[Abstract] Loess caves account for a negligible amount of Austria’s caves only - despite the fact that the areas covered by loess and loess-loam comprise several thousand square kilometres. Loess can be found in the northern ...

[Abstract] The objective of this work was to characterize soil physical properties of the gallery woods area at the hydrographic Mariana sub-catchment. The physical attributes evaluated were: bulk density, gravimetric ...

[Abstract] The purging nut (Jatropha. Curcas, L.) is a flowering plant, described as a poisonous, semievergreen shrub or small tree, which belongs to the family Euphorbiaceae. Cultivation is uncomplicated and the plant ...

[Abstract] The about 4000 km2 Bakony Mountains form the most extensive region of the Trans-Danubien Mountains between Lake Balaton and Marcal River. They have a typical medium relief, including plateaux of various heights, ...

[Abstract] Three samples from the natural heavy concentration of the upper back sands at S.Torpes beach was analysed by microscopy, MEV and microprobe in order to characterize the mineralogical composition of the ore ...

[Abstract] Catastrophes were common in the geologic past, but their distinction from other events is necessary. Besides magnitude (strength), scales of events are important in a solution of this task. Several examples, ...

[Abstract] Forms called tafoni, diversified in different stages, are complex natural systems. The systematic register of their measurements is performed in order to infer relative ages and to use the results to reconstruct ...

[Abstract] The testate amoebae form part of the habitual troglobios in caves developed in igneous rocks (plutonic and volcanic) where the little light, the persistence of humidity, the availability of silica and organic ...

[Abstract] Soil contamination levels were studied in the land affected by an abandoned tungsten mine in Valdeorras (NW Spain). The mine worked mainly in the first half of the twentieth century, and it was definitely closed ...

[Abstract] In the course of geological surveys conducted in the region of Góis (Central Portugal) a new unit was recognized at the top of Boque-Serpins Formation, characterized by the presence of levels of quartzites ...