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This volume presents the results of the first 10 years of archaeological investigation at Wellington Quarry, Herefordshire. During this time a regionally unique archaeological and palaeoenvironmental sequence was recorded covering nearly 8000 years of interrelated human activity and landscape change in the Lower Lugg Valley. Starting with use by Mesolithic hunter-gatherers, the heavily wooded floodplain witnessed periods of sporadic occupation and activity throughout early prehistory. A mid 4th millennium BC pit group provided a detailed insight into a wide range of seasonally based activities

Quarries and quarrying --- Excavations (Archaeology) --- Neolithic period --- Iron Age --- Wellington Quarry Site (England) --- Lugg Valley (Wales and England) --- Antiquities.

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Les carrières de la Couronne, sur la commune de Martigues, ont été exploitées depuis au moins le IIIe s. av. J.-C. jusqu’au XXe s., avec une utilisation massive à certaines périodes, comme la fin de l’époque hellénistique (IIe-Ier s. av. J.-C.) ou le XVIIe. L’ouvrage propose d’abord un inventaire des carrières, situant chaque exploitation et proposant pour chacune, lorsque c’est possible, une chronologie. L’étude des carrières antiques et médiévales est particulièrement difficile parce que la réouverture de ces exploitations au cours d’époques plus récentes en a fait disparaître les traces. On aborde ensuite la question du transport des matériaux, à la fois par voie terrestre, à courte distance, et surtout pour l’accès aux ports d’embarquement, puis par voie maritime, pour laquelle on dispose de quelques épaves antiques et d’une documentation importante d’archives à l’époque moderne. La troisième partie est centrée sur les qualités techniques de la pierre de la Couronne et sur sa mise en œuvre dans les monuments, particulièrement à Marseille. Un chapitre traite des matériaux concurrents du calcaire de la Couronne. La dernière partie est consacrée au « village de carriers » de la Couronne, à l’organisation professionnelle et aux conditions sociales de la vie des carriers. Le volume est complété par une abondante annexe où sont regroupés une partie des nombreux documents d’archives utilisés.

Quarries and quarrying --- Limestone --- Carrières (Exploitations minières) --- Calcaire --- Martigues (France) --- Antiquities --- Antiquités --- Martigues Region (France) --- Carrières (Exploitations minières) --- Antiquités --- Limestone - France - Martigues Region --- Quarries and quarrying - France - Martigues Region --- Martigues Region (France) - Antiquities --- Architecture --- Archaeology --- quarry --- building material --- working condition --- transport --- conditions de travail --- carrière (géologie) --- matériaux de construction

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The Special Issue (SI) “Recent Advances in GPR Imaging” offers an up-to-date overview of state-of-the-art research activities dealing with the development of Ground Penetrating Radar (GPR) technology and its recent advances in imaging in the different fields of application. In fact, the advances experimented with over the last few decades with regard to the appearance of new GPR systems and the need to manage large amounts of data suggest an increasing interest in the development of new signal processing algorithms and modeling, as well as in the use of three-dimensional (3D) imaging techniques.

Ground Penetrating Radar --- n/a --- 3D visualization --- digital elevation model (DEM) --- empirical mode decomposition --- ground penetrating radar (GPR) --- GPR --- doline --- terrestrial laser scanning --- GPR data processing --- cave sediments --- distributive analysis --- clutter --- test site --- GPR imaging --- karst --- backscattering --- quarry --- railways --- Kranjsko polje --- marble --- unroofed caves --- X-ray fluorescence (XRF) --- track geometry --- X-ray diffraction (XRD) --- non-destructive testing --- toGPRi --- time-frequency analysis --- near-surface geophysics --- scattering modelling --- archaeology --- morphometrical analysis --- IMF-slices --- electromagnetic propagation in nonhomogeneous media --- infrared thermography --- network level evaluation --- land cultivation --- signal frequency analysis --- LiDAR --- time-domain analysis --- conglomerate --- railway events --- ground-penetrating radar --- ground penetrating radar --- variational mode decomposition --- spectral domain --- electrical resistivity imaging

