bay of the Gulf of Finland, the Baltic Sea. The researches included the analysis of satellite images from 1970 to 2018, and the study of the characteristics of the aquatic plants of different ecological groups (halophytes, floating and submerged plants) -the spa...

In this work, novel sorption material based on cellulose and polyvinyl alcohol cross-linked by calcium ions is obtained. In order to increase the oil capacity of the sorbent, the mineral glauconite, which has a natural sorption capacity concerning oil, was introduced into the cross-linked polymer matrix. The structure of the obtained polymer sorbent was studied: the method of infrared spectroscopy was used to study the effect of calcium chloride on the cross-linking of polymer components, optical microscopy was us...

This paper examines the level of vibrations transmitted to the crew on a river ship. This ship made a test cruise on the Danube, between Braila and Galati, round-trip (32Km). This cruise was done before the ship was repaired, to compare the levels of vibrations before and after the repairs and to check their efficiency. There were determined both the vibrations produced by the ship's equipment (engine, generator) and those to which crew members are subjected in the areas where they spend most of their time. To det...

This paper presents a study on deployment of policy based quality of service management at the mobile network edge. The requirements of fifth generation (5G) services for high bandwidth, low latency, reliability and availability can be fulfilled by Multi-access Edge Computing (MEC) former Mobile Edge Computing, which distributes cloud capabilities in the Radio Access Network. The paper studies the MEC potential for monitoring of accumulated usage of network resources based on data traffic volume on per session or ...

Construction and subsequent operation of port complexes leads to increased anthropogenic load on coastal and marine areas. An effective compensatory measure for load reduction is the organization in the neighboring parts of the shores of protected nature areas. We present the study results of the impact of nature protected areas to stabilize the ecological situation in the anthropogenic transformed coastal zone on the example for the port of Bronka, commissioned in 2015. The objects of study are the territory of t...

It is known that the solar-moon tides (SMT) influence often serves as a trigger releasing seismic energy in a prepared area of the earth's crust. The regular increase in the number of earthquakes during the syzygy and perigee was empirically determined at the end of the 19th century by A. Perret [1]. The tidal force reaches its highest value when the perigee coincides with syzygy, which occurs once a year. The such pattern is observed for rock bursts (RB) also. However, it should be noted that the most tide influe...

Between 1990 and 2015, the annual global amount of CO 2 emission generated by transport has increased by 68%, from around 4.6 GtCOGtCO2 to aroaround 7.7 GtCOGtCO2. Technological advances towards eco -friendly vehicles and policy incentives promoting environmentalenvironmental-friendly modes of transport have thus been offset by economic growth and increasing mobility. This study questions the relationship between ec onomic growth and sustainability performance of transport sector. It adds to the literature new ins...

The Niedzwiedzia Cave is one of the longest and deepest caves in Poland. The object is protected by the Nature 2000 Program, its natural value was the reason for creating there the area of Nature Reserve as well. Part of the cave has been available for tourists from 1983. In 2010 the entrance into the new route of the Cave was discovered, the length of which was over 1000 m. In the new discovered cave spaces many different, unique dripstones: stalagmites, stalactites, cascades, draperies and domes are present. Bec...

The influence of material resource flows in geosystems on formation of consumer value and the cost of high-tech products has been studied. For example, the flow of energy resources obtained indicators of impact of reducing their cost on the prices of high-tech goods. The occurrence of a cumulative effect in high-tech industries with multistage processing of resources is shown. Cumulation of reduced costs is formed. As a result, synergy of economic efficiency arises in geosystems. A mathematical model of the synerg...

Biochar samples were obtained by hydro-pyrolysis (600-800oC) of spent algae material, remaining after extraction of the liquid substances from algae for biodiesel production. The pore structure of the obtained carbon was studied by nitrogen adsorption at -196oC. The most prospective algae biochar sample obtained is distinguished by moderate surface area of 490 m2/g, as well as considerable microporosity (0.15 cm3/g) and mesoporosity (0.13 cm3/g). Pore size distribution show that the pores with size 1-3 nm prevail....

In this paper, we present an area, from the NV of the Transylvanian Basin, which has a particular geological structure. The complex geological aspects begin to be clarified once the Geological Maps 1: 50,000 were made. There is a marginal area in the North-East part, which is a monocline which sinks to the South and South-East. This marginal area is delimited by the sloping area through an important fracture, in the direction of Valley Calda - Gadalin - Gherla. Southwest of this fracture is the area with salt. The...

