Alimenter la ville de Lyon en eau : les galeries de captage antiques sous les collines de Fourvière et de la Croix-Rousse by Emmanuel Bernot

“…It consists either in channelling water from springs emerging from the hillsides, or in digging a gallery, sometimes leading from the bottom of a well, to capture infiltration water in the top of a clay layer. These galleries could be left in the ground, without any particular reinforcement, and the water would be captured by capillary action through the substrate. …”
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Analysis of Tennis Competitions on Different Court Surfaces by İhsan Doğan, Şükran Arıkan, Serkan Revan

“…Winning matches in 1004 competitions made up of 250 men's singles and 252 women's singles played on hard court (US Open and Australian Open); 127 men's singles and 122 women's singles played on the clay court (French Open); and 127 men's singles and 126 women's singles played on grass court (Wimbledon) were analyzed. …”
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Fertilizer potential of biochar and ryegrass productivity in metal-contaminated soil by Joao Arthur Antonangelo, Joao Luis Bigatao Souza, Hailin Zhang

“…This study delves into the role of biochar in enhancing soil pH and phosphorus (P) and potassium (K) availability for ryegrass (Lolium perenne) in clay and silt loam metal-contaminated soils.MethodsTwo pot experiments were conducted using switchgrass-derived biochar (SGB) and poultry litter-derived biochar (PLB) with varying biochar application rates: one without plants and the other with ryegrass.ResultsResults demonstrated a significant rise in soil pH with increasing biochar rates, particularly notable for the PLB experiment with plants, attributed to PLB’s superior buffer capacity. …”
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Predicting and Investigating the Permeability Coefficient of Soil with Aided Single Machine Learning Algorithm by Van Quan Tran

“…Plasticity index, density > water content, liquid limit, and plastic limit > clay content > void ratio are the order effects on the predicted value of the permeability coefficient. …”
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Mechanical Properties of Weathered Feldspar Sandstone after Experiencing Dry-Wet Cycles by Wen-bo An, Laigui Wang, He Chen

“…The mechanism of weathering for the water-rock interaction included three effects, namely, the hydrolysis of the K-Na feldspar, the water swelling of the clay minerals such as kaolinite, and the dissolution of the soluble minerals. …”
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Collectivism and continuity: a ceramic composition as a metaphorical persuasion for extended family cohesion by Charles Dogbeda Melos Vicku, Samuel Nii Adamah Sampah, Robert Amoanyi, Ebenezer Fiifi Mensah, Ansah-Asiedu Jnr

“…The tangible conceptual artistic composition was created by combining clay, iron rods in the form of metallic rings, acrylic paints, and glazes. …”
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Barrancas de Barrujón (Toledo, España, 2019) by Íñigo Yvorra

“…Barrancas de Barrujón (Toledo, Spain, 2019) This place is located 30 km from Toledo where the river Tajo creates an incision in detrital materials from the tertiary era (reddish clay rock), creating deep canyons near the Castrejón reservoir. …”
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Impacts of Groundwater Recharge from Rubber Dams on the Hydrogeological Environment in Luoyang Basin, China by Shaogang Dong, Baiwei Liu, Huamin Liu, Shidong Wang, Lixin Wang

“…Nitrates adsorbed by the silt clay of aeration zone appear to have entered the groundwater through physical and chemical reactions. …”
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Distributions of Trace Elements and Their Relationships With Heavy Minerals in Some Chinese Low‐Rank Coals by Peng Jin, Chong Tian, Yuxuan Huang, Bengen Gong, Xiaochuan Wang

“….%) in the four low‐rank coals with clay minerals dominating in composition. Minerals in the heavy mineral fractions (HMFs, ρ > 2.89 g/cm3) vary from coal to coal. …”
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Impact of Uniaxial Mechanical Perturbation on Structural Properties and Smectite Porosity Features: Ion Exchanger Efficiency and Adsorption Performance Fate by Walid Oueslati, Chadha Mejri, Abdesslem Ben Haj Amara

“…An evaluation of the performance of the mechanisms controlling the clay-environment interaction and predicting the dynamics/configuration of the interlayer space (IS) is required. …”
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Utilizing hydrophobic sand to construct an air permeable aquiclude to enhance rice yields by Jing Wu, Xiaoyan Ma, Yuming Su, Shengyi Qin, Francesco Pilla

