Significance of two new Pleistocene plant records from western Europe
Brittany ; Europe ; France ; Palaeobiogeography ; Palynology ; Pleistocene ; Pollen diagram ; Quaternary ; Western Europe
Reported here is the significance of 2 new Pleistocene plant records for western Europe resulting from a paleobotanical investigation of a French Middle Pleistocene temperate stage site at Trez Rouz, Brittany, by western European paleobotanists
A late Holocene vegetation and environment record from Byenup lagoon, south-western Australia
Australie ; Charbon de bois ; Datation C 14 ; Diagramme pollinique ; Holocène ; Milieu humide ; Palynologie ; Paléo-environnement ; Tourbe ; Végétation ; Western Australia
Australia ; C 14 dating ; Charcoal ; Holocene ; Humid environment ; Palaeo-environment ; Palynology ; Peat ; Pollen diagram ; Vegetation ; Western Australia
A comparison of reef-protected environments in Western Australia : the Central West and Ningaloo coasts
Australie ; Dynamique littorale ; Erosion littorale ; Géomorphologie littorale ; Lagon ; Littoral ; Niveau marin ; Quaternaire ; Récif ; Vent ; Western Australia
Australia ; Coastal dynamics ; Coastal environment ; Coastal erosion ; Coastal geomorphology ; Lagoon ; Quaternary ; Reef ; Sea level ; Western Australia ; Wind
Variability in the regional setting and morphology of cuspate forelands on the west coast of Western Australia is examined in this paper. In accordance with this aim, principal differences in the geologic and geomorphic setting of 3 prominent sites
Geochemical variations in Peoria Loess of western Iowa indicate paleowinds of midcontinental North America during Last Glaciation
The AA. reexamine the loess deposits of western Iowa for the purpose of reconstructing last glacial maximum (LGM) paleowinds and comparing them to atmospheric general circulation models (AGCMs) simulations. Geochemical and particle-size data
indicate that Peoria Loess in western Iowa probably had 2 sources : the Missouri River Valley, and a source that lay to the west of the Missouri River. Both sources indicate that LGM paleowinds in western Iowa had a strong westerly component, which
Antarctica ; Australia ; Dating ; Desert ; Ice sheet ; Isotope dating ; Meteorite ; Palaeoclimate ; Quaternary ; Weathering ; Western Australia
Meteorite accumulations are found in a number of arid areas, both hot deserts and cold deserts such as the Antarctic. The AA. focus particularly on the Nullarbor Region of Western Australia. Beginning with a discussion of some basic properties
Australia ; Coastal dynamics ; Coastal environment ; Coastal erosion ; Coastal geomorphology ; Dune ; Lagoon ; Reef ; Spatial variation ; Western Australia
This paper contributes to the knowledge of Western Australian coastal systems through a review of recent investigations of large-scale accretionary landforms, foredune sequences and sandy beach morphology. It examines the association of particular
Slope deformations in eastern Moravia, Vsetín District (Outer Western Carpathians)
The research on slope deformations in the Vsetín district, in the Outer Western Carpathians, activated by extreme precipitations (July 1997). More than 500 localities of slope-failures were recorded. The slope failures disturbed the landscape
Reversing the decline of secondary spruce forests in Slovakia's Western Carpathians
The forest of the Western Carpathians are important in protecting the soil and water resources of Slovakia and neighboring countries. Although the forest acreage has increased more than 10% during the last 40 years, the condition of the forests
Loess particle size data indicative of stable winter monsoons during the last interglacial in the western part of the Chinese Loess Plateau
Particle size data from the western part of the Chinese Loess Plateau do not support the last interglacial correlation, suggested by the data from the central part of the Loess Plateau, between the high dust-influx events in the Loess Plateau
and the cool events in the high northern latitudes. The lack of marked oscillations in the particle size of the last interglacial paleosol S1 in the western part of the plateau is interpreted as an indication of stable winter monsoons. It is thus inferred
Millennial-scale rhythms in peatlands in the western interior of Canada and in the global carbon cycle
A natural 1450-yr global Holocene climate periodicity underlies a portion of the present global warming trend. Calibrates basal radiocarbon dates from 71 palufied peatlands across the western interior of Canada demonstrate that this periodicity
regulated western Canadian peatland initiation. Peatlands, the largest terrestrial carbon pool, and their carbon-budgets are sensitive to hydrological fluctuations. The AA. demonstrate that global carbon-budgets are sensitive to small climatic fluctuations
Labor productivity in Western Europe 1975-1985 : an intercountry, interindustry analysis
Convergence ; Economic flow ; Europe ; Input-output model ; Inter-industrial linkages ; Labour ; Labour productivity ; Matrix analysis ; Regional economy ; Western Europe
Cyclic aggradation and downcutting, fluvial response to volcanic activity, and calibration of soil-carbonate stages in the western Grand Canyon, Arizona
In the western Grand Canyon, fluvial terraces and pediment surfaces, both associated with a Pleistocene basalt flow, document Quaternary aggradation and downcutting by the Colorado River, illuminate the river's response to overload and the end
Physical controls and resulting morphological forms of Quaternary ice-contact volcanoes in western Canada
Canadian geomorphology 2000
, the location and quantity of trapped water, and the surrounding topography. Quaternary volcanoes influenced by many of these factors are found in western Canada. The morphological forms range from tuyas to subglacial mounds to stratovolcanoes. This paper
Dolines of the Pleistocene dune calcarenite terrain of western Eyre Peninsula, South Australia : a reflection of underprinting?
A field of Middle and Late Pleistocene coastal foredunes occupies much of western Eyre Peninsula, South Australia. The rolling surface reflects the morphology of the stacks of calcarenite dunes that underlie the area. Hardpan calcrete is well
Microclimate control upon sand microbiotic crusts, western Negev Desert, Israel
Microbiotic crusts cover extensive areas of the Hallamish dune field in the western Negev Desert. Since the entire dune field was re-stabilized concurrently, following the 1982 peace treaty with Egypt, it was hypothesized that physical conditions
Wisconsinan and Holocene climate history from an ice core at Taylor Dome, western Ross Embayment, Antarctica
Geochemical data and geophysical measurements from a 554-m ice-core from Taylor Dome, East Antarctica, provide the basis for climate reconstruction in the western Ross Embayment through the entire Wisconsinan and Holocene. Finally, the AA. discuss
Dating ; Geochronology ; K/Ar dating ; Methodology ; Pleistocene ; Quaternary ; United States of America ; Volcanic rock ; Western United States
The objective of this study was to compare the results using both Ar techniques on Quaternary volcanic rocks from 3 areas of the western United States : the Snake River Plain, Idaho, Mount Adams, Washington, and Crater Lake, Oregon. The samples
Rock glaciers in the South Shetland Islands, Western Antarctica
and talus production using Barch's methodology. Three groups of rock glaciers can be recognised : those immediate postdating the last major ice recession, rock glaciers younger than 2000 years BP but pre-dating the Little Ice Age (LIA), and rock glaciers