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Islamic glazed pottery from Adiabene (Iraq, Kurdistan): multianalytical research into its technological development and provenance
This paper explores the production characteristics and provenance of Islamic glazed pottery in the Adiabene region of north-eastern Mesopotamia....
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A critical review of conventional and emerging wastewater treatment technologies
Water stress is a major concern in today’s world as many cities worldwide face fast depleting potable water supply. The prevailing water emergency...
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A review on the capability of zinc oxide and iron oxides nanomaterials, as a water decontaminating agent: adsorption and photocatalysis
Water decontamination became a priority-based focused area for environmental scientists and researchers these days. Several contaminants...
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Effect of galena contained in dust from Zn–Pb metallurgical processes on environment
This paper assesses the effect of galena emitted with dust from an electrostatic precipitator at Miasteczko Śląskie Zinc Smelting Plant (Poland) onto...
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Laser-Induced Breakdown Spectroscopy (LIBS) In-Situ: From Portable to Handheld Instrumentation
Over the last years, laser-induced breakdown spectroscopy (LIBS) has gained a very important role as a tool for in-situ cultural heritage...
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Natural hazards and disasters around the Caspian Sea
At a time, when the five riparian countries have renewed consultation with each other about the future of the Caspian Sea, it is appropriate to...
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Pigments — Mercury-based red (cinnabar-vermilion) and white (calomel) and their degradation products
This article summarises the history of cinnabar, from its first uses in burials to modern oils on canvas. After a brief introduction on mercury and...
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Review of underbalanced drilling techniques highlighting the advancement of foamed drilling fluids
Overbalanced drilling is the most common drilling technique; nevertheless, it has several disadvantages such as formation damage, mud losses, and...
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Pigments—Lead-based whites, reds, yellows and oranges and their alteration phases
This review summarises the state-of-the-art of lead-based pigment studies, addressing their production, trade, use and possible alteration. Other...
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An explosive mud volcano origin for the pitted cones in southern Utopia Planitia, Mars
Pitted cones are cone-shaped structures, spanning from meters to kilometers in size, characterized by summit depressions. They are widely distributed...
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Japanese or Chinese? Non-invasive analysis of East Asian blue-and-white porcelain
Japanese blue-and-white porcelain was developed in the Hizen area on Kyushu during the early seventeenth century and quickly shared the overseas...
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Tracing the tin-opacified yellow glazed ceramics in the western Islamic world: the findings at Madīnat al-Zahrā’
A small group of opaque yellow glazed sherds has recently been identified among the ceramics excavated at the Islamic city of Madīnat al-Zahrā’ near...
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Big Data in Geophysics and Other Earth Sciences
Abstract —The term “Big Data” has become very popular over the past decade. The frequency of its use in the research papers, reports, and broad press...
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Ceramic musealization: how ceramics are conserved and the implications for research
The conservation of ceramics in museums today follows protocols and ethical guidelines developed during the latter half of the twentieth century that...
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Prompt-Gamma Activation Analysis and Its Application to Cultural Heritage
Prompt-gamma activation analysis (PGAA) provides a unique opportunity to investigate a valuable material without destroying any of it. The method is...
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Geospatial Predictive Modelling for Climate Map** of Selected Severe Weather Phenomena Over Poland: A Methodological Approach
The main purpose of the study is to introduce methods for map** the spatial distribution of the occurrence of selected atmospheric phenomena...
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Revealing ancient gold parting with silver and copper isotopes: implications from cementation experiments and for the analysis of gold artefacts
Gold parting enabled the production of very pure gold for various purposes from the sixth century BC onwards, but analytical proof of this...
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Application of computed tomography in the analysis of glass beads unearthed in Shanpula cemetery (Khotan), **njiang Uyghur Autonomous Region
The glass beads unearthed in sites along the Silk Road usually indicate the communications of arts, business, and cultures between different areas....
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Quantifying the Cloud Water Resource: Basic Concepts and Characteristics
The water in the air is composed of water vapor and hydrometeors, which are inseparable in the global atmosphere. Precipitation basically comes from...
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The Southeast Asian water frontier: coastal trade and mid-fifteenth c. CE “hill tribe” burials, southeastern Cambodia
In mainland Southeast Asia, the so-called water frontier unified an otherwise geographically broad and culturally disparate economic network of...
