Desert sagebrush-bunchgrass steppes of Central Kazakhstan

2016 ◽  
pp. 108-124 ◽  
Author(s):  
E. I. Rachkovskaya
Keyword(s):  
Missing Information ◽  
Chestnut Soils ◽  
South West ◽  
West Part ◽  
Desert Steppes ◽  
Feather Grass ◽  
Southern Border

The considerable vegetation researches of the Kazakhstan steppes were realized in 1957–1959, 1964–1968. The vast materials with relevés of desert steppes’ communities were collected in according to the generally accepted methods of geobotanical investigations either with assistance of detailed field routes or at the scientific stations (Kratkoe…, 1952; Polevaya… 1964). Some data about foremost northern types of Kazakhstan steppes (Isachenko, Rachkovskaya, 1961) and desert steppes of one region only (i. e. south-west part of the Central Kazakhstan Melkosopochnik) were published earlier (Biokompleksnye …, 1969). This article is an effort to complete the missing information about desert sagebrush–bunchgrass steppe of Central Kazakhstan through its full characteristics and classification. The desert sagebrush-feather grass steppe is the foremost southern type of steppes confined to light chestnut soils; its southern border coincides to the border between steppes and deserts (it’s about 48° N for Kazakhstan). Melkosopochnik (hilly, ridgy, and rocky) with relative elevations from 20–50 to 100–150 m is a dominating type of relief in the Central Kazakhstan. The hills are composed of the different rocks: granites, acidic and basic effusive rocks, sandstones and shales.

Mosses and lichens of Shokalsky Island (Kara Sea, Yamal-Nenets Autonomous Area)

2020 ◽  
Vol 54 (2) ◽  
pp. 497-513 ◽  
Author(s):  
L. N. Beldiman ◽  
I. N. Urbanavichene ◽  
V. E. Fedosov ◽  
E. Yu. Kuzmina
Keyword(s):  
Plant Communities ◽  
Species Distribution ◽  
Arctic Tundra ◽  
Kara Sea ◽  
Lichenicolous Fungi ◽  
South West ◽  
West Part ◽  
First Time ◽  
Nenets Autonomous ◽  
Made In

We studied in detail a moss-lichen component of Shokalsky Island vegetation for the first time and identified 79 species of mosses and 54 species and 2 subspecies of lichens and lichenicolous fungi. All species of mosses and 23 species and 2 subspecies of lichens and lichenicolous fungi are recorded for the first time for the island. The study is based on collections made in South West part of the island, in arctic tundra. We also explored the participation of the mosses and lichens in the main types of plant communities and the species distribution in 10 ecotopes. The paper describes the noteworthy findings (Abrothallus parmeliarum, Aongstroemia longipes, Arthonia peltigerea, Caloplaca caesiorufella, Catillaria stereocaulorum, Ceratodon heterophyllus, Lecanora leptacinella, Sphagnum concinnum, S. olafii) and features of bryo- and lichenoflora of Shokalsky Island.

scholarly journals Mineralogy and Geochemistry of Titaniferous Gabbros of Ophiolitic Fanouj Zone (Sistan & Baluchestan, Iran)

2016 ◽  
Vol 10 (4) ◽  
pp. 189 ◽  
Author(s):  
Majid Falaknazi ◽  
Mehrdad Karimi
Keyword(s):  
Crystallization Process ◽  
The West ◽  
Ophiolite Complex ◽  
Tholeiitic Magma ◽  
Incompatible Elements ◽  
South West ◽  
West Part ◽  
Main Host ◽  
Uplift Zone ◽  
Compatible Elements

<p><span lang="EN-US">Ophiolite complex in the west of Fanuj is 200 Km south west of Iranshahr in Sistan and Baluchestan province. This ophiolite complex lies in the uplift zone of the oceanic crust of Oman between Makran and Fanuj faults. Ophiolite of the west part of Fanuj is consisted of three parts including gabbro, diabase dikes and small quantity microdiorite masses. Ilmenite is the main mineral of titanium which along with magnetite has been formed independently or inter-crystalline way after crystallization of plagioclase, pyroxene and often along with amphibole in gabbro rocks. The formation of the broad gabbro masses which is associated with plagioclase and pyroxene crystallization in High Oxygen fugacity condition formed a fluid rich in iron and titanium during the formation of ferro gabbro rocks as the main host of the ilminite reserves. Gradual crystallization process and decrease in compatible elements such as </span><span lang="EN-US">Cr, Ni, Mg and increase in incompatible elements such as Mn</span><span lang="FA" dir="RTL">،</span><span lang="EN-US"> Na</span><span lang="FA" dir="RTL">،</span><span lang="EN-US"> Ti from the bottom to the upper parts of ophilite complex shows that </span><span lang="EN-US">the formation of the complex has been occurred through the process of crystal fractionation from a tholeiitic magma which is rich in titanium.</span></p>

