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The Albarellos Cave is a boulder granite cave system characterized by its subterranean gigantic and well developed erosional and depositional forms: potholes larger than 5 m in diameter, and a depth of 11.5 m, erosion tunnels and... more
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The main theme of this article is the transport of large monoliths – such as 50 or 60 Roman foot-tall columns from the quarries of Egypt’s Eastern Desert or obelisks and columns from Aswan – to Rome. We examine the role of Alexandria as a... more
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This book provides an explanatory account of the landforms and landscapes developed on granitic rocks. Granite is exposed over about 15% of the continents and is thus of an areal significance comparable to the carbonate rocks. But whereas... more
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The granite caves- Of all the caves obout which we have written in more than 200 papers here on academia.edu none is more replescent than the granite caves which are Mirroed inside to reflect the visitor. How was this done 2000 years ago?... more
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This book provides an explanatory account of the landforms and landscapes developed on granitic rocks. Granite is exposed over about 15% of the continents and is thus of an areal significance comparable to the carbonate rocks. But whereas... more
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Galicia, in the NW of the Iberian Peninsula, is dominated by igneous rocks, mostly granitoids intruded during the Variscan orogeny. These granitoids can be grouped into four types: postand syn-tectonic tonalite granites, and post- and... more
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El nombre de tafone designa en Geomorfología los huecos desarrollados en las superficies basales y laterales de las rocas. Los términos empleados poseen un significado respecto a la definición de sus propiedades, con implicaciones de... more
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Cavity Architecture of Ancient India
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par Jean-Louis VAN BELLE, en collaboration avec Philippe Sosnowska et Sylvianne Modrie. — L’histoire d’une ville, l’éclat de son passé se dévoilent en particulier sous le regard de ses monuments, de ses édifices. La qualité des matériaux... more
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Scientific terms have a descriptive, conceptual and categorical meaning. In the geomorphic research the applied terms can describe the landform features on the Earth's surface; also, they can reflect the different development conditions... more
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Jueves 7 de noviembre a las 19:15h en Plaza Matute 6, (metro Antón Martín). http://www.comunidadism.es/agenda/presentacion-libro-la-pedriza-geologia-y-escalada SI QUIERES CONOCER QUÉ SON LOS TAFONI, PORQUÉ LA PEDRIZA TIENE ESE TONO... more
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La interpretación de las formas del relieve integra la diferenciación de componentes en el paisaje, su categorización mediante propiedades genéricas y su conexión con procesos complejos en el espacio-tiempo. Conceptos y categorías... more
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Publikace byla vydaná v Plzni roku 1999 / The publication was published in Pilsen in 1999. ISBN: 80-85822-41-5.
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O carste em rochas não carbonáticas ainda é assunto de controvérsias no meio científico. No Brasil são raras e pouco divulgadas as pesquisas sobre o assunto. Nas ultimas décadas, estudos sobre o carste não carbonático tem aumentado em... more
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Tafoni are small caves frequently developed in granitic rocks. These forms are basal and lateral hollows on the undersides of the rock mass, extended upwards. They show a size range from cm to m with diverse opening plane shape. Their... more
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Several minor cavernous features can be well differentiated in the granite terrains of Los Riojanos (Pampa de Achala, Sierra Grande de Córdoba, República Argentina). The cavernous morphology always appears related to a well-defined... more
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Grytgrottsn in the county of östergöttland, S. Sweeden, is a system of caves formed between boulders partly filled by glacial silt . The boulders are formed by a syenitic granite. In one of the caves a large number of speleothems, soda... more
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https://revistainua.com/entrevista-manuel-garcia-autor-del-libro-geologia-y-escala-en-la-pedriza/ ¿Qué es lo que te mueve a escribir un libro de geología de La Pedriza? Para ti ¿Que significa La Pedriza? La Pedriza es como mi... more
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"Le site de Campu Stefanu est situé sur la commune de Sollacaro en Corse-du-Sud. Le site occupe une colline de 94 m d’altitude, proche de la confluence de la rivière de Bujo affluent de la rive gauche du fleuve Taravu. L’implantation... more
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Лекция на доц. Явор Шопов, президент на комисията по Физикохимия и хидрогеология на карста на Международния съюз по Спелеология (UIS). Лекцията започва с видовете скали, в които се срещат пещери и процесите, които водят до образуването на... more
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Resumen: El objetivo de este estudio experimental consiste en aplicar los supuestos básicos de un modelo teórico sobre la generación de cacholas (tafoni) en rocas graníticas. En primer lugar, el trabajo plantea el papel del sistema de... more
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Many tafoni forms can be differentiated from granite terrains in the north-western region of Argentina (Sierra Grande de Córdoba). All the observations here subject of communication, starting from a recent research that we are developing... more
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LA CAVA La cava a cielo aperto circolare di Gattaiola margini rialzati (2 Km a S di LUCCA) per il nome Gatta a GAETA è stata fatta nell'800 di tipo laziale tufaceo in frangia a sn d'un sentiero (010) che attualmente va a Pozzuolo e nei... more
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CONCLUSIONS During many years tafoni have been considered as forms produced by weathering by the sole fact of having been observed on the terrestrial surface. However, the exogenous hypothesis was unable to explain not only their origin... more
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En las superficies internas de los tafoni se desarrolla frecuentemente la estructura en panal (Turkington y Phillips, 2004; Twidale y Vidal-Romaní, 2005).
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Since the first scientific mention of the form tafone (though not giving this name) in the Guadarrama Sierra (Spain) in 1864, its origin has been considered to be due to exogenous processes. In 1883, the present Corsican term (tafone) is... more
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Forms called tafoni, diversified in different stages, are complex natural systems. Their interpretation has created a range of nominal categories defined by morphological features. The debate remained about the definition of the cause and... more
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Un quartiere duecentesco lucchese sui due lati del Fillungo
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Since the first scientific mention of the form tafone (though not giving this name) in the Guadarrama Sierra (Spain) in 1864, its origin has been considered to be due to exogenous processes. In 1883, the present Corsican term (tafone) is... more
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Forms called tafoni, diversified in different stages, are complex natural systems. The systematic register of their measurements is realized in order to infer relative ages and use the results to reconstruct landscape evolution. The... more
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