Holocene History of the West Coast of Disko, Central West Greenland

1978 ◽  
Vol 60 (1/2) ◽  
pp. 63 ◽  
Author(s):  
Joakim Donner
Keyword(s):  
West Coast ◽  
The West ◽  
West Greenland ◽  
History Of

The tompon-tany and the tompon-drano in the History of Central and Western Madagascar

1982 ◽  
Vol 9 ◽  
pp. 61-76
Author(s):  
Finn Fuglestad
Keyword(s):  
Seventeenth Century ◽  
West Coast ◽  
Religious Beliefs ◽  
Eastern Coast ◽  
Recent Past ◽  
The West ◽  
Political Consequences ◽  
The People ◽  
History Of ◽  
Conceptual Revolution

At some undefined time in the fairly recent past central and western Madagascar witnessed a conceptual 'revolution' which had far-reaching political consequences. The religious beliefs and symbols which constituted the main ingredients of this 'revolution'--and probably also the people who propagated them--were in some way connected with the Zafindraminia-Antanosy and the Anteimoro of the southeastern and eastern coast. It is quite clear that these and similar groups had been strongly influenced by Islam and that they practiced what could perhaps be described as a corrupt or diluted Islam or a syncretic 'pagan' Muslim religion. (It is significant that as their name indicates the Zafindraminia claim descent from Raminia who they hold to have been the mother of Muhammad.) One of the main ingredients of this religion was the cult of the ody or guardian amulets, objects usually made of wood which are strikingly reminiscent of the so-called “charms” or “gris-gris” sold by Muslim clerics over much of Africa. Another ingredient is represented by the institution of ombiasy. The ombiasy (the main manufacturers of ody) whom the Frenchman Etienne de Flacourt at Fort-Dauphin in the seventeenth century took to be Muslim clerics were originally the “priests” (or the “devins guérisseurs,” according to Hubert Deschamps) of the Anteimoro and the Zafindraminia-Antanosy. Subsequently this institution was disseminated throughout nearly the whole of Madagascar. Yet another ingredient was the system of divination known as sikidy, which also spread to other parts of Madagascar, including Imerina and the Sakalava country.These beliefs, symbols, and institutions deeply influenced the people of the west coast (the present-day Sakalava country) and of central Madagascar (Imerina and