Diseases of raspberry from wild flora in the south-west part of Romania

2016 ◽  
Vol 231 ◽  
pp. S48-S49
Author(s):  
Adrian Borcean ◽  
Ilinca Imbrea ◽  
Simona Nita
Keyword(s):  
The South ◽  
South West ◽  
West Part

scholarly journals Prompt assessment of the potential spawning areas of Sevan trout in the South-West part of Lake Sevan

2017 ◽  
Vol 18 (1) ◽  
pp. 222-232 ◽  
Author(s):  
V. L. Asatryan ◽  
N. E. Barseghyan ◽  
M. R. Dallakyan ◽  
T. V. Vardanyan
Keyword(s):  
Fish Species ◽  
The South ◽  
Time Saving ◽  
Lake Sevan ◽  
Endangered Fish ◽  
Critically Endangered Species ◽  
South West ◽  
Natural Reproduction ◽  
Spawning Areas ◽  
West Part

Abstract Sevan trout is an endemic fish species, registered in the Red Data Book of Armenian Animals as a ‘Critically Endangered’ species (IUCN category: CR A2cd) and is one of the most valuable fish of the Armenian ichthyofauna. For the purpose of preservation of this endangered fish species, rivers in the South-West part of Lake Sevan have been studied and their potential for spawning has been assessed through a relatively ‘cheap’ and ‘time-saving’ approach developed on the basis of hydrophysical, hydrochemical and hydrobiological studies. The results have shown that the highest potential to support natural reproduction of Sevan trout is in the middlestream part of Lichq river, as well as in the downstream part of Bakhtak river and the part of Bakhtak-Tsakqar system near the connection of the Bakhtak and Tsakqar rivers; however, all these areas need some remediation to achieve ‘high potential’.

Excavation of a homestead of the Roman era at Halangy Down, St. Mary's, Isles of Scilly, 1950

1955 ◽  
Vol 35 (3-4) ◽  
pp. 187-198 ◽  
Author(s):  
Paul Ashbee
Keyword(s):  
Material Culture ◽  
Ordnance Survey ◽  
North West ◽  
North East ◽  
The North ◽  
South West ◽  
West Part ◽  
Neighbouring Island ◽  
The Hill ◽  
The Village

Halangy Down (fig. 1) is the lower precipitous slope of the decline from Telegraph Hill (Ordnance Survey B.M. 166. 3 ft.) to the sea at Halangy Porth and Point. Halangy Down and the earlier chambered tomb upon the crest are often referred to locally as ‘Bants Carn’. The true ‘Bants Carn’ is a considerable rock outcrop dominating Halangy Point. This escarpment faces Crow Sound, which separates the north-west part of St. Mary's from the neighbouring island of Tresco. The hill-side is sheltered by the mass of Telegraph Hill from inclement weather from the north-east and east, but is fully exposed to the south-west and west.The existence of an ancient village site here has long been known in the islands. At the close of the last century, the late Alexander Gibson cleared away the underbrush from one of the more prominent huts and made a photographic record of its construction. Shortly after, the late G. Bonsor, of Mairena del Alcor, near Seville, in addition to excavating the chambered tomb, noted a considerable midden together with traces, of prehistoric occupation exposed in the cliffs of Halangy Porth just below the village site. Dr. H. O'Neill Hencken noted Bonsor's description of the midden, and, as nothing was known at the time of the material culture of the ‘village’, he associated the two.

scholarly journals Morphometric features of the submarine slope of South-west part of Island Valaam

