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  2. Cré na Cille - Wikipedia

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    Cré na Cille was serialised by The Irish Press newspaper and then published by Sáirséal agus Dill in 1949. [13]It was translated into Norwegian by Professor Jan Erik Rekdal and published in 1995 by Gyldendal Norsk Forlag as Kirkegårdsjord - gjenfortellinger i ti mellomspill, and translated into Danish by Ole Munch-Pedersen and published in 2000 by Husets Forlag as Kirkegårdsjord ...

  3. Natural burial - Wikipedia

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    The problems with the use of formaldehyde and its constituent components in natural burial are the exposure of mortuary workers to it [10] and the killing of the decomposer microbes necessary for breakdown of the body in the soil. [11] Natural burial promotes the restoration of poor soil areas and allows for long-term reuse of the land. [12]

  4. Necrosol - Wikipedia

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    Location of a necrosol: a graveyard. A necrosol is a type of anthropogenic soil which is commonly found in cemeteries or other burial sites, and is characterized by the presence of human remains in the soil. The term necrosol was first introduced by Graf [1] during his study of flora and vegetation at a cemetery in Berlin, Germany, in 1986.

  5. Fire and carbon cycling in boreal forests - Wikipedia

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    Although temperate and tropical forests in total cover twice as much land as boreal forest, boreal forest contains 20% more carbon than the other two combined. [1] Boreal forests are susceptible to global warming because the ice/snow–albedo feedback is significantly influenced by surface temperature, so fire induced changes in surface albedo and infrared emissivity are more significant than ...

  6. Ice segregation - Wikipedia

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    The ice initially accumulates within small collocated pores or pre-existing cracks, and, as long as the conditions remain favorable, continues to collect in the ice layer or ice lens, wedging the soil or rock apart. Ice lenses grow parallel to the surface and several centimeters to several decimeters (inches to feet) deep in the soil or rock.

  7. Frost boil - Wikipedia

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    Soil that are silty or loamy, as described above, can hold larger moisture contents. Thus, segregated ice lenses are formed preferentially in these locations. The soil thus experiences greater frost heave than surrounding regions, becoming more highly elevated than its surroundings. Although the ice lenses melt during summer, the ground does ...

  8. Brattahlíð - Wikipedia

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    The exact causes of the disappearance of the Norse settlements toward the end of the 15th century remain unverified, but probably resulted from a combination of the Little Ice Age's cooling temperatures, soil erosion, abandonment by Norway after the Black Plague and political turmoils, more convenient ways for Europeans to procure furs and a ...

  9. Tumulus - Wikipedia

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    On removing the soil from one end of the tumulus, and about two feet beneath the solid surface of the ground, we came to three or four layers of wood, lying across the grave, serving as an arch to bear the weight of the earthy cone or tomb above.