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Geosciences, Volume 6, Issue 1

2016 March - 16 articles

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Articles (16)

  • Article
  • Open Access
3 Citations
5,550 Views
26 Pages

The underlying motivation of this study is to account for the spatial variation of factors affecting women’s access to land, which has been largely ignored by the traditional regression-based model studies, much to the detriment of spatially varying...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
4,687 Views
9 Pages

At least 17 carnivoran taxa occur in the Pliocene Glenns Ferry Formation at Hagerman Fossil Beds National Monument (HAFO), Idaho. This assemblage was examined for stratigraphic changes in species distribution, specimen abundance, and species diversit...

  • Article
  • Open Access
22 Citations
6,964 Views
15 Pages

Integrating Expert Knowledge with Statistical Analysis for Landslide Susceptibility Assessment at Regional Scale

  • Christos Chalkias,
  • Christos Polykretis,
  • Maria Ferentinou and
  • Efthimios Karymbalis

In this paper, an integration landslide susceptibility model by combining expert-based and bivariate statistical analysis (Landslide Susceptibility Index—LSI) approaches is presented. Factors related with the occurrence of landslides—such as elevatio...

  • Article
  • Open Access
15 Citations
6,088 Views
14 Pages

The purpose of this study was to demonstrate the value of the proposed Hyperspectral Infrared Imager (HyspIRI) instrument for geological mapping applications. HyspIRI-like data were collected as part of the HyspIRI airborne campaign that covered larg...

  • Article
  • Open Access
2 Citations
5,449 Views
12 Pages

Sakurajima in Japan is one of the world’s most active volcanoes. This paper presents the results of a petrological study of the Showa Crater volcanic ash samples ejected from January 2011 to November 2012 from Sakurajima. The aim of this paper is to...

  • Review
  • Open Access
50 Citations
7,084 Views
9 Pages

Natural stone is required for maintenance and repair of historically, archaeologically and culturally important structures to prevent deterioration due to weathering and use. Those that have national or World Heritage significance are historically an...

  • Article
  • Open Access
5 Citations
6,465 Views
19 Pages

A traverse across the Stone Church syncline in the Ordovician Martinsburg turbidites reveals an axial planar cleavage (N40°E, SE dips) in regional thrust-related folds (N40°E, shallow plunges) and five phases of sparry calcite. Calcite fillings are b...

  • Article
  • Open Access
4 Citations
10,286 Views
14 Pages

Seven two-dimensional (2-D) seismic refraction lines were used to determine the thickness and geometry of a valley train outwash deposit of the Quaternary Henry Formation near Heyworth in southern McLean County, Illinois. These refraction data were c...

  • Article
  • Open Access
3 Citations
4,530 Views
12 Pages

Sustainable woody biofeedstock production systems require a reliable supply of woody biomass that could be affected by future climate change. However, there is limited understanding of the climatic sensitivity of short rotation woody crops, such as h...

  • Article
  • Open Access
7 Citations
5,898 Views
14 Pages

A magnitude-frequency analysis of rockslide-debris avalanche deposits was performed. Hummocks are conical mounds formed in debris avalanche deposits from the catastrophic sector collapse of a mountain (often volcanic) that represent relatively cohesi...

  • Article
  • Open Access
16 Citations
8,617 Views
15 Pages

Black Layers of Decay and Color Patterns on Heritage Limestone as Markers of Environmental Change

  • Elena Mercedes Perez-Monserrat,
  • Maria Jose Varas-Muriel,
  • Monica Alvarez De Buergo and
  • Rafael Fort

Air pollution induces the development of black crusts on the surface of built heritage materials. Black layers on the limestone used on an emblematic Madrilenian building dating from the early twentieth century, mainly built up in the 20 years lapsin...

  • Article
  • Open Access
16 Citations
14,904 Views
13 Pages

Thermodynamic data for platinum group (Os, Ir, Ru, Rh, Pd and Pt) minerals are very limited. The present study is focused on the calculation of the Gibbs free energy of formation (ΔfG°) for selected PGM occurring in layered intrusions and ophiolite c...

  • Article
  • Open Access
14 Citations
6,820 Views
11 Pages

This essay introduces the notion of “human-geosphere intersections”, describes “engineering” as an aspect of anthropogenic global change, and reflects on particular “paradigms” that may govern human-geosphere intersections. Seen conceptually, enginee...

  • Article
  • Open Access
15 Citations
7,487 Views
20 Pages

Soil moisture monitoring and characterization of the spatial and temporal variability of this hydrologic parameter at scales from small catchments to large river basins continues to receive much attention, reflecting its critical role in subsurface-l...

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