Bathymetry ; Digital elevation model ; Earthsciences ; Geomorphology ; Glaciology ; Infrared ; Instrumentation ; Research technique ; Stream
Bathymétrie ; Caméra 3D ; Cours d'eau ; Glaciologie ; Géomorphologie ; Infrarouge ; Instrumentation ; Modèle numérique de terrain ; Sciences de la Terre ; Technique de recherche
The AA. present a novel application of the Kinect, an input device designed for the Microsoft Xbox 360 video game system. The device can be used by Earth scientists as a low-cost, high-resolution, short range 3D/4D camera imaging system producing
and basic data analysis routines in three experiments designed to demonstrate the breadth and utility of this new sensor in domains of glaciology, stream bathymetry, and geomorphology.
[b1] Dept. of Earth and Planetary Sciences, Univ. of California, Santa Cruz, Etats-Unis
If it is to be a complete science of landforms and landscapes , geomorphology is not appropriately limited geographically to the terrestrial portions of Earth's surface. Various systems of landforms and their generative processes are best understood
in a full planetary context. Geomorphological inquiry is not appropriately limited in its philosophical presumptions to the reductionist views that have so successfully guided much of physics. Holistic thinking, exemplified by some aspects of evolutionary
[b2] Dept. of Planetary Sciences, Univ. of Arizona, Tucson, Etats-Unis
[b1] Dept. of Hydrology and Water Resources, Univ. of Arizona, Tucson, Etats-Unis
Bibliography ; Glacial features ; Glacier ; Glacier dynamics ; Glacier mass balance ; Glaciology ; Meltwater ; The 2000's
The AA. review recent work which has investigated the process of glaciohydraulic supercooling and its significance for a range of glaciological and geological phenomena. Recent work has examined the record of supercooling preserved in the landform
, glacial geomorphology and ice dynamics with which it has become associated. The AA. highlight some potentially fruitful collaboration with researchers in other branches of cryospheric science.
[b2] School of Physical and Geographical Sciences, Univ., Keele, Royaume-Uni
[b1] Div. of Geography and Environmental Sciences, Univ. of Hertfordshire, Hatfield, Royaume-Uni
Spatial Sciences on Ice : 50 years of Australian activities on the Amery Ice Shelf, East Antarctica
of these spatial data to projects based primarily in the fields of geodesy, glaciology, climatology, and oceanography has allowed the measurement and monitoring of the physical, dynamic and environmental characteristics of this large and remote region. This new
This paper presents a history of the use of spatial science techniques from basic survey equipment to satellite systems in Australian research projects based on the Amery Ice Shelf (and surrounding glaciers) since 1955. The application
Concept ; Echelle ; Epistémologie ; Géographie ; Géomorphologie ; Géosystème ; Sciences de la Terre
This paper has been stimulated by a debate triggered by the then British Geomorphological Research Group (now the British Society for Geomorphology) about the connections between geomorphology and Earth system science (ESS). The AA. begin
by considering the sociology of science, scientific knowledge and technology, before moving to a consideration of the historical relationship amongst geomorphology, geology and physical geography; and to some perspectives this might offer for the current debate
. Epistemological issues, arising both from the use of systems theory over multiple spatial and temporal scales, and from the demands of contemporary environmental science, are then introduced, and these lead to a conclusion that geomorphology might more
[b1] Dept. of Geography, Univ., Cambridge, Royaume-Uni
[b2] School of Geography, Univ., Nottingham, Royaume-Uni
approach including structural glaciology, stable isotope composition (δ18O and δD), sedimentology and ground-penetrating radar. The AA. argue that the major debris layers that can be traced in the terminal zone represent englacial thrusts that were formed
[b2] Dep. of EarthSciences, Univ., Århus, Danemark
[b1] GeoBiosphere Science Centre, Dep. of Geology, Quaternary Sciences, Univ., Lund, Suede
[b3] Centre for Geomicrobiology, Univ., Århus, Suede
[b4] Bjerknes Centre for Climate Research, Univ., Bergen, Norvege
The place of geography in the studies on the Man and the Earth system
The system Man and the Earth is investigated by various disciplines starting from the earth and biological sciences upto physics, chemistry, economic, social, agricultural and technical sciences. The geographical sciences should try to keep
Concept ; Earthsciences ; Environmental conservation ; Globalization ; Nineteenth Century ; Physical geography ; Political ecology ; Society-environment relationship ; Sustainable development ; Twentieth Century
Concept ; Développement durable ; Ecologie politique ; Géographie physique ; Mondialisation ; Protection de l'environnement ; Relation société-environnement ; Sciences de la Terre ; Siècle 19 ; Siècle 20
Although globalization is a term usually restricted to economics and the social sciences, there are aspects of the phenomenon that are intimately linked to the practice and purpose of the physical and environmental sciences and exemplified through
may be seen historically in the global export of western science, including Physical Geography, that underpinned colonial resource exploitation, and which subsequently laid to the foundations for the worldwide conservation movement. Globalization
is also at work in setting contemporary scientific agendas that are focused on larger-scale issues of environment and development and environmental change, particularly in an emergent Earth System Science, and also in Sustainability Science. These global
Physical Geography. At a fundamental level, Physical Geography has always sought to describe and understand the multiple subsystems of the environment and their connections with human activity : it is global and globalizing at its very roots. Globalization
agendas are not simply shared with but also co-produced by the public, politicians and commercial interests, providing both opportunities and challenges for traditional diciplines and traditional disciplinary practices such as Physical Geography.
[b1] School of Geography, Univ., Nottingham, Royaume-Uni