Palaeo-environmental and dietary analysis of intestinal contents of a mammoth calf (Yamal Peninsula,northwest Siberia)     

Bas van Geel  Daniel C. Fisher  Adam N. Rountrey  Jan van Arkel  Joost F. Duivenvoorden  Aline M. Nieman  Guido B.A. van Reenen  Alexei N. Tikhonov  Bernard Buigues  Barbara Gravendeel 《Quaternary Science Reviews》2011,30(27-28):3935-3946

Intestinal samples from the one-month-old Siberian mammoth calf ‘Lyuba’ were studied using light microscopy and ancient DNA to reconstruct its palaeo-environment and diet. The palynological record indicates a ‘mammoth steppe’. At least some pollen of arboreal taxa was reworked, and thus the presence of trees on the landscape is uncertain. In addition to visual comparison of 11 microfossil spectra, a PCA analysis contributed to diet reconstruction. This yielded two clusters: one of samples from the small intestine and the other of large-intestine samples, indicating compositional differences in food remains along the intestinal tract, possibly reflecting different episodes of ingestion. Based on observed morphological damage we conclude that the cyperaceous plant remains and some remains of dwarf willows were originally eaten by a mature mammoth, most likely Lyuba’s mother. The mammoth calf probably unintentionally swallowed well-preserved mosses and mineral particles while eating fecal material deposited on a soil surface covered with mosses. Coprophagy may have been a common habit for mammoths, and we therefore propose that fecal material should not be used to infer season of death of mammoths. DNA sequences of trnL and rbcL genes amplified from ancient DNA extracted from intestinal samples confirmed and supplemented plant identifications based on microfossils and macro-remains. Results from different extraction methods and barcoding markers complemented each other and show the value of longer protocols in addition to fast and commercially available extraction kits.  相似文献   

Luminescence dating of Pleistocene alluvial sediments affected by the Alhama de Murcia fault (eastern Betics,Spain) – a comparison between OSL,IRSL and post‐IR IRSL ages     

Reza Sohbati  Andrew S. Murray  Jan‐Pieter Buylaert  Maria Ortuño  Pedro P. Cunha  Eulàlia Masana 《Boreas: An International Journal of Quaternary Research》2012,41(2):250-262

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Strato-mesospheric ozone and IMF sector boundary     

Manuel Gil  Jan Laštovička  Reviever L. Křivský 《Studia Geophysica et Geodaetica》1989,33(1):101-103

Summary We find no effect of the interplanetary magnetic field(IMF) sector boundary crossing in ozone at altitudes ranging from the middle stratosphere(10 hPa) to the lower mesosphere(0.4 hPa) at middle latitudes(40°–60° N), based on winter data over the period of December 1979–December 1982.

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Резюме Мы не нaшлu нuкaко о эффекma nересеченuя секmорноŭ рaнuцы межnлaнеmно о мa нumно о nоля в озоне в облaсmu высоm меж?rt;у сре?rt;неŭ сmрamосфероŭ(10 Пa) u нuжнеŭ мезосфероŭ(0,4 Пa) нa сре?rt;нuх шuроmaх(40°–60° с.ш.), nрuменяя зuмнuе ?rt;aнные зa nерuо?rt; ?rt;екaбрь 1979 – ?rt;екaбрь 1982 .

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Geomagnetic field from the Earth's core: Its westward drift rate and some probable global-tectonics implications     

A. Janáčková  L. Urban  Reviewer M. Krs 《Studia Geophysica et Geodaetica》1989,33(3):246-253

Summary Sets of virtual poles corresponding to sets of geomagnetic field values at equidistant points, lying along circles of latitude, were defined on the basis of the 1980 IGRF extending to degree and order 8. Certain places on the Earth's surface yield virtual poles lying very close together. The segments of the virtual pole paths, corresponding to these places, have a large curvature. The mentioned places of the Earth's surface are supposed to be areas with a low rate of the westward drift. They form continuous zones that show a certain relation to global-tectonics features.

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Initial uncertainties in ‘nuclear winter’: A proposed test based on the dresden firestorm     

