The American public’s preference for preparation for the possible effects of global warming: impact of communication strategies     

Bo MacInnis  Jon A. Krosnick  Adina Abeles  Margaret R. Caldwell  Erin Prahler  Debbie Drake Dunne 《Climatic change》2015,128(1-2):17-33

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Andrei Sher and Quaternary science     

Svetlana Kuzmina  Adrian M. Lister  Mary E. Edwards 《Quaternary Science Reviews》2011,30(17-18):2039-2048

Andrei Sher (1939–2008) was a key individual in Beringian studies who made substantial and original contributions, but also, importantly, built bridges between western and eastern Beringian scientists spanning some five decades of research. He is perhaps best known as a Quaternary palaeontologist, specializing in large mammals, and mammoths in particular, but his field of his scientific research was much broader, encompassing Quaternary geology, stratigraphy, geocryology, and paleoenvironmental reconstructions. He worked mainly in Siberia, in the Kolyma and Indigirka lowlands, and Chukotka, but also completed fieldwork in Alaska and Yukon through joint projects with American and Canadian scientists. Andrei was an active scientist until the last days of his life. He was involved in many different research projects ranging from mammoth evolution, fossil insects and environmental changes and ancient DNA. Without Andrei’s connections between researchers, many unique discoveries would likely be unknown.  相似文献   

The Würmian Late-glacial in Iowland Switzerland     

B. Ammann  A. F. Lotter  U. Eicher  M.-J. Gaillard  B. Wohlfarth  W. Haeberli  G. Lister  M. Maisch  F. Niessen  Ch. Schlüchter 《第四纪科学杂志》1994,9(2):119-125

A synthesis is provided of Late-glacial (14-9 ka BP) environmental changes in lowland Switzerland (the ‘Swiss Plateau’). The chronology of deglaciation and subsequent developments in vegetation cover in the area are summarised. The sequence of climatic variations experienced in the region during the Late-glacial is then described and a curve representing the main palaeotemperature variations is presented.  相似文献   

Fabric transitions in the Saxony granulite terrain     

G.S Lister  U.F Dornsiepen 《Journal of Structural Geology》1982,4(1):81-92

Quartz fabric transitions reported from the Saxony granulite terrain and from the nearby Ore Mountains are interesting because of the changes in the pattern types, and the variation in the opening angles of the fabric skeletons. A short summary is presented of salient features in research documented in the East German literature between 1961 and 1978.The changes in fabric skeleton with decreasing metamorphic grade are proposed as mainly consequent to the deactivation of prism 〈c〉 glide systems as temperature decreases. Fabrics indicative of the appearance of the 〈c〉 Burgers vector might be diagnostic for deformation in regimes of comparatively high temperatures or low strainrates, or for deformation, under conditions such that there is a relatively high ‘kinetically effective’ hydroxyl content in the quartz structure.  相似文献   

The effect of the basal-prism mechanism switch on fabric development during plastic deformation of quartzite     

G.S Lister 《Journal of Structural Geology》1981,3(1):67-75

Blacic described a transition from basal 〈a〉 to prism 〈c〉 dislocation glide systems as temperature increased or strain-rate decreased in sequences of experiments involving deformation of single crystals of quartz. In this paper theoretical aspects of competition between these systems during plastic deformation are discussed. It is concluded that the basal-prism mechanism switch should have important consequences for the development of crystallographic fabrics during plastic deformation of quartzite, and the Taylor-Bishop-Hill analysis is used in an attempt to predict expected fabric transitions.  相似文献   

Post-orogenic (<1500 Ma) thermal history of the Palaeo-Mesoproterozoic, Mt. Isa province, NE Australia     

R. A. Spikings  D. A. Foster  B. P. Kohn  G. S. Lister 《Tectonophysics》2002,349(1-4)

We present hornblende, white mica, biotite and alkali feldspar ⁴⁰Ar/³⁹Ar data from Paleo-Mesoproterozoic rocks of the Mt. Isa Inlier, Australia, which reveal a previously unrecognised post-orogenic, non-linear cooling history of part of the Northern Australian Craton. Plateau and total fusion ⁴⁰Ar/³⁹Ar ages range between 1500 and 767 Ma and record increases in regional cooling rates of up to 4 °C/Ma during 1440–1390 and 1260–1000 Ma. Forward modelling of the alkali feldspar ⁴⁰Ar/³⁹Ar Arrhenius parameters reveals subsequent increases in cooling rates during 600–400 Ma. The cooling episodes were driven by both erosional exhumation at average rates of 0.25 km/Ma and thermal relaxation following crustal heating and magmatic events. Early Mesoproterozoic cooling is synchronous with exhumation and shearing in the Arunta Block and Gawler Craton. Late Mesoproterozoic cooling could have either been driven by increased rates of exhumation, or a result of thermal relaxation following a heat pulse that was synchronous with dyke emplacement in the Arunta, Musgrave and Mt. Isa province, as well as Grenville-aged orogenesis in the Albany–Fraser Belt. Latest Neoproterozoic–Cambrian cooling and exhumation was probably driven by the convergence of part of the East Antarctic Shield with the Musgrave Block and Western Australia (Petermann Ranges Orogeny), as well as collisional tectonics that produced the Delamerian–Ross Orogen. Major changes in the stress field and geothermal gradients of the Australian plate that are synchronous with the assembly and break-up of parts of Rodinia and Gondwana resulted in shearing and repeated brittle reactivation of the Mt. Isa Inlier, probably via the displacement of long-lived basement faults within the Northern Australian Craton.  相似文献   

