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Assessing The Vulnerability Of Asian Megadeltas To Climate Change Using Gis, Colin D. Woodroffe Jan 2010

Assessing The Vulnerability Of Asian Megadeltas To Climate Change Using Gis, Colin D. Woodroffe

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Susceptibility of Asian megadeltas to climate change, including sea-level rise, is investigated using GIS. The Indus, Ganges-Brahmaputra-Meghna, Irrawaddy, Chao Phraya, Mekong, Red, Pearl, Changjiang, and Huanghe deltas began to form around 6000 years ago and have prograded since. The surface topography of active and abandoned delta plains is examined using digital terrain models derived from Shuttle Radar Topography Mission data and channel morphology is investigated using radar imagery. After delta plains are abandoned they become increasingly dominated by tidal processes. Population density is estimated using gridded world population data but highly variable local microtopography and uncertainty regarding future climate changes …


Application Of A Simple Hydrodynamic Model To Estuary Entrance Management, Errol J. Mclean, Jon B. Hinwood Jan 2010

Application Of A Simple Hydrodynamic Model To Estuary Entrance Management, Errol J. Mclean, Jon B. Hinwood

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Tidal inlets which link a tidal basin to the sea via a constricted entrance are common on the south-east Australian coast. Closure, or even significant constriction, raises water levels but restricts tidal range within the basin, while open entrances provide regular and significant tidal exchange with the ocean. A rapid assessment procedure with minimal data requirements has been shown to be informative for monitoring and a useful component of any Decision Support System set up as part of a management structure. Such a system is presented in this paper. It is based on one permanent water level gauge inside the …


Evidence Of Solar And Tropical-Ocean Forcing Of Hydroclimate Cycles In Southeastern Australia For The Past 6500 Years, Hamish A. Mcgowan, Samuel K. Marx, Joshua Soderholm, John Denholm Jan 2010

Evidence Of Solar And Tropical-Ocean Forcing Of Hydroclimate Cycles In Southeastern Australia For The Past 6500 Years, Hamish A. Mcgowan, Samuel K. Marx, Joshua Soderholm, John Denholm

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Evidence of solar and tropical‐ocean forcing of climate cycles has been found in numerous palaeoclimate records. Numerical modelling studies show physical mechanisms by which direct and indirect solar forcing may affect climate, while there is mounting evidence of solar forcing of tropical ocean‐atmosphere teleconnections. This study has developed a 6500 year record of dust deposition, a proxy for regional hydroclimate variability for the Snowy Mountains region of Australia. Spectral analysis of the record provides evidence of statistically significant cycles in dust deposition of 35–43 years, 62–73 years, 161 years and 2200 years. These correlate with variability in solar irradiance and …


Total Column Co2 Measurements At Darwin, Australia - Site Description And Calibration Against In Situ Aircraft Profiles, Nicholas Deutscher, David Griffith, Glenn Bryant,, Paul Wennberg, G. Toon, Rebecca Washenfelder, Gretchen Keppel-Aleks, Debra Wunch, Yael Yavin, Norton Allen, J. F. Blavier, Rodrigo Jimenez, Bruce Daube, Alfram Bright, Daniel Matross, Steven Wofsy, Sunyoung Park Jan 2010

Total Column Co2 Measurements At Darwin, Australia - Site Description And Calibration Against In Situ Aircraft Profiles, Nicholas Deutscher, David Griffith, Glenn Bryant,, Paul Wennberg, G. Toon, Rebecca Washenfelder, Gretchen Keppel-Aleks, Debra Wunch, Yael Yavin, Norton Allen, J. F. Blavier, Rodrigo Jimenez, Bruce Daube, Alfram Bright, Daniel Matross, Steven Wofsy, Sunyoung Park

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An automated Fourier Transform Spectroscopic (FTS) solar observatory was established in Darwin, Australia in August 2005. The laboratory is part of the Total Carbon Column Observing Network, and measures atmospheric column abundances of CO2 and O2 and other gases. Measured CO2 columns were calibrated against integrated aircraft profiles obtained during the TWP-ICE campaign in January– February 2006, and show good agreement with calibrations for a similar instrument in Park Falls, Wisconsin. A clearsky low airmass relative precision of 0.1% is demonstrated in the CO2 and O2 retrieved column-averaged volume mixing ratios. The 1% negative bias in the FTS XCO2 relative …