Jan Peczkis 《Climatic change》1988,12(2):199-208

Conclusions An extinction optical depth of 20 is necessary for total darkness (NAS, 1985), although a considerably lower value than that can produce near-total darkness because scattered light does not generate shadows and contrast. It can be seen that the Dresden firestorm smoke cloud, calculated under the conditions usually assumed in nuclear winter calculations, should have resulted in total darkness over a vast area.Using the 500 mb chart, it can be retrodicted that the smoke plume, as part of the counterclockwise circulation about the low over southern Sweden, was over central Poland as dawn broke on the 14th. Indeed, at 9 AM (Table I), smoke from what had been Dresden should have been passing over what had been Warsaw. Depending upon the specific size of the plume at the time, anywhere from a few hundred thousand to over ten million people should have been plunged into darkness.It appears unlikely that such extensive darkening could have gone unreported (especially in the light of the heightened awareness resulting from wartime conditions, and the proximity of the Soviet/German front). This has direct implications for the aforementioned initial uncertainties in nuclear winter. Possible explanations include: (a) Very low smoke emission factors - perhaps even lower than 0.001 (Broyles, 1985); (b) Substantial removal of smoke in the black rain that followed the firestorm (Irving, 1963, p. 175). Values for prompt smoke removal reaching 90% are not out of the realm of possibility (Schneider et al., 1986; Penner, 1986).The present author is of the opinion that more effort should be expended by students of the nuclear winter phenomenon to learn from WWII mass urban fires. Many eyewitnesses to these events must still be living, and there must be at least some scientifically-useable material in archives. For example, there is a 122-m, 10-min motion film of the Dresden firestorm (Irving, 1963, p. 159). It is in the film archives of the Imperial War Museum. Perhaps some new details of firestorm genesis, spread, etc. could be learned from it. There must be other log books, such as the one of Kraus (1986), which could well yield scientificallyvaluable information.  相似文献   

Plastic ingestion by petrels breeding in Antarctica     

Jan A. van Franeker  Phil J. Bell   《Marine pollution bulletin》1988,19(12):672-674

Plastic particles were found to be common pollutants in stomachs of Wilson's Storm Petrels and Cape Petrels breeding on the Antarctic continent. Highest incidence of plastics was found in chicks of Wilson's Storm Petrels that had died before fledging. Few or no plastics were found in Snow Petrels and Antarctic Petrels. Evidence suggests that most plastics originate from wintering areas outside the Antarctic, and that relatively few plastics are available in Antarctic waters. Possible hazards of plastic levels observed in Wilson's Storm Petrels are discussed.  相似文献   

Experimental investigation of turbulent processes in a complex terrain     

Thomas Foken  Jan Pretel  Reviewer J. Bednář  Reviewer Z. Jaňour 《Studia Geophysica et Geodaetica》1988,32(3):318-328

In the present paper the first results of the international KOPEX-86 experiment are presented. The experiment took place at the Kopisty Atmospheric Observatory of the Institute of Physics of the Atmosphere in Prague as part of a special project of the Commission of the Academy of Sciences in Planetary Geophysics (KAPG) in June and July 1986. Using 4 ultrasonic anemometers at 4 levels up to 80 m, Doppler-SODAR and wind-, temperature- and radiation balance gradients from 2 to 80 m, a complex investigation of the atmospheric boundary layer in an industrial area was made. The authors present the first results of

–	the anthropogenic influence on the energy exchange in the atmospheric boundary layer.
–	the influence of a complex terrain on the turbulent characteristics and their vertical distribution.

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On the gravitation absorption hypothesis     

Zdeněk Šimon  Jan Kostelecký  Antonín Zeman  Reviewer L. Skalský 《Studia Geophysica et Geodaetica》1988,32(1):16-23

Summary It is recommended that the data from measurements with supraconducting gravity meters be also analysed with regard to verifying the gravitation absorption hypothesis. Based on theoretical data from a3-year period, the spectrum of the assumed effect of shielding the gravitational influence of the Sun by the Earth's body on the value of the acceleration of gravity has been calculated for the tidal station Brussels (Figs 2a–e).

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¶rt;aam aauuam ¶rt;a uu n¶rt;uaumau ma mu u nuunm n¶rt;auaumauu. a mmuu ¶rt;a a mmu nu¶rt; u nm n¶rt;naa ma auauaumau ¶rt;mu a m a uu u u mmu ¶rt; nuu mauu (u. 2a–).

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КРИТИКА     

Milan Burša  Jiří Vaněk  Oldřich Novotný  Ladislav Křivský  Petronela Ochabová  Jan Bednář 《Studia Geophysica et Geodaetica》1988,32(4):416-420

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Trends in planetary wave activity in the upper middle atmosphere inferred from the nighttime LF radio wave absorption measurements     

Jan Laštovička 《Studia Geophysica et Geodaetica》1994,38(2):206-212

Summary The nighttime LF radio wave absorption in the lower ionosphere measured at two frequencies in central Europe over 1963–1985 is used to infer planetary wave activity and its long-term trend in the upper middle atmosphere (∼90–100 km). The observed positive trend is roughly consistent with results based on daytime absorption. Nighttime results are less pronounced and less statistically significant probably due to perturbing effects of geomagnetic activity. The observed trends, which are probably of anthropogenic origin, are together with the daytime results [3,4] the first evidence of long-term trends in planetary wave activity in the upper middle atmosphere.  相似文献