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Quarry Petrology

Quarry Petrology is a systematic geological methodology that characterizes the mineralogical and textural properties of stone extracted from archaeological quarry sites to determine provenance, exploitation techniques, and technological choices in past human societies.

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410

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2017–2026

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Publications

142

The transformation of amphibolite facies gneiss to charnockite in southern Karnataka and northern Tamil Nadu, India

A. S. Janardhan, Robert C. Newton, E. C. Hansen · Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology · 1982 · 353 citations

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The Dababiya Quarry Section: Lithostratigraphy, clay mineralogy, geochemistry and paleontology

Christian Dupuis · Micropaleontology · 2003 · 180 citations · Full text

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The Petrography of the Millstone Grit of Yorkshire

ALBERT GILLIGAN · Quarterly Journal of the Geological Society · 1919 · 100 citations · Full text

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GPR for mapping fractures and as a guide for the extraction of ornamental granite from a quarry: A case study from southern Brazil

Jorge Luís Porsani, William A. Sauck, Abad Oliveira Souza Júnior · Journal of Applied Geophysics · 2005 · 92 citations

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Evaluation of fine limestone quarry by-products, for the production of building elements – An experimental approach

Michael Galetakis, George Alevizos, Konstantinos Leventakis · Construction and Building Materials · 2011 · 87 citations

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Authors

410

  1. JD
    John D. Greenough

    Okanagan University College, Canada

    3 publications · 60 citations

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  2. JV
    J. Victor Owen

    Saint Mary's University, Canada

    3 publications · 60 citations

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  3. LM
    Leanne M. Mallory‐Greenough

    Okanagan University College, Canada

    3 publications · 60 citations

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  4. ÁT
    Ákos Török

    Budapest University of Technology and Economics, Hungary

    2 publications · 58 citations

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  5. CS
    Celina Suarez

    University of Arkansas at Fayetteville, United States

    2 publications · 58 citations

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Institutions

200

  1. Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique

    Paris, France

    5 h-index

    15 publications

    409 citations

  2. Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation

    Canberra, Australia

    4 h-index

    7 publications

    208 citations

  3. Institute of Geosciences and Earth Resources

    Pisa, Italy

    4 h-index

    5 publications

    161 citations

  4. United States Geological Survey

    Reston, United States

    3 h-index

    7 publications

    142 citations

  5. Saint Mary's University

    Halifax, Canada

    3 h-index

    3 publications

    60 citations

  6. University of Coimbra

    Coimbra, Portugal

    3 h-index

    7 publications

    102 citations

  7. University of Florence

    Florence, Italy

    3 h-index

    4 publications

    76 citations

  8. Okanagan University College

    Kelowna, Canada

    3 h-index

    4 publications

    84 citations

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Venues

  1. Engineering Geology

    6 publications · 178 citations

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  2. Quarterly Journal of the Geological Society

    6 publications · 201 citations

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  3. Archaeometry

    6 publications · 210 citations

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  4. Journal of Cultural Heritage

    5 publications · 129 citations

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  5. Journal of Archaeological Science

    4 publications · 132 citations

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