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Quarries in landscape and geotourism

Quarries in landscape and geotourism
Geotourism ; Landscape ; Poland ; Post-industrialization ; Quarry
Once its mineral working operations cease, a quarry begins functioning in harmony with the landscape as a former mineral working site. That is when the biotic and abiotic elements arrive at a state of equilibrium. The scenic function of a quarry
should be interpreted as a set of elements, composed of escarpments, cliffs, spoil heaps, the state of exploitation. The paper discusses the impact of quarries on the landscape and their potential value for geotourism.

Quarries and wildlife conservation in the Yorkshire Wolds, England

Quarries and wildlife conservation in the Yorkshire Wolds, England
Disused quarries can often provide important wildlife habitats in the British Isles. Plant species lists and quadrat data from an ecological survey of 30 disused quarries and pits were used to look at the plant communities present and species-area

Landform replication experiments on quarried limestone rock slopes in the English Peak District

Landform replication experiments on quarried limestone rock slopes in the English Peak District
Applied geomorphology ; Carbonate rock ; England ; Human impact ; Karst ; Limestone ; Quarry ; Restaurant trade ; Slope ; Slope dynamics ; United Kingdom
This paper describes the land surface changes resulting from limestone quarrying and considers the nature of landform evolution on quarried limestone rock slopes. This is followed by a description of a new technique known as restoration blasting

The geomorphological impacts of limestone quarrying

The geomorphological impacts of limestone quarrying
England ; Geomorphology ; Human impact ; Impact ; Karst ; Landscape ; Limestone ; Quarry ; United Kingdom ; Water resources ; World
in Britain. Quarrying may also impact on karst water resources, particularly where excavation takes place beneath the water table, but these impacts tend to be site specific whilst te geomorphological impacts are more general.

The Mt. Altissimo marbles (Apuane Alps, Tuscany) : commercial types and structural setting

Alps (The) ; Applied geology ; Geological field ; Italy ; Quarry ; Regional geology ; Toscana
The Marbles sensu stricto of the Mt. Altissimo region form an important district in the central Apuane Alps and were exploited in many quarries active up to some decades ago. The marble varieties are characterized by high quality physical-mechanical
properties often joined with very appreciated ornamental features. At present only two large quarries are active. The most important is the Cervaiole quarry, from which decorative arabesque marbles are extracted ; the La buca quarry has been reactivated a few

The faunal remains from Evron Quarry in relation to other Lower Paleolithic hominid site in the southern Levant

The faunal remains from Evron Quarry in relation to other Lower Paleolithic hominid site in the southern Levant
The mammalian assemblage and archaeological finds from the Lower Paleolothic hominid site of Evron Quarry, situated on the northern coastal plain of Israel, are described and discussed. The mammalian faunule from Evron comprises a biogeographical

Moving mountains : community and resistance in the Isle of Harris, Scotland, and Cape Breton, Canada

Canada ; Community ; Conflict ; Environment ; Gravel ; Identity ; Man-environment relations ; Nova Scotia ; Nuisance ; Quarry ; Scotland ; United Kingdom
on the discursive formulations of the quarry in the expert language, as well as in the arguments of both local proponents and opponents of the quarries, shows the importance of ontological categories in environmental siting disputes.

Rockfall at Karita-san, Nagano in 1992 : instability of an andesite quarry face

Rockfall at Karita-san, Nagano in 1992 : instability of an andesite quarry face
Cliff ; Geotechnics ; Honshu ; Japan ; Mining activity ; Quantitative analysis ; Quarry ; Rockfall ; Shear stress ; Slope ; Slope dynamics

Nonassociation of Paleoindians with AMS-dated Late Pleistocene mammals from the Dutchess Quarry Caves, New York

Nonassociation of Paleoindians with AMS-dated Late Pleistocene mammals from the Dutchess Quarry Caves, New York
This paper reports AMS C 14 ages of 10 bones and teeth of 3 species of large mammals from the Dutchess Quarry Caves, New York. Together with the Holocene conventional C 14 dates of charcoal and the varied stratigraphic proveniences of the fluted
points and the dated bones, the new AMS C 14 dates argue that most strata at the Dutchess Quarry Caves contain a mixture of late Pleistocene and Holocene materials. This mixing probably resulted from post-depositional bioturbation (by humans, rodents

Penecontemporary tectonic forms in basement areas : evidence derived from quarry exposures on northwestern Eyre Peninsula, South Australia

Penecontemporary tectonic forms in basement areas : evidence derived from quarry exposures on northwestern Eyre Peninsula, South Australia
Australia ; Fracture ; Granite ; Neotectonics ; Quarry ; South Australia ; Weathering
Monitoring of quarry exposures on northwestern Eyre Peninsula has shown that the granite domes of that region are structurally complex features, commonly with several structural domes within each topographic form. The rock masses are in horizontal