“…Field plot experiments for 2 years have been conducted, with control groups, Clay Aquitard (CAT), and Plastic Aquiclude (PAC), to evaluate the effects of APAC on rice yield, nitrogen utilization, and water efficiency. …”
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Suitability of Bentonite-Stabilized Laterite for Use as a Material for Nuclear Waste Containment in Sub-Saharan Africa by Emmanuel E. Arinze, Colin T. Davie

“…The results reveal that the addition of laterite improves the compaction properties of the mixture, decreases the clay concentration, increases permeability, reduces water absorption, and lowers swelling capacity. …”
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Hydroelectric simulation of the phreatic water response of mining cracked soil based on microbial solidification by Gao Ying, Ismail Mohd Ashraf Mohamad, Li Tao, Li Bo, Zhang Jiarui

“…When the cracked soil was filled with a 1:1 ratio of aeolian sand to clay particles, the microbially remediated soil demonstrated optimal mechanical and hydraulic properties. …”
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3D numerical modeling of the deformation and failure mechanisms of batter pile groups subjected to fault ruptures by Mukhtiar Ali Soomro, ZiQing Zhu, Muhammad Shamrooz Aslam, Hazrat Bilal, Abid Yahya, Irfan Anjum Badruddin

“…An advanced hypoplastic constitutive model for clay, which accounts for small-strain stiffness, and a concrete damage plasticity (CDP) model are employed to simulate the soil and the batter pile foundation, respectively. …”
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Evolution of Pore Characteristics for Bentonite Modified by an Ionic Soil Stabilizer during Hydration Processes by Wei Huang, Zili Feng, Huanran Fu, Wei Xiang

“…An ionic soil stabilizer (ISS) is used to reinforce clay soils because the ISS can regulate the hydration processes and microstructures of clays. …”
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EFFECT OF ALTERNATIVE RAW MATERIALS OVER CLINCKER QUALITY AND CO2 EMISSIONS by LEONID VASILIU, LILIANA LAZAR, LĂCRĂMIOARA RUSU, MARIA HARJA

“…One of the approaches aimed at reducing thermal energy consumption is the partial substitution of traditional raw materials (limestone, clay, gypsum) with other alternative materials, with a melting effect, among which stand out byproducts of the steel industry such as furnace and steel slag. …”
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Casting Activity of Scherotheca gigas in No-Till Mediterranean Soils: Role in Organic Matter Incorporation and Influence of Aridity by Paloma Bescansa, Iñigo Virto, Oihane Fernández-Ugalde, María José Imaz, Alberto Enrique

“…We observed a significant depletion of clay and higher concentration of total organic C and labile C in the form of particulate organic matter (POM) in the casts as compared to the surrounding soil, suggesting selective ingestion of soil by S. gigas. …”
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Experimental study of the influence of Potassium Chloride salt on the rheological properties of Carboxyl Methyl Cellulose (CMC) and Poly Anionic Cellulose – Regular (PAC-R) mud typ... by Chimezie Sidney Uduba, Ibrahim Ademola Fetuga, Monica Wobo, Olabode Thomas Olakoyejo, Antônio Marcos de Oliveira Siqueira, Joshua Kolawole Gbegudu

“… Drilling mud is a mixture of water and clay, weighing materials and few chemicals which is called additives to stabilize the wellbore pressure. …”
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Success or Failure in the City? Social Mobility and Rural-Urban Migration in Nineteenth- and Early-Twentieth-Century Groningen, the Netherlands by Richard Paping, Jacek Pawlowski

“…It utilizes two datasets regarding people born in the Groningen clay soil region (the Netherlands). By applying a revised version of HISCLASS for social stratification, it compares the social mobility of urban migrants with those staying in the countryside. …”
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Success or Failure in the City? Social Mobility and Rural-Urban Migration in Nineteenth- and Early-Twentieth-Century Groningen, the Netherlands by Richard Paping, Jacek Pawlowski

“…It utilizes two datasets regarding people born in the Groningen clay soil region (the Netherlands). By applying a revised version of HISCLASS for social stratification, it compares the social mobility of urban migrants with those staying in the countryside. …”
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