Heritage Across Borders : The Funerary Monument of King Uthumphon
In 2012 the Burmese authority wanted to clear the old cemetery of Amarapura to make way for a new urban development project. They removed most of the old tombs from the site but the supposed tomb of the last king of Ayutthaya who was taken prisoner
denied there was any proof that Umthumphon was entombed here. A Thai delegation was dispatched in Burma to enquire on the spot and its members found the site plausible. The preservation of the monument, to be excavated by the Association of Siamese
No unambiguous Tyrrhenian beaches were found higher than 2.5 m above present sea level. The faunal evidence suggests the presence of a single Tyrrhenian shoreline which has been deformed by subsequent tectonic activity.
Geoelectrical soundings were carried out in 29 different places in order to find permafrost and to measure its thickness. In most places above timber line a permafrost thickness of 10-50 m was recorded. Permafrost was found at sites with thin snow
This review considers the development of wall ecology, highlighting the key characteristics of walls that have been found to influence their ability to support species, with a focus on higher plants. It then examines the kinds of plant assemblages
that are found on walls and the broader role of walls within urban biodiversity, before discussing the potential for ecological engineering of walls. Some progress has recently been made in the latter area with the installation of living walls and the physical
). Additional geomorphic features from a second paleolake, Lake Sacramento, have been found in the Beargrass subbasin. They identify lake cycles contemporaneous with those in Lake King. The contemporaneity of the trans-Pecos transgressions with transgressive
The Trans-Pecos Closed Basin is a hydrographically closed region covering 20,000 km2 centered on Salt Basin, Texas. Geomorphic and limnetic evidence have been used to identify 4 major highstands for Lake King during the last glacial maximum (LGM
of the Pigeon Point drumlin, Clew Bay, Ireland. They found that the bulk of the landform, which displays a classical drumlin shape, consists of silty-clayey diamicton showing evidence of deformation, hydrofracturing and comminution. The unit is interpreted
De Cappelle Brooke was a well-known British traveller and scientist who was a founder member of the Travellers’ Club, a fellow of the Royal and Linnean societies, a founder of the Raleigh Club, and one of the founders and first council members
Magyarorszag egyes felszini vizei en és a levegoben levo peszticid szennyetteség vizsgalata. (Analysis of pesticide pollution to be found in the air and in certain surface waters of Hungary)
In different seasons between the years 1973 and 77 water samples were taken by the AA. in two regions of Hungary-river Koros and Lake Balaton. Compared to the second part of the 1960-s a decrease was found. (CK).
Weng Wen-Hao's contribution to the founding of geographical science in China.
One of the founders of modern geography in China, Weng was a geologist whose contribution was largely in physiography. He was the first Chinese to introduce the Wengener's hypothesis of continental drift into China, published extensively
Two distinguished Awards for MRD founding editor Jack D. Ives
In 2000, Jack D. Ives, MRD founding editor, received two awards from the Association of American Geographers (AAG). The AAG's Mountain Specialty Group bestowed the Distinguished Career Award on Jack for having enriched geographical research
Four principal components are found to be significant, explaining 99.8 % of the total variance. Their climatic significance is to be found respectively in (1) the general atmospheric circulation, (2) the air mass instability in summer, (3
In this study, microcolonial fungi were examined on rock coatings found at a range of sites in arid Australia. Comparisons were made between the elemental composition of various rock coatings and the microcolonial fungi found on them
A comparison is made between the sequence of human fossils found in northern China along with their associated mammalian fossil and the loess-paleosol sequence. It is found that for the last 1200 ka, the flourishing period of the hominid with its