We compare the present-day sediment discharge (solid phase) of some of the largest rivers in Asia to the average discharge deduced from the mass accumulated in several sedimentary basins during the Quaternary. There is a very good correlation, especially for the largest rivers: the Ganges–Brahmaputra, the Changjiang, the Huanghe and, to a lesser extent, the Indus and the Zhujiang. This suggests...

Seed dispersal and germination are critical to the fitness of all tree species. Moreover, among most trees the percentage of seeds that become seedlings, or “seedling success”, is very low. We examined seed success of a dominant lowland rainforest species, Pentaclethra macroloba, across a soil moisture gradient. Previous studies have established that P. macroloba has reduced seed germination ra...

An adaptation of a quaternionic proof of the Sum of Four Squares Theorem over Q( p 5) is used to show that a particular non-classical quaternary quadratic form is universal.

New geologic mapping, morphologic fault scarp modeling, and geomorphic metrics in the Red Rock Valley, southwestern Montana, help characterize the Quaternary history of the virtually unstudied Monument Hill fault and tectonics of the youthful and seismically active Red Rock graben. Two generations of Pleistocene surface ruptures are preserved along the Monument Hill fault. Similarity in rupture...

introduction alluvial fans are depositional landforms developed on a confined channel emerged from a drainage basin, i.e. between a mountain range and a plain. an alluvial fan is a fan- or cone-shaped deposit of sediments crossed and built up by streams. if a fan is built up by debris flows, it is properly called a debris cone or colluvial fan. these flows come from a single point source at the...