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Environmental effects of marble quarry operations in Burdur Lake Basin (Burdur-Turkey)

open access: yesJournal of Degraded and Mining Lands Management, 2023
Marble is the most important natural material because of its structural features and its long durability. It is mined at operated quarries on hill slopes. The original landform is permanently altered, and vegetation cover is destroyed.
Mehmet Ozcelik
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Book review: Mining and Quarrying in the Ancient Andes: Sociopolitical, Economic and Symbolic Dimensions

open access: yesJournal of Lithic Studies, 2016
The high Andes is one of the world’s great metallogenic provinces having produced and still providing very significant amounts of copper, silver, tin and historically, of course, gold.
Robert A. F. F.-X. Ixer
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The chert quarrying and processing industry at the Piatra Tomii site, Romania

open access: yesJournal of Lithic Studies, 2015
Fieldwalking surveys in 2007 and 2008 revealed a moderate sized settlement on Piatra Tomii Hill (Alba County, Romania) which was considered of interest because of its location on top of a natural source of chert, and the large amount of chert artefacts ...
Otis Norman Crandell, Cristian Ioan Popa
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Placing the Czech shadow banking sector under the light [PDF]

open access: yes, 2020
The size of the shadow banking sector (SBS) has more than doubled in the Czech Republic over the last decade. This places a potential burden on policy makers.
Bakk-Simon, Beck, COM, EC, Hampl, Pozsar
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Communities’ awareness on environmental and social impacts of stone quarrying and its associated factors in Farta Woreda, Northwest, Ethiopia

open access: yesJournal of Degraded and Mining Lands Management, 2021
Stone quarrying has a considerable impact on land, water, air, natural resources, and social welfare. The objective of this study was to assess communities’ awareness of the environmental and social impacts of stone quarrying in Farta woreda, Northwest ...
Mulugeta Asmamaw Mebratu   +3 more
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Detection of nanoseismic events related to slope instabilities in the quarry district of Coreno Ausonio (Italy) [PDF]

open access: yes, 2016
Le cave per l’estrazione di materiale roccioso rappresentano contesti in cui possono aver luogo eventi di instabilità gravitativa causati dalle continue sollecitazioni cui sono soggette le pareti produttive, principalmente connesse alle vibrazioni dovute
FIORUCCI, MATTEO   +3 more
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Using Data-Centric Platforms To Improve Demand Forecasting And Capacity Utilization For Less Digitized Multi-Site Quarrying Businesses

open access: yesProceedings of the Conference on Production Systems and Logistics, 2023
The quarrying industry, which largely consists of less digitized SMEs, is an integral part of the German economy. More than 95% of the primary raw materials produced are used by the domestic construction industry.
von Stamm, John   +7 more
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Sectoral Interdependencies and Multipliers in Nigeria: An Input-Output Approach [PDF]

open access: yesJournal of Global Innovations in Agricultural Sciences
This study examines the sectoral contributions to Nigeria's Gross Domestic Product (GDP) and intersectoral interdependencies using Input-Output (I-O) analysis.
Effiong Mfonobong Okokon   +1 more
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Characteristics of Sand at Major Quarrying Areas around Addis Ababa

open access: yesAdvances in Civil Engineering, 2022
This study focused on the measurements of physical and chemical characteristics of sand samples taken from Atayie, Je-wuha, Ziway (4 quarrying sites), Mekie (4 quarrying sites), and Soderie (2 quarrying sites) were analyzed by conducting different tests,
Daniel Shewatatek   +5 more
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Efficiency Evaluation in Indonesia's Quarrying Industry Using Variable Combinations DEA

open access: yesSpektrum Industri: Jurnal Ilmiah Pengetahuan dan Penerapan Teknik Industri
Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA) is a method considered to evaluate a company's performance. DEA applies multiplies the input and output variables for analyzing the efficiency but does not provide guidance in selecting those variables.
Erni Puspanantasari Putri   +2 more
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