ABSTRACT Ancient Olympia was one of the most important sanctuaries and the venue for the Olympic Games in Greek and Roman times. Its remains are located in the Olympia Terrace (Peloponnese, Greece) at the present‐day confluence of the rivers Alpheios and Kladeos at the base of Mount Kronos.
Sarah Bäumler +10 more
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Moderate thinning enhances soil water and its temporal stability in Chinese pine plantations on the semi-arid Loess Plateau of China. [PDF]
Zhang Q +6 more
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ABSTRACT This study presents a multi‐method non‐invasive investigation of an approximately 4‐ha area associated with the long‐occupied coastal settlement of Rocavecchia (Apulia, southern Italy), situated between the prehistoric fortified peninsula and the Hellenistic‐Messapian walls.
Giuseppe Guarino +3 more
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Olive orchard intensification compromises soil water erosion control in a semi-arid environment. [PDF]
Gristina L, Barone E, Scalenghe R.
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ABSTRACT Below the classical fortress of Samikon at the coast of the western Peloponnese, ancient writer Strabo mentioned a sanctuary of Poseidon which served as the centre of the religious association of the Triphylian cities. In this paper, we describe the discovery and investigation of a building structure by means of geophysical and ...
Dennis Wilken +10 more
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<i>Kandelia obovata</i> afforestation enhances coastal soil quality over <i>Spartina alterniflora</i> invasion but increases phosphorus limitation. [PDF]
Zhang Y +8 more
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ABSTRACT Medieval and early modern drowned villages in the intertidal zone of the Scheldt estuary (the Netherlands) constitute intriguing yet largely understudied components of north‐western Europe's underwater cultural heritage. Despite their high archaeological potential as time capsules of past settlement landscapes, research has remained limited ...
Jan Trachet +9 more
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Effect of disc harrow on the soil disturbance area and its prediction and optimization using the artificial neural network (ANN) and response surface methodology (RSM). [PDF]
Sheshpoli HS, Askari M, Kalantari D.
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Scanning Parametric Sediment Echosounder as Tool for Underwater Archaeological Prospection
ABSTRACT Underwater cultural heritage 3D prospection techniques, especially for remains that are partly buried in the ground, are only very rarely available and often can only be applied with considerable technical effort. To overcome this limitation, we evaluate a methodological adaption of widely used and available single channel parametric sediment ...
Dennis Wilken +5 more
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Geochemical fractionation and environmental risk assessment of potentially toxic elements (Cu, Zn, Pb, Ni, Cr, Ba, Mn) in Tokaj vineyard soils, Hungary. [PDF]
Pham NTH +6 more
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