Résumé : The slides were taken on collecting trips sponsored by the William L. Bryant Foundation, where books, music and art indigenous to the regions were gathered. The are organized by geographical location.
View of the former court house and the façade of the King's House in Spanish Town, Saint Catherine, Jamaica. On the left is the former court house, which was constructed in 1819 by James Delancy, on the site of a Spanish chapel and cemetery. In 1986, the court house was destroyed by fire. On the right is old King's House, or governor's mansion, completed in 1762. Thomas Craskell, the Island Engineer, was responsible for preparing the King's House building plans. The mansion was destroyed during a fire in 1925 and now houses the Jamaican People's Museum of Crafts and Technology. In the center of the image are buildings on King's Street. In the image are children playing on the side walk and people resting in the shade of the King's House facade. Slide labeled Spanish Town.
Jamaica -- Caribbean region -- Spanish Town, Saint Catherine

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CFM1972_01a
http://ufdc.ufl.edu/AA00031104/00001

Éditeur(s) : Elsevier
Résumé : Dissolved and particulate Hg fluxes in the Lot-Garonne-Gironde fluvial-estuarine system were obtained from observation of daily discharge and suspended particulate matter (SPM) concentrations. In addition to the measurements of the total dissolved (< 0.45 gm) and particulate Hg (> 0.45 gm), called HgTD and HgTp respectively, the dissolved inorganic Hg species (HgRD) were determined monthly. Geochemical background values for HgTp in sediments and SPM were similar to crustal values and to typical concentrations in SPM of non-contaminated river systems, respectively. The Riou Mort watershed already known as the origin of important historical polymetallic (e.g., Cd, Zn) pollution was identified as an important Hg point source. In the downstream Lot River, Hg concentrations were clearly higher than those in other moderately contaminated systems. The mean relative contribution of HgRD to HgTD in the Lot River and in the Garonne River was close to 25% and 50%, respectively, and showed no correlation with water discharge or SPM concentration. Depending on the origin and nature of SPM, HgTp concentrations were correlated or not with particulate organic C (POC). Maximum HgTp concentrations were measured in samples containing low POC concentrations and were attributed to sediment resuspension. In contrast, high POC concentrations (6-17%) during algal blooms were associated with low/moderate HgTp concentrations (< 0.5 mg kg(-1)) at different sites, suggesting that Hg concentrations in fluvial phytoplankton may be limited by bioavailability of dissolved Hg and/or physiologically controlled Hg accumulation. Mercury was mostly (up to 98%) transported in the particulate phase with estimated annual Hg fluxes at the outlet of the Lot River system ranging from 35 to 530 kg a(-1) for the past decade. The minimum anthropogenic component (58-84% of total Hg fluxes) could not be explained by present Riou Mort point source contributions, suggesting important Hg release from contaminated sediment as a major source and from downstream point sources (e.g., coal-fired power plants and/or metal processing industries). HgTp concentrations and fluxes were strongly related to hydrologic variations and were clearly increased by riverbed dredging during lock construction. Therefore, the estimated Hg stocks in the Lot River sediment (5-13 tons) represent an important potential Hg source for the downstream fluvial-estuarine system.
Applied Geochemistry (0883-2927) (Elsevier), 2006-03 , Vol. 21 , N. 3 , P. 515-527

Droits : 2006 Elsevier Ltd All rights reserved
http://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/2006/publication-1343.pdf
DOI:10.1016/j.apgeochem.2005.12.004
http://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00000/1343/

Résumé : The slides were taken on collecting trips sponsored by the William L. Bryant Foundation, where books, music and art indigenous to the regions were gathered. The are organized by geographical location.
The governor's mansion, or King’s House, was built on the foundations of the demolished Spanish Hall of Audience in Spanish Town, Saint Catherine, Jamaica. Thomas Craskell, the Island Engineer, was responsible for preparing the building's plans. The building was completed in 1762 while Sir William Henry Lyttleton was Governor. The mansion was destroyed during a fire in 1925 and now houses the Jamaican People's Museum of Crafts and Technology. In the image, a man sits on the wall of Emancipation Square close to a nearby traffic signal. Slide labeled Spanish Town.
Jamaica -- Caribbean region -- Spanish Town, Saint Catherine

