Les vestiges fauniques de la rue Lecointre à Reims/Durocortorum : une carrière utilisée comme dépotoir by Frédéric Poupon

“…The answer is likely to be found in the monumental ensembles near the quarry, such as the polygonal temple and the amphitheater, located, respectively, 50 and 120 m from the quarry. …”
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Spectral Telepathy: the Late Style of Susan Howe by Marjorie Perloff

“…Two books recently published—The Quarry (New Directions, 2015) and Tom Tit Tot (Museum of Modern Art, 2015) illustrate this point. …”
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The Piesberg: A NW-German site of international importance for the Pennsylvanian (Late Carboniferous) by Angelika Leipner, Tobias Fischer, Patrick Chellouche

“…Piesberg quarry is famous for its Upper Carboniferous plant and arthropod fossils, including several holotypes of flying insects. …”
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Numerical Simulation Analysis of Slope Instability and Failure of Limestone Mine in Weibei by Kuiming Liu, Hui Li, Shihui Pang, Meng Mi, Jianping Chen, Kui Sun

“…Based on the site engineering geological data of typical limestone quarry slope in Weibei, this paper constructs a three-dimensional geological model, uses FLAC3D software to simulate excavation, and analyzes the stress and strain law of the quarry slope. …”
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Monitoring studies of the ecological and hydrogeochemical situation in the zone of influence of technogenic objects of the mining and industrial complex of the Kalush-Holyn Potash... by E. Kuzmenko, S. Bagriy, I. Chepurnyi, T. Chepurna

“…In 2023, hydrogeochemical studies were conducted in the Kalush mining and industrial region with the collection of 25 samples from observation wells, the Dombrovskyi Quarry, sludge accumulators, and the Limnytsia River. …”
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Quantitative evidence for dimorphism suggests sexual selection in the maxillary caniniform process of Placerias hesternus. by James L Pinto, Charles R Marshall, Sterling J Nesbitt, Daniel Varajão de Latorre

“…Here, we examined maxillae, premaxillae, quadrates, and fibulae from a single population from the Placerias Quarry in the Blue Mesa Member of the Chinle Formation, near St. …”
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La nécropole de Vannes/Darioritum : données inédites sur les pratiques funéraires armoricaines dans un secteur occupé du ier au ive s. apr. J.-C. by Annaïg Le Martret, Marie Grall, Vanessa Brunet

“…In Vannes, however, the particularity lies in the choice of a former granite quarry site with a highly fractured topography. The main basin of the quarry seems to have been used to mark the boundaries of a distinct sector of the necropolis.The exhaustive study of this funerary complex, which is exceptional within the region, took several years to complete. …”
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Même et autre : de White Rock Line (1990) à White Rock Line (1990, remade 2014) by Anne Cadenet

“…After studying several restoration options, the substitution of the 18 tonnes of limestone is envisaged and approved of by the artist in the folowing terms : « I share your idea of remaking the piece with new stones from the original quarry. »…”
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Le sarcophage de pierre du haut Moyen Âge, des critères pour une étude by Fabrice Henrion

“…Thus, by considering the whole of its history, from its quarry of origin to the necropolis, cemetery or place of worship that finally received it, it is now possible to place any specimen, whole or fragmentary, within an archaeologically established typology and chronology. …”
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Eifelosaurus – The Lonely Lizard by Jens Koppka

“…The famous fossil is important for local geotourism, with a hiking trail leading to the quarry where the reptile was probably discovered. …”
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The Drama of Hunting by Mátyás Szalay

“…After the dramatic aspect of hunting is described and analyzed, I explain how the encounter with the quarry illuminates man’s paradoxical place in nature and its subordination to humanity. …”
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Pratiques religieuses dans un sanctuaire véliocasse : les Mureaux à Authevernes (Eure) by Myriam Michel, Yves-Marie Adrian, Jean-Marc Doyen, Alice Hanotte, Tarek Oueslati, Nicolas Roudié

