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New constraints on the late Cenozoic incision history of the New River, Virginia
  • New constraints on the late Cenozoic incision history of the New River, Virginia
  • Appalachian Mountains ; Cénozoïque ; Datation ; Dynamique du paysage ; Etats-Unis ; Géologie ; Géomorphologie ; Incision ; New River ; Paléogéographie ; Terrasse ; Terrasse fluviatile ; Virginia
  • Appalachian Mountains ; Cenozoic ; Dating ; Downcutting ; Fluvial terrace ; Geology ; Geomorphology ; Landscape dynamics ; Palaeogeography ; Terrace ; United States of America ; Virginia
Geomorphic response to historical agriculture at Monument Hill in the Blue Ridge Foothills of central Virginia
  • Geomorphic response to historical agriculture at Monument Hill in the Blue Ridge Foothills of central Virginia
  • Agriculture ; Dendrochronologie ; Déboisement ; Erosion des sols ; Erosion fluviatile ; Etats-Unis ; Forêt ; Piedmont ; Ravinement ; Reboisement ; Utilisation du sol ; Virginia
  • Agriculture ; Deforestation ; Dendrochronology ; Fluvial erosion ; Forest ; Gully erosion ; Land use ; Piedmont ; Reforestation ; Soil erosion ; United States of America ; Virginia
Climatic controls on historical wildfires in West Virginia, 1939-2008
  • Climatic controls on historical wildfires in West Virginia, 1939-2008
  • Action anthropique ; Années 1939-2008 ; Climat ; Etats-Unis ; Forêt ; Incendie de forêt ; Utilisation du sol ; Variabilité interannuelle ; West Virginia
  • Climate ; Forest ; Forest fire ; Human impact ; Interannual variability ; Land use ; United States of America ; West Virginia
  • Here the AA. : (1) summarize historical fire atlases collected by the West Virginia Division of Forestry (1939-2008) in the context of climate and spatial variability; (2) identify the seasonal climatic drivers of fire activity in West Virginia
  • (>500 ha) are clustered in the southern portion of West Virginia, an area dominated by surface mining (the southern coal fields). This cluster may be the result of steep topography, local land use, and a culture of incendiarism.
  • [b2] Dep. of Geology and Geography, West Virginia Univ., Morgantown, Etats-Unis
Patterns of ice accumulation and forest disturbance during two ice storms in southwestern Virginia
  • Patterns of ice accumulation and forest disturbance during two ice storms in southwestern Virginia
  • Appalachian Mountains ; Dégradation de la végétation ; Etats-Unis ; Exposition de versant ; Forêt ; Glace ; Montagne ; Pluie verglaçante ; Tempête ; Type de temps ; Virginia
  • Appalachian Mountains ; Forest ; Ice ; Mountain ; Slope exposure ; Storm ; United States of America ; Vegetation degradation ; Virginia ; Weather type
  • This paper discusses multiple scales of ice accumulation and forest disturbance resulting from the 1994 storms in southwestern Virginia. The AA. first examine synoptic-scale meteorology of the two 1994 storms. Second, they discuss topographic
Lake-sediment-based evaluation of recent sediment yield from a small appalachian watershed, Thompson lake, Virginia
  • Lake-sediment-based evaluation of recent sediment yield from a small appalachian watershed, Thompson lake, Virginia
  • Bassin-versant ; Bilan sédimentaire ; Etats-Unis ; Lac ; Ouragan ; Précipitation ; Susceptibilité magnétique ; Sédiment lacustre ; Sédimentologie ; Utilisation du sol ; Variation spatiale ; Virginia
  • Hurricane ; Lacustrine sediment ; Lake ; Land use ; Magnetic susceptibility ; Precipitation ; Sediment budget ; Sedimentology ; Spatial variation ; United States of America ; Virginia ; Watershed
  • In this study, sediments from Thompson Lake, Virginia, are used to study the last 30 years of sediment yield from the 3.8 km2 contributing catchment. Sediment yield changes at this site are found to be related primarily to precipitation history
Use of hydrogeomorphic concepts to design created wetlands in southeastern Virginia
  • Use of hydrogeomorphic concepts to design created wetlands in southeastern Virginia
