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Effects of drainage ditches and stone bunds on topographical thresholds for gully head development in North Ethiopia [PDF]

, 2015
Gully erosion is an extreme process of land degradation operating in different regions of the world. A common way to quantify the susceptibility of land to gully incision is the use of topographical thresholds for different land use types.
Adgo, Enyew, Deckers, Jozef, Monsieurs, Elise, Nyssen, Jan, Poesen, Jean, Verhoest, Niko, Wosenie, Mekete Dessie   +6 more
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SARchaeological Prospection: Synthetic Aperture Radar for the Reconstruction and Mapping of Temperate Floodplain Environments

Archaeological Prospection, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Temperate river floodplains present a significant challenge for archaeologists, as cultural and palaeoenvironmental remains are often difficult to locate but can be exceptionally well preserved, especially where groundwater levels are high. In these alluvial environments, the deposition of thick, fine‐grained sediments has potential to deeply ...
Nicholas Crabb, Chris Carey, Andy J. Howard, Matthew Brolly   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

The Optimal Location of the Lighvan Village Landfill Using Analytic Network Process (ANP) [PDF]

نشریه جغرافیا و برنامه‌ریزی, 2016
Environmental protection in rural areas is of the necessities in rural development. One of the important issues in rural areas is to find the appropriate landfill site. In this article, in order to assess the proper places for landfill in Lighvan village,
seyadasadolah Hejazi, Fariba Hemmati
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Vulnerability assessment and zoning of developed and susceptible contaminated karstic (Case study: Ravenscar watershed) [PDF]

تحقیقات کاربردی علوم جغرافیایی, 2023
In recent years, population growth and consequently the shortage of drinking water resources have increased the importance of studying the areas of caries Regarding the importance of the subject, in the present study, the evaluation and monitoring of the
asadolah hejazi, zahra heidari
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Terminus-driven retreat of a major southwest Greenland tidewater glacier during the early 19th century : insights from glacier reconstructions and numerical modelling [PDF]

, 2014
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Anker Weidick, Brice R. Rea, Crantz, Cuffey, Dirk Van As, Douglas W.F. Mair, Faezeh M. Nick, Giesecke, J. Edward Schofield, James M. Lea, Kleinschmidt, Kurt H. Kjær, Mathieu Morlighem, Rink, Thorhallesen, Weidick, Weidick, Weidick, Weidick   +18 more
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Geophysical Prospecting for the Detection of Buried and Shallow Submerged Archaeological Sites of Roman Period in the Lagoon of Venice (Italy)

Archaeological Prospection, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT We present a study that combines several marine geophysical techniques to detect and map archaeological sites from the Roman period in the shallow waters of the Venice Lagoon, Italy. We employed marine electrical resistivity tomography (M‐ERT), a drone‐based unmanned surface vehicle (USV) multibeam sonar, and subbottom profiler technology to ...
Carlo Beltrame, Elisa Costa, Paolo Mozzi, Alberto Carrera, Jacopo Boaga   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Recontextualising urban geography in Chinese upper secondary schools: The role of teachers' disciplinary knowledge

The Curriculum Journal, EarlyView.
Abstract This paper investigates how teachers' disciplinary knowledge shapes their recontextualisation practices for promoting powerful knowledge in classrooms. Situated within the context of geography education in China, this study employs a qualitative case study methodology to examine the recontextualisation of urban geography by four upper ...
Yujing He
wiley   +1 more source

Wetlands as environments of early human occupation: A new classification for freshwater palaeowetlands

The Depositional Record, EarlyView.
A new classification for inland freshwater palaeowetlands to be used in the field or core laboratory by sedimentologists, providing examples from the Guadix Basin (southern Spain). Abstract Present wetlands have proven to be delicate, biodiverse ecosystems, that are natural sinks for CO2 and act as good indicators for climate changes.
S. Pla‐Pueyo, E. H. Gierlowski‐Kordesch   +1 more
wiley   +1 more source

Fifty years of research on the Joulters ooid sandbody—Impact on carbonate sedimentology and diagenesis and lessons learned from an invaluable analogue

The Depositional Record, EarlyView.
The Joulters ooid sandbody of northern Great Bahama Bank is a vast expanse of muddy ooid sands partly rimmed by clean ooid sands and formed into a relatively thick layer of significant extent. Knowledge of the development of depositional and diagenetic patterns in the Joulters example has forwarded our general understanding of carbonate sedimentology ...
Harris (Mitch) Paul
wiley   +1 more source

Site Selection of Municipal Solid Waste Disposal Using AHP Model and GIS Technique (Case Study: Kouhdasht City) [PDF]

نشریه جغرافیا و برنامه‌ریزی, 2013
In recent decades, uncontrolled growth of population and urban development have caused various social, economic and environmental conflicts, such as production of municipal solid waste that has followed its inappropriate disposal.  So that, how disposal,
Mohammadhosein Ramasht, Ramin Hatami Fard, Seayed Hojat Mosavy   +2 more
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