Recalcitrant Industrial Wastewater Treatment By Membrane Bioreactor (Mbr), Faisal I. Hai, Kazuo Yamamoto, Fumiyuki Nakajima, Kensuke Fukushi Jan 2010

Recalcitrant Industrial Wastewater Treatment By Membrane Bioreactor (Mbr), Faisal I. Hai, Kazuo Yamamoto, Fumiyuki Nakajima, Kensuke Fukushi

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Membrane Bioreactor (MBR) process consists of a biological reactor integrated with membranes that combine clarification and filtration of an activated sludge process into a simplified, single step process. The membrane is an absolute barrier to suspended matter and microorganisms and it offers the possibility of operating the system at high mixed liquor suspended solids (MLSS) concentration. The implication of maintenance of high MLSS are— requirement of a smaller footprint and operation at high solids retention time (SRT) under low F/M ratio, hence, yielding reduced excess sludge. Operating as an MBR allows conventional activated sludge plants to become single step processes, …


Suitability Of Membrane Bioreactor For Treatment Of Recalcitrant Textile Dye Wastewater Utilising White-Rot Fungi, Faisal I. Hai, Kazuo Yamamoto Jan 2010

Suitability Of Membrane Bioreactor For Treatment Of Recalcitrant Textile Dye Wastewater Utilising White-Rot Fungi, Faisal I. Hai, Kazuo Yamamoto

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The performance of a laboratory scale membrane bioreactor (MBR) — utilizing a mixed microbial community dominated by fungi— for treatment of textile dye wastewater was investigated. A synthetic wastewater containing dye, starch (main contributor to total organic carbon, TOC) and other nutrients was used. Preliminary batch tests confirmed the superior decoloration capacity of pure fungus culture (Coriolus versicolor, NBRC 9791) as compared to that of conventional activated sludge. Simultaneous biosorption and biodegradation was evident in case of the fungus, while mainly biosorption was responsible for decoloration by activated sludge. On the other hand, activated sludge demonstrated comparatively faster TOC removal. …


Reactions Of The Cn Radical With Benzene And Toluene: Product Detection And Low-Temperature Kinetics, Adam J. Trevitt, Fabien Goulay, Craig A. Taatjes, David L. Osborn, Stephen R. Leone Jan 2010

Reactions Of The Cn Radical With Benzene And Toluene: Product Detection And Low-Temperature Kinetics, Adam J. Trevitt, Fabien Goulay, Craig A. Taatjes, David L. Osborn, Stephen R. Leone

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Low-temperature rate coefficients are measured for the CN + benzene and CN + toluene reactions using the pulsed Laval nozzle expansion technique coupled with laser-induced fluorescence detection. The CN + benzene reaction rate coefficient at 105, 165, and 295 K is found to be relatively constant over this temperature range, (3.9−4.9) × 10−10 cm3 molecule−1 s−1. These rapid kinetics, along with the observed negligible temperature dependence, are consistent with a barrierless reaction entrance channel and reaction efficiencies approaching unity. The CN + toluene reaction is measured to have a rate coefficient of 1.3 × 10−10 cm3 molecule−1 s−1 at 105 …


Products Of The Benzene + O(3p) Reaction, Craig A. Taatjes, David L. Osborn, Talitha M. Selby, Giovanni Meloni, Adam J. Trevitt, Evgeny Epifanovsky, Anna I. Krylov, Baptiste Sirjean, Enoch Dames, Hai Wang Jan 2010

Products Of The Benzene + O(3p) Reaction, Craig A. Taatjes, David L. Osborn, Talitha M. Selby, Giovanni Meloni, Adam J. Trevitt, Evgeny Epifanovsky, Anna I. Krylov, Baptiste Sirjean, Enoch Dames, Hai Wang

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Train-Borne Measurements Of Tropical Methane Enhancements From Ephemeral Wetlands In Australia, Nicholas M. Deutscher, David W. T Griffith, Clare Paton-Walsh, Rittick Borah Jan 2010