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In many parts of the world, freshwater is a subject of frequent and intense large-scale disturbances. Pollution, water withdrawal, alteration of freshwater flows, road construction, aquifer mining, surface water diversion, desertification, wetland drainage, soil erosion in agriculture, deforestation, and dam building have led to some irreversible species losses and severe changes in community compositions of freshwater ecosystems. Pollution represents one of the most relevant impacts on freshwater environments, ranging from surface water bodies—such as springs, streams, rivers, lakes, and intermittent waterbodies—to groundwater and transitional habitats between surface waters and groundwaters. The origins and fates of pollutants are different and depend on various pollutants, including fertilizers with pesticides in agricultural areas, heavy metals, chlorinated organic compounds, and polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs), which are predominantly derived from industrial and urban settlements. Another pollutant is microplastics, which can increase in concentration in freshwater bodies and constitute emerging contaminants in freshwater systems when taken together with pharmaceuticals, personal care products (PCPs), and endocrine-disrupting compounds (EDCs). The broad distribution of several pollutants leads to significant changes of freshwater ecosystems, together with the extinction of the most sensitive species or the drastic lowering in abundances of others, thus altering community compositions and the ecosystem services provided by freshwater biodiversity.

multiple stressors --- pesticides --- freshwater ecology --- ecotoxicology --- synergism --- resource limitation --- population density --- groundwater --- karst aquifer --- pollution --- quarry --- Apuan Alps --- groundwater ecology --- stygofauna --- stygobite --- aquifer --- syncarida --- crustaceans --- copepods --- stygobiotic --- traits --- nitrate --- ammonium --- nitrite --- nitrogen --- contamination --- AQUALIFE software --- groundwater dependent ecosystems --- threats --- biodiversity --- abundance-size scaling theory --- benthos --- hyporheos --- freshwater communities --- pharmaceuticals --- large scale survey --- Biolog EcoPlatesTM --- flow cytometry --- microbial community --- metabolic fingerprint --- groundwater quality --- hydrogeochemistry --- Chironomidae --- Chironomus plumosus larvae --- mentum deformities --- freshwater contamination --- Lake Trasimeno --- platinum --- bioaccumulation --- passive sample --- freshwater clam --- Corbicula fluminalis africana --- diet --- Triturus carnifex --- mountain karst ponds --- microplastics --- heavy metals --- EOCs --- landfill --- marble slurry --- neonicotinoids --- software

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The raw materials industry is widely considered to be too environmentally costly, and causing more losses than benefits. The responsible solving of the problems caused by this industry is not “exporting” its operations to less developed countries, but addressing all recognized hazards with dedicated technological developments. Such an approach is presented by the authors of this book. The contributions deal with the optimization of processes in the raw materials industry, obtaining energy from alternative fuels, researching the environmental aspects of industrial activities. This book determines some guidelines for the sustainable raw materials industry, describing methods of the optimized use of mined deposits and the recovery of materials, reductions in energy consumption and the recuperation of energy, minimizations in the emissions of pollutants, the perfection of quieter and safer processes, and the facilitation of modern materials-, water-, and energy-related techniques and technologies.

acid leaching --- battery recycling --- Li-ion batteries --- metal recovery --- raw material sustainable use --- sieving screen --- inertial vibrator --- dual-frequency --- spectrum --- FEM simulation --- biomass ash --- coal ash --- sintering --- mechanical test --- pressure drop test --- slagging --- fouling --- ion flotation --- used batteries --- ecological safety --- recovery --- Zn(II) --- Mn(II) --- belt conveyor --- prosumer --- downhill transport of overburden --- specific energy consumption --- recuperation --- energy recovery rate --- air quality monitoring --- SO2 --- VOC --- H2S --- PM10 --- PM2.5 --- PM1.0 --- outdoor air quality --- air flow aerodynamics --- street canyon --- digestate --- biogas plant --- hydrothermal carbonisation --- membrane processes --- water recovery --- thermal lag --- fossil fuels --- pyrolysis --- TG --- thermal analysis --- power --- powered roof support --- hydraulic leg --- bench testing --- dynamic load --- discrete event simulation --- quarry --- mine machine --- cost of production --- fire-side corrosion --- boiler tube wastage --- diagnostics --- industrial-scale boilers --- non-destructive inspection --- pipe inspection --- wall thickness measurement --- stone waste --- waste generation --- waste recycling --- industrial waste treatment --- sustainable manufacturing --- dimension natural stone processing --- GHG emissions --- stable isotopes --- waste management --- energy recovery --- unburned carbon --- fly ash --- activated carbon --- adsorption kinetics --- statistical regression --- sustainable mining --- heating and energy processes --- raw material sustainable-use fossil fuels --- energy conversion and storage --- air pollution --- emission reduction methods --- purification and removal techniques