The Papuan-Oceanic world has long been considered a hotbed of contactinduced linguistic change, and there have been a number of studies of deep linguistic influence between Papuan and Oceanic languages (like those by Thurston and Ross). This paper assesses the degree and type of contactinduced language change in the Solomon Islands, between the four Papuan languages—Bilua (spoken on Vella Lavel...

Abstract The common bottlenose dolphin ( Tursiops truncatus ) is a top marine predator widely dispersed in coastal and pelagic habitats with generalist feeding behavior. Yet, information on the trophic ecology of animals inhabiting environments still scarce. Using carbon (δ 13 C: C/ 12 C) nitrogen 15 N: N/ 14 N) stable isotope ratios, we identified quantified main groups prey assimilated by dol...

The Kermanshah ophiolite complex is a part of the Mediterranean–Zagros–Oman Tethyan ophiolites, located in the structural–tectonic zone of western Iran in the northern part of the Zagros main thrust. Doleritic sheeted dykes are well exposed within the ophiolite in the south of Sahneh. These dykes contain high MgO, Na2O, low TiO2 (2O5, and K2O contents, and high FeOt/MgO and LILE/HFSE ratios. Th...

In order to improve our understanding of the mineral potential of northern Vancouver Island beyond the wellknown intrusion-related Cu-Au-Ag(-Mo) porphyry deposits (e.g., Hushamu, MINFILE 092L 240 and the former Island Copper mine, MINFILE 092L 158) and base and precious-metal skarns (e.g., Merry Widow, MINFILE 092L 044), we need a better understanding of the stratigraphy of the Bonanza island a...