Sciences de la Terre

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Palaeoneurological clues to the evolution of defining mammalian soft tissue traits

A rich fossil record chronicles the distant origins of mammals, but the evolution of defining soft tissue characters of extant …

2016 Open Access

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Tropospheric water vapour isotopologue data (H216O, H218O and HD16O) as obtained from NDACC/FTIR solar absorption spectra

Abstract. We report on the ground-based FTIR (Fourier Transform InfraRed) tropospheric water vapour isotopologue remote sensing data that have been …

2016 Open Access

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Wind changes above warm Agulhas Current eddies

Abstract. Sea surface temperature (SST) estimated from the Advanced Microwave Scanning Radiometer E onboard the Aqua satellite and altimetry-derived sea …

2016 Open Access

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Climate change and ecosystems dynamics over the last 6000 years in the Middle Atlas, Morocco

Abstract. The present study aims at reconstructing past climate changes and their environmental impacts on plant ecosystems during the last …

2016 Open Access

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Jellyfish Stings Trigger Gill Disorders and Increased Mortality in Farmed Sparus aurata (Linnaeus, 1758) in the Mediterranean Sea

Jellyfish are of particular concern for marine finfish aquaculture. In recent years repeated mass mortality episodes of farmed fish were …

2016 Open Access

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Variation in stable isotope ratios of monthly rainfall in the Douala and Yaounde cities, Cameroon: local meteoric lines and relationship to regional precipitation cycle

Hydrogen (D) and oxygen (18O) stable isotopes in precipitation are useful tools in groundwater recharge and climatological investigations. This study …

2016 Open Access

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Characterization and parameterization of aerosol cloud condensation nuclei activation under different pollution conditions

To better understand the cloud condensation nuclei (CCN) activation capacity of aerosol particles in different pollution conditions, a long-term field …

2016 Open Access

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Hydrological, chemical, and isotopic budgets of Lake Chad: a quantitative assessment of evaporation, transpiration and infiltration fluxes

Abstract. In the Sahelian belt, Lake Chad is a key water body for 13 million people, who live on its …

2016 Open Access

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Breeding Young as a Survival Strategy during Earth’s Greatest Mass Extinction

Studies of the effects of mass extinctions on ancient ecosystems have focused on changes in taxic diversity, morphological disparity, abundance, …

2016 Open Access

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An inversion of reservoir properties based on a concurrent modeling approach: the case of a West African reservoir

Deterministic rock physics models were applied in a shale-sand environment located in the West African lower Congo basin, with the …

2016 Open Access

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Inadequate stakeholder management and its effect on a coherent sinkhole risk management strategy: The case of the Merafong Local Municipality, South Africa

The Merafong Local Municipality (MLM) has historically suffered financial and human losses because of the presence of dolomite and the …

2016 Open Access

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Groundwater stable isotope profile of the Etosha National Park, Namibia

The Etosha National Park (ENP) is a large protected area in northern Namibia. While the ENP has received a lot …

2016 Open Access

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The Port Alfred floods of 17–23 October 2012: A case of disaster (mis)management?

An intense cut-off low weather system, more commonly known regionally as a 'black south-easter', caused severe flooding in Port Alfred …

2016 Open Access

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Groundwater recharge estimation in semi-arid zone: a study case from the region of Djelfa (Algeria)

Deficiency of surface water resources in semi-arid area makes the groundwater the most preferred resource to assure population increased needs. …

2016 Open Access

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Fallacies and fantasies: the theoretical underpinnings of the Coexistence Approach for palaeoclimate reconstruction

Abstract. The Coexistence Approach has been used to infer palaeoclimates for many Eurasian fossil plant assemblages. However, the theory that …

2016 Open Access

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Abrupt climate shift in the Western Mediterranean Sea

One century of oceanographic measurements has evidenced gradual increases in temperature and salinity of western Mediterranean water masses, even though …

2016 Open Access