A geomorphological investigation was conducted in Fox Creek valley within the Tallgrass Prairie National Preserve, Chase County, Kansas. During the first stage of the study, Quaternary landforms were defined and mapped in the valley. This was followed by inspection of cutbank exposures along the creek and deep coring across the valley floor. Subsurface information gleaned from the exposures and...

in this paper, we apply the differential transform (dt) method for finding approximate solution of the system of linear and nonlinear volterra integro-differential equations with variable coefficients, especially of higher order. we also obtain an error bound for the approximate solution. since, in this method the coefficients of taylor series expansion of solution is obtained by a recurrence r...

the effect of weak shear thickening and shear thinning on the stability of the taylor-couette flow is explored for a carreau-bird fluid in the narrow-gap limit. the galerkin projection method is used to derive a low-order dynamical system from the conservation of mass and momentum equations. in comparison with the newtonian system, the present equations include additional nonlinear coupling in ...

Dendritic tidal creek networks are important habitats for sustaining biodiversity and ecosystem functioning in salt marsh wetlands. To evaluate the importance of creek heterogeneity in supporting benthic secondary production, we assess the spatial distribution and secondary production of a representative polychaete species (Dentinephtys glabra) in creek networks along a stream-order gradient in...

Mangrove forests consist of a mosaic of tree cohorts, each having a regeneration history that depends on episodic recruitment of seedlings based on the availability of a “regeneration niche”. The aim of this study was to assess seedling population structure in Ceriops tagal natural monospecific stands and one eight-year old reforested stand at Gazi Bay, Kenya, to determine performance in terms ...

Dissolved oxygen (DO) concentration is an important water-quality parameter, and its estimation very for aquatic ecosystems, drinking water resources, agro-industrial activities. In the presented study, a new support vector machine (SVM) method, which improved by hybrid firefly algorithm–particle swarm optimization (FFAPSO), proposed accurate of DO. Daily pH, temperature (T), electrical conduct...

This article is designed primarily to inform clients that new 1:50 000 scale maps are currently being completed for the Findlay-Doctor Creek area (Figure IO1). A summary of preliminary results is presented for the Findlay Industrial Partnership Project after completion of three weeks of fieldwork in the Dewar and Findlay creeks map areas (82F/16, 82Wl) during 1997. The focus of the project is t...

Axisymmetric steady solutions of Taylor–Couette flow at high Taylor numbers are studied numerically and theoretically. As the axial period solution shortens from approximately one gap length, Nusselt number goes through two peaks before returning to laminar flow. In this process, asymptotic nature changes in four stages, as revealed by analysis. When aspect ratio roll cell is unity, has proport...