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Showing 1 to 11 of 11 for “"fall line"”.
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Fall Line: a work in progress
An experimental novel, based on the critical theories of Jacques Lacan and Helena Cixous, which explores the exclusion of women from the cultural ideal, and their redefinition as cultural "others" in Western American Society. The novel incorporates three separate narratives: two first person …
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A Comparison of Movements and Burrow Usage Between Indigenous and Relocated Gopher Tortoises (Gopherus polyphemus) in a Fall Line Sandhills Community
<p>The movements and burrow use of twenty (ten relocated and ten indigenous to the relocation site) adult gopher tortoises {Gopherus polyphemus) were followed during the late spring, summer and early autumn in Talbot County, Georgia. The objectives of this study were to determine whether relocated …
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Geology of the Hanover Academy and Ashland quadrangles, Virginia
… in east-central Virginia lie astride the Fall Line. Metamorphic and granitic rocks of the Piedmont Province to the west of the Fall Line are pre-Triassic in age. Biotite gneiss, granite gneiss, muscovite-biotite schist, amphibolite, and Petersburg Granite are represented. Along the eastern …
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Toward Conservation of Magnolia Bogs on Utility Rights-Of-Way: Increasing Imageability
… across upland landscapes just east of the fall-line, these habitats occur where lenses of clay intersect the rolling terrain and groundwater seeps along the faces of hillsides. Most Magnolia Bogs have been lost to development, but remnant habitats have in several cases been inadvertently …
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Survey of Reproduction of the Southeastern American Kestrel (Falco Sparverius Paulus) in Electrical Transmission Towers in South-Central Georgia
… Georgia. This subspecies of the kestrel has declined in the southeastern United States by more than 80% over the last fifty years, and populations of F.S. Paulus have nearly disappeared below the Fall Line in Georgia. The major factor contributing to this decline is the lack of adequate nest …
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Reproductive Success of Southeastern American Kestrels (Falco Sparverius Paulus) Nesting in 230Kv Transmission Towers and Alternative Nest Structures in South-Central Georgia
… American Kestrels are estimated to have declined by more than 80% over the last fifty years in the southeastern United States. In Georgia, populations have nearly disappeared below the Fall Line. The paucity of adequate nest sites is the major factor contributing to the decline of this …
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Linear Trend Analysis: Implications for a Structural Fracture System and Applications of Subsurface Fluid Migration, Northwest Arkansas and Eastern Oklahoma
<p>Lineaments are mappable, simple or composite linear or curvilinear features of the Earth’s surface longer than one mile, which differ from the patterns of adjacent features and are presumed to reflect subsurface phenomenon such as faults and fractures. The usage of the term refers to the …
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Comparison of Cytochrome b variation and morphological features of isolated Banded Pygmy Sunfish (Elassoma zonatum) populations in the lower Green River and Coastal Plain systems in Western Kentucky
… drainage, were sampled from below the boundary line. Collections from Rose Creek and Running Slough yielded no adult specimens for body measurement/morphological comparisons and were only used for genetic comparisons. </p> <p>Using principal components analysis (PCA) of body measurements, …
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The Twiggs Clay: mineralogy, origin, and industrial properties of an upper Eocene opaline claystone in the coastal plain province of Georgia, U.S.
… found as discontinuous deposits downdip of the Fall Line in the Coastal Plain Province of eastern and central Georgia. A distinctive facies of the Twiggs is found in two lenses near the town of Wrens. The nature, origin, and potential commercial application of this resource are examined. Four …
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Determining Hydraulic Characteristics in Close Proximity of Hymenocallis coronaria within the Flint River Basin, Georgia
… rivers. Populations are located along the fall line of the southern states of Alabama, Georgia, and South Carolina. In these states, the geomorphology of riverbeds provides a shallow and swift-moving environment. Anthropogenic alterations along river waterways (e.g., dams) have …
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Predictor Modeling of Naturally Ocurring Radium In Private Residential Drinking Water Wells of the Inner Coastal Plain of South Carolina
<p>Radium is a naturally occurring contaminant found in drinking water in South Carolina that can potentially be detrimental to human health. The purpose of this assessment is to evaluate water quality, with respect to radium concentrations, in private residential wells located within the inner …