ANDESITE WEATHERING AND SOIL FORMATION IN A MODERATELY HUMID CLIMATE: A CASE STUDY FROM THE WESTERN CARPATHIANS (SOUTHERN POLAND)

An age-depth model based on radiocarbon dates was produced from a Holocene profile collected from a rich fen situated in the Beskid Sądecki Mountains (the Outer Western Carpathians, southern Poland). The model is compared against the results of palynological and loss on ignition (LOI) analyses supplemented by the identification of organic deposits. Five distinct palynological episodes are detected. These potential palynological age markers are critically compared with the results of age-depth modeling and other dated profiles. The results presented distinctly show that using palynological episodes as age markers for age-depth construction may be highly misleading.

Download Full-text

Factors shaping population density, demography and spatial organization of the Eurasian badger Meles meles in mountains – the Western Carpathians (Southern Poland) as a case study

Animal Biology ◽

10.1163/157075612x650159 ◽

2012 ◽

Vol 62 (4) ◽

pp. 479-492 ◽

Cited By ~ 4

Author(s):

Robert W. Mysłajek ◽

Sabina Nowak ◽

Anna Rożen ◽

Bogumiła Jędrzejewska

Keyword(s):

Population Density ◽

Spatial Ecology ◽

Spatial Organization ◽

Meles Meles ◽

Western Carpathians ◽

Home Ranges ◽

Southern Poland ◽

Eurasian Badger ◽

Arable Fields

We studied the socio-spatial ecology of the Eurasian badger (Meles meles) along the altitudinal gradient (250-1257 m a.s.l.) of the Western Carpathians (Southern Poland), 2004-2009. Family groups were small (mean 2.3 individuals) and home-ranges large (mean 5.42 km2, MCP 100%), which gave a low population density (2.2 individuals/10 km2). Badgers foraged mainly in the foothills, irrespective of the altitude at which their sett was located. They mostly searched for food in meadows, pastures and arable fields (34.4% of telemetry locations), or among shrubs (33.9%). Badgers were killed by hunters (0.37 individuals/10 km2 annually), and by wolves (0.07 individuals/10 km2). The badger population density was influenced mostly by the abundance of earthworms and hunting pressure, while the size and shape of their territories was determined by the distribution of foraging grounds.

Download Full-text

A feasibility study of a ventilated beam system in the hot and humid climate: a case-study approach

Building and Environment ◽

10.1016/j.buildenv.2004.11.006 ◽

2005 ◽

Vol 40 (9) ◽

pp. 1164-1173 ◽

Cited By ~ 21

Author(s):

Risto Kosonen ◽

Freddie Tan

Keyword(s):

Feasibility Study ◽

Case Study Approach ◽

Humid Climate ◽

Study Approach ◽

Beam System ◽

Hot And Humid Climate

Download Full-text

Learning from the Heritage Architecture: Developing Natural Ventilation in Compact Urban Form in Hot-Humid Climate: Case Study of Bushehr, Iran

International Journal of Architectural Heritage ◽

10.1080/15583058.2016.1238971 ◽

2016 ◽

pp. 1-18 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Hamid Reza Masoumi ◽

Nasim Nejati ◽

Amin alah Ahadi

Keyword(s):

Urban Form ◽

Natural Ventilation ◽

Humid Climate ◽

Hot Humid Climate

Download Full-text

Dating of Holocene Stratigraphy with Soluble and Insoluble Organic Fractions at the Lubbock Lake Archaeological Site, Texas: An Ideal Case Study

Radiocarbon ◽

10.1017/s003382220000761x ◽

1986 ◽

Vol 28 (2A) ◽

pp. 473-485 ◽

Cited By ~ 48

Author(s):

Herbert Haas ◽

Vance Holliday ◽

Robert Stuckenrath

Keyword(s):

Late Quaternary ◽

Soil Formation ◽

Archaeological Site ◽

High Plains ◽

Buried Soils ◽

Marsh Sediments ◽

Organic Fractions ◽

Holocene Stratigraphy ◽

Lake Site

The Lubbock Lake site, on the Southern High Plains of Texas, contains one of the most complete and best-dated late Quaternary records in North America. A total of 11714C dates arc available from the site, determined by the Smithsonian and SMU Laboratories. Of these dates, 84 have been derived from residues (humin) and humates (humic acids) of organic-rich marsh sediments and A horizons of buried soils. Most of the ages are consistent with dates determined on charcoal and wood, and with the archaeologic and stratigraphic record. The dates on the marsh sediments are approximate points in time. Dates from the top of buried A-horizons are a maximum for burial and in many cases are close to the actual age of burial. Dates from the base of the A-horizons are a minimum for the beginning of soil formation, in some cases as much as several thousand years younger than the initiation of pedogenesis. A few pairs of dates were obtained from humin and humic acid derived from split samples; there are no consistencies in similarities or differences in these age pairs. It also became apparent that dates determined on samples from scraped trench walls or excavations that were left open for several years are younger than dates from samples taken from exactly the same locations when the sampling surfaces were freshly excavated.

Download Full-text