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• 31. [Article] The contribution of large, slow-moving landslides to landscape evolution

  xvi, 136 p. : ill. (some col.) A print copy of this thesis is available through the UO Libraries. Search the library catalog for the location and call number.

  Citation × Citation Citation Abstract Copy Title: The contribution of large, slow-moving landslides to landscape evolution Author: Mackey, Benjamin Hunter Year: 2010, 2009 xvi, 136 p. : ill. (some col.) A print copy of this thesis is available through the UO Libraries. Search the library catalog for the location and call number. Title: The contribution of large, slow-moving landslides to landscape evolution Author: Mackey, Benjamin Hunter Year: 2010, 2009 xvi, 136 p. : ill. (some col.) A print copy of this thesis is available through the UO Libraries. Search the library catalog for the location and call number. Close

• 32. [Article] Paleosol Records of Middle Miocene Climate Change

  The middle Miocene thermal maximum (~16 Ma) was a period of global climate unusually warm and wet for the Neogene and is of interest as a paleo-analog for future climate change from anthropogenic global ...

  Citation × Citation Citation Abstract Copy Title: Paleosol Records of Middle Miocene Climate Change Author: Metzger, Christine Year: 2013 The middle Miocene thermal maximum (~16 Ma) was a period of global climate unusually warm and wet for the Neogene and is of interest as a paleo-analog for future climate change from anthropogenic global warming. In Australia, paleosols of the Oligocene-Miocene Etadunna and Pliocene Tirari Formations formed in arid palaeoclimates and include pedogenic gypsum. The Middle Miocene paleosol has shallow calcareous nodules and stout root traces suggesting vegetation like dry woodland. Comparable mallee vegetation now grows no closer than 1200 km to the southwest, so middle Miocene warm-wet climate enabled range extension of mallee and woody thickening of plants in the Australia outback. There is no evidence in the outback of middle Miocene rain forest, which may have expanded its range to form kaolinitic Ultisols near Sydney, Mudgee, and Gulgong, in New South Wales. Nor is there evidence so far inland of swamp woodlands and heaths like those producing brown coals in the Latrobe Valley, Victoria. In Argentina, the Santa Cruz Formation, in addition to its rich fossil vertebrate assemblages, contains a similar paleosol record of middle Miocene climate change. The early Miocene in the Santa Cruz Formation is characterized by a thick sequence of weakly to strongly developed grassland paleosols (Orthents and Ustolls) as well as paleosols with root traces and profile forms of open shrubland vegetation (Cambid). The middle Miocene thermal maximum is characterized by paleosols (Udepts, Udalfs) developed under open woodland-shrubland vegetation, during a period of climatic warmth and humidity. The late middle Miocene is characterized by a greater diversity of pedotypes, all suggestive of an arid and cooler environment (Argids, Cambids, and Ustepts). Middle Miocene soil maps compiled for this study show extension of tropical soils (Oxisols, Ultisols) into northern and southern mid-latitudes, accompanied by thermophilic flora and fauna. Peats, lignites, and Histosols of wetlands are also more abundant at higher latitudes, especially in the northern hemisphere, during the middle Miocene. The expansion of such soils is an expected result of greater precipitation associated with higher water vapor content of a warmer atmosphere during the Middle Miocene. This dissertation includes previously published co-authored material in chapter II. Title: Paleosol Records of Middle Miocene Climate Change Author: Metzger, Christine Year: 2013 The middle Miocene thermal maximum (~16 Ma) was a period of global climate unusually warm and wet for the Neogene and is of interest as a paleo-analog for future climate change from anthropogenic global warming. In Australia, paleosols of the Oligocene-Miocene Etadunna and Pliocene Tirari Formations formed in arid palaeoclimates and include pedogenic gypsum. The Middle Miocene paleosol has shallow calcareous nodules and stout root traces suggesting vegetation like dry woodland. Comparable mallee vegetation now grows no closer than 1200 km to the southwest, so middle Miocene warm-wet climate enabled range extension of mallee and woody thickening of plants in the Australia outback. There is no evidence in the outback of middle Miocene rain forest, which may have expanded its range to form kaolinitic Ultisols near Sydney, Mudgee, and Gulgong, in New South Wales. Nor is there evidence so far inland of swamp woodlands and heaths like those producing brown coals in the Latrobe Valley, Victoria. In Argentina, the Santa Cruz Formation, in addition to its rich fossil vertebrate assemblages, contains a similar paleosol record of middle Miocene climate change. The early Miocene in the Santa Cruz Formation is characterized by a thick sequence of weakly to strongly developed grassland paleosols (Orthents and Ustolls) as well as paleosols with root traces and profile forms of open shrubland vegetation (Cambid). The middle Miocene thermal maximum is characterized by paleosols (Udepts, Udalfs) developed under open woodland-shrubland vegetation, during a period of climatic warmth and humidity. The late middle Miocene is characterized by a greater diversity of pedotypes, all suggestive of an arid and cooler environment (Argids, Cambids, and Ustepts). Middle Miocene soil maps compiled for this study show extension of tropical soils (Oxisols, Ultisols) into northern and southern mid-latitudes, accompanied by thermophilic flora and fauna. Peats, lignites, and Histosols of wetlands are also more abundant at higher latitudes, especially in the northern hemisphere, during the middle Miocene. The expansion of such soils is an expected result of greater precipitation associated with higher water vapor content of a warmer atmosphere during the Middle Miocene. This dissertation includes previously published co-authored material in chapter II. Close

