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Showing 1 to 20 of 199 for “"Shan"”.
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Definiteness and Quantification: Evidence from Shan
… if-clauses to information structure. Data from Shan, a Southwestern Tai language of Myanmar, is compared with data from several other languages, including English. In Chapter 2, I argue that bare nouns in Shan, Dënesuìiné, and English share several features intheir distribution and …
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Glacier surging in the West Kunlun Shan
… The glaciers of the Karakoram and West Kunlun Shan represent the second major global centre of surge activity (Sevestre and Benn, 2015) and also mark a region of anomalous glacier behaviour known as the ’Karakoram Anomaly’ (Hewitt, 2005), whereby widespread glacier stability and even growth …
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Structure and geochronological constraints on the ductile deformation observed along the Gaoligong Shan and Chong Shan Shear Zones, Yunnan (China)
… in between the Sagaing fault and the Ailao Shan Shear Zone: the Gaoligong Shan Shear Zone (GSSZ) and the Chong Shan Shear Zone (CSSZ) in Yunnan, China. The presently inactive GSSZ is an important dextral Cenozoic (and possibly latest Mesozoic) ductile shear zone and appears to be the only …
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The tectonic evolution of the western Tien Shan
… Cenozoic tectonic evolution of the western Tien Shan in Central Asia, which is one of the most active intracontinental ranges in the world. The work presented here combines a broad array of datasets, including thermo- and geochronology, paleoenvironmental interpretations, sediment provenance and …
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The orogenic evolution of the Central Kyrgyz Tien Shan
… orogenic evolution of the Central Kyrgyz Tien Shan in Central Asia, which is presently one of the most active intra-continental mountain belts in the world. This work involved combining a broad array of datasets, including thermochronologic, magnetostratigraphic, sediment provenance and stable …
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A new vision for Taipei's Sung Shan riverfront district
Thesis (M.C.P.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Urban Studies and Planning, 1995.
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Geology of ultra-high-pressure rocks from the Dabie Shan, Eastern China
… (UHP) Gesteinen auf der Erde, des Dabie Shan im östlichen China, zu erhöhen, wurde eine multidisziplinäre Studie durchgeführt. Geophysikalische Daten wurden entlang einer ca. 20 km langen seismischen Linie im östlichen Dabie Shan gesammelt. Diese reflektionsseismischen Daten zeigen, dass …
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Factors Influencing Farmers’ Buying Patterns of Hybrid Maize Seeds: The Case of Shan State, Myanmar
… sector.<br/>This study mainly focuses on Shan State, bordered internationally by China (north and east) and Thailand and Laos (south), is the largest of Myanmar’s 14 administrative divisions, covering an area of 155,458 square kilometres (about a quarter of Myanmar’s total area) and a …
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Flexural strength of lithospere in central Asia and development of intracontinental orogens : the Tien Shan
Thesis (M.S.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Earth, Atmospheric, and Planetary Sciences, 1996.
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Transforming the Self through Benefiting Others: Fo Guang Shan Humanistic Buddhism in the People's Republic of China
… presents an ethnographic study of Fo Guang Shan (FGS, Buddha’s Light Mountain, 佛光山), a Taiwan-based Han-Chinese Buddhist movement that is socially engaged and highly active on a global scale. The particular focus is the development of FGS in the People’s Republic of China (PRC). It aims to …
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SUBJECT FORMATION AND SELF-MAKING IN THE EVERYDAY LIFE OF STATELESS SHAN PEOPLE IN THE THAI-BURMESE BORDERLAND
… and the politics of emotion of stateless Shan people, who are shaped amid nation-state construction, violence, and suffering (known in the Shan language as Tukkha Khanjai). The primary focus of this thesis is on how the subjectivity of these individuals, who are constituted as vulnerable …
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SAR interferometry analysis of surface processes in the Pamir – Tien Shan active orogens - emphasis on coseismic deformation and landslides
… Alai valley. Located between the southern Tien Shan and the northern Pamir the coseismic surface displacements are analysed using SAR (Synthetic Aperture RADAR) data. The results show clear gradients in the vertical and horizontal directions along a complex pattern of surface ruptures and active …
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Source parameters of the major historical earthquakes in the Tien-Shan region from the late 19th to the early 20th century
The Tien-Shan and the neighboring Pamir region are two of the largest mountain belts in the world. Their deformation is dominated by intermontane basins bounded by active thrust and reverse faulting. The Tien-Shan mountain belt is characterized by a very high rate of seismicity along its margins as …
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I. Paleomagnetism and crustal rotations along a shear zone, Las Vegas range, Southern Nevada ; II. Seismotectonics of the Tien Shan, Central Asia
Thesis (Ph. D.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Earth, Atmospheric, and Planetary Sciences, 1988.
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The Day Nui Con Voi mylonitic belt in Southwestern China and Its implications for the early Cenozoic extrusion of Indochina
… rocks generally referred to as the Ailao Shan/Red River shear zone forms the extrusion boundary. This shear zone actually consists of at least two belts, the Ailao Shan and the Day Nui Con Voi, which are separated by a narrow belt of unmetamorphosed Triassic sedimentary rocks. In the …
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Remote Detection of Surging Glaciers Across High Mountain Asia
… from Pamir through Karakoram, to West Kunlun Shan. In Tian Shan and Himalaya surge incidence was isolated. Pamir glacier surge variables support a dominant hydrologically-regulated surge mechanism, in contrast to Karakoram and West Kunlun Shan glaciers, characterised by long durations, and …
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Sustaining tradition through tourism : Zhan-Qi as a model for China
… tourist development for both the Huang-Shan region, where Zhan-Qi is located, and for Chinese villages in general. Zhan-Qi is part of the Huang-shan region (or Hwe district), a region that now faces tourism's impact. It shares with Huang-Shan's other villages a fame for craftsmanship, …
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A GUIDEWAY THROUGH THE LAND OF GHOSTS AND OTHER STORIES
… largely inspired by a Chinese classic called <em>Shan Hai Jing,</em> or as scholar Richard E. Strassberg translates the title, <em>Guideways Through Mountains and Seas</em>. <em>Shan Hai Jing</em> is what Strassberg calls a “cosmography” and was intended to depict the world as ancient people saw …
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