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The human imprint on the unique geological landscape of the Western Caucasus [PDF]

open access: yes, 2020
Human intervention in the geological environment is commonly thought to pose a threat to geoheritage. However, new information from the Western Caucasus where unique geological features are concentrated in Mountainous Adygeya, implies that man-made ...
Zorina, Svetlana O.   +4 more
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Quantifying the glacial meltwater contribution to mountainous streams using stable water isotopes: What are the opportunities and limitations? [PDF]

open access: yes, 2023
This study aims to determine the opportunities and limitations of using stable water isotopes to quantify the glacial meltwater contribution to mountainous streams. For this purpose, three partially glaciated catchments in the Swiss Alps were selected as
Wanner, Christoph   +6 more
core   +2 more sources

A comparison of road traffic crashes along mountainous and non-mountainous roads in Sabah, Malaysia [PDF]

open access: yes, 2015
Constrained topography and complex road geometry along rural mountainous roads often represent a demanding driving situation. As a result, traffic crashes along mountainous roads are likely to have different characteristics to crashes on roads in flatter
Haque, Md. Mazharul   +4 more
core   +1 more source

Distance in spatial interpolation of daily rain gauge data [PDF]

open access: yes, 2005
Spatial interpolation of rain gauge data is important in forcing of hydrological simulations or evaluation of weather predictions, for example. The spatial density of available data sites is often changing with time.
Ahrens, B., Ahrens, Bodo
core   +1 more source

Problems and prospects of investment activity development of the enterprises of the Republic of Adygeya [PDF]

open access: yes, 2017
The article presents the analysis of the investment activity of enterprises of the Republic of Adygeya, which allows to form a correct idea of the situation and trends in the social and economic development of the region using generalization of ...
G. V. Karamushko   +2 more
core  

Absolute performance of AUSGeoid09 in mountainous regions

open access: yes, 2014
The Australian Height Datum (AHD) is the current national vertical datum for Australia, and AUSGeoid09 is the latest quasigeoid model used to compute (normal-orthometric) AHD heights from Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS) derived ellipsoidal ...
Sussanna, Vittorio   +2 more
core   +1 more source

Relative performance of AUSGeoid09 in mountainous terrain

open access: yes, 2016
The Australian Height Datum (AHD) is the national vertical datum for Australia, and AUSGeoid09 is the latest quasigeoid model used to compute (normalorthometric) AHD heights from Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS) derived ellipsoidal heights ...
Sussanna V.   +5 more
core   +1 more source

Mountainous city [PDF]

open access: yes, 2020
My thesis studies how glaciation and vegetation systems define the landscapes of Mount Gongga, and asks how these and their modes of relation and zonation might provide a model for more sustainable and fully adaptable structures to support urbanism ...
Hu, Yixuan
core   +1 more source

Conflict in Mountainous Karabakh

open access: yes, 2019
Mountainous Karabakh is a regional conflict in the recent territory of Azerbaijan with the population of ethnic Armenians. It is a part of historical Karabakh and the reason why it had given autonomy, was to underline an ethnic factor of its population ...
Gia Mosashvili (7041095)
core   +1 more source

Expansion of Tourism Infrastructure Can Be Beneficial for Geoheritage: Evidence from the Western Caucasus

open access: yesHeritage
Geoheritage is commonly regarded as an important natural resource for tourism, but the latter can be a factor of risk to the former. A case study in the Western Caucasus, where the rural area of Mountainous Adygeya hosts many geosites (including those ...
Anna V. Mikhailenko, Dmitry A. Ruban
doaj   +1 more source

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