World Heritage Site M´zab Valley in Algeria. Social Change and Safeguarding Cultural Landscapes
The M´zab valley and the autonomous and premodern M´zab (c.1000-1882), exceptional urban construction and a “lesson in architecture”;nationalization, modernization and globalization of the M´zab;problems of safeguarding cultural landscapes
;on the integrity, the authenticity and the conservation of the valley;governance of the valley as a world heritage site;the “New Ksar” project. - (IfL)
The chronology and long term dynamics of a low energy river system : the Kelvin Valley, central Scotland
This report provides new radiocarbon (C 14) dated sediment stratigraphic data from a third aggrading low energy fluvial system in Scotland, in the upper reaches of the Kelvin Valley in central Scotland to clarify the chronology and dynamism
of fluvial and valley forming events and to explore cause in sediment generation. It suggests that aggradation is an early-mid-Holocene phenomenon in these paraglacial valleys, and observes that in the Kelvin Valley, as in the Milfield basin, sedimentation
and February 2008, the research and observations of trekking, alpinism and tourist development in the Horcones Valley were undertaken and the results were presented in this paper. - (BJ)
The Horcones Valley is situated in south part of the Andes and belongs to the most tourist developed mountain valleys in the region, thanks to the main tourist route to the Aconcagua summit. During the expedition which took place between January
Social Movements in India. The case of the Narmada Valley
Conflict ; Dam ; Decision making process ; Development ; India ; Madhya Pradesh ; Maharashtra ; Narmada ; Policy ; River ; Valley
Backdrop- political development in post-colonial India, Watershed for social movements in the 1970s, Narmada Valley dam projects, Narmada Water Disputes Tribunal, Displacement for development, Implications for people in the project region, Protests
Use of soil chronosequences for testing the existence of high-water-level lakes in the McMurdo Dry Valleys, Antarctica
The AA. utilize field observations and data collected from 190 pedons from Wright and Taylor Valleys to search for evidence of high-water-level lakes proposed to have existed during the last Glacial Maximum and early Holocene in the McMurdo Dry
Valleys. The results cast doubt as to whether high-level lakes existed in the McMurdo Dry Valley as recently as the early Holocene. An alternative explanation is that the former lakes had no effects on soils other than depositing deltas with cyanobacteria
Meteorological controls on sand transport and dune morphology in a polar-desert : Victoria Valley, Antarctica
Antarctique ; Barkhane ; Changement climatique ; Circulation atmosphérique ; Dry Valleys ; Dune ; Désert ; Eolien ; Périglaciaire ; Région polaire ; Transport éolien ; Zone froide
Meteorological controls on sand transport and changes in dune morphology were monitored for 11 days in November-December 2004 on a barchan dune in the Victoria Valley, McMurdo Dry Valleys. Sand transport in this environment was found
to be influenced by, 1) interparticle cohesion (ice-bonding); 2) diurnal variations in the speed of thermally driven easterly valley winds due to reduce solar heating by night; and 3) topographically modified foehn southwesterly winds. Warm, dry and gusty foehn
southwesterly winds were found to promote aeolian processes by dislodging surface sediments, with dune morphology responding rapidly. As a result, change in the morphology of the dunes of the Victoria Valley may provide an early indication of change in regional
The M´zab valley, situated in the northern Algerian Sahara, was proclaimed as a World Heritage Site by UNESCO in 1982. The valley has been settled by Berberian Ibadis - followers of a minor Muslim firqa (confession) - since the 10th century
. They founded five fortified towns (ksour) with a remarkable urban layout and a specific architecture. Since the 1960s, the M´zab valley has been changing in its social, cultural, political and also physiognomic and architectural aspects. The paper discusses
the recent transformations of the M´zab valley and strategies for safeguarding the authenticity and integrity of this World Heritage Site. - (IfL)
The relationship between Main Central Thrust (MCT) and the spatial distribution of mass movement in the Satluj valley, northwestern Higher Himalaya, India
Fault ; Himalaya ; India ; Landslide ; Mass movement ; Slope ; Slope dynamics ; Spatial distribution ; Statistical analysis ; Valley
This study describes and explains the relationship between the spatial distribution of landslides and the Main Central Thrust (MCT) in the Satluj valley. Seventy six naturally occuring landslides in the area have been statistically analyzed
Sedimentary characteristics of paleo-aeolian dune sands of Salawusu Formation in the Salawusu River Valley
Aeolian features ; China ; Dune ; Geochemistry ; Grain size distribution ; Inner Mongolia ; Palaeo-environment ; Quaternary ; Stratigraphy ; Valley
The Salawusu Formation of Milanggouwan section in Salawusu River Valley includes 7 layers of paleo-mobile dune sands, and 4 layers of paleo-fixed and semi-fixed dune sands. Their structures have been observed and their grain size, surface textural
Tributary valley impoundment by trunk river floodplain development : a case study from the KwaZulu-Natal Drakensberg foothills, eastern South Africa
This paper investigates the origin and geomorphic evolution of Stillerust Vlei, a wetland system (a floodplain and adjacent impounded tributary valley) located northwest of Durban in the temperate submontane foothills. The investigation confirms
accretion on the floodplain of Stillerust Vlei has impounded a small tributary valley, and drawing on observations of similar wetlands in the region, the paper explains the origin and geomorphic evolution of wetlands in floodplain-abutting valleys
Time-transgressive tunnel valley formation indicated by infill sediment structure, North Sea - the role of glaciohydraulic supercooling
Structure and lithology of the infill sediments from 16 subglacial buried tunnel valleys of Pleistocene age in the North Sea were analyzed using 3D seismic data and geophysical log data from 5 hydrocarbon exploration wells. The infill sediments
are characterized by 3 seismic facies. A model for the formation of these typical sediment successions is proposed in which valley incision and infill are causally linked. This model is based on the theory of glaciohydraulic supercooling beneath ice-sheet margins
, and it yields a new insight into possible processes of tunnel valley formation in general.
Topographically associated but chronologically disjunct late Quaternary floodplains and terraces in a partly confined valley, south-eastern Australia
. They re-examine the initial chronology presented by Warner (1970, 1972), but more importantly investigate the chronostratigraphy of polycyclic floodplains and terraces. They conclude that valley confinement produces conditions favourable
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
Surface variability of alluvial fans generated by disparate processes, eastern Depth Valley, CA
California ; Cône de déjection ; Death Valley ; Etats-Unis ; Fluviatile ; Géomorphométrie ; Modèle numérique de terrain ; Système d'information géographique ; Télédétection
The aim of this work is to 1) characterise the geomorphology of the sackung features in the El Ubago Valley, 2) infer the kinematic history of the trenched sackung constraining the timing of its initiation and subsequent displacement, and 3) compare