Symptoms of denudation in the eastern part of the Upper Odra River basin from the decline of the Bronze Age

The goal of studies in the Ruda and Kłodnica valleys was to establish denudation intensity corresponding to phases of farming and breeding economy. Research was aimed at defining chronology of sedimentation of overbank, proluvial fan and sheetwash deposits. It was affirmed that (1) denudation at the end of the Bronze Age and during the Hallstatt and Roman Periods of the Iron Age reached relatively low intensity in comparison to population density at that time, (2) strong increase of denudation occurred in the older part of the Early Middle Ages in spite of demographic regress at that time, (3) the highest denudational rate was noticed throughout historical times. Additionally, studies show that proluvial fan and sheetwash deposits can be treated as indicators of the close neighborhood of a settlement. Overbank deposits can record shifts occurring in a larger distance from deposition zone, though their extension and thickness decrease along with distance growth from the area transformed under influence of human activity

The NOvA Technical Design Report

This Technical Design Report (TDR) describes the preliminary design of the NOνA accelerator upgrades, NOνA detectors, detector halls and detector sites. Compared to the March 2006 and November 2006 NOνA Conceptual Design Reports (CDR), critical value engineering studies have been completed and the alternatives still active in the CDR have been narrowed to achieve a preliminary technical design ready for a Critical Decision 2 review. Many aspects of NOνA described this TDR are complete to a level far beyond a preliminary design. In particular, the access road to the NOvA Far Detector site in Minnesota has an advanced technical design at a level appropriate for a Critical Decision 3a review. Several components of the accelerator upgrade and new neutrino detectors also have advanced technical designs appropriate for a Critical Decision 3a review