Train-Borne Measurements Of Tropical Methane Enhancements From Ephemeral Wetlands In Australia, Nicholas M. Deutscher, David W. T Griffith, Clare Paton-Walsh, Rittick Borah

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We report greenhouse gas concentrations measured on a train covering a north-south transect through central Australia from north to south coast. During the monsoonal wet season we found significant enhancements in methane that correlate well with changing area of wetland inundation in Australian tropical savanna regions. We used a meteorological and air pollution model to quantify the ephemeral wetland fluxes necessary to cause the observed enhancements and estimate the constant Australian tropical wetland emissions. Annual Australian tropical ephemeral wetland fluxes are estimated at 0.4 +/- 0.2 Tg CH4, with permanent wetlands contributing a similar amount, 0.5 +/- 0.2 Tg CH4.


Estimated Total Emissions Of Trace Gases From The Canberra Wildfires Of 2003: A New Method Using Satellite Measurements Of Aerosol Optical Depth & The Mozart Chemical Transport Model, Clare Paton-Walsh, L Emmons, Stephen R. Wilson Jan 2010

Estimated Total Emissions Of Trace Gases From The Canberra Wildfires Of 2003: A New Method Using Satellite Measurements Of Aerosol Optical Depth & The Mozart Chemical Transport Model, Clare Paton-Walsh, L Emmons, Stephen R. Wilson

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In this paper we describe a new method for estimating trace gas emissions from large vegetation fires using satellite measurements of aerosol optical depth (AOD) at 550 nm, combined with an atmospheric chemical transport model. The method uses a threshold value to screen out normal levels of AOD that may be caused by raised dust, sea salt aerosols or diffuse smoke transported from distant fires. Using this method we infer an estimated total emission of 15±5 Tg of carbon monoxide, 0.05±0.02 Tg of hydrogen cyanide, 0.11±0.03 Tg of ammonia, 0.25±0.07 Tg of formaldehyde, 0.03±0.01 of acetylene, 0.10±0.03 Tg of ethylene, …


Response Of Coral Reefs To Climate Change: Expansion And Demise Of The Southernmost Pacific Coral Reef, Colin D. Woodroffe, Brendan P. Brooke, Michelle Linklater, David M. Kennedy, Brian G. Jones, Cameron Buchanan, Richard Mleczko, Quan Hua, Jian-Xin Zhao Jan 2010

Response Of Coral Reefs To Climate Change: Expansion And Demise Of The Southernmost Pacific Coral Reef, Colin D. Woodroffe, Brendan P. Brooke, Michelle Linklater, David M. Kennedy, Brian G. Jones, Cameron Buchanan, Richard Mleczko, Quan Hua, Jian-Xin Zhao

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Coral reefs track sea level and are particularly sensitive to changes in climate. Reefs are threatened by global warming, with many experiencing increased coral bleaching. Warmer sea surface temperatures might enable reef expansion into mid latitudes. Here we report multibeam sonar and coring that reveal an extensive relict coral reef around Lord Howe Island, which is fringed by the southernmost reef in the Pacific Ocean. The relict reef, in water depths of 25-50 m, flourished in early Holocene and covered an area more than 20 times larger than the modern reef. Radiocarbon and uranium-series dating indicates that corals grew between …


Environmental Effects Of Ozone Depletion And Its Interactions With Climate Change: 2010 Assessment, Sharon A. Robinson, Stephen R. Wilson Jan 2010

Environmental Effects Of Ozone Depletion And Its Interactions With Climate Change: 2010 Assessment, Sharon A. Robinson, Stephen R. Wilson

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This quadrennial Assessment was prepared by the Environmental Effects Assessment Panel (EEAP) for the Parties to the Montreal Protocol. The Assessment reports on key findings on environment and health since the last full Assessment of 2006, paying attention to the interactions between ozone depletion and climate change. Simultaneous publication of the Assessment in the scientific literature aims to inform the scientific community how their data, modeling and interpretations are playing a role in information dissemination to the Parties to the Montreal Protocol, other policymakers and scientists.


