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Urban Geoarchaeology

open access: yes
The global spread of urbanisation is having a profound impact on environments, climates and social lives. This gives rise to questions about the sustainability of urban areas, the management of soils and sediments and the socio- environmental construction of spaces.
Borderie, Quentin, Salomon, Ferréol
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Tectonic Archaeology as a Foundation for Geoarchaeology

open access: yesLand, 2021
This article proposes a new subdiscipline, Tectonic Archaeology, based on the efforts of Japanese archaeologists to deal with the effects of earthquakes, volcanic tephra cover, and tsunami on archaeological sites.
Gina L. Barnes
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Geomorphology, Geoarchaeology and their multiscalar approaches [PDF]

open access: yesRevista Brasileira de Geomorfologia
This paper discusses the importance of the multiscale approach in geoarchaeological investigations, highlighting the contribution of Geomorphology to this purpose.
Lilian Coeli   +3 more
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FORMING AND DISAPPEARANCE OF SMALL RETENTION SYSTEM IN THE POSTINDUSTRIAL AREA – CASE STUDY FROM THE CENTRAL SECTION OF THE KAMIONKA RIVER VALLEY (CENTRAL POLAND) SINCE THE 18TH CENTURY [PDF]

open access: yesActa Geobalcanica, 2018
The Kamionka Valley is an old industrial area located in the northern part of the Świętokrzyskie Province. From the early Middle Ages was mined here iron ore and processed in forges located on the river.
Tomasz Kalicki   +5 more
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Soil Formation, Subaerial Sedimentation Processes and Ancient Cultures during MIS 2 and the Deglaciation Phase MIS 1 in the Baikal–Yenisei Siberia (Russia)

open access: yesGeosciences, 2021
The time of Sartan glaciation in the Baikal–Yenisei Siberia, is comparable with that of MIS 2 and the deglaciation phase MIS 1. Loess loams, aeolian–colluvial sands and sandy loams represent subaerial sediments.
Galina Vorobieva   +6 more
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HISTORICAL CHARCOAL BURNING IN THE KAMIENNA RIVER BASIN (OLD POLISH INDUSTRIAL DISTRICT, CENTRAL POLAND) – FIRST RESULTS FROM LIDAR DATA [PDF]

open access: yesActa Geobalcanica, 2021
The Kamienna River (length 156 km) is a left-bank tributary of the Vistula River. Its catchment area of 2007,9 km2 was one of the most important Old Polish Industrial District (OPID) area, where mining and metallurgy based on limonites, forest resources ...
Paweł Rutkiewicz   +3 more
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Assessment of the Railroad Transport Impact on Physical and Chemical Soil Properties: The Case Study from Zduńska Wola Karsznice Railway Junction, Central Poland

open access: yesToxics, 2021
Contamination of the soil and water environment with harmful substances can be associated with many activities carried out on the railway. The problem is particularly relevant to liquid fuel loading and refueling facilities as well as to increased ...
Ilona Tomczyk-Wydrych   +2 more
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Ecological impacts of the industrial revolution in a lowland raised peat bog near Manchester, NW England

open access: yesEcology and Evolution, 2023
(1) Ombrotrophic peat bogs provide valuable records of environmental change on long timescales but are rarely preserved near the major centers of industrial activity.
Sandra Garcés‐Pastor   +2 more
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Changes and Transformations on the Coast Using the Example of Roses (Alt Empordà, Catalonia)

open access: yesLand, 2023
This article aims to show the transformation of the coast in the extreme northeast of the Iberian Peninsula. It is focused on the Ciutadella de Roses.
Marc Bouzas Sabater   +5 more
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Microscale iron spherules as a trace of metallurgical activity in Old-Polish Industrial District river valleys

open access: yesMiscellanea Geographica: Regional Studies on Development, 2023
In the last few centuries, a metallurgical industry based on forges driven by water wheels developed in many European valleys. One such area is the Old-Polish Industrial District (OPID) in Central Poland, which is one of the largest of this type of ...
Kalicki Tomasz   +4 more
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