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The Site of the Maykop Culture in the Mountains of the Northwestern Caucasus [PDF]
Vestnik Sankt-Peterburgskogo Universiteta, Istoriya, 2021 The Meshoko rock shelter was first explored in the 1960s. Along with some other settlements in the vicinity, its materials were interpreted as evidence of the synchronism of the early Maykop and late Eneolithic cultures. Modern excavations have shown that Maykop and Eneolithic finds are concentrated in different layers, with natural deposits between ...
Sergei M. Ostashinskii +1 more
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Contemporary suspended sediment yield of Caucasus mountains [PDF]
Proceedings of the International Association of Hydrological Sciences, 2019 Processes linked to climate change and intensified anthropogenic pressure influence the environment, the hydrology and by extent the denudation processes in the Caucasus mountain belt.
A. Tsyplenkov +4 more
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The Demogeographic Crisis in Racha, Georgia: Depopulation in the Central Caucasus Mountains [PDF]
Mountain Research and Development, 2017 Many rural mountain areas across the world are facing depopulation due to outmigration and negative natural population growth. This study examines depopulation in the mountains of Georgia based on the example of Oni municipality in the Racha region on the southern slopes of the Central (Greater) Caucasus.
Kohler, Thomas +4 more
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The First Rock Glacier Inventory for the Greater Caucasus
Geosciences (Switzerland), 2023 Rock glaciers are an integral part of the periglacial environment. At the regional scale in the Greater Caucasus, there have been no comprehensive systematic efforts to assess the distribution of rock glaciers, although some individual parts of ranges ...
A Cicoira +2 more
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Causes of Geophagy by Ungulate Animals in the Caucasus Mountains
Achievements in the Life Sciences, 2014 Abstract This article is aimed at identifying the cause of rock eating by wild herbivores in the territory of the Caucasian State Biosphere Reserve in the Caucasus Mountains. The research focused on the mineralogical and geochemical features of the rocks eaten and the geological conditions of their formation.
Panichev, Alexander M. +4 more
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HeritageGeomorphosite inventory remains an urgent task for many geographical domains where it can facilitate the exploration of geoheritage resources. The present study reports a new and sufficient portion of information from Mountainous Adygeya in southwestern ...
Vladimir Ermolaev +2 more
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The Caucasus is neither a cradle nor a museum of diversity of the land snail genus Helix (Gastropoda, Stylommatophora, Helicidae), while Crimea is home to an ancient lineage [PDF]
Zoosystematics and Evolution, 2023 The Caucasus and the adjacent Pontic Mountains in north-eastern Anatolia are home to numerous endemic land snail genera and species. The diversity of the region is the result of both intra-regional speciation and the persistence of relict lineages.
Ondřej Korábek +4 more
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PLoS ONE, 2023 Neanderthals were widespread during the Middle Palaeolithic (MP) across Europe and Asia, including the Caucasus Mountains. Occupying the border between eastern Europe and West Asia, the Caucasus is important region regarding the Neanderthal occupation of
Ekaterina V. Doronicheva +3 more
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Invasive species in the grasslands of the Central Caucasus [PDF]
BIO Web of Conferences, 2021 Biological invasions and grassland transformation are significant problems in pasture ecosystems of the Central Caucasus. The aim was to study the main patterns of invasive processes in grasslands and included identification the main vegetation ...
Chadaeva Victoria +6 more
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First record of Bacillicladium lobatum (Chaetothyriales) in Caucasus (second finding in the world)
Turczaninowia, 2023 Bacillicladium lobatum was isolated from cryoconits at the mountains of the Caucasus, and it is represented by strain CZ-25. Macro- and micromorphology of the isolate were examined along with partial sequences of internal transcribed spacer of rDNA (ITS1-
Ирина Юрьевна Кирцидели +3 more
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