The role of blocks of dead ice in the deposition of late glacial sediments in a large valley : A case study from the Vistula river valley in the Grudziądz basin, north Poland
The paper describes the processes associated with sediment deposition in the presence of large blocks of dead or stagnating ice. The study examines a large valley depression in the Grudziądz Basin (lower Vistula Valley) which formed part of the area
The aim of this study was to determine the geospatial and temporal characteristics of the drought years in Zimbabwe for the period between 1940 and 1999. Using time series analysis, spatial analysis and the Kruskal-Wallistest, the study established
that there has been a gradual increase in the frequency of drought years in the recent past, suggesting that some parts of the country might be experiencing climate change. The study concludes that the nature of government initiated intervention strategies
This study examines the unauthorised development in the south of Italy and evaluates the consequenc-es of the condono edilizio (building amnesty) policy, in the light of the impact that illegal construction has on the the landscape, both urban
, rural and coastal. Through the three case studies in Lazio, Campania and Sicily, it demonstrates that the emergence of new evolutionary trends—hitherto underrepresented within the politicaldebate—demand a different interpretative framework. Three design
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[b1] Dept. of Architecture and Urban Studies, Politecnico di Milano, Milan, Italie
Based on field studies, individual narrations and revelation collected and published by numerous NGO, the author addresses the reality of human trafficking in Thailand, direct studies, present facts, and dismisses stereotypes. It focuses
The role of identifying and managing cultural values in rural development : SyCULTour 2013
cultural values with development potential by studying the relevant research literature and legislation, carrying out field studies in the Idrija countryside, and using an online questionnaire to evaluate development aspects. - (IKR)
This study presents a growth curve developed from direct and indirect growth rates of Rhizocarpon geographicum lichens from study sites on Mounts Baker, Rainier, Adams, and Hood in the northern Cascade Range of the western USA. The observations
yr periods. The revised growth curve for the study area extends the applicable range for dating rock surface in the study area to the seventeenth century, approximately 175 years longer than previous calibrated curves.
Aeolian transport ; Beach ; Coastal environment ; Comparative study ; Florida ; Instrumentation ; Research technique ; Soil moisture ; Texas ; United States of America
Knowledge of surface moisture on beaches is vital for aeolian process studies because moisture increases transport thresholds and limits mass flux. This study was designed to test infrared optic techniques for measuring beach surface moisture
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[b2] Coastal Studies Inst., Louisiana State Univ., Baton Rouge, Etats-Unis
Pareto’s law and sample size : a case study of China’s urban system 1984–2008
This study tests three existing threshold methods (number threshold, size threshold, and urban pop-ulation percentage threshold) using China’s city system as a case study. In addition, it proposes a new method based upon the percentage threshold
Carbon ; Comparative study ; Ohio ; Regression analysis ; Soil ; Soil properties ; Spatial distribution ; United States of America
Historical database of National Soil Survey Center containing 1424 geo-referenced soil profiles was used in this study for estimating the organic carbon (SOC) for the soils of Ohio, USA. Specific objective of the study was to estimate the spatial
attributes, climate data, bedrock geology, and land use data were used for mapping the SOC density. Results showed that, the local spatial statistical technique, the GWR can perform better in capturing the spatial distribution of SOC across the study region
Sarcopoterium spinosum L. (S.p.) is a common type of dwarf shrub in the eastern Mediterranean area. This study focuses on the semi-arid south-western Judean foothills (Shephelah) in Israel, characterized by a hilly landscape with variable coverage
of hard calcrete rock outcrops (Nari) on chalk. A field study was conducted to measure visual surface coverage of 5 components : S.p., shrub (excluding S.p. and including other dwarf shrubs and trees), annuals, rock, and bare soil. The results show
that rock, an abiotic component, plays an important role in this semi-arid landscape. Among the studied components, the relationship between rock and S.p. was found to be the strongest. As rock presence decreases, S.p. distribution increases. The threshold
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[b1] The Inst. of Archaeology, Martin (Szusz) Dept. of land of Israel Studies and Archaeology, Bar Ilan Univ., Ramat Gan, Israel
Topoclimatological case-study of Alpine pastures near the Albula Pass in the eastern Swiss Alps
The AA. present a basic assessment of current topoclimatic conditions as a site characterization for ongoing ecological climate change studies. To be able to link short-term studies with long-term climate records, they related agrometeorological
Developing a new stream metric for comparing stream function using a bank–floodplain sediment budget : a case study of three Piedmont streams
Carrying capacity ; Comparative study ; Floodplain ; Piedmont ; Sediment budget ; Sediment load ; Stream ; Suspended load ; United States of America ; Virginia
Creek). The aim of the study was to determine the relation between geomorphic parameters and sediment dynamics and to develop a floodplain trapping metric for comparing streams with variable characteristics. Net site sediment budgets were best explained
Heavy metal pollution in the Quaternary Garza Basin : A multidisciplinary study of the environmental risks posed by mining (Linares, southern Spain)
The aim of this study was to elucidate the influence of the mine wastes in the district of Linares (Jaén, Spain) on the quality of the soil, the surface water and the groundwater. For this purpose, a sedimentary endorheic basin in the mining
district was selected as the study location : the Quaternary Garza basin. The characterisation of the basin geometry and the tailings dams in the area was conducted by electrical resistivity imaging (ERI), which was supported with data provided
Hydraulic properties of biological crusts on sand dunes studied by 13C-CP/MAS-NMR : A comparison between an arid and a temperate site
Arid area ; Biogenic process ; Brandenburg ; Comparative study ; Dune ; Duricrust ; Geochemistry ; Germany ; Infiltration ; Israel ; Negev ; Porosity ; Repellency ; Sand ; Soil ; Soil properties ; Soil water ; Temperate zone
Using principal component analysis (PCA), the AA. studied the relationships between hydraulic properties and 13C-CP/MAS-NMR shift regions of biological soil crusts (BSCs) on sand dunes under arid and temperate conditions. The arid study site
for Latin American studies in Paris that he headed. His position in French geography was transitional between Vidalian orthodoxy and innovations inspired by social sciences in the second half of the twentieth century. His legacy is both to regional geography