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1 January, 1992 by Alistair Crame
With the recent rapid increase in our knowledge of the palaeontological history of both polar regions it has become apparent that they should now be regarded as something more than…1 January, 1992
The Antarctic marine environment contains a range of hydrocarbons at low concentrations, which are generally biogenic in origin. All major classes of hydrocarbons have been found in the Antarctic ecosystem.…Read more on Natural and anthropogenic hydrocarbons in the Antarctic marine environment
1 January, 1992
Low level hydrocarbon contamination is measurable in the vicinity of Antarctic stations, N-alkane and polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon (PAH) concentrations in seawater and sediment at Signy Station, South Orkney Islands indicated…1 January, 1992
Field studies carried out on the Antarctic brown macroalga Himantothallus grandifolius (A. Gepp et E.S. Gepp) A.D. Zinova (Desmarestiales, Phaeophyta) during two summers and an intervening winter season are described.…1 January, 1992
The prediction of short-term (100 year) changes in the mass balance of ice sheets and longer-term (1000 years) variations in their ice volumes is important for a range of climatic…Read more on The response of large ice sheets to climatic change
1 January, 1992
Trilobites devonicos de Buill, Chile (42°S). Se describe un trilobites calmoniido (Calmoniidae gen. nov. aff. Bainella Rennie, 1930) un trilobites lacopoide indeterminado y un coral zafrentido, recolectados en rodados de…1 January, 1992
In the late 1970s, many people still thought that a cooling trend in the Northern Hemisphere heralded the next ice age. But some were already claiming that rising atmospheric CO2…1 January, 1992
1.1. Dynamics of plasma nutrients and metabolites in moulting macaroni (Eudyptes chrysolophus) and gentoo (Pygoscelis papua) penguins were studied.2.2. The late moult macaroni and gentoo penguins had significantly elevated levels…1 January, 1992
Snow Petrels (Pagodroma nivea) breed circurnpolarly in Antarctica. Watson et al. (1971), Harper et al. (1984) and Marchant & Higgins (1990) list breeding sites in the Ross Dependency (160°E-150°W) and…1 January, 1992
Previously, we reported on the discovery of fine structure in whistler data received on the ground at Halley, Antarctica. This structure was not apparent in conventional spectral analysis but was…1 January, 1992
We studied the distributions, abundances and interactions of macaroni penguins Eudyptes chrysolophus, Antarchc fur seals Arctocephalus gazella, and their zooplankton prey, m particular Antarctic krill Euphausia superba, near Bird Island,…1 January, 1992
References Citations Metrics Reprints & Permissions PDF Abstract The beaks of 9,994 cephalopods of 61 species, obtained mainly from chick regurgitations of wandering albatrosses (Diomedea exulans L.)…1 January, 1992 by Adrian Jenkins
We calculate the present ice budget for Antarctica from measurements of accumulation minus iceberg calving, run-off and in situ melting beneath the floating ice shelves. The resulting negative mass balance…Read more on Melting of ice shelves and the mass balance of Antarctica
1 January, 1992 by Lloyd Peck
This chapter describes the biology of living brachiopods. The Brachiopoda are significant components of the early Cambrian marine Faunas and are therefore one of the few phyla to be represented…1 January, 1992 by Philip Leat
A two-day meeting of the Tectonic Studies Group was held in London at the Geological Society on 3-4 October 1991, to consider relationships between continental extension, super continent break-up, magmatism…Read more on Magmatism and the causes of continental break-up
1 January, 1992 by Thomas Lachlan-Cope
Atmospheric temperature retrievals obtained by a simultaneous physical scheme and a statistical scheme are compared using data gathered over the Weddell Sea, Antarctica during January 1986. Ground truth data were…1 January, 1992
During the lactation period, female otariid seals alternate trips at sea to feed with visits ashore to nurse their pups. A female returning ashore must be able to recognize her…Read more on Fostering behaviour and milk stealing in Antarctic fur seals
1 January, 1992 by Jane Francis