Strain localization behaviour in experimental shear zones     

M. W. Jessell  G. S. Lister 《Pure and Applied Geophysics》1991,137(4):421-438

A torsional deformation apparatus has been developed which allows the evolution of microstructures and flow patterns in analogue materials to be observed to shear strains in excess of =100 while the loading conditions are kept constant. Using a computer-based video microscopy system the displacement paths of marker particles have been followed in real time, and from these the local strain states in the samples have been calculated. A series of velocity stepping experiments in octachloropropane and norbornene determined the shear localization behaviour displayed by these materials. Both of these materials underwent two phases of localization, a primary localization at the start of an experiment, and a secondary localization following increases in the imposed strain rate. The secondary localization is less pronounced, but is reversible, in the sense that lowering the imposed strain rate widens the zone. An inverse relationship between the fixed imposed strain rate and the width of the zone of localized deformation was established. This velocity dependant localization is ascribed to the softening effect of dynamic recrystallization.  相似文献   

GEOGRAPHIC NOTEBOOK: PLANNING FOR REDEVELOPMENT: DUNEDIN     

R. G. Lister 《New Zealand geographer》1966,22(2):191-194

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The influence of parent material on topsoil geochemistry in eastern England     

B. G. Rawlins  R. Webster  T. R. Lister 《地球表面变化过程与地形》2003,28(13):1389-1409

The topsoil of around 10 000 km² in eastern England has recently been sampled intensely at 4609 sites to characterize its geochemistry. The parent materials, which include both solid geology and Quaternary sediments, range in age from Permian to Holocene. The distributions of the concentrations of major and trace elements have been characterized geostatistically, and the role of parent material on their spatial structure (anisotropy) and their spatial relationships (coregionalization) have been investigated. Analysis of variance with the sites grouped by major parent material type showed that this classi?cation accounted for 14 to 48 per cent of the variance for the various elements. Global variograms of 13 elements (Al, As, Ca, Cr, Cu, Fe, Mg, Mo, Ni, P, Pb, Ti, and U) have been computed and modelled. Eleven of the variograms seem to comprise two structures, both of which we modelled with spherical functions, one of short range, 3·5 to 9 km, and the other with a range of 15 to 23 km. The models included a nugget variance, which varied from 27 per cent (for As, Fe, and Mg) to 63 per cent (for P) of the total. The long‐range structures are related to the separations of the major parent materials. The variograms of several elements showed appreciable anisotropy, most notably that of Mg. Anisotropy is evident at short ranges of less than 5 km. This accords with the geological structure of the beds which dip from west to east so that their outcrops are elongated from north to south. A linear model of coregionalization ?tted to the data emphasized several important geochemical associations, which we interpret. Elements commonly associated with clay minerals (Mg, Al) and the clay size fraction (Ti) are dominated by the long‐range structure of the coregionalization, whilst several trace elements (As, Cr, Ni and U) are spatially correlated with Fe over short distances, through adsorption of the former on the surfaces of Fe oxyhydroxides. The topsoil around large urban areas is enriched in lead, but it is not clear whether anthropogenic sources are responsible for this metal's anomalous spatial relationships with other elements. Crown copyright © 2003. Reproduced with the permission of Her Majesty's Stationery Of?ce. Published by John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.  相似文献   

Future Climate Impact on the Productivity of Sugar Beet (Beta vulgaris L.) in Europe     

P. D. Jones  D. H. Lister  K. W. Jaggard  J. D. Pidgeon 《Climatic change》2003,58(1-2):93-108

The impact of future climate change on sugar beet yields is assessed over western Europe using future (2021–2050) climate scenario data from a General Circulation Model (GCM) and the Broom's Barn simulation model of rain-fed crop growth and yield. GCM output for the 1961–1990 period is first compared with observed climate data and shown to be reliable for regions west of 24° E. Comparisons east of this meridian were less reliable with this GCM (HadCM2) and so were omitted from simulations of crop yield. Climate change is expected to bring yield increases of around 1 t/ha of sugar in northern Europe with decreases of a similar magnitude in northern France, Belgium and west/central Poland, for the period 2021–2050. Averaged for the study area (weighted by current regional production), yields show no overall change due to changed climate. However, this figure masks significant increases in yield potential (due to accelerated growth in warmer springs) and in losses due to drought stress. Drought losses are predicted to approximately double in areas with an existing problem and to become a serious new problem in NE France and Belgium. Overall west and central Europe simulated average drought losses rise from 7% (1961–1990) to 18% (2021–2050). The annual variability of yield (as measured by the coefficient of variation) will increase by half, from 10% to 15% compared to 1961–1990, again with potentially serious consequences for the sugar industry. The importance of crop breeding for drought tolerance is further emphasised. These changes are independent of the 9% yield increase which we estimate, on the basis of work by Demmers-Derks et al. (1998), is the likely direct effect of the increase in atmospheric CO₂ concentration by 2021–2050.  相似文献