The Hydraulic Geometry Of Narrow And Deep Channels; Evidence For Flow Optimisation And Controlled Peatland Growth, Rachel Nanson, Gerald C. Nanson, He Qing Huang Jan 2010

The Hydraulic Geometry Of Narrow And Deep Channels; Evidence For Flow Optimisation And Controlled Peatland Growth, Rachel Nanson, Gerald C. Nanson, He Qing Huang

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At-a-station and bankfull hydraulic geometry analyses of peatland channels at Barrington Tops, New South Wales, Australia, reveal adjustments in self-forming channels in the absence of sediment load. Using Rhodes ternary diagram, comparisons are made with hydraulic geometry data from self-forming channels carrying bedload in alluvial settings elsewhere. Despite constraints on channel depths caused at some locations by the restricted thickness of peat, most stations have cohesive, near-vertical, well-vegetated banks, and width/depth (w/d) ratios of similar to 2 that are optimal for sediment-free flow. Because banks are strong, resist erosion and can stand nearly vertical, and depth is sometimes constrained, adjustments …


Importance Of Secondary Sources In The Atmospheric Budgets Of Formic And Acetic Acids, Fabien Paulot, Debra Wunch, John D. Crounse, G C Toon, Dylan B. Millet, Peter F. Decarlo, C Vigouroux, Nicholas M. Deutscher, G Gonzalez Abad, J Notholt, Thorsten Warneke, J Hannigan, Carsten Warneke, Joost A. De Gouw, Edward Dunlea, M. De Maziere, David W. Griffith, P Bernath, J L. Jimenez, Paul O. Wennberg Jan 2010

Importance Of Secondary Sources In The Atmospheric Budgets Of Formic And Acetic Acids, Fabien Paulot, Debra Wunch, John D. Crounse, G C Toon, Dylan B. Millet, Peter F. Decarlo, C Vigouroux, Nicholas M. Deutscher, G Gonzalez Abad, J Notholt, Thorsten Warneke, J Hannigan, Carsten Warneke, Joost A. De Gouw, Edward Dunlea, M. De Maziere, David W. Griffith, P Bernath, J L. Jimenez, Paul O. Wennberg

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We present a detailed budget of formic and acetic acids, two of the most abundant trace gases in the atmosphere. Our bottom-up estimate of the global source of formic and acetic acids are ∼1200 and ∼1400 Gmol/yr, dominated by photochemical oxidation of biogenic volatile organic compounds, in particular isoprene. Their sinks are dominated by wet and dry deposition. We use the GEOS-Chem chemical transport model to evaluate this budget against an extensive suite of measurements from ground, ship and satellite-based Fourier transform spectrometers, as well as from several aircraft campaigns over North America. The model captures the seasonality of formic …


Laboratory Measurements Of Trace Gas Emissions From Biomass Burning Of Fuel Types From The Southeastern And Southwestern United States, I R. Burling, R J. Yokelson, David W. Griffith, T J. Johnson, P Veres, J.M. Roberts, Carsten Warneke, S P. Urbanski, J Reardon, D R. Weise, W M Hao, Joost A. De Gouw Jan 2010

Laboratory Measurements Of Trace Gas Emissions From Biomass Burning Of Fuel Types From The Southeastern And Southwestern United States, I R. Burling, R J. Yokelson, David W. Griffith, T J. Johnson, P Veres, J.M. Roberts, Carsten Warneke, S P. Urbanski, J Reardon, D R. Weise, W M Hao, Joost A. De Gouw

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Vegetation commonly managed by prescribed burning was collected from five southeastern and southwestern US military bases and burned under controlled conditions at the US Forest Service Fire Sciences Laboratory in Missoula, Montana. The smoke emissions were measured with a large suite of state-of-the-art instrumentation including an open-path Fourier transform infrared (OP-FTIR) spectrometer for measurement of gas-phase species. The OP-FTIR detected and quantified 19 gas-phase species in these fires: CO2, CO, CH4, C2H2, C2H4, C3H6, HCHO, HCOOH, CH3OH, CH3COOH, furan, H2O, NO, NO2, HONO, NH3, HCN, HCl, and SO2. Emission factors for these species are presented for each vegetation type burned. …


New Data On Occurrences Of The Devonian Rugose Coral Calceola In Belgium, Anthony J. Wright, M Coen-Aubert, P Bultynck, A P. Van Viersen Jan 2010

New Data On Occurrences Of The Devonian Rugose Coral Calceola In Belgium, Anthony J. Wright, M Coen-Aubert, P Bultynck, A P. Van Viersen

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Opercula and corallites of Calceola sandalina from the late Eifelian and early Givetian (Middle Devonian) Hanonet Formation of Belgium are illustrated. The few previous illustrations of calceoloid corals from the Devonian of Belgium did not include opercula showing the generically diagnostic morphological features, so for the first time the presence of the genus and species in Belgium is confirmed. One important corallite shows the alar septum and insertion of septa on the external surface of the counter face adjacent to the alar septum.


