We present a phase field model for the evolution of stepped surfaces with distinct material parameters across nanoscale terraces in surface diffusion. The model aims to capture the Burton-CabreraFrank (BCF)-type theory for the motion of decorated non-interacting steps separating composite terraces. Our work forms an extension of the phase field model by Hu et al. [Physica D 241, 77 (2012)]. The...

Heritage conservation is an important recurring research theme on agricultural heritage systems. Improving the income of farmers from agriculture is regarded as an effective conservation approach. This study examined how the improved rice-fish-duck coculture (IRFDC) promotes the protection of the Honghe Hani Rice Terraced System (HHRTS) by keeping farmers farming in their hometowns. A semi-stru...

The hypothesis that caves in the Florida Peninsula are tied to Quaternary sea levels was proposed by hydrogeologists, without data, some 40 years ago. The hypothesis is a version of glacial control of cave levels, which is the logical combination of the water-table theory of speleogenesis and the concept that base level positions the water table. At the USA type example of glacial control of ca...

We analyze geomorphic evidence of recent crustal deformation in the subHimalaya of central Nepal, south of the Kathmandu Basin. The Main Frontal Thrust fault (MFT), which marks the southern edge of the sub-Himalayan fold belt, is the only active structure in that area. Active fault bend folding at the MFT is quantified from structural geology and fluvial terraces along the Bagmati and Bakeya Ri...

this study was aimed to the examination of the effect of tillage row spacing and bush spacing on the performance and components of phaseou vulgaris var. (line: cos16). the investigation was conducted as cut terraces and in terms of complete random blocks in three replicates at brujerd agricultural research and natural resources in the agricultural year 2009-2010. here, the main terraces with th...

A key step in assembling the tree of life is the construction of species-rich phylogenies from multilocus--but often incomplete--sequence data sets. We describe previously unknown structure in the landscape of solutions to the tree reconstruction problem, comprising sometimes vast "terraces" of trees with identical quality, arranged on islands of phylogenetically similar trees. Phylogenetic amb...