  • Concept ; Eau souterraine ; Ecosystème ; Erosion des sols ; Etats-Unis ; Gestion de l'environnement ; Géochimie ; Hydrodynamique ; Littoral ; Milieu humide ; Propriétés du sol ; Virginia
  • Coastal environment ; Concept ; Ecosystem ; Environmental management ; Geochemistry ; Groundwater ; Humid environment ; Hydrodynamics ; Soil erosion ; Soil properties ; United States of America ; Virginia
  • Mitigation wetlands constructed in southeastern Virginia during the past decade have experienced problems with inappropriate water levels, excessive erosion and sedimentation, low levels of soil organic matter, overly compacted substrates
Spatial patterns of ice storm disturbance on a forested landscape in the Appalachian Mountains, Virginia
  • 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
Effects of ice storms, southern pine beetle infestation, and fire on Table Mountain pine forests of southwestern Virginia
  • Effects of ice storms, southern pine beetle infestation, and fire on Table Mountain pine forests of southwestern Virginia
  • Action biogène ; Aridité ; Biogéographie ; Dynamique des populations ; Etats-Unis ; Forêt ; Incendie de forêt ; Montagne ; Pin ; Siècle 20 ; Virginia
  • Aridity ; Biogenic process ; Biogeography ; Forest ; Forest fire ; Mountain ; Pine ; Population dynamics ; Twentieth Century ; United States of America ; Virginia
  • The AA. investigated Table Mountain pine stands growing on dry, west facing slopes in southwestern Virginia. In stands the AA. sampled most Table Mountain pines belonged to a cohort that originated in the early 1900s, probably following a severe
Late Pleistocene and Holocene climate and geomorphic histories as interpreted from a 23,000 C 14 yr B.P. paleosol and floodplain soils, southeastern West Virginia, USA
  • Late Pleistocene and Holocene climate and geomorphic histories as interpreted from a 23,000 C 14 yr B.P. paleosol and floodplain soils, southeastern West Virginia, USA
  • Datation C 14 ; Etats-Unis ; Géochimie ; Holocène ; Micromorphologie ; Palynologie ; Paléo-environnement ; Paléoclimat ; Paléosol ; Plaine d'inondation ; Pléistocène ; Pédogenèse ; Quaternaire ; West Virginia
  • C 14 dating ; Floodplain ; Geochemistry ; Holocene ; Micromorphology ; Palaeo-environment ; Palaeoclimate ; Palaeosol ; Palynology ; Pedogenesis ; Pleistocene ; Quaternary ; United States of America ; West Virginia
  • paleosol) in southeastern West Virginia. A root-restrictive placic horizon formed a barrier that effectively isolated the Pleistocene paleosol from later Holocene pedogenic processes.
School, community, and spatial equity : an empirical investigation of access to elementary schools in West Virginia
  • School, community, and spatial equity : an empirical investigation of access to elementary schools in West Virginia
  • Accessibilité ; Communauté ; Différenciation spatiale ; Equipement ; Equipement collectif ; Espace rural ; Etablissement scolaire ; Etats-Unis ; Justice sociale ; West Virginia
  • Accessibility ; Collective facilities ; Community ; Educational establishment ; Facilities ; Rural area ; Social justice ; Spatial differentiation ; United States of America ; West Virginia
  • The A. presents an in-depth case study of school accessibility in three counties in West Virginia. The study utilizes an extensive dataset of distances between students and 84 elementary school locations. It examines whether or not the distribution
Effects of riparian vegetation on stream bank subaerial processes in southwestern Virginia, USA
  • Effects of riparian vegetation on stream bank subaerial processes in southwestern Virginia, USA
  • Cycle gel-dégel ; Erosion des berges ; Etats-Unis ; Fluviatile ; Formation herbacée ; Forêt ; Humidité du sol ; Virginia ; Végétation ripicole
  • Bank erosion ; Fluvial processes ; Forest ; Freeze-thaw cycle ; Grassland ; Riparian vegetation ; Soil moisture ; United States of America ; Virginia
  • in southwestern Virginia, for one year. Study results also indicated that freeze-thaw cycling and soil dessication were greater on the upper stream bank due to thermal and moisture regulation of the lower bank by the stream. Therefore, subaerial erosion and soil
