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Soil erosion susceptibility assessment and validation using a geostatistical multivariate approach: a test in Southern Sicily
A certain number of studies have been carried out in recent years that aim at develo** and applying a model capable of assessing water erosion of...
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Groundwater resources in the Jabal Al Hass region, northwest Syria: an assessment of past use and future potential
In many cases, the development of groundwater resources to boost agricultural production in dry areas has led to a continuous decline in groundwater...
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Saline and Alkaline Soils in Israel
For the purpose of this review, soils will be defined as saline if within any part of a profile depth of 120 cm an electrical conductivity of the...
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Soils of the Yizreel and Jordan Valleys
While, as noted before, Vertisols represent the second major soil group encountered in the Coastal Plain, they are also widely distributed in the...
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Calcretes in the Thar desert: Genesis, chronology and palaeoenvironment
The calcretes in the Thar desert occur in a variety of settings, including the piedmonts, sheetwash aggraded plains; and this study adds calcretes in...
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Use of chemical tracing to study acquisition modalities of the mineralization and behaviour of unconfined groundwaters under a semi-arid climate: the case of the Souss plain (Morocco)
The chemical content of the Souss unconfined groundwater displays spatial variations in conductivity (between 400 and 6,000 µS cm –1 ). The chemical...
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Chemical heaving of soils
The physicochemical reactions that proceed during interaction between clayey minerals and acids and alkalis with the formation of heavily hydrated...
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Arenaceous deposits
Sediments of arenaceous or sandy texture are characterized by grain sizes which fall on the Wentworth scale between 1/16 and 2 mm (Table 4.1). For...
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Methodology of Paleohydrogeological Studies
The techniques (methods) that are applied in paleohydrogeological reconstructions are most diverse depending upon the object of study, the character...
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Landforms of the Australian deserts
The major relief features of arid Australia are explicable in terms of large-scale geologic structure and tectonic history, whereas the patterns and...
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Prevention of pi** deformations in gypseous soils in Erevan
1. The gypseous soils of Erevan and its environs occurring in the bases of buildings and structures are subject to intense pi** settlements under...
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Mining Damage Above Ground
Movements and deformation of the ground produce various forms of damage at the populated surface, depending on whether residential houses, industrial...