Stratigraphic Distribution And Suggested Evolution Of Dendroid Graptolites From The Silurian Of Eastern Australia, Barrie Rickards, Anthony Wright Jan 2010

Stratigraphic Distribution And Suggested Evolution Of Dendroid Graptolites From The Silurian Of Eastern Australia, Barrie Rickards, Anthony Wright

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Five evolutionary lineages are proposed for Silurian species of the benthic dendroid graptolite genus Dictyonema, based largely on the exceptional eastern Australian records of the genus, comprising at least 25 species. These are: A, the delicatulum lineage with bifurcating ventral autothecal apertural spines; B, the paululum lineage with single ventral apertural spines or processes; C, the elegans lineage with isolated thecal apertures ± processes; D, the sherrardae lineage with dorsal apertural processes; and E, the venustum lineage with simple autothecal apertures. Brief comments are also made on other dendroid genera occurring in Australian strata, namely: Acanthograptus, Koremagraptus, Callograptus, Dendrograptus, Stelechocladia, …


Functional Relationships Between Vegetation, Channel Morphology, And Flow Efficiency In An Alluvial (Anabranching) River, John D. Jansen, Gerald C. Nanson Jan 2010

Functional Relationships Between Vegetation, Channel Morphology, And Flow Efficiency In An Alluvial (Anabranching) River, John D. Jansen, Gerald C. Nanson

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Water and sediment flux interactions are examined in Magela Creek, an alluvial (anabranching) sand bed river in the northern Australian tropics. Dense riparian vegetation stabilizes the channels and floodplains thereby preventing erosional instability at flow depths up to 6.2 times bankfull and discharges up to 15 times bankfull. Narrow anabranching channels characterize > 92% of the alluvial reach and transport bed load more efficiently than short reaches of wide single-channels, yet overall 29 +/- 12% of the bed load is sequestered and the average vertical accretion rate is 0.41 +/- 0.17 mm yr (1) along the 12 km study reach. The …


A Petrological, Mineralogical And Geochemical Analysis Of Listwaenite Alteration At Spring Creek Bingara In The Great Serpentinite Belt, New England, Nsw, E Holcroft, Solomon Buckman, I Neuss Jan 2010

A Petrological, Mineralogical And Geochemical Analysis Of Listwaenite Alteration At Spring Creek Bingara In The Great Serpentinite Belt, New England, Nsw, E Holcroft, Solomon Buckman, I Neuss

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Soil Geochemistry And Pathfinder Element Distribution Associated With The Hillgrove Antimony-Gold-Tungsten Deposit, New England Orogen, Nsw, R Ellsmore, Solomon Buckman, C Simpson Jan 2010

Soil Geochemistry And Pathfinder Element Distribution Associated With The Hillgrove Antimony-Gold-Tungsten Deposit, New England Orogen, Nsw, R Ellsmore, Solomon Buckman, C Simpson

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Silica-Carbonate (Listwanites) Related Gold Mineralisation Associated With Epithermal Alteration Of Serpentinite Bodies, Solomon Buckman, P Ashley Jan 2010

Silica-Carbonate (Listwanites) Related Gold Mineralisation Associated With Epithermal Alteration Of Serpentinite Bodies, Solomon Buckman, P Ashley

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Linking Measured Carbon Dioxide Exchange By Sugarcane Crops And Biomass Production, O T Denmead, B.C.T. Macdonald, I. White, David W. Griffith, G Bryant, Travis A. Naylor, Stephen R. Wilson, W J. Wang Jan 2010

Linking Measured Carbon Dioxide Exchange By Sugarcane Crops And Biomass Production, O T Denmead, B.C.T. Macdonald, I. White, David W. Griffith, G Bryant, Travis A. Naylor, Stephen R. Wilson, W J. Wang