Interrelational income-distribution multipliers for the West Virginia economy
  • Interrelational income-distribution multipliers for the West Virginia economy
  • Calcul matriciel ; Consommation ; Distribution des revenus ; Désagrégation ; Economie régionale ; Etats-Unis ; Géographie humaine ; Modèle d'entrée-sortie ; Multiplicateur ; Propension à consommer ; Revenu ; Structure économique ; West Virginia
Large Quaternary landslides in the central Appalachian valley and Ridge province near Petersburg, West Virginia
  • Large Quaternary landslides in the central Appalachian valley and Ridge province near Petersburg, West Virginia
  • Etats-Unis ; Glissement de terrain ; Géographie physique ; Mouvement de masse ; Paléoclimat ; Périglaciaire ; Quaternaire ; Versant ; Virginia
Thickness and character of regolith on mountain slopes in the vicinity of Mountain Lake, Virginia, as indicated by seismic refraction, and implications for hillslope evolution
  • Thickness and character of regolith on mountain slopes in the vicinity of Mountain Lake, Virginia, as indicated by seismic refraction, and implications for hillslope evolution
  • Colluvion ; Dynamique de versant ; Etats-Unis ; Géographie physique ; Périglaciaire ; Sismique ; Stratigraphie ; Versant ; Virginia
With numbers in place : security, territory, and the production of calculable space
  • Etats-Unis ; Gouvernementalité ; Géoréférencement ; Sécurité ; Territoire ; West Virginia
  • Geo-referencing ; Governmentality ; Security ; Territory ; United States of America ; West Virginia
  • Estados Unidos ; Gubernamentalidad ; Seguridad ; Territorio ; Virginia occidental
Trends in fog frequency and duration in the southeast United States
  • Brouillard ; Etats-Unis ; Etats-Unis du Sud ; Humidité atmosphérique ; Prévision ; Régression linéaire ; Tendance du climat ; Virginia
  • Atmospheric moisture ; Climatic trend ; Fog ; Forecast ; Linear regression ; Southern United States ; United States of America ; Virginia
  • This study identifies the trends and frequency of fog events across the south-eastern United States. A simple linear regression was performed on hourly datasets for annual and seasonal fog-event days and on fog duration. The majority of Virginia
The headward extent of fluvial landforms and associated vegetation on Massanutten Mountain, Virginia
  • The headward extent of fluvial landforms and associated vegetation on Massanutten Mountain, Virginia
  • Cours d'eau ; Ecosystème ; Ecoulement ; Etats-Unis ; Fluviatile ; Gradient de courant ; Géographie physique ; Géomorphologie ; Réseau de drainage ; Virginia ; Végétation
Coincidence and spatial variability of geology, soils and vegetation, mill run watershed, Virginia
  • Coincidence and spatial variability of geology, soils and vegetation, mill run watershed, Virginia
  • Bassin-versant ; Colluvions ; Etats-Unis ; Géographie de l'Amérique ; Géologie ; Géomorphologie ; Mill Run ; Pédologie ; Virginia ; Végétation
Progressive changes in the morphology of fluvial terraces and scarps along the Rappahannock River, Virginia
  • Progressive changes in the morphology of fluvial terraces and scarps along the Rappahannock River, Virginia
  • Datation relative ; Escarpement ; Etats-Unis ; Evolution des formes ; Fluviatile ; Forme ; Géographie physique ; Géomorphogenèse ; Rappahannock River ; Stade d'équilibre ; Terrasse ; Virginia
Local politics and the demand for public education
  • Collectivité locale ; Demande ; Dépenses publiques ; Education ; Etats-Unis ; Finance ; Inégalité des revenus ; Modèle ; Politique locale ; Secteur public ; Virginia
  • Demand ; Education ; Finance ; Local government ; Local policy ; Model ; Public expenditure ; Public sector ; United States of America ; Virginia ; Wage inequality
  • The paper uses a political fragmentation index to calculate how political power affects educational spending in Virginia. The methodology allows the comparison of the distribution of political power and considers political fragmentation. Using