• 33. [Article] An Investigation into What Planning Departments and Water Authorities Can Learn from Eleven Communities' Waterwise Landscaping Ordinances

  In the United States we are using billions of gallons more water every day than is replenished by the hydrological cycle. Because water applied to landscaping is often the single largest use of the water ...

  Citation × Citation Citation Abstract Copy Title: An Investigation into What Planning Departments and Water Authorities Can Learn from Eleven Communities' Waterwise Landscaping Ordinances Author: Anderson, Kristin M. Year: 2004 In the United States we are using billions of gallons more water every day than is replenished by the hydrological cycle. Because water applied to landscaping is often the single largest use of the water supplied by most water utilities in areas requiring landscape irrigation, planners and water authorities are adopting ordinances that reduce the amount of water required by landscaping. This report focuses on ordinances which require or encourage the use of waterwise plants and/or that limit the area of lawns or offer incentives for reducing lawn area. I analyzed eleven ordinances from eight states (Arizona, California, Nevada, New Mexico, North Carolina, Oregon, Texas, and Washington) and interviewed twelve planners and eight landscape architects from ten of these communities. This report provides information on the many options available in waterwise landscaping ordinances, how various ordinance elements are enforced in real life, the advantages and disadvantages of various elements, and landscape architects’ and planners’ views and recommendations. In addition to my analysis and recommendations, the report includes a literature review that is a primer on water shortage issues, the relationship between landscapes and water consumption, and the theory of waterwise landscaping ordinances; a matrix comparing the eleven ordinances and community factors (such as evapotranspiration and cost of water); and a compendium of 25 waterwise landscaping ordinance elements. Title: An Investigation into What Planning Departments and Water Authorities Can Learn from Eleven Communities' Waterwise Landscaping Ordinances Author: Anderson, Kristin M. Year: 2004 In the United States we are using billions of gallons more water every day than is replenished by the hydrological cycle. Because water applied to landscaping is often the single largest use of the water supplied by most water utilities in areas requiring landscape irrigation, planners and water authorities are adopting ordinances that reduce the amount of water required by landscaping. This report focuses on ordinances which require or encourage the use of waterwise plants and/or that limit the area of lawns or offer incentives for reducing lawn area. I analyzed eleven ordinances from eight states (Arizona, California, Nevada, New Mexico, North Carolina, Oregon, Texas, and Washington) and interviewed twelve planners and eight landscape architects from ten of these communities. This report provides information on the many options available in waterwise landscaping ordinances, how various ordinance elements are enforced in real life, the advantages and disadvantages of various elements, and landscape architects’ and planners’ views and recommendations. In addition to my analysis and recommendations, the report includes a literature review that is a primer on water shortage issues, the relationship between landscapes and water consumption, and the theory of waterwise landscaping ordinances; a matrix comparing the eleven ordinances and community factors (such as evapotranspiration and cost of water); and a compendium of 25 waterwise landscaping ordinance elements. Close

• 34. [Article] THE ROLE OF CHROMODOMAIN PROTEIN 1 (CDP-1) AT NEUROSPORA CRASSA HETEROCHROMATIN

  36 pages. A thesis presented to the Department of Biology and the Clark Honors College of the University of Oregon in partial fulfillment of the requirements for degree of Bachelor of Science, Spring 2...

  Citation × Citation Citation Abstract Copy Title: THE ROLE OF CHROMODOMAIN PROTEIN 1 (CDP-1) AT NEUROSPORA CRASSA HETEROCHROMATIN Author: Kim, Carissa Year: 2016 36 pages. A thesis presented to the Department of Biology and the Clark Honors College of the University of Oregon in partial fulfillment of the requirements for degree of Bachelor of Science, Spring 2016. Title: THE ROLE OF CHROMODOMAIN PROTEIN 1 (CDP-1) AT NEUROSPORA CRASSA HETEROCHROMATIN Author: Kim, Carissa Year: 2016 36 pages. A thesis presented to the Department of Biology and the Clark Honors College of the University of Oregon in partial fulfillment of the requirements for degree of Bachelor of Science, Spring 2016. Close