Lesser Antilles
Evaluation of tsunami risk in the Lesser Antilles
... Tsunamis in the Caribbean region are not very rare events. The first version of the Caribbean regional tsunami catalogue prepared by Lander and Whiteside (1997) covers the period from 1530 to 1991 and contains 56 events. ...
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The Lesser Antilles, True Laboratories for the Study of Forest Systems the Evolution (from the Inventory of Plant Species to the Dynamics of the Anthropized Landscapes)
... smaller Antilles islands like in all parts of the artificialized biosphere, biodiversity is cyclical and is consubstantial with human ...the Lesser Antilles in a protec- tive ...The Lesser ...
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Tsunami hazard assessment of Guadeloupe Island (F.W.I.) related to a megathrust rupture on the Lesser Antilles subduction interface
... Abstract. The French Caribbean Archipelago of Guadeloupe is located over the Lesser Antilles active subduction zone, where a handful of earthquakes have reached magnitudes of Mw = 7.0 (moment magnitude) and ...
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Late Quaternary benthonic foraminifera in a bathyal core from the Leeward Islands, Lesser Antilles, NE Caribbean Sea
... northern Lesser Antilles were subject to a greater nutrient flux during the Late Pleistocene than during the Holocene, the change in flux a ff ecting both the SWA and the ...
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Contribution to the knowledge of the specific aspects of the lesser antilles flora: the vegetation inversions (the case of martinique’s lower plant level)
... Despite their small size, due to their contrasting geomorphology, the mountainous Lesser Antilles modify the structure of the main macro-climatic factors and create a plurality of biotopes. The latter are ...
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Assessing storm surge hazard and impact of sea level rise in the Lesser Antilles case study of Martinique
... the Lesser Antilles, we presented a detailed analysis of storm surge hazard in Mar- tinique for the present climate and started investigating the potential changes expected for the next ...
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Identification of deep subaqueous co-seismic scarps through specific coeval sedimentation in Lesser Antilles: implication for seismic hazard
... (Lesser Antilles volcanic arc, February–March 2009) a very high resolu- tion (VHR) seismic-reflection survey was performed in order to constrain Late Quaternary to Present ...
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The diversity and distributions of the beetles (Insecta: Coleoptera) of the northern Leeward Islands, Lesser Antilles (Anguilla, Antigua, Barbuda, Nevis, Saba, St. Barthélemy, St. Eustatius, St. Kitts, and St. Martin-St. Maarten
... Literature records. Blackwelder (1944-1957) was used as the initial source of species records for the northern Leeward Islands, followed by a search of the Coleoptera sections of the Zoological Record from 1940 to 2009. ...
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The Spatio Temporal Interfaces within the Lesser Antilles Vegetation (The Example of the Island of Martinique)
... formations. The ecosystem potential being of the forest type, the floristic units of the present plant mosaic therefore represent as many dynamic stages as temporal interfaces. The forest ecosystem regression is also ac- ...
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Upper crustal structure of an active volcano from refraction/reflection tomography, Montserrat, Lesser Antilles
... southern Lesser Antilles arc (Christeson et ...outer Lesser Antilles arc (Eocene to Miocene) and on the Mesozoic arc, that was the focus of subduction-related volcanic activity before the ...
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Numerical modelling of historical landslide-generated tsunamis in the French Lesser Antilles
... Abstract. Two historical landslide-induced tsunamis that reached the coasts of the French Lesser Antilles are studied. First, the Martinique coast was hit by a tsunami down the western flank of Montagne ...
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Documentary derived chronologies of rainfall variability in Antigua, Lesser Antilles, 1770–1890
... Abstract. This paper presents the first extensive reconstruc- tion of precipitation variability in the Lesser Antilles using historical documentary sources. Over 13 250 items of docu- mentation pertaining ...
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Muon tomography: Plans for observations in the Lesser Antilles
... Lesser Antilles is a subduction volcanic arc within which a dozen of either potentially or presently active volca- noes are located in populated areas ...
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Probabilistic hurricane-induced storm surge hazard assessment in Guadeloupe, Lesser Antilles
... the Lesser Antilles, allows storm surge level maps to be obtained that can be of major interest for coastal plan- ners and decision makers in terms of risk ...
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Forest Management: Forest Fragmentation and Biodiversity Corridor Function of Riparian Forest in Lesser Antilles
... In Lesser Antilles, the forest ecosystem is treated by the urban sprawl. The national conservation protocols named “Trame verte et bleue” 1 manage the protection of the forest and aquatic biological ...
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Preparedness actions towards seismic risk mitigation for the general public in Martinique, French Lesser Antilles: a mid-term appraisal
... Abstract. Martinique is a French island in the Lesser An- tilles, with a high seismic hazard. In 2006, Martinican stake- holders involved in seismic safety formed the “R´eplik” work- ing group (“Aftershock” in ...
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Foraging behaviour of Brown Boobies Sula leucogaster in Anguilla, Lesser Antilles: Preliminary identification of at-sea distribution using a time-in-area approach
... Despite the large differences in predicted foraging areas the seaward extension using the maximum distance recorded at the Mexican colony actually encompasses at least 99–100% of the 50%[r] ...
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Patterns of paleomobility in the ancient Antilles : an isotopic approach
... the Lesser Antilles and Puerto Rico has been questioned in recent ...northern Lesser Antilles (Haviser 1997), has led some researchers (Fitzpatrick et ...southern Lesser Antilles ...
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A Multi-Isotope Investigation of Human and Dog mobility and diet in the pre-colonial Antilles.
... pre-colonial Antilles to study patterns of human and dog paleomo- bility and ...western Lesser Antillean island ...the Antilles compared to Late Ceramic Age populations (Laffoon ...the Lesser ...
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Molecular Evidence for Dissemination of Unique Campylobacter jejuni Clones in Curaçao, Netherlands Antilles
... Campylobacter jejuni isolates (n ⴝ 234) associated with gastroenteritis and the Guillain-Barre´ syndrome (GBS) in the island of Curac¸ao, Netherlands Antilles, and collected from March 1999 to March 2000 were ...
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