<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><xml><records><record><source-app name="Biblio" version="6.x">Drupal-Biblio</source-app><ref-type>17</ref-type><contributors><authors><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">O. Mateus</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Araújo, R.</style></author></authors></contributors><titles><title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Stone-splitters and expansive demolition agents: breaking big rocks with little effort on vertebrate paleontological excavations</style></title><secondary-title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Journal of Paleontological Techniques</style></secondary-title></titles><keywords><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Paleontology</style></keyword></keywords><dates><year><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">2008</style></year></dates><urls><web-urls><url><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">http://www.jpaleontologicaltechniques.org/pasta3/JPT%20N3/Pdf/JPT_n003_Oct.pdf</style></url></web-urls><related-urls><url><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">https://docentes.fct.unl.pt/sites/default/files/omateus/files/mateus__araujo_2008_stone-splitters_and_expansive_demolition_agents_jpt_n003_oct.pdf</style></url></related-urls></urls><volume><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">3</style></volume><pages><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">1-6</style></pages><language><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">eng</style></language><abstract><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">&lt;p&gt;Two techniques (stone-splitters and demolition agents) are revealed to be efficient methods for breaking large stone blocks in extreme paleontological excavation. In certain conditions &amp;ndash; where security factors, permission issues, terrain conditions, rock properties are problematic &amp;ndash; the traditional methods for breaking large rock blocks cannot be applied (e.g. crane trucks or explosives). Using an expansive demolition agent or stone-splitters after drilling equidistant holes not only allows a cheap, quick and safe solution but also permits precise removal of up to 9 ton blocks. Stone-splitters are a three-part tool that when inserted linearly and equidistantly along a brittle rock mass cause a precise fracture.&lt;/p&gt;
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