Experimental Study on Permeability of Fractured Sandstone with Different Tips by HE Ruxu, PEI Xiangjun, ZHONG Chuangui, FAN Mingming

“…According to the seepage characteristics of fractured rock mass of hydropower slope insouthwest mountainous area,and taking the sandstone at left bank slope of Jinping HydropowerStation as an example, this paper tests and studies the permeability characteristics of rocksamples prefabricated with artificial fracture in different tips under different confining pressuresand osmotic pressures by high pressure rock permeameter, and statistically analyzes thepermeability coefficients obtained from the tests. …”
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Research and Prospect of Reservoir Landslide Mechanism and Risk Evaluation by GUAN Yanli, JIA Ronggu, LI Yuhong, WENG Yanmei, LI Jiayan, FENG Rui

“…Over the years, landslide disasters in mountainous reservoirs have caused multiple casualties and heavy economic losses worldwide, making it a key and difficult scientific and technological breakthrough in the prevention and control of geological disasters in reservoir areas. …”
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Bioimpedance assessment of body composition in the first adulthood period of somatic types residing in highland by Kozuev Kadyr, Tulekeev Toktogazy, Dzholdubaev Sagynbek, Toichieva Zarina, Abdullaeva Zhypargul

“…Study design: a comparative bioimpedance assessment of body types according to the Heath and Carter’s scheme was performed to identify somatic types and body weight composition in healthy men of the 1st adulthood period living in high mountains (2469–3325 m above sea level). Somatotypical features of body composition have been established. …”
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Les mutations foncières et immobilières au pays du Mont-Blanc entre 2001 et 2008 by Isabelle André-Poyaud, Sylvie Duvillard, Antonin Lorioux

“…The aim of this contribution is to present a summary of the changes in property ownership that have occurred in a tourist area in the high mountains. Priority is given in the text to the analysis of data by taking advantage of a database recently made available on the knowledge market by the Notarial Office of France (Notariat de France). …”
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Une forme spontanée de figuier (Ficus carica L.), le nābūt by Younes Hmimsa, Yildiz Aumeeruddy-Thomas, Mohammed Ater

“…Its cultivation is widespread in the Rif Mountains where it has a characteristic feature of traditional agroecosystems. …”
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Ulitníky pseudokrasovej tiesňavy Parkaň v pohorí Bachureň na východnom Slovensku by Jakub Repaský, Dagmar Říhová, Kateřina Kubíková, Radovan Coufal, Jan Oravec, Lucie Juřičková

“…A pseudokarst gorge with the local name „Parkaň“ is located near the village of Renčišov in the Bachureň Mountains. This area was surveyed in 2023. In total, we recorded 52 species of terrestrial gastropods. …”
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Protection de l’environnement et développement touristique en station : du conflit à l’organisation des proximités by Emmanuelle Marcelpoil, Laurent Langlois

“…Such resorts whilst being the subject of socio-economic consideration are also catalysts for environmental protection, as befits the rich ecological interest to be found in the mountains. Nevertheless these economical and environmental interests are proving to be quite diverse and particularly sensitive in accounting terms, despite some strict regulation controls being applied. …”
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Shallow landslide susceptibility map at a regional scale (Asturias, NW Spain). A heuristic-driven approach by Rosana Menéndez-Duarte, Jorge Marquínez, Daniel Vázquez-Tarrío, Francisco José Fernández

“…The study area (Asturias, NW Spain) is a mountainous region extending over 10,000 km2, where shallow landslides triggered after heavy rainfall episodes are very frequent and pose a major threat and hazard to infrastructure and human populations, causing frequenteconomic losses and damage. …”
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South Africa and Sweden: A Story of Solidarity, Trust, and Shared Common Values by Håkan Juholt

“…A unique aspect of the relationship was that it was driven by the unique people of each of these nations, with a realisation that their common goals could not be reached in isolation but through an interconnectedness that moved mountains and split oceans apart, joining our two nations for endless opportunities, for years to come. …”
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Entre le massif de l’Aurès et les oasis : apparition, évolution et disparition des communautés ibâḍites du Zâb (viiie-xive siècle) by Allaoua Amara

