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Inhuman/nonhuman/human : actor-network theory and the prospects for a nondualistic and symmetrical perspective on nature and society

In large part the human-centredness of much social science derives from a sharp divide, a dualism, between nature and society and between the work of natural and human scientists. The A. considers one attempt to transgress this divide and assess
1997

The water resources in the Euphrates river and the Tigris river valleys and political relation between countries concerned

There is a view that owing to the scarcity of the water resources and rapid increase in population in the Middle East and existing of large rivers, the contradictions over the water resources have become increasingly sharp among the countries
1997

Holocene fluctuations of a meromictic lake in southern British Columbia

. They infer many sharp oscillations in lake level, and they ascribe these to climate fluctuations throughout the Holocene.
1997

Landscape and plant community boundaries in biogeography

of this article, the term transitional areas defines a group of landscape boundaries that represents the zones between plant communities, as opposed to the sharper demarcations that usually occur between land-use types. Transitional areas therefore represent
1997

Wind erosion of Mancos Shale badland ridges by sudden drops in pressure

One process of erosion of Mancos Shale badlands near Hanksville, Utah, appears to be caused by nearly instantaneous drops in air pressure accompanying gusts of wind. A series of sharp-crested bedrock ridges trend nearly perpendicular to the strong
1997

Relationship between the characteristics of Mediterranean red soils and the age of the geomorphological surfaces in central-western Spain

The main macromorphological characteristics of the soils were analyzed, with a statistical study of the analytical data on 70 samples of Mediterranean Red Soils. The soil typology changes with the age of the surfaces, from soils with a sharp
1997