• SPOIL PILE INSTABILITIES WITH REFERENCE TO A STRIP COAL MINE IN TURKEY: MECHANISMS AND ASSESSMENT OF DEFORMATIONS 

  Kasmer O.; Ulusay R.; Gokceoglu C. (2006)

  With the increasing adoption of the surface mining of coal, problems associated with spoil pile instability, which affects resource recovery, mining cost, and safety and presents environmental hazards, have become a matter ...
• EFFECT OF WEATHERING ON THE GEOMECHANICAL PROPERTIES OF ANDESITE, ANKARA – TURKEY 

  Orhan M.; Işık N.S.; Topal T.; Özer M. (2006)

  Andesite exposed in different parts of Ankara has different weathering categories varying from fresh to residual soil. The geomechanical properties of the andesite are significantly affected by weathering. Buildings ...
• MEASUREMENT OF NATURAL RADIOACTIVITY IN SAND SAMPLES COLLECTED FROM THE BAOJI WEIHE SANDS PARK, CHINA 

  Xinwei L.; Xiaolan Zh. (2006)

  The activity concentrations and the gamma-absorbed dose rates of the primordial naturally occurring radionuclides 226Ra, 232Th and 40K were determined for sand samples collected from the Baoji Weihe Sands Park, China, using ...
• IMPACTS OF BIOLOGICAL SOIL CRUST DISTURBANCE AND COMPOSITION ON C AND N LOSS FROM WATER EROSION 

  Barger N.N.; Herrick J.E.; Van zee Ju.; Belnap Ja. (2006)

  In this study, we conducted rainfall simulation experiments in a cool desert ecosystem to examine the role of biological soil crust disturbance and composition on dissolved and sediment C and N losses. We compared runoff ...
• TANNIN DYNAMICS OF PROPAGULES AND LEAVES OF KANDELIA CANDEL AND BRUGUIERA GYMNORRHIZA IN THE JIULONG RIVER ESTUARY, FUJIAN, CHINA 

  Lin Y.M.; Liu J.W.; Xiang P.; Lin P.; Ye G.F.; Da sternberg L.S.L. (2006)

  Changes in the total phenolics, condensed tannins (CT), protein-precipitable phenolics content and protein precipitation capacity were determined on a series of mangrove leaves from two true viviparous mangrove species ...

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