This paper presents and discusses the Neutron Activation Analysis (NAA) results newly obtained from pumice pieces found decades ago at the Egyptian sites of Maiyana, Sedment, Kahun, and Amarna – now in the collections of the Ashmolean Museum, Oxford, and the Petrie Museum of Egyptian Archaeology, London – which could be successfully related to several volcanic eruptions in the Mediterranean. Th...

Silicic tuffs infilling an ancient submarine caldera, at Mineral King in California, show microscopic fabrics indicative of welding of glass shards and pumice at temperatures >500 degrees C. The occurrence indicates that subaqueous explosive eruption and emplacement of pyroclastic materials can occur without substantial admixture of the ambient water, which would cause chilling. Intracaldera pr...

introduction & objective: after urinary tract infection and prostatic disorders , the urine stones are the third common genitourinary diseases. demographic, environmental and genetic factors affect urine stone formation. the aim of our study is to survey epidemiologic factors in patients with urinary stones referring to educational hospitals of hamadan during 2010-2013.      materials & methods...

in this work, the waste stone sludge obtained from the granite and marble stone processing factories was used for the manufacture of artificial stones using vibratory compaction in a vacuum environment. the results obtained showed that water absorption and density increased, and the flexure, compressive, and tensile strengths decreased with increase in the content of the waste stone sludge. the...

The soils of the central Oregon pumice plateau are relatively young and infertile, yet support an array of plant diversity and growth in the region’s pine forests. Whether these coarsetextured, pumice and ash soils are resilient to forest disturbance is not well understood. We present results from a long-term experiment that examined changes in soil quality in response to combinations of thinni...

Objective of the work: This study focused on investigations pozzolanic activity pumice under different curing temperatures and durations. 
 Materials Method: Pumice powder, standard sand slaked lime were used as materials in this study. Within scope study, only one mixture design was following TS 25. In total, 9 regimes such three heat cures at 55˚C, 75˚C, 90˚C durations 7, 14, 28 days for...

Recent findings of archaeological research in the Vathy gulf area, Astypalaia Island, indicate its continuous habitation since prehistoric times, most importantly transitional period from Final Neolithic to Early Bronze Age (late 4th/early 3rd millennium BC). The evaluation stone artefacts using non-invasive analytical methods (Near Infrared Spectroscopy—NIR), combination with mineral-petrograp...