Browsing Geological Sciences by Author "Patel, Nidhi"

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  • ECU aids with research of the BP oil calamity 

    Vyas, Shivani; Mitra, Siddhartha; Patel, Nidhi (East Carolina University, 2010-06-16)
    On April 20, the explosion of the Deepwater Horizon led to a substantial oil spill catastrophe in the Gulf of Mexico. The spill caused the death of 11 people and also took a vast toll on the marine environment, suffocating ...

  • Holocene Climate and Carbon Sequestration via Black Carbon Burial in Sediments 

    Patel, Nidhi (East Carolina University, 2011)
    Fire, a global process that depends on climate, volcanic activity, vegetation and human practices is not constant through time and varies at decadal, centennial and millennial time-scales. Wildfires that result in burning ...