Survey of mountain characteristics and the stresses they are under from resource extraction and population growth. Importance of women in subsistence activities and resource use is outlined as is the role of women in household strategies, migration
, health and social change. Current development issues regarding mountains and women. Recommendations to advance women living in these regions. - (DWG)
Controls on the variation of fan-surface age in the Blue Ridge Mountains of Haywood County, North Carolina
Alluvial cone ; Debris flow ; Flood ; Mountain ; Natural hazards ; North Carolina ; Piedmont ; Relative dating ; Topography ; United States of America ; Weathering
Alluvial fan deposits in two areas of the Blue Ridge Mountains of Haywood County were mapped and subdivided into three relative ages (young, intermediate and old) on the basis of topographic position and weathering characteristics. The mapping
of fan-surface ages allows an initial assessment of debris-flow hazards, as future floods and debris flows on the mountain piedmonts probably will be confined to the young surfaces.
, landslides and other mountain disasters. Moreover, the irrational economic activities of humans such as destroying forest ecosystems stimulate the occurrence of mountain disasters.
Recent climatic change and catastrophic geomorphic processes in mountain environments
Avalanche ; British Columbia ; Canada ; Catastrophe ; Climatic warming ; Debris flow ; Deglaciation ; Global change ; Mass movement ; Mountain
A major objective of this paper is to review the most important catastrophic geomorphic processes linked to climate-induced glacier ice loss, with examples mainly from the mountains of western Canada. Further, the AA. explore how recent glacier ice
loss has affected the frequency of catastrophic events and stability thresholds, and they speculate on the amplitude and wave-length of pertubations to mountain geomorphic systems caused by climatic warming.
Prediction of the shape of a shallow failure on a mountain slope: the three-dimensional multi-planar sliding surface method
Forecast ; Japan ; Mass movement ; Model ; Mountain ; Precipitation ; Rill wash ; Slope
A three-dimensional multi-planar sliding surface method developed from the two-dimensional method is proposed to identify the shape and/or volume of a shallow failure that appears on a mountain slope during heavy rainfall. It was applied
to a digital elevation model to determine the site and form of a critical sliding mass on a mountain slope. The method was applied to an actual mountain slope on which a shallow failure caused by heavy rainfall took place. The most probable unstable mass
Reviews methods developed for mapping potential catastrophes resulting from mountain torrents, avalanches and floods. Includes a classification of debris cones. - (DWG)
Asia ; Cenozoic ; Geomorphogenesis ; High mountain ; Himalaya ; Karokoram ; Mountain ; Orogeny
Report on synthetic results of geomorphological research is presented. Relief building of the mountain ranges during the course of collision orogeny in the Late Cenozoic in this region of High Asia is described. - (MS)
Carbonate ; Great Basin ; Loess ; Palaeo-ecology ; Palaeo-environment ; Palaeoclimate ; Palaeosol ; Rocky Mountains ; United States of America ; Vegetation
Geomorphogenesis ; Glacial features ; Mountain ; National park ; Periglacial features ; Rock ; Slope ; Slovak Republic ; Structural geomorphology ; Tatra Mountains
Czech Republic ; Geomorphology ; Mountain ; Research
Ore Mountains belong among thoroughly investigated parts of the Bohemian massif. The survey of geomorphological research is related to the Central Part (St. Catherine Dome). - (MS)
Climatic changes in Southern Poland, including the Carpathian Mountains are shown in regional and local scale. There are discussed: changeability of the circulation indices during the winter season and fluctuations of the air temperatures based
on the instrumental observations in the mountain stations. The influence of climate is referred to the secular changes in the width of tree rings in Tatra Mountains and the thermal feelings of human body. Local changes of the radiation inflows are characteristic
This research outlines the evolution of the Hargita and Görgényi Mountains, the southern part of the Eastern Carpathian Volcanic Chain. On the basis of arguments in the paper, the one-stage origin of the volcanic activity is advanced. The style