Cretaceous sediments in the Antarctic have yielded diverse fossil floras, and a few occurrences of thin coal have been described. Their presence illustrates that the climate was favorable for plant…Read more on The potential for Cretaceous coal in Antarctica
1 January, 1992 by Robert Mulvaney
The east coast of the Antarctic Peninsula is strongly influenced by air masses that have traversed the Weddell Sea zone. A continuous record of annual-average values for δ18O, δD, Cl−…1 January, 1992 by Eric Wolff, Robert Mulvaney
Antarctic snow and ice contain very low concentrations of ions,Read more on The distribution of impurities in Antarctic ice
1 January, 1992
The transcurrent Gastre Fault System in central Patagonia, which is closely associated with subvolcanic granite emplacement, is recognized as a major dextral shear-zone and geological boundary. We propose its equivalence…1 January, 1992
F-layer ionisation troughs are frequently observed in the sub-auroral and high-latitude ionospheres. We define the mid-latitude trough as the region of low plasma concentration at F-region altitudes that occurs near…1 January, 1992 by Eric Wolff, Robert Mulvaney
A technique, using Nuclepore polycarbonate membrane filters as a containing medium for very small volumes of ionic standard solutions, to produce homogeneous ice standards is described. The standards are suitable…Read more on Preparation of aqueous standards for low temperature x-ray microanalysis
1 January, 1992
A mathematical model of the ionosphere and plasmasphere that includes an eccentric dipole geomagnetic field has been constructed to model, in the first instance, whistler results at L = 2.5.…Read more on Seasonal and longitudinal effects on plasmaspheric tube content
1 January, 1992 by Paul Rodhouse
In the austral summers of 1986 and 1988–1989, 51 southern elephant seals (Mirounga leonina) at Husvik, South Georgia (54°10′S; 36°43′W), were stomach lavaged after chemical immobilization. Only cephalopod remains were…Read more on Cephalopod prey of the southern elephant seal, Mirounga leonina L.
1 January, 1992 by Paul Rodhouse
Cephalopod paralarvae and juveniles were sampled with RMT8 and Bongo nets during 2 cruises of the MV 'Falklands Protector' in the southwest Atlantic Ocean in October/November 1990 and 1991. Each…1 January, 1992
Simultaneous ground-based observations of narrowband and broadband VLF radio waves and of cloud-to-ground lightning were made at widely spaced locations during the 1987 Wave-Induced Particle Precipitation (WIPP) campaign, conducted from…1 January, 1992 by Howard Roscoe
The measurement of N2O5 by Evans [Appl. Opt. 25, 1866–1868 (1986)] contains several serious errors. A reanalysis of the published infrared spectra gives the more realistic error bar of ±45%.Read more on Observation of the 8-μm N2O5 thermal emission feature in the stratosphere: comment
1 January, 1992 by Howard Roscoe
In a new program which performs a Backus-Gilbert analysis of the output kernels from the input kernels of any hypothetical remote sensor, Conrath's method for calculating trade-off curves has been…1 January, 1992 by Mark Clilverd
The group delay times (tg) of whistler-mode waves generated by the NAA (f= 24.0 kHz) and NSS (f = 21.4 kHz) U.S. Navy transmitters and recorded at Faraday, Antarctica (L=…1 January, 1992
A combination of geochemical and field investigations of the Ballantrae Complex allows some control on the relative timing of events in its tectono-magmatic history. In particular, the presence of boninitic…1 January, 1992
In the West Antarctic sector of Gondwana, early stages of break-up are associated with the large Antarctic-Karoo-Tasman basalt province. Formation of this within-plate province was synchronous with active margin tectonics…1 January, 1992
Palynomorph assemblages dominated by dinoflagellate cysts are described from seventeen samples from the Rabot Member of the Santa Marta Formation at Ekelöf Point, eastern James Ross Island, Antarctic Peninsula. Although…1 January, 1992 by Eric Wolff
Cadmium, copper, lead and zinc concentrations have been measured on a sequence of snow blocks covering 2 years’ accumulation at a site on the east coast of the Antarctic Peninsula.…Read more on Seasonal input of heavy metals to Antarctic snow
1 January, 1992
References Citations Metrics Reprints & Permissions Get access The standard of Antarctic maps in many of the world atlases on sale in the UK is reviewed and the…