Kesterson Reservoir (Kesterson) received subsurface agricultural drainwater containing high levels of salts and other minerals from farmland in the San Joaquin Valley of California. Aquatic plants and...

Over the last decade the world has seen three major tsunamis strike the coasts of

About 7,000 years ago two major tephra-falls blanketed the

Chlorpyrifos-methyl, an organophosphate insecticide, and propoxur, a carbamate insecticide both widely used in Thailand, were studied in the laboratory for degradation and behavior in two Thai and two Oregon...

The research explored in this thesis helps provide a better understanding of efforts that have been undertaken to more precisely calculate environmental impacts and human health risks, such as energy...

Halogenated organic compounds have had widespread and massive applications in industry, agriculture, and private households, for example, as degreasing solvents, flame retardants and in polymer production. They...

Zebrafish (Brachydanio rerio) are small, freshwater teleost fishes in the family

Drilled shaft foundations provide significant geotechnical resistance for support of structures, such as highway bridges, traffic sign, and signal pole structures, and are used widely to meet their structural...