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CFM1972_01a
http://ufdc.ufl.edu/AA00031101/00001

Éditeur(s) : HAL CCSD Elsevier
Résumé : Fire-history reconstructions inferred from sedimentary charcoal records are based on measuring sieved charcoal fragment area, estimating fragment volume, or counting fragments. Similar fire histories are reconstructed from these three approaches for boreal lake sediment cores, using locally defined thresholds. Here, we test the same approach for a montane Mediterranean lake in which taphonomical processes might differ from boreal lakes through fragmentation of charcoal particles. The Mediterranean charcoal series are characterized by highly variable charcoal accumulation rates. Results there indicate that the three proxies do not provide comparable fire histories. The differences are attributable to charcoal fragmentation. This could be linked to fire type (crown or surface fires) or taphonomical processes, including charcoal transportation in the catchment area or in the sediment. The lack of correlation between the concentration of charcoal and of mineral matter suggests that fragmentation is not linked to erosion. Reconstructions based on charcoal area are more robust and stable than those based on fragment counts. Area-based reconstructions should therefore be used instead of the particle-counting method when fragmentation may influence the fragment abundance.
ISSN: 0033-5894

hal-00903607
https://hal.archives-ouvertes.fr/hal-00903607
DOI : 10.1016/j.yqres.2013.01.003

Éditeur(s) : J.B. Chandler J.B. Chandler ( Philadelphia )
Résumé : Cover title: Cavada, "the fire king."
UF copy missing cover.
"Printed for private circulation"--T.p.
Introduction signed: O. Wilson Davis.
Cuba

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Éditeur(s) : Université des Antilles Études caribéennes
Résumé : Sur la terre ferme, la sécurité est devenue un thème récurrent de la vie politique, des imaginaires voire de la réalité. Dans le monde de la croisière au contraire, la communication vend un univers idyllique. Or la réalité de la vie à bord du navire n’est pas faite que de bonheur, et les armateurs, les voyagistes, les équipages et les autorités administratives anticipent des situations qui mettent en péril les passagers. La gestion des épidémies ne se limite pas à la grippe H1N1, moment exceptionnel qui cache la réalité fréquente des épidémies de gastro-entérite. Le quotidien sécuritaire est aussi constitué par les risques plus traditionnels : le feu et le naufrage. La croisière également s’accompagne de viols et violences sur des croisiéristes, voire de disparitions de passagers. Ces trois dangers de la croisière font l’objet de mesures de santé publique, de définition de normes de sécurité internationales depuis 1914, et de mesures législatives récentes, puisque le dernier texte a été promulgué par le président Obama en juillet 2010. L’Europe montre un retard important dans l’organisation de cette politique, gage de développement de l’industrie de la croisière.
On land, security has become a recurring theme in the political life of the imagination or reality. In the world of cruising the contrary, communication sells idyllic world. The reality of life on the ship is not made that happiness, and shipowners, operators, crews and administrative authorities anticipate situations that endanger passengers. Outbreak management is not limited to the H1N1 exceptional moment that hides the reality of frequent outbreaks of gastroenteritis. The daily safe is also constituted by the more traditional risks: fire and sinking. The cruise also accompanied by rape and violence on cruise or disappearances of passengers. These three dangers of the cruise are the subject of public health measures, definition of international safety standards since 1914, and recent legislation, since the final text was issued by President Obama in July 2010. Europe shows a significant delay in the organization of the political guarantee for the development of the cruise industry.

Droits : info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess
urn:doi:10.4000/etudescaribeennes.5220
http://journals.openedition.org/etudescaribeennes/5220