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CARBON TRADING and the growing interest in biofuel production from sugarcane necessitate the ability to measure gains and losses of soil organic C which may occur as a result. Modelling and soil sampling suggest that changes in soil C are likely to be < 1 t C/ha/y. Published accounts indicate that confirming such small changes by traditional soil sampling is error-prone and requires investigations of > 10 years. The paper explores the possibility of calculating soil gains or losses by subtracting the carbon stored in the crop biomass from the carbon gained by the crop through the uptake of carbon dioxide supplied by the atmosphere and processes in the soil. Although uptake and storage very nearly balanced each other in one–year measurements in …


Interpreting New England Subduction Complex Rocks Using Deep-Sea Drilling Results From The Nankai Trough (Offshore Southwest Japan), Christopher L. Fergusson Jan 2010

Interpreting New England Subduction Complex Rocks Using Deep-Sea Drilling Results From The Nankai Trough (Offshore Southwest Japan), Christopher L. Fergusson

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Two distinct structural styles are considered likely to have affected parts of the subduction complex of the New England Orogen. Imbricate thrusting, as occurs by duplexing at a ramp along the décollement at the base of the subduction complex, accounts for the structure of units such as the Gundahl Complex (also the Wandilla Formation of central Queensland and the Sandon beds of the Armidale district). These units have relatively straight-forward imbricate structure although in the case of the Gundahl Complex the thickness of units is condensed and reflects factors controlling deposition on the ocean plate and in the trench. In …


Plate Driven Extension And Convergence Along The East Gondwana Active Margin: Late Silurian–Middle Devonian Tectonics Of The Lachlan Fold Belt, Southeastern Australia, Christopher L. Fergusson Jan 2010

Plate Driven Extension And Convergence Along The East Gondwana Active Margin: Late Silurian–Middle Devonian Tectonics Of The Lachlan Fold Belt, Southeastern Australia, Christopher L. Fergusson

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The Lachlan Fold Belt of southeastern Australia developed along the Panthalassan margin of East Gondwana. Major silicic igneous activity and active tectonics with extensional, strike-slip and contractional deformation have been related to a continental backarc setting with a convergent margin to the east. In the Early Silurian (Benambran Orogeny), tectonic development was controlled by one or more subduction zones involved in collision and accretion of the Ordovician Macquarie Arc. Thermal instability in the Late Silurian to Middle Devonian interval was promoted by the presence of one or more shallow subducted slabs in the upper mantle and resulted in widespread silicic …


A Golden Garment? Identifying New Ways Of Looking At The Past Through A Preliminary Report Of Textile Fragments From The Pafos ‘Erotes’ Sarcophagus, Adriana Garcia, Diana Wood Conroy Jan 2010

A Golden Garment? Identifying New Ways Of Looking At The Past Through A Preliminary Report Of Textile Fragments From The Pafos ‘Erotes’ Sarcophagus, Adriana Garcia, Diana Wood Conroy

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A golden garment? A preliminary report of textile fragments from the Pafos ‘Erotes’ Sarcophagus Diana Wood Conroy and Adriana Garcia Remnants of very fine gold thread and reddish fibre were found among bone fragments in the ‘pillow’ end of the interior of the Pafos marble sarcophagus in 2001. The placement of the threads suggested a cloth laid over the upper part of the body. The excavator, Dr Eustathios Raptou has described how the sarcophagus had been looted in antiquity, leaving only one jewel and a finial from what must have been rich funerary goods. The textile fragments demonstrated the opulence …


Reaction Of The C2h Radical With 1-Butyne (C4h6): Low Temperature Kinetics And Isomer-Specific Product Detection, Satchin Soorkia, Adam J. Trevitt, Talitha M. Selby, David L. Osborn, Craig A. Taatjes, Kevin R. Wilson, Stephen R. Leone Jan 2010

Reaction Of The C2h Radical With 1-Butyne (C4h6): Low Temperature Kinetics And Isomer-Specific Product Detection, Satchin Soorkia, Adam J. Trevitt, Talitha M. Selby, David L. Osborn, Craig A. Taatjes, Kevin R. Wilson, Stephen R. Leone

