—The Upper Triassic Painted Desert Member of the Petrified Forest Formation in north-central New Mexico yields one of the most extensive and significant Revueltian (early-mid Norian) tetrapod faunas known. Particularly significant aspects of this fauna are: (1) its long history of collection and study, including designation of important type specimens; and (2) the richness of the unit, includin...

Effects were evaluated of high dietary levels of magnesium oxide (MgO) or limestone on DM, OM and CP digestibility, N balance and intestinal absorption of amino acids by lambs fed a high concentrate diet. Twelve wether lambs equipped with abomasal and ileal cannulas were blocked by weight and breeding and allotted to treatments in a randomized block design in two consecutive trials. Diets were ...

15 Biodiversity conservation is now about prioritisation, especially in a world with limited 16 resources and so many habitats and species in need of protection. However, we cannot 17 prioritise effectively if historical and current information on a particular habitat or species 18 remains scattered. Several good platforms have been created to help users to find, use and 19 create biodiversity ...

Recycling is among the best management strategies to avoid dispersion of several types wastes in environment. Research recycling gaining increased importance view Circular Economy principles. The exploitation waste, or byproducts, as alternative aggregate concrete, results a reduction scarce natural resources. On other hand, productive use waste leads landfilling material through transformation...

Limestone and weathering crusts have been studied at the major cathedrals of Sevilla, in southwestern Spain, and Mechelen, in northern Belgium. These cities have very different climatic and environmental conditions. The deterioration characteristics of the limestone in both localities have been compared. Detailed petrographical characterization was carried out for the different building stones,...

Site geology: The geology of the Oak Park site is one of limestone-drift materials overlying regional limestone-bedrock (over which two broad groups of soils occur: light-textured gravelly soils derived from limestone, and more heavy-textured soils derived from till). The soil underlying Miscanthus-plantations used in the experiments the former type, with a perched clay/subsoil layer under the ...

X-ray mammography is widely used for detection of breast cancer. Besides its popularity, this method did not have the potential of discriminating a tumor covered with limestone from a pure limestone mass. This might cause misdetection of some tumors covered with limestone or unnecessary surgery for a pure limestone mass. In this study, Ultra-Wide Band (UWB) signals are used for the imaging. A f...

Septic tanks are the second largest source of groundwater nitrate contamination in Nebraska. In this study, the feasibility of coupling a conventional lateral field with a sulfur/limestone layer to treat nitrate in septic tank effluent was investigated using column reactors to simulate the septic tank soil adsorption system. The effects of different hydraulic loading rates, nitrogen loading rat...

This paper presents the results of an experimental study on the effect of limestone powder on the compressive strength, tensile behavior, and micromechanical parameters of a highly ductile cement composite incorporating limestone powder. Four mixtures were determined according to the replacement ratio of cement with limestone powder. A series of experiments including compressive strength, uniax...

Abstract Quarries between Old Radnor and Presteigne, Welsh Borderlands, expose a Silurian nearshore succession, which onlaps rocky palaeotopography of the Neoproterozoic basement that had been uplifted along Church Stretton Fault Zone. The succession documents Aeronian to Sheinwoodian transgression an island or islands, with following sequence events: deposition shallow marine sandstones (Folly...