Marble onyx is a banded aggregate consisting of calcite and aragonite of the most diverse colors. Due to its decorative properties, onyx is valued in the jewelry and construction industry. In nature, marble onyx is formed by layer-by-layer deposition of carbonate substance from carbon-calcium dioxide water. It occurs mainly in the areas of young volcanism, rich in thermal springs. In recent years, information has appeared platform manifestations of onyx mineralization. One of these manifestations was found on the ...

The modern world faces serious challenges related to environmental protection, such as climate change, depletion of natural resources or loss of biodiversity. New economic and social models, as well as technologies are needed to bring significant benefits to the environment. Entrepreneurs also face the challenge of introducing changes and carrying out restructuring processes to effectively implement eco-innovations. One of the tools to determine the company's development potential in the area of eco-innovation is ...

In recent decades the crisis of obtaining natural organic raw materials attracts the attention of researchers to the use of renewable plant resources, to their deep processing in order to obtain the maximum yield of useful products. One of the most promising types of organic raw materials is spruce wood. Special attention of researchers to spruce wood is determined by its large reserves in Russia, the characteristics of its physicochemical properties and the composition of components. In this regard, studies have ...

3D plastic is a modern three-dimensional printing material that is very popular among home and professional 3D printers using layer-by-layer fusing technology (FDM). Today, in professional three-dimensional modeling, two main types of plastic thread are used - synthetic ABS and biodegradable PLA, which are converted into finished products in industrial FDM printers. Products from 3D printer are usually single-action models, which must be disposed of after use. However, synthetic polymers are not able to decompose ...

The purpose of this paper is to investigate the environmental effects of the telecommunications usage, residential and business, by assessment of the changes in the energy consumption in Bulgaria during the period 1994-2018. Bulgaria is one of the EU countries with the largest decline in energy consumption during the last decades. Many factors influence the amount and efficiency of energy consumption. The present research is based on the assumption that telecommunications cause energy consumption. The change and t...

Loop heat pipe is ingenious cooling device to remove waste heat from power electronic elements used in the specific applications e. g. where does not require forced cooling and where is not space for placement a big air cooler. Loop heat pipe transfer heat through the phase change of the working medium circulating in closed loop of the loop heat pipe. Ingenious of this device is in the heat transport without using any moving elements and gravity field. This work deal with experimental evaluation of cooling efficie...

Phosphorus is the most important biogenous element that is fundamentally necessary for biological reproduction in all its forms. The occurrence of phosphorus, in the Earth?s crust like carbon, is an example of geochemical relations. Approximately 170 known phosphor minerals in nature. The basic supplies of phosphorus in the earth crust concentrates in apatite that bonds about 95% of the total quantity of phosphorus in the lithosphere. Phosphates - of world production (80%) comes from sedimentary deposits. We have ...

One of many factors determining the success of the future exploitation of oceanic polymetallic nodules is the amount of resources and the accuracy of their estimation. The potential exploitation requires accurate estimation of resources classified as measured resources according to the Australian JORC Code (The Joint Ore Reserves Committee Code). The issue of the accuracy of polymetallic nodule resources estimation was analyzed in the area of the Clarion-Clipperton Fracture Zone in the Pacific administered by the ...

The agri-environmental policy of the CAP is not new to the EU. It has been developing for over twenty-five years, as agriculture is the sector directly dependent on abiotic and biotic environmental factors. On the eve of the new programming period (2021-2027), challenges in relation to the environment, climate and sustainable agriculture are increasing. In the context of deepening environmental changes, the risks to agriculture are limited to: changes in agricultural land; reduction of agricultural productivity; r...

The research of some features of the population distribution in the North of Russia has been presented in the paper. The aim of the research is to reveal systemic and prospective problems of population density estimating in Russia?s northern regions. The objects of the research were the subjects of the Russian Federation, fully or partially located in the Zone of the North. The population density in the North of Russia has been analyzed in the paper. The information concerning the area of the Russian Federation?s ...

Operations conducted by petroleum industry generate a whole range of drilling waste materials. In oil & gas industry, the most common wastes consist of used oil or water-based drilling fluids, bore dusts, and cuttings. The chemical composition of drilling waste and its toxicity depend primarily on the geological and technological conditions of drilling, the type of drilled rock deposits, type and composition of the spent drilling mud and also on solids control equipment. Sustainable waste management became one of ...

