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Mapping of Supra-Glacial Debris Cover in the Greater Caucasus: A Semi-Automated Multi-Sensor Approach

Geosciences
Supra-glacial debris cover is important for the control of surface ice melt and glacier retreat in mountain regions. Despite the progress in techniques based on various satellite imagery, the mapping of debris-covered glacier boundaries over large ...
Levan G. Tielidze, George Iacob, Iulian Horia Holobâcă   +2 more
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THEMATIC DIMENSION OF GEOLOGICAL HERITAGE: AN EVIDENCE FROM THE WESTERN CAUCASUS [PDF]

Zbornik Radova: Geografski institut "Jovan Cvijić", 2015
The geodiversity hotspot comprising 14 geological heritage sites is located on the territory of Mountainous Adygeja in the Western Caucasus (southwestern Russia).
Ekaterina E. Plyusnina, Dmitry A. Ruban, Pavel P. Zayats   +2 more
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ENVIRONMENTAL SAFETY OF LIVESTOCK PRODUCTS IN THE ECONOMIC AND GEOGRAPHIC AREAS OF THE AZERBAIJAN PART OF THE GREATER CAUCASUS

Юг России: экология, развитие, 2016
Aim. The aim is to study the political, economic and environmental aspects of food security, which is an important component of national security; to study the issues of the use of environmentally friendly agricultural products, as well as the ...
F. M. Jafarova
doaj   +1 more source

A Preliminary Framework for Magmatism in Modern Continental Back‐Arc Basins and Its Application to the Triassic‐Jurassic Tectonic Evolution of the Caucasus

Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems, 2021
Extension within a continental back‐arc basin initiates within continental rather than oceanic lithosphere, and the geochemical characteristics of magmatic rocks within continental back‐arcs are poorly understood relative to their intraoceanic ...
Dylan A. Vasey, Eric Cowgill, Kari M. Cooper   +2 more
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Macro‐ and micromorphological insights into Iranian Onobrychis subgenus Onobrychis Miller (Fabaceae): exploring fruit traits for taxonomic clarity

Nordic Journal of Botany, EarlyView.
This study provides a comprehensive examination of fruit morphology and micromorphology characteristics of 28 populations of Onobrychis subgenus Onobrychis taxa from Iran, using both light and scanning electron microscopy. For each trait, 25 replicates were analyzed, encompassing a wide range of qualitative and quantitative traits.
Seyed Mehdi Talebi, Narjes Azizi, Raheleh Tabaripour   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Modelling Neanderthals’ dispersal routes from Caucasus towards east

PLoS ONE, 2023
The study of the cultural materials associated with the Neanderthal physical remains from the sites in the Caucasus, Central Asia and Siberian Altai and adjacent areas documents two distinct techno-complexes of Micoquian and Mousterian.
Elham Ghasidian, Anooshe Kafash, Martin Kehl, Masoud Yousefi, Saman Heydari-Guran   +4 more
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Plants, people and their shared heritage: A comparative medicinal and wild food ethnobotany of Albanians, Greeks and Aromanians living in the Gjirokaster area, southern Albania

PLANTS, PEOPLE, PLANET, EarlyView.
Traditional knowledge about wild plants connects people to nature and sustains both cultural identity and biodiversity. This study explores how cultural exchange among Albanians, Greeks and Aromanians in southern Albania shapes the use and naming of medicinal and food plants.
Evanthia Dina, Ani Bajrami, Mousaab Alrhmoun, Naji Sulaiman, Konstantinos Ntinas, Marjol Meço, Bledar Pulaj, Nektarios Aligiannis, Avni Hajdari, Andrea Pieroni   +9 more
wiley   +1 more source

Enhance food plant diversity conservation and use through greater coordination between genebanks and botanic gardens

PLANTS, PEOPLE, PLANET, EarlyView.
Food plants are vital to human and planetary health, but their diversity is threatened, making food security, nutrition, and environmental goals more difficult to achieve. Food plant diversity conservation, research, and education can be enhanced through collaboration between sectors, including genebanks and botanic gardens, which possess complementary
Colin K. Khoury, Sarah Gora, Hannes Dempewolf, Mauricio Diazgranados, Alex C. McAlvay, Vania Azevedo, Sam Brockington, Ángela Cano, Daniel Carver, Carly Cowell, Peter Crane, Cary Fowler, Peter Giovannini, Luigi Guarino, Robbie Hart, Geoff Hawtin, Sarada Krishnan, Charlotte Lusty, Patricia Malcolm, Nan McCarry, Abby Meyer, Allison Miller, Ray Mims, Tara Moreau, Arshiya Noorani, Susan K. Pell, Juan Lucas Restrepo, Erin C. Riordan, Stefan Schmitz, Paul Smith, Charles Spillane, Alvaro Toledo, Raakel Toppila, Maarten van Zonneveld, Emily Warschefsky, Peter Wenzl   +35 more
wiley   +1 more source

Biotope Types of the Treeline of the Central Greater Caucasus

, 2007
Some characteristics (habitat, distribution, characteristic species, ecological importance, practical use and danger factors) are given of 17 typical treeline biotopes in the Kazbegi region, situated on the north-facing macro slope of the central part of the Main Watershed Range of the Greater Caucasus.
George Nakhutsrishvili, Otar Abdaladze, Maia Akhalkatsi   +2 more
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Seismotectonic evidence for subduction beneath the Eastern Greater Caucasus

Geophysical Journal International, 2020
SUMMARY We generated high-resolution 3-D seismic velocity models as well as a relocated earthquake catalogue across the eastern Greater Caucasus and Kura basins. This work was done using data from the recently upgraded Republic Seismological Survey Center's (RSSC) seismic network.
Michael Gunnels, Gurban Yetrimishli, Sabina Kazimova, Eric Sandvol   +3 more
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