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Upper Cretaceous Limestones as Stone Resources for the Monuments of Oviedo (Asturias, NW of Spain): Petrographic Variability and Stratigraphic Origin
This study offers an analysis of the petrographic variability and the stratigraphic origin of the rocks used as building stones in the vast majority...
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Urban geology from a GIS-based geotechnical system: a case study in a medium-sized city (Oviedo, NW Spain)
This paper describes the development of a GIS-based geotechnical system designed to face challenges on urban geology in a Spanish mid-sized city. Its...
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Definition of a thermal conductivity map for geothermal purposes
The use of geothermal energy is spreading globally due to its many advantages, especially for heating and cooling. The correct design of a geothermal...
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Partitioning inorganic carbon fluxes from paired O2–CO2 gas measurements in a Neotropical headwater stream, Costa Rica
The role of streams and rivers in the global carbon (C) cycle remains unconstrained, especially in headwater streams where CO 2 evasion (F CO2 ) to the...
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Climate change adaptation trends among Indigenous peoples: a systematic review of the empirical research focus over the last 2 decades
Over the past 20 years, an increasing number of empirical research conducted aims to understand climate change adaptation among Indigenous groups....
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A Hybrid Decision Tool for Site Selection of Construction and Demolition Waste (CDW) Facilities in Develo** Countries
AbstractConstruction and demolition waste (CDW) is a growing waste stream in the world. The implementation of the circular economy for its management...
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Optimization of Operational Parameters during Anaerobic Co-digestion of Food and Garden Waste
Anaerobic co-digestion (AcoD) is a solution to recover renewable energy, such as methane, from food waste (FW) and garden waste (GW). Methane yield...
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Multidisciplinary Study of the Impacts of the 1600 CE Huaynaputina Eruption and a Project for Geosites and Geo-touristic Attractions
The Huaynaputina volcano, southern Peru, was the site of the largest historical eruption (VEI 6) in the Andes in 1600 CE, which occurred during the...
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Greenhouse gas dynamics in tropical montane streams of Puerto Rico and the role of watershed lithology
The major greenhouse gases in streams and rivers, carbon dioxide (CO 2 ), methane (CH 4 ), and nitrous oxide (N 2 O), can contribute significantly to...
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Absolute dating of construction materials and petrological characterisation of mortars from the Santalla de Bóveda Monument (Lugo, Spain)
The construction materials of the Santalla de Bóveda Monument, one of the most studied buildings in Galicia (Spain), are analysed to date the mortars...
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Multi-isotopic study of the earliest mediaeval inhabitants of Santiago de Compostela (Galicia, Spain)
Santiago de Compostela is, together with Rome and Jerusalem, one of the three main pilgrimage and religious centres for Catholicism. The belief that...
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Introduction to Crystallography
This chapter defines the concepts of crystal and mineral, emphasizing their difference from non-crystalline materials. The most important periods,...
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Influence of local and landscape environmental factors on alpha and beta diversity of macroinvertebrates in Andean rivers
Research on macroinvertebrate community structure in Andean rivers has been oriented towards describing patterns of alpha and gamma diversity by...
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Estimating groundwater mean transit time from SF6 in stream water: field example and planning metrics for a reach mass-balance approach
Stream reach mass-balance can be used to estimate groundwater age at scales larger than individual wells. Atmospherically derived SF 6 was used as an...
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Assessment of the Correction of the Reference Evapotranspiration at Nonirrigated Weather Stations Affected by Aridity and Delimitation of the Meteorological Conditions that Limit its Implementation
As most reference crop evapotranspiration (ETref) estimates are computed from weather stations located outside irrigated plots, the site aridity can...
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An Efficient Approach for Partitioning Water Distribution Networks Using Multi-Objective Optimization and Graph Theory
This paper presents a practical approach to address the challenges of managing water supply infrastructure in the context of sustainability amidst...
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The conveyance of animal commodities in pre-contact northern Hispaniola: zooarchaeological research and isotopic niche space modelling at El Carril, Dominican Republic (ca. AD 1100–1500)
Zooarchaeological analysis and isotopic niche space modelling of faunal remains excavated from the settlement of El Carril (ca. AD 1100–1500) in the...
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Molecular evidence for new foodways in the early colonial Caribbean: organic residue analysis at Isla de Mona, Puerto Rico
Ceramic objects account for over 90% of the cultural material recovered from archaeological sites in the Caribbean. However, little research has been...
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Palaeoecology of calcified microfossils from the Lower Devonian (Pragian-Emsian) of Sierra Morena (SW Spain)
Lower Devonian (Pragian-Emsian) reefal deposits of Sierra Morena (SW Spain) contain locally abundant calcified cyanobacteria, calcareous algae, and...
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Oldest known West Gondwanan graptolite: Ovetograptus? sp. (lower Agdzian/lowest Wuliuan; basal Middle Cambrian) of the Franconian Forest, Germany, and review of pre-Furongian graptolithoids
The occurrence of a likely graptolite in lowest Wuliuan strata of the Franconian Forest almost certainly records the oldest known graptolithoid...