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Septal Architecture And Palaeoecology Of Calceola (Cnidaria, Calceolidae), With Comments On The Phylogeny Of Devonian Operculate Tetracorals, Anthony J. Wright Jan 2010

Septal Architecture And Palaeoecology Of Calceola (Cnidaria, Calceolidae), With Comments On The Phylogeny Of Devonian Operculate Tetracorals, Anthony J. Wright

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In Calceola sandalina the full complement of counter major septa was established very low in the calyx, extending from the counter septum across to the edge of the counter face. At about mid-height of the calyx, a counter-lateral major septum was generated on either side of and from the counter septum. Serial minor septal insertion was initiated adjacent to the counter-lateral septa at a slightly later stage and continued throughout the subsequent ontogeny of the corallite, with minor septa (schizosepta?) arising on the median side of major septa and bifurcating from them. Alar fossulae are seen in the calyx of …


Development Of A Regional Habitat Classification Scheme For The Amirante Islands, Seychelles, Sarah Hamylton, Tom Spencer, Annelise Hagan Jan 2010

Development Of A Regional Habitat Classification Scheme For The Amirante Islands, Seychelles, Sarah Hamylton, Tom Spencer, Annelise Hagan

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A collaborative expedition between Khaled bin Sultan Living Oceans Foundation, Cambridge Coastal Research Unit and Seychelles Centre for Marine Research and Technology – Marine Parks Authority (SCMRT-MPA) was conducted to the southern Seychelles, western Indian Ocean, in January 2005. This resulted in a series of habitat maps of the reefs and reef islands of the Amirantes Archipelago, derived from remotely-sensed Compact Airborne Spectrographic Imager (CASI) data. The procedures used in map development, image processing techniques and field survey methods are outlined. Habitat classification, and regional-scale comparisons of relative habitat composition are described. The study demonstrates the use of remote sensing …


Late Quaternary Aeolian And Fluvial Interactions On The Cooper Creek Fan And The Association Between Linear And Source-Bordering Dunes, Strzelecki Desert, Australia, Timothy J. Cohen, Gerald C. Nanson, Joshua R. Larsen, B. G. Jones, David M. Price, Maria Coleman, Tim Pietsch Jan 2010

Late Quaternary Aeolian And Fluvial Interactions On The Cooper Creek Fan And The Association Between Linear And Source-Bordering Dunes, Strzelecki Desert, Australia, Timothy J. Cohen, Gerald C. Nanson, Joshua R. Larsen, B. G. Jones, David M. Price, Maria Coleman, Tim Pietsch

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The Innamincka Dome and associated low-gradient fan in the Strzelecki Desert is the product of Cenozoic crustal warping that has aided formation of an extensive array of palaeochannels, source-bordering transverse dunes and superimposed linear dunes. These dunes have impeded the course of Cooper Creek and provided a repository of evidence for Quaternary climate change as well as the interactive processes between transverse and linear dune formation. At Turra, Gidgealpa and sites nearby are extensive fluvial and aeolian sand bodies that date from marine isotope stages (MIS) 8-3 and the Last Glacial Maximum (LGM) and are now surrounded or buried by …


Trace Gas Emissions From Savanna Fires In Northern Australia, Clare Paton-Walsh, Nicholas M. Deutscher, David Griffith, B. W. Forgan, Stephen Wilson, Nicholas Jones, D. Edwards Jan 2010

Trace Gas Emissions From Savanna Fires In Northern Australia, Clare Paton-Walsh, Nicholas M. Deutscher, David Griffith, B. W. Forgan, Stephen Wilson, Nicholas Jones, D. Edwards

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We present analyses of near‐infrared ground‐based Fourier transform infrared solar absorption spectra recorded from a site in Darwin, Northern Territory, Australia (12.4°S, 130.9°E) from August 2005 to June 2008. Total column amounts of carbon monoxide derived from these spectra show a very clear annual cycle, with evidence of transported pollution from Indonesian fires in 2006. Aerosol optical depth measurements from the same site show a similar annual cycle but without exceptional values in 2006, suggesting significant loss of aerosol loading in the transported and aged smoke. In addition, we report the first ever measurements by remote sensing solar Fourier transform …