“…After spreading among the pastoral communities of Tripolitania, Ibâḍism was quickly disseminated in the Aurès mountains and even in the oasis of Northern Sahara. …”
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Forecasting Disastrous Characteristics of Highway Landslides Using the Material Point Method: A Surcharge-Induced Perspective by Jian Wang, Wei Zhang, Chao-yang Xie, Qian Xiao, Yu-chen Zhu, Bo Pan

“…Optimized preliminary design, of the highways in the mountainous and hilly areas, can be performed based on those insights.…”
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A Chromosome level assembly of pomegranate (Punica granatum L.) variety grown in arid environment by Himanshu V. Patankar, Luis F. Rivera, Fatima Omari Alzahrani, Rod A. Wing, Ikram Blilou

“…They originated from the Middle East in regions having large farms including mountainous regions of Al-Baha in Saudi Arabia. Pomegranates can tolerate arid climates and are considered among the fruits that will play a major role in food security. …”
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Climate change and natural hazards in the Alps by Benjamin Einhorn, Nicolas Eckert, Christophe Chaix, Ludovic Ravanel, Philip Deline, Marie Gardent, Vincent Boudières, Didier Richard, Jean-Marc Vengeon, Gérald Giraud, Philippe Schoeneich

“…Under the effects of climate change, Alpine mountainous regions are undergoing fast and well-perceptible evolutions, which are attracting the growing attention of people, scientists and managers. …”
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Évaluation des politiques environnementales accompagnant les projets autoroutiers : cas de l’a75 et via egnatia by Lamara Hadjou

“…The nature of the territories crossed, often mountainous and sensitive areas with unique landscapes, led the actors to think about a new support policy, taking into account both the areas directly crossed and those beyond the highway. …”
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Land and property transfers in the Mont-Blanc region between and 2001 and 2008 by Isabelle André-Poyaud, Sylvie Duvillard, Antonin Lorioux

“…The aim of this contribution is to present a summary of the changes in property ownership that have occurred in a tourist area in the high mountains. Priority is given in the text to the analysis of data by taking advantage of a database recently made available on the knowledge market by the Notarial Office of France (Notariat de France). …”
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Change Detection and Feature Extraction of Debris-Flow Initiation by Rock-Slope Failure Using Point Cloud Processing by Xiaoying He, Zeqing Yu, John M. Kemeny, Ann Youberg, Yunkun Wang

“…Our understanding of debris-flow initiation by slope failure is restricted by the challenge of acquiring accurate geomorphic features of debris flows and the structural setting of the rock mass in the remote mountainous terrain. Point cloud data of debris flows in Sabino Canyon, Tucson, Arizona, July 2006, with initiation by joint-controlled rock slope were obtained using multitemporal LiDAR scanning. …”
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Landslide susceptibility assessment in scarce-data regions using remote sensing data by Edier Vicente Aristizábal-Giraldo, Diana Ruiz-Vásquez

“… Landslides triggered by rainfall are among the most frequent causes of natural disasters in mountainous terrains. However, landslide susceptibility assessments are often limited due to the scarcity of reliable observations. …”
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Changements climatiques et risques naturels dans les Alpes by Benjamin Einhorn, Nicolas Eckert, Christophe Chaix, Ludovic Ravanel, Philip Deline, Marie Gardent, Vincent Boudières, Didier Richard, Jean-Marc Vengeon, Gérald Giraud, Philippe Schoeneich

“…Under the effects of climate change, Alpine mountainous regions are undergoing fast and well-perceptible evolutions, which are attracting the growing attention of people, scientists and managers. …”
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Clustering simulated snow profiles to form avalanche forecast regions by S. Horton, S. Horton, F. Herla, P. Haegeli

“…We developed the method, tuned parameters, and present clustering results using operational snowpack model data and human hazard assessments from the Columbia Mountains of western Canada during the 2022–2023 and 2023–2024 seasons. …”
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Lessons Learned by Yugoslav Military Experts from the Soviet Invasion of Afghanistan 1979-1981 by A. Y. Timofeev

“…Despite the rich empirical material, Yugoslav analysts did not see any novelty in tactics and the use of new weapons in mountainous areas. They neglected to analyze the tactics of anti-partisan actions in the highlands; their predictions were not original; they ignored the presence of militant fundamentalism as a factor in the conduct of hostilities.…”
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