“…In 2008-2009, the Archeopole company conducted a preventive excavation on a 1.6 ha area, in the Mureaux quarry, at Authevernes (Eure). This operation, the last of a series of archaeological investigations on this site since the mid-1990s, uncovered the remains of an ancient sanctuary. …”
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Wear Behavior of Aluminium Metal Matrix Composite Prepared from Industrial Waste by L. Francis Xavier, Paramasivam Suresh

“…In this work, Aluminium Metal Matrix Composite is prepared by reinforcing 10 wt% and 20 wt% of wet grinder stone dust particles an industrial waste obtained during processing of quarry rocks which are available in nature. In the composite materials design wear is a very important criterion requiring consideration which ensures the materials reliability in applications where they come in contact with the environment and other surfaces. …”
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Effects of different water and fertilizer treatments on the matrix properties and plant growth of tailings waste by Yanchen Li, Yang Yang, Jialin He, Shan Guo, Xuejing An, Yan Li, Rui Guo, Yipeng Lin, Ruipeng Zhang

“…Based on this, the trail explored the impacts of different ratios of quarry waste matrix on different plant growth and the physical and chemical properties of the quarry matrix. …”
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Le temple polygonal de la rue Lecointre à Reims/Durocortorum by Sébastien Péchart, Frédéric Poupon

“…Finally, the establishment of a chalk quarry, in the immediate vicinity of the temple during the first half of the 3rd c. …”
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A Simple Benchmark to Evaluate the Influence Parameters of the Microstructure of the Masonry Wall on Capillary Water Migration Dynamic by Martial Nde Ngnihamye, Fabien Kenmogne, André Abanda, Michel Mbessa, Jean-De-La-Croix Gnappoun, Didier Fokwa

“…Three granular classes of sand were obtained using sand from the Logbadjeck quarry: 0/0.315 mm, 0.63/1.25 mm, and 2.5/5 mm. The obtained results show that the device is a good tool for the experimental analysis of the behavior of different masonry walls under water migration, which are in agreement with existing models in the literature.…”
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Rocky Start of Dinosaur National Monument (USA), The World's First Dinosaur Geoconservation Site by Kenneth Carpenter

“…The quarry museum at Dinosaur National Monument, which straddles the border between the American states of Colorado and Utah, is the classic geoconservation site where visitors can see real dinosaur bones embedded in rock and protected from the weather by a concrete and glass structure. …”
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MINERALOGY OF CHROMITITES OF MOUNT POKLONNAYA OF THE KARABASH MASSIF, SOUTH URALS by V.I. Popova, E.V. Belogub, M.A. Rassomakhin, V.A. Popov, P.V. Khvorov

“…Mineral composition of chromitites and host serpentinites from a quarry at Mt. Poklonnaya of the Karabash serpentinite massif is studied using optical and electron microscopy. …”
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New or poorly known Neocomitidae (Ammonitina, Ammonoida) from the lower Hauterivian sedimentary series of the Jura platform and the Vocontian trough (France and Switzerland) by Antoine Pictet, Luc Georges Bulot

“…Three rare lower Hauterivian genera are described here: (i) a more detailed description of Haroella charcensis Bulot, Pictet, Frau & Bryers, 2024 is given, which was identified in historical collections of ammonites from the Jura mountains, originating from a phosphatic conglomerate dating from the local Leopoldia buxtorfi Horizon and making it the oldest representative of the genus; (ii) Lyticoceras subhystricoides (Kilian & Reboul, 1915) from the Eclépens quarry is currently being revised as Theodorites cf. theodori Baraboshkin and Mikhailova, 2006; (iii) the new genus Jurienella is introduced for “Breistrofferella” peyroulensis Atrops, Autran & Reboulet 1996, previously known only to a few Provençal sections, in SE France. …”
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Strategies of GIS-Based Urban Country Park Planning and Ecological Restoration by Li Hong, Songling Pang, Chunfu Zhu, Yuhao Li, Yuxiao Guo, Tingting Lei, Kun Wang

“…Specifically, the area of ecological restoration is further divided into the areas of quarry restoration, bare land restoration, slope protection, vegetation, and dam maintenance, and restorative measures are put forward accordingly. …”
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