Perceptions of Environmental and Health Effects of Quarry Activities at Klefe in the Ho Municipality of the Volta Region [PDF]
GeoHealthExpansion of residential and commercial facilities have contributed to rapid urbanization of Ho municipality. As a result, quarry activities have intensified in Klefe a major stone quarry source for construction.
Selase Kofi Adanu +3 more
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Monitoring of granite quarries using deep learning and UAV photogrammetry in Bengaluru, India. [PDF]
PLoS ONEGranite quarrying, a cornerstone of the construction industry in South India, yields significant economic benefits but poses substantial environmental and social challenges, including land degradation, dust pollution, alternation of the water regime, and
Oussama Himmy +3 more
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Environmentally sustainable mining in quarries to reduce waste production and loss of resources using the developed optimization algorithm [PDF]
Scientific Reports, 2023 The study of natural resources in the earth sciences focuses on the sustainable management of valuable materials like dimension stones. the quarrying of dimension stones is associated with environmental challenges such as significant amounts of waste ...
Mohammad Hossein Jalalian +2 more
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Enhancing environmental sustainability and operational efficiency in a case study of limestone quarry in an arid climate [PDF]
Scientific ReportsThis study explored innovative approaches to enhance environmental sustainability and operational efficiency in quarry operations in Ethiopia, focusing on the limestone quarry of the National Cement Factory.
Hussein A. Saleem, Abebe Temesgen Ayalew
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Space and Culture, India, 2022 This study investigates how the unregulated and unscientific manner of stone quarrying in Bangladesh degrades the environment and affects the life and livelihoods of the local people.
Mohammad Jahirul Hoque, Hajera Aktar
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Application of Machine Learning to Resource Modelling of a Marble Quarry with DomainMCF
Materials Proceedings, 2021 Machine learning is constantly gaining ground in the mining industry. Machine learning-based systems take advantage of the computing power of personal, embedded and cloud systems of today to rapidly build models of real processes, something that would ...
Ioannis Kapageridis +4 more
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Physical Mechanical Properties and Producing Areas of Greek Dimension Stones
Materials Proceedings, 2021 The most important Greek ornamental stone types are marbles, limestones, schists, slates, travertines and sandstones. Since ancient times, quarryinghas been connected to history and civilisation, i.e., the white “Pentelikon” marble being famous for the ...
Konstantinos Laskaridis +3 more
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Geosciences, 2018 Rock mass fractures adversely affect the cutting of commercial-size blocks and cause rock material loss in ornamental stone quarries. In order to obtain a reliable evaluation and an optimized production of ornamental stone deposits, it is fundamental to ...
Mohamed Elkarmoty +5 more
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Geoheritage and Cultural Heritage—A Review of Recurrent and Interlinked Themes
Geosciences, 2022 Relationships between geoheritage and cultural heritage are being increasingly explored and have become one of the mainstreams within studies of geoheritage and geodiversity.
Edyta Pijet-Migoń, Piotr Migoń
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Landscape alteration effects of quarrying operation and its reclamation prospect using drone [PDF]
TehnikaSurface mining involving quarrying of rocks often causes significant landscape alteration, culminating in a range of environmental effects from aesthetics to ecosystem disturbances if not properly managed.
Oluwaseyi Ifelola Eyitayo I. +1 more
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