2019 ◽  
Vol 486 (3) ◽  
pp. 371-374
Author(s):  
M. A. Naumenko ◽  
V. V. Guzivaty ◽  
N. A. Nesterov ◽  
D. A. Sybetto
Keyword(s):  
Spatial Resolution ◽  
Sidescan Sonar ◽  
Lake Ladoga ◽  
Underwater Noise ◽  
Submarine Slope ◽  
South West ◽  
Morphometric Features ◽  
West Part ◽  
Steep Slopes

A digital bathymetric model with a spatial resolution of 10 × 10 m have been created based on measurements of bottom depths on the Southwest slope of the Island Valaam (Lake Ladoga) by sidescan sonar combined with geo-referenced system. Bottom inclinations were recognized with magnitudes up to 60° with rock structures with virtually no modern sediments. Scree and large boulders have been found, which can cause underwater noise when sliding down the steep slopes of Island Valaam.

scholarly journals Evaluation of the two model biocorridors in South-West part of Slovakia in agricultural landscape

2016 ◽  
Vol 19 (4) ◽  
pp. 139-143
Author(s):  
Petra Debnáriková ◽  
Peter Štrba ◽  
Tibor Baranec
Keyword(s):  
Agricultural Landscape ◽  
South West ◽  
West Part

scholarly journals Etude Archeothanatologique De La Sepulture Protohistorique Du Monument Funeraire Mbii (Boulmane, Moyen Atlas, Maroc)

2017 ◽  
Vol 13 (11) ◽  
pp. 146
Author(s):  
Benlamine Lalla Khaddouje ◽  
Benabdelhadi Mohammed ◽  
Oujaa Aicha ◽  
Azzouzi Nassareddine ◽  
Benabdelhadi Soumaya ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Social Role ◽  
Radiometric Dating ◽  
Male Adult ◽  
South West ◽  
West Part ◽  
Middle Atlas ◽  
The Right ◽  
The City ◽  
East West ◽  
Dorsal Position

The Moudmane Boulama site is a funeral structure located at 10 km South West of the city of Boulmane (Middle Atlas). It is a necropolis made of approximately twenty tumuli implanted on a hill. The MBII funeral monument is a tumulus built on the top of this hill, which culminates at 1970 m. It is an oval formation made of stack of stones and blocks. The funeral space is delimited in its West part by a low wall made of a sharpened stone alignment. The digs undertaken in June 2013 brought to light the burial place of a H3 adult and some remains of another adult as well as an immature subject. The skeleton of the most complete H3 individual is a male adult, buried in a lying dorsal position, oriented towards East West, head towards West and feet East. He is in a hyper contracted position and lays on an oval plane pit with a diameter of less than a meter. The calvarium and the mandible were subjected to a rotation and lay on the right side. The superior members are folded on themselves and laid on the thorax. The inferior members are also flexed. The skeleton is characterised by the maintaining of the connection of a number of labile elements which allows the characterisation of the burial place as being primarily in clogged space. This funeral monument has probably been used at first for the reception of the two individuals (H1 and H2) and then for the burial of the H3 individual in a sepulchral pit. The reuse of the monument could be explained by the three individuals belonging to the same family and that the last buried subject H3 has a more important familial and possibly social role. This tumulus has also released funeral furniture made of a few bones of domestic fauna. They were the object of a radiometric dating, which allowed the attribution of 2290 ± 35 years old to this tumulus14C B.P (GifA15085/ Sac A 41509).

scholarly journals A plutonic diorite complex in the north of the Fiskenæsset region

1976 ◽  
Vol 73 ◽  
pp. 72-80
Author(s):  
W.R Fitches
Keyword(s):  
The Body ◽  
Main Body ◽  
The South ◽  
North East ◽  
The North ◽  
South West ◽  
West Part ◽  
Preliminary Account ◽  
East End

A thick diorite-monzodiorite sheet over 2 km in length and up to 600 m in width (fig. 35) is exposed at 50°25'E and 63°55'N, about 7 km south of Qeqertaussaq by Kangerdluarssûngûp taserssua. Several diorite dykes, some over 10 m in thickness, tie parallel to the main body and up to 300 m from it. The north-east end of the body is covered by superficial deposits whilst the south-west part has not yet been mapped out. This is therefore a preliminary account, including petrography, fie1d relations and some geochemistry, and more information will become available during subsequent field seasons.

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