in the calcite of the samples suggest that the cave was dewatered for more than 200000 years. This very old cave which seems to have survived more than one glacial period also contains a noticeable variety and quantity of bones, some of which covered with calcite
Between 1933 and 1975 more than 147,000 ha of forest were destroyed by fire in northwestern Oregon. The A. documents the economic and cadastral effects of this catastrophe. Now regenerated, the area is becoming a recreational site for metropolitan
During the past 30 years, precipitation for the month of September has increased in this region of California, which has more than 1,3 million ha of irrigated farmland. - (DWG)
The objectives of this paper are to present the Llandovery graptolite biostratigraphy of the Cape Phillips Formation, with illustrations of the more common and biostratigraphically important taxa, and to discuss the paleobiogeographic aspects
An analysis of regional voting patterns, by parish, for Jamaica, between 1959 and 1986. Traditional one-party voting tendencies in the majority of parishes have become eroded as the country has come to have more uniform regional voting trends. - (DB)
The recreational vehicle ( RV ) camp or park accomomdates retirees in the U.S. Sunbelt. In the winter months, Arizona receives more than 70 000 seasonal residents who live in their vehicles clustered into specially-designed retirement communities
Sampling more than 2 500 households from a wide economic range in Rio de Janeiro, the A. demonstrates the inadequacy of income as the main measure to define what kind of housing one can afford to buy or rent. - (DWG)
The Balsas River Basin of southern Mexico has been an important center for the production of honey and vax from the semi-domesticated stingless bee (genera Melipona and Trigona). Now the European honeybee (Apis mellifera) is more widespread
Auto parts manufacturing in the USA has been especially attracted to small communities in the Midwest| more recently, they have taken advantage of low labor costs by setting up factories along the border in Mexico. - (DWG)
In the past three decades, Protestantism has surged as a religious force in Latin America| in many areas there are now more practicing Protestants than practicing Catholics. The A. sheds light on the dynamics of conversion from a study made
Riparian inhabitants in Constancia have responded to an outside market economy centered on Iquitos by clearing more land of forest, incorporating rice and plantains into their agricultural system, and intensifying logging, collecting and hunting
The financial mechanism existing in the community of Japanese immigrants consisted of formal and informal levels. Ethnic ties played an important role at both levels. Small scale ethnic finances at the informal level were more successful. Japanese
Beginning in 1973, nonmetropolitan counties in the USA started to grow more rapidly than metropolitan counties, due partly to retirement migration. In the State of Washington, the economic recession of the early 1980s cancelled this emerging
Flood frequencies comparable to those of the twentieth century existed prior to 1020 A.D. and after 1390 A.D. Large floods were three to four times more common during the intervening centuries. Climatic conditions are the most probable factors
The Hare Krishna movement, which arrived in the USA in 1965, constructed a large temple to Krishna and elaborate palace for the swami, both near Wheeling, West Virginia. In 1982, more than 300 000 people visited this place. The complex conforms
In 1980, the USA contained more than 1,000 ethnic Catholic communities that have maintained their own churches. But about one third of all such parishes in 1940 did not exist in 1980| those founded by German speaking people have undergone the most
Jamaican wetlands were formerly much more extensive. The process of conversion into drylands for agriculture began with the expansion of sugar cane in the eighteenth century. As the coastal towns expanded, reclamation was also implemented for urban