Quaternary erosion and sedimentation in badland areas of southern Africa in Arid and semi-arid environments. Geomorphological and pedological aspects.
The aim of this paper is to determine whether processes operating in the past in badland areas of southern Africa were different from the present, by comparing contemporary badland processes operating in southern Africa with evidence found
in Quaternary sedimentary successions in badland areas.
Application of the principle of soil loss tolerance in the Tugela River Basin reveals that various areas are subjected to severe stress. Maps indicating areas with soil loss of more than 10 t/ha/yr| areas with a soil loss higher than its allocated
soil loss tolerance limits| and soil loss as a percentage of its T-values are included. These maps reveal startling facts, and emphasize the need for swift action in order to combat the problem of soil erosion in the area.
Reliefgenesis in the Lluidas Vale area of Central Jamaica in Sheets 8-12. International Atlas of karst phenomena. Union Internationale de Spéléologie.
As the analysis of the morphology and the weathering products shows, the development of the relief of the karst basin and its surrounding area can only be understood as a sequence of climatic relief generations. Etch-plains and cone karst
with strongly weathered soils represent the Neogene relief generation. Alluvial fans in the polje and valleys, in the area of the Cretaceous rocks, with fresh and moderate weathered soils demonstrate the relief generation of the Quaternary. These landforms
The characteristics and significance of deep weathering in the Gaick area, Grampian Highlands, Scotland
The Gaick area is a landscape of selective linear glacial erosion. Deep weathering of Moine psammites occurs on preglacial slopes but is absent from glacially-overdeepened valleys. The weathering is of gruss type and its thickness, together
of an ice dome over the Gaick area during successive glaciations.
Three exposure areas were defined : sunny areas (W.S.E), zenith area (flat or with a slight gradient), shadow areas (WNW-N-ENE). Multivariate methods were used to analyze 97 vegetations releves, setting out from a dendrogram using program GROUPAGE
Problems associated with radiocarbon dating the close of the Lateglacial period in the Rannoch Moor area, Scotland in Studies in the Lateglacial of North-West Europe.
Radiocarbon dates spannning the Lateglacial-Flandrian transition are presented from seven sites in the Rannoch Moor area of the Grampian Highlands, Scotland. Problems associated with the interpretation of these dates are discussed, and possible
implications for the dating of the close of the Lateglacial period in other areas are then considered.
Grossmassstäbige Trendflächenanalysen für Merkmale der geookologischen Raumstruktur. (Large-scale analyses of trend areas for characteristics of geoecological space structures)
The georelief (especially of solid stone areas covered wih loose sediments and loose materials) as well as features of geoecological space structures (plant-sociological multitude of species, formation of biomass and yield) may be modelled as trend
areas using k-degree polynomes. Some interrelations between relief and groups of ecological features are discussed. (HL).
Form elements of the Wadden Sea area in Geomorphology of the Wadden Sea area, final report of the section Geomorphology of the Wadden Sea Working Group.
This book presents the fundamental principles and concepts of climatology in a simple and lucid style. An important feature of the cartographic representation is the selection of such a global projection, viz, Breisemeister Elliptical Equal Area
Projection, which presents in one compass all the areas of the world and the climatic distribution. - (PLK)