Aerosol deposition off the South African West Coast by Berg winds
Berg winds off the west coast of southern Africa are associated with wintertime subcontinental and ridging anticyclone. Although not frequent, Berg winds are considered the most important atmospheric agents of aerosol transport and deposition off
the west coast of southern Africa because of their high velocities and subsidence offshore. - (AJC)
Upper slope landforms and age of bedrock exposures in the St. Francois Mountains, Missouri : a comparison to relict periglacial features in the Appalachian Plateau of West Virginia
Datation isotopique ; Dépôt de pente ; Etats-Unis ; Etude comparée ; Héritage géomorphologique ; Missouri ; Montagne ; Paléogéographie ; Périglaciaire ; West Virginia
Comparative study ; Inherited features ; Isotope dating ; Missouri ; Mountain ; Palaeogeography ; Periglacial features ; Slope deposit ; United States of America ; West Virginia
The AA. observed upper slope landforms in the St. Francois Mountains of Missouri and compared them to relict periglacial landforms in the Appalachian Plateau of West Virginia in order to determine if periglacial conditions existed in southeastern
Missouri. They measured length, width, aspect, slope, and size of the largest blocks along the axis of the Missouri block streams and block fields and on 2 typical West Virginia block streams. The AA. determine the age of selected bedrock exposures
The West-East gradient and regional development : the case of the Czech Republic
This paper empirically examines the role of West-East gradient for regional development. Despite problems with consistency of the data, the authors made an attempt to establish long-term time series of at least basic data covering the following
spheres : demography, economy and social sphere. The results are rather varied, but the main conclusion is that despite a clear manifestation of the role of West-East gradient in several spheres, there is no fatalism (determinism) stemming from geographic
Radio-echo layering in West Antarctica : a spreadsheet dataset
Here, radio-echo sounding (RES) layering of the West Antarctic Ice Sheet, from the 1970s RES survey of approximately 70 per cent of this ice mass, is made available in a series of spreadsheets. Three types of internal layers are evident
in the dataset. The aims of this work are to establish the englacial structure of West Antarctica, as recorded by RES, and to make the results available to the glaciological community.
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
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.
Africa ; Agroforestry ; Asia ; Burkina ; Decision making process ; Environmental management ; Farm ; Indonesia ; Land ; Land development ; Land rights ; Land use ; Landscape ; Malaysia ; Philippines ; Rural community ; Rural development ; South
Asia ; Burma ; Frontier ; Geopolitics ; Globalization ; Malaysia ; Nation-state ; National territory ; Political geography ; Power ; Regional geography ; South Korea ; South-Eastern Asia ; Sovereignty ; Space ; Territoriality
Dust transportation and deposition in a superhumid environment, West Coast, South Island, New Zealand
The AA. report contemporary dust transportation and deposition based on a 10-month study of aeolian processes along a 300-km3 1section of the superhumid West Coast, South Island, New Zealand.3 1Measured rates of dust deposition and associated
meteorological3 1observations shed new light on aeolian processes in mid-latitude3 1West Coast settings and clarify the formation of the Pleistocene3 1loess mantles that blanket much of the West Coast. These are believed to have formed under synoptic circulation
High-resolution pollen record from core KW31, Gulf of Guinea, documents of the history of the lowland forests of West Equatorial Africa since 40,000 yr ago
Africa ; Atlantic Ocean ; Biodiversity ; Forest ; Marine sediment ; Palaeo-environment ; Palynology ; Pollen diagram ; Quaternary ; Stratigraphy ; West Africa
The aims of this paper are to present a new pollen record from the eastern Equatorial Atlantic and to synthesize pollen data from the adjacent continent in order to contribute to the debate on the evolution of the West African forest ecosystems
The use of a 60-year series of aerial photographs to assess local agricultural transformations of West Coast Renosterveld, an endangered South African veld type
Four West Coast Renosterveld sites were examined by means of a series of aerial photographs taken at approximately ten-year intervals since 1938. The changes identified were linked to trends in conservation and agriculture. The limitations of using
aerial photographs to assess the quantity and quality of West Coast Renosterveld are discussed. - (AJC)
RaumSprache. Ost-West-Differenzen in der Berichterstattung zur deutschen Einheit. Eine sozialgeographische Theorie
Concept ; Daily life ; East-West relations ; Germany ; Language ; Mass media ; Reunification ; Space ; Spatial differentiation ; Theoretical geography ; View of the world
Interactions between human activity, volcanic eruptions and vegetation during the Holocene at Garua and Numundo, West New Britain, PNG
This paper reviews fossil phytolith analysis from wet tropical West New Britain (Papua New Guinea). The Holocene vegetation has been influenced by spatially and temporally diverse patterns of both prehistoric human settlement and catastrophic