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Showing 1 to 18 of 18 for “"Yorktown"”.
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Paleocommunities of the Yorktown Formation (Pliocene) of Virginia
The fossiliferous Yorktown Formation (Pliocene) of Virginia was used as a natural laboratory for testing predictions of ecological and evolutionary theories. Specifically, coordinated stasis and ecological locking models have testable elements that can be analyzed using data from the Yorktown …
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Finite element analyses of pile load tests performed in the Yorktown formation, Newport News, Virginia
… soil sampling and in-situ tests within the Yorktown formation; standard soil laboratory tests for index properties and strength-deformation characteristics of the soil along the pile perimeter and tip, plus interface tests to evaluate soil strength-deformation characteristics along the …
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Fossil preservation and the effects of groundwater leaching on fossils in the Yorktown Formation (Upper Pliocene), Virginia
… was mapped in an outcrop (63 m by 2.1 m) of the Yorktown Formation. A paleostream channel located at one end was incised during the Pleistocene and filled with sediments of the Shirley Formation. The Tabb Formation unconformably overlies the outcrop. Acidic groundwater caused the observed …
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Faunal variation and its potential for sampling bias in the Morgarts Beach Member of the Yorktown Formation (Pliocene)
… from the Pliocene Morgarts Beach Member of the Yorktown Formation, located in Isle of Wight County, southeast Virginia. The principal objectives of this study were to examine potential sampling problems and biases inherent in paleontological research. This has been accomplished by statistically …
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“GUNS AND SHIPS AND SO THE BALANCE SHIFTS”: USING ARTIFACT PATTERNING TO CONTEXTUALIZE A SALVAGED ASSEMBLAGE DATED TO THE BATTLE OF YORKTOWN, 1781
Before General Charles Cornwallis surrendered at Yorktown in 1781, he scuttled a portion of his shipping fleet along the Yorktown riverbank to defend the town from a Franco- American amphibious attack. An environment rife with maritime material culture, the river has been subject to formal and …
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Geographical variation in the genus Astarte (Phylum Mollusca: Class Bivalvia) from the Yorktown and Jackson Bluff formations (early Pliocene) of the Atlantic coastal plain
… (Phylum Mollusca: Class Bivalvia) from the Yorktown and Jackson Bluff Formations (early Pliocene) of the Atlantic Coastal Plain. Factor analysis, multivariate analysis of variance, and discriminant analysis were performed on measurements of specimens of Astarte from ten localities. There are …
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Effects of environmental change on species: Marvacrassatella lineage and the Plio-Pleistocene record of sea level change
… 800 specimens representing seven formations (Yorktown, Duplin, Raysor, Jackson Bluff, Tamiami, Chowan River, and James City) and three members (Rushmere and Moore House Member of the Yorktown Formation, and the Edenhouse Member of the Chowan River Formation) from the early late Pliocene to the …
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Assessing A District's Culture Through An Annual School Culture Audit: A Policy Advocacy Document
… the district. The recommended policy for Yorktown School District would require each school to complete an annual school culture audit to ensure the presence of a strong foundation for all stakeholders. Utilizing the School Culture Triage Survey on an annual basis to determine strengths …
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John Johns Trigg, Congressman
… witnessed the surrender of Cornwallis' army at Yorktown. From his days as a member of the Virginia House of Delegates, 1784-1792, and of the Virginia Convention of 1788, Trigg consistently opposed any resolution which he believed might stifle the growth of his own state. He was elected to the …
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Tides of War: Privateering, The British Economy, and The Winning of the American Revolution, 1772-1783
… not have achieved its victories at Saratoga and Yorktown. This thesis examines all three factors.</p> <p>It was the fledgling Republic that resurrected the practice. Over the course of the Revolution the Continental Congress issued no fewer than 1700 Letters of Marque. In totum, over 55,000 …
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THE GERMAN SOLDIERS IN THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION (VOLUMES I AND II, CHAPTERS 1-12)
… actions from Long Island in August 1776 to Yorktown in October 1781 and stresses the contributions and limitations of the German troops. Finally, several chapters deal with the place of the Germans within the British military establishment, a statistical analyses of selected German units, …
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Investigation of Pore Pressures During High-Velocity Impact by a Free Fall Penetrometer
… Island, YT, Yakutat, AK, Clay Bank, VA, and Yorktown, VA. Additionally, test deployments in the laboratory were performed in kaolin clay. Data analysis was focused on pore pressure measurements during these deployments. Two major advancements regarding current data analysis of FFP pore …
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Physiological Traits and Quantitative Trait Loci Associated with Nitrogen Use Efficiency in Soft Red Winter Wheat
… mapping populations having a common low ('Yorktown') and two high (VA05W-151 and VA09W-52) NUE parents were characterized to dissect the genetics underlying N response. The populations were evaluated in eight N-environments and genotyped using single-nucleotide polymorphism data derived …
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An analysis of student achievement in programmed business english in selected business schools and junior colleges
… at the Thomas J. Watson Research Center. Yorktown Heights, New York. The students took a pretest before initiating their study of the textbook. Four interim tests were taken during the study, and a posttest was taken at the conclusion of the study. A comparison of posttest over pretest …
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Tourist Satisfaction with Cultural / Heritage Sites: The Virginia Historic Triangle
… Historic Triangle (Williamsburg, Jamestown, and Yorktown). Virginia Historic Triangle has been called the largest living museum in the world. Furthermore, it is one of America's popular vacation destinations, attracting more than 4 million tourists each year. The data of this study were collected …
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A longitudinal predictive validity study of the relationships of formal and informal instruments to reading achievement test scores
… in Mount Pleasant Community School System in Yorktown, Indiana. The first data were compiled in the Fall of 1968; a second collection was April, 1969; the third June, 1977, at which time 113 of the initial population of students were still enrolled.Instruments used included: (1) a teacher …
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Quantitative Ecological and Taphonomic Patterns in Late Cenozoic Mollusk-Dominated Marine Fossil Assemblages
Applications in paleontological research are far from being limited to taxonomic collection and identification. Nor is such research limited to working solely on fossil data. Actualistic paleontology is the study of modern or recent organisms and processes to better understand those of the past. …