The aims of this study are to evaluate soil losses under different groundcover types, including cryptogam cover, that are prevalent under maize on bariland in the Nepal Middle Hills during the monsoon, and to account for any observed differences
Middle–Late Holocene paleoclimate and weathering history in the Norra Storfjället mountains, Sweden : deglacial record and soil stratigraphy applied to Neoglaciation in lower latitudes
C 14 dating ; Clay mineral ; Deglaciation ; Glacier fluctuation ; Holocene ; Little ice age ; Moraine ; Mountain ; Palaeo-environment ; Palaeoclimate ; Palaeosol ; Soil properties ; Sweden ; Weathering
The retreat record of the Stabre Glacier into the Norra Storfjället mountains, after separation from the massive Tärnaån Glacier at some undetermined time in the Atlantic Chron, is documented by recessional moraines in the foreland. While poorly
constrained by radiometric dating, the age of the middle group of moraines averages out to less than 4 000 cal 14C yr BP, with the youngest deposits of Little Ice Age (LIA). The physico-mineral-chemical properties of soils/paleosols in recessional deposits
across this sequence provide weathering indices over the mid to Late Holocene in the Swedish sub-Arctic climate. It is likely the middle group of deposits represents stillstand of the retreating glacier offset by climatic deterioration with the onset
of Early Neoglacial climate which altered the glacial mass balance, at least until termination of the LIA. Correlation to other alpine areas in the middle and tropical latitudes with similar records is attempted and discussed.
Antarctique ; Dérive des continents ; Gondwana ; Géographie des régions polaires ; Orogène ; Orogène de Ross ; Paléogéographie ; Paléozoïque ; Précambrien ; Ross Orogen ; Tectonique globale ; Transantarctic Mountains
An orogenic sequence of sedimentary, volcanic metamorphic and plutonic rocks, truncated by a major middle to upper Paleozoic erosion surface occurs throughout the Transantarctic Mountains. Along its length the belt shows considerable variations
in both tectonic style and timing. Relationships discussed in the paper suggest a migrating tectonic cycle from the African to the Australian sector of Gondwana from the late Precambrian through the middle Paleozoïc.
Packrat midden evidence of Late Quaternary vegetation change in the White Mountains, California-Nevada
California ; Ecotone ; Holocene ; Mountain ; Nevada ; Palaeo-environment ; Palaeoclimate ; Palynology ; Pleistocene ; Quaternary ; United States ; Vegetation ; Vegetation dynamics
The midden data suggest significant environmental and floristic changes in the White Mountain region. During the last 20,000 yr, cold conditions during the late Wisconsin glacial age gave way to a warm middle Holocene beginning ca. 8 000 yr B.P
. Conditions were probably warmer than at present during the middle Holocene, with the establishment of climates and plant communities similar to those of the present during the late Holocene.
Study of seventy well-preserved fossil remains from deposits of an eroded karstic cave in the Upper Galilee of northern Israel. This assemblage probably dates to the Early Toringian (MQ2, Middle Pleistocene). The AA. correlate the carnivore faunule
with some Near Eastern and southern Levantine sites and assume that only a severe cold phase could have shifted these species over the Taurus-Zagros mountain chain this far to the south. This faunule elucidates Pleistocene biotic exchanges between Europe
The study deals with the environmental effects of the building of Gabcikovo/Bos/ - Nagymaros hydro-power station, and of the bauxite-mining in the Hungarian MiddleMountains. - (DLO)
Spatial patterns of ice storm disturbance on a forested landscape in the Appalachian Mountains, Virginia
Appalachian Mountains ; Etats-Unis ; Forêt ; Impact ; Indice de végétation ; Montagne ; Pente de versant ; Pluie verglaçante ; Tempête ; Topographie ; Télédétection ; Virginia
Appalachian Mountains ; Forest ; Impact ; Mountain ; Remote sensing ; Slope gradient ; Storm ; Topography ; United States of America ; Vegetation index ; Virginia
This study uses satellite imagery to investigate spatial heterogeneity of forest damage caused by ice storms that affected the Appalachian Mountains, Virginia during 1994. The results display a region-scale (southwest-to-northeast) gradient
in damage that apparently corresponds to a gradient in the depth of ice that accumulated during the storms. Damage also varied topographically. Damage was most extensive on east, southeast and south-facing slopes; at middle elevations; and on slopes
Dating ; Floodplain ; Germany ; Grain size distribution ; Hessen ; Human impact ; Land use ; Loam ; Middle Age ; Sedimentation ; Watershed
Three catchments in the eastern Rhenish Slate Mountains have been studied : the Aar Valley of the northern Taunus foreland, the Wisper Valley of the western Taunus Mountains, and the Nister Valley of the High Westerwald Mountains. Most
of the floodplain sediment has been deposited in response to human activity, though with regional differences due to variously structured natural environments. The beginnings of floodplain sedimentation in these regions have to be placed in the Early Middle Ages.
Biobibliography ; Biography ; Central Europe ; Europe ; Geomorphology ; Glacial features ; Glaciation ; Mountain
With his papers about history of glaciations in the Giant Mountains (Karkonosze) 1882 and 1894 J. PARTSCH opened the long history of exploration glacial remnants in the middleMountains of Central Europe. Geomorphological research is one
Food ; Living conditions ; Malnutrition ; Mountain ; Nepal ; Rural life ; Village
Paper is based on the results of household surveys in six remote mountain villages, located in the transition zones between the Terai and the Siwalik Hills and between the Pokhara Basin, MiddleMountains and the High Himal. They are among the many
kind of farmers (milk or meat producers) grouped into great cooperatives. Middlemountain around Aurillac and Rodez is the true core of progress and new transhumance. On the contrary, true mountain, highlands of Cantal, quitted the scene and rural
Pastoral zone in Cantal traversed a great crisis 1950, 1965 and then, economic reconversion, after 1965. Mountain pasture producing cheese, beef, pork, with much work-force is replaced by something like ranchnig. This new system works with a new