The role of roadcuts, quarries, and other artificial exposures in geomorphology education

The role of roadcuts, quarries, and other artificial exposures in geomorphology education
Geological structure ; Geomorphology ; Micromorphology ; Quarry ; Road ; Slope dynamics ; Slope profile ; Soil erosion ; Teaching of geography ; Weathering
Yet, roadcuts and quarries offer much potential for learning about basic landform features, forms, and processes. This paper, with illustrated examples, discusses 5 general characteristics present in artificial exposures, that offer opportunities

Tourist development of the ancient sandstone quarries in the forest of Fontainebleau

Tourist development of the ancient sandstone quarries in the forest of Fontainebleau

Geomorphological and geotechnical causes of anthropogenically induced rock-mass falls in the Wachau-Danube Valley (Bohemian Massif, Lower Austria)

Austria ; Bohemian Massif ; Geotechnics ; Human impact ; Lower Austria ; Preventive measure ; Quarry ; Rockfall ; Slope ; Slope dynamics
The Wachau-Danube Valley represents a transverse valley, intersecting the Variscian Bohemian Massif. The exceptional cultural position of the region generated an increasing demand for building materials. Over the centuries quarrying had a sizeable
impact on slope morphology. Interdependences between quarrying and construction caused unstable rock slopes and 4 rock-mass falls have occurred at 2 quarries near Spitz (1961, 1984, 2002) and Dürnstein (2009). Rock mechanical analysis at these quarries

Human-induced hazardous debris flows in Carrara marble basins (Tuscany, Italy)

Appennino ; Geomorphometry ; Human impact ; Italy ; Mass movement ; Mountain ; Mudflow ; Production technique ; Quarry ; Rainstorm ; Risk ; Sedimentology ; Slope ; Toscana
In Carrara marble basins, the long and intensive quarrying activities have produced extensive dump deposits, locally known as ravaneti. The morphological and sedimentological analyses of depositional lobes resulted in a classification of 3 types
increases in silt dump produced by modern quarrying techniques.

Winning back more than words ? Power, discourse and quarrying on the Niagara Escarpment

Winning back more than words ? Power, discourse and quarrying on the Niagara Escarpment
Canada ; Conflict ; Decision making process ; Environment ; Environmental conservation ; Landscape ; Ontario ; Power ; Quarry ; Resource management ; Rural change

Human impact on karst in the British Isles

England ; Human impact ; Impact ; Ireland ; Karst ; Limestone ; Pollution ; Quarry ; Settlement ; United Kingdom ; Wales ; Water resources
Human activiy has affected the landscapes of karstic areas of the British Isles since the Mesolithic. Six main categories of human impact on limestone areas are considered in detail: ground-subsidence related; water related; quarrying; surface stone

Sheet fractures, other stress forms and some engineering implications

Australia ; Fracture ; Galicia ; Geomorphology ; Geotechnics ; Granite ; Permeability ; Quarry ; Seismicity ; Shear stress ; Spain
for civil engineering and quarrying projects. The minor forms are also indicators of seismicity.

Wisconsinan inter-lobal stratigraphy in three quarries near Woodstock, Ontario

Wisconsinan inter-lobal stratigraphy in three quarries near Woodstock, Ontario

Restoring earth surface processes through landform design. A 13-year monitoring of a geomorphic reclamation model for quarries on slopes

Restoring earth surface processes through landform design. A 13-year monitoring of a geomorphic reclamation model for quarries on slopes
This paper discusses the reclamation problems of contour mining and quarries on slopes, where steep gradients are prone to both mass movement and water erosion. To address these problems simultaneously, a geomorphic model for reclaiming surface
mined slopes is described. Called the ‘highwall–trench–concave slope’ model, it was first applied in the 1995 reclamation of a quarry on a slope (La Revilla) in Segovia province (Central Spain). Results and discussion.

Influence of bedding dip on glacial erosional landforms, Uinta Mountains, USA

quartzite beds of the Mount Watson Formation maintain a near constant dip. They map the occurrence of 3 glacial erosional landforms : cliffs showing evidence of quarrying, scoured surfaces polished by abrasion, and overdeepenings. Cliffs and overdeepenings
as joints, dictates the geometry of quarried blocks and influences the spatial patterns of process dominance. Where bedding dips up-basin, the geometry of pre-existing weaknesses favours quarrying creating both cliffs and overdeepenings. In contrast, where
bedding dips down-basin, block geometry does not favour the creation of overdeepenings via quarrying and exposed bedding planes are subjected to glacial abrasion, producing scoured surfaces.

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