In modern conditions of waste disposal is extremely relevant. Issues arising from the disposal of waste material, even in small quantities, are relevant to most countries of the world. In mining, they entail the solution of a whole complex of problems associated with the disposal of waste mining enterprises, rational use of underground waste space, preventing negative effects on the environment (natural and urban). The use of underground waste space makes it possible to utilize the waste of mining enterprises, to ...

The authors studied the change in the content of dissolved total iron, pH, Eh and mineralization of water bodies of the Azov sea catchment were constructed according to the megaprofile "Mine waters of the coal mining area, sedimentation and aerators ponds, small rivers (Eastern Donbass) ? Don River - Taganrog Bay - Azov Sea". The content of total dissolved iron decreased when moving from the area of mine waters to the Azov Sea, and the values of the hydrogen index, in the same direction, increased. For mineralizat...

The analysis of the land consolidation benefits for the country is an important part of the study of theory and practice. Land consolidation is one of the tools for the complex arrangement of ownership relations to land and also to the development of rural areas. In the definition of land consolidation we can imagine the arrangement of the parcels, allotment, deployment of types of the land, roads, water management, erosion control, environmental, terrain, and other measures. The analysis of the individual procedu...

Here we report immobilization of GOx on magnetic silica: (i) nanoparticles Fe3O4 with silica coating (Fe3O4-SiO2) and (ii) mesoporous silica with incorporated nanoparticles Fe3O4 (SiO2-Fe3O4) functionalized with amino groups using glutaraldehyde as a linker. Magnetic support based biocatalysts demonstrate high catalytic activity in D-glucose oxidation to D-gluconic acid at pH 5-7.5 and temperature of 30-50?C with the best activities of 95% and 94% for SiO2-Fe3O4-GOx and Fe3O4-SiO2-GOx, respectively. A comparison o...

The energy system is an area which requires a large enough attention in the process of automation and the use of all the possibilities of producer of energy from renewable sources. It is not enough to produce energy but also to collect and trade to the true value, without being used intermediate bodies for recouping. Drop is a technology that allows users to collect data, information from one or more establishments located remotely and send instructions with limited control by them. The article presents a study wh...

The world today is characterized by globalization, the development of information technologies and diversity of values, so people's activities in a wide variety of fields are expanding, but the boundaries between them are becoming more and more uncertain. Different fields are converging. Today, knowledge transfer is not possible an individual must be able to apply knowledge, use skills and show attitudes in complex ways to solve problems in real life situations. The current competence is the ability to adequately ...

Plant biodiversity is important in economic terms in Romania, as well as for the ecosystem aspect maintaining and giving spiritual value and comfort. As a result, the article aims to focus attention on the appreciation of plant species in the center of an inexhaustible source of renewable energy. Agricultural holdings in Romania mainly cultivate cereals, some with records in production (for example maize production in 2018). Cereals are well known for their food potential and animal feed. At the same time, after h...

Nowadays, the energy sector of any country is confronted with many urgent problems. This is due to the fact that this sector, like others, it works mainly on a heritage of the past (conventional sources of energy). The aim of this paper is to analyze the economic aspects of extracting clean energy in Romania. In this scope, a comprehensive analysis of the wind potential in parallel with the economic potential is conducted. For the wind analysis a data set that covers a 30-year interval (01 January 1989 to 31 Decem...

The national report on innovations declares that the innovative system in Russia is weak due to unfavorable environment for innovations, including problems and challenges in commercialization, infrastructure, culture, knowledge and institutions The above-mentioned environment is of special importance for innovative territorial clusters with a large number of scientists who ensure the permanent reproduction of innovative potential. Under these conditions, the priority is to create innovative eco-environment for the...

The oil and gas industry faces problems such as hydrates, waxes, corrosion and asphaltenes, which among them the formation of hydrates is one of the most serious problems.Gas hydrates include water and light gas molecules and the form at low temperatures and high pressures, as these conditions are available inside the oil and gas pipelines. They are responsible for the blockage of flow lines, valves and well heads, thereby causing great loss of production and other severe safety hazards to the oil and gas industry...

Rapeseed crop is an economical competitive crop which could have a good yield and a good profit to farmers. Due to its biological particularities the rapeseed crop is at the same time the highest risky crop in Europe, especially due to lower percent of emerged plants after sowing or due to lower hardiness during winter. To increase rapeseed resistance to drought and pests attack, during germination, there is a huge need to develop and use a new products based on Gibberellic Acids (GA3) and amino acids for seed tre...

This paper presents a study of the wastewater treatment station of the ?Low Danube", in which were analyzed the variations of physico-chemical parameters of the influent and effluent, as well as the efficiency of the treatment processes. The requirements on the quality of the effluent are in accordance with Council Directive 91/271/EEC on wastewater treatment, which aims is to prevent the negative effects of discharges of urban waste water and waste water from certain industrial activities. The parameters analyzed...

The quality of environment is one of the most important factors which effects on the living conditions. Ordinary people hardly understand the general statistical data at national level for environment but they assess by intuition and show on government and local authorities their opinion for pursued policy. The goal of research was designing an integral index for complex assessing of environment at regional level by studying and analyzing of used indicators for monitoring of environment at this administrativeterri...

The sharp and widespread environmental degradation caused by the often-uncontrolled emissions of industrial waste posed a new challenge for humanity - the transition to an environmentally oriented way of business [1]. The previously uncontrolled use of the ecological potential of the planet in the interests of technological progress has created many problems in many areas of human activity. And, as it is impossible by the way, I remember the warning of F. Engels that you should not deceive yourself with victories ...

The study was aimed to assess the environmental safety of Russian companies. The research is based on the analysis of the Russian companies? reports in the field of sustainable development. One of the main goals of the study was to identify problematic areas of improving the environmental accounting system and indicators of environmental reports of companies that use the natural resource. The methodological basis of the study was the Russian and international legislation in the field of ecology, standards of susta...

Our field of scientific research is part of the Central Federal District of Russia. The population is 754,816 people; the share of urban population is 66.72%. On the territory of the Oryol region, there is 24,652 km2. Oryol is the administrative center, the whole region is divided into 24 districts, the region is located in the central part of the Central Russian Upland in the forest-steppe zone in the south-west of the European part of Russia. The climate of the Oryol region is moderately continental. In the area...

This paper describes theoretical and practical issues of neural network application for the seismic facies analysis. The authors attention was paid to the identification method of seismic facies by self-organizing neural network map by using the correlation matrix of calculated seismic attributes (Instantaneous frequency, Envelope, Gradient magnitude, Instantaneous phase, Variance, Relative acoustic impedance, Sweetness, Chaos) and facies from the wells. The method allows to build a facies distribution map. The pu...

This paper presents the results of a study of the mineral composition of rocks on the example of one of the high viscosity oil deposits. Studies were performed using X-ray diffraction analysis. Samples of both the reservoir itself, represented by bituminous sandstone, and samples of overburden and underlying formations composed of clays and limestones were studied. Samples were taken from several wells, which makes it possible to judge the variability of the mineral composition along strike. The content of clay mi...

A large amount of geological, geophysical, geochemical and other materials of various contents and scale has been accumulated in Kazakhstan because of the work of several generations of geological researchers. At this stage of geological research development, an actual problem is the possibility of processing and mastering this data based on modern geoinformation technologies (Mapinfo, Arcgis, Micromine). This new approach to the methodology of geological research allows the transition from a qualitative assessmen...

According to Regulation of the Minister of Environment of December 29, 2016, on the detailed method of selective collection of selected waste fractions, selective collection of biowaste is mandatory. Biowaste stream can consist of both kitchen waste and biodegradable waste from gardens and parks. Kitchen waste and ?green waste? can be selected separately or collectively. Properties of kitchen waste and green waste can differ significantly. Considering fermentation as the main treatment method for these types of wa...

The most widespread objects of industrial construction in the Leningrad region are waste landfills and roads. The anthropogenic load of industrial facilities, such as solid waste landfill and construction sites of two express roads on the soil and vegetation cover of Leningrad region was studied. One of the main pollutants of the soil and plants are heavy metals. The accumulation and distribution of heavy metals in the "soil-plant" system depending on the properties of the soil and vegetation cover was investigate...

Increases in bioresources and food production in the world have become objective needs. Production expansion increases the impact on the sustainability of the natural environment and ecosystems. The sustainability of the natural environment is ensured through the creation of specially protected areas. The planning of local municipality economic development should consider the management categories of protected areas, which is an important global standard for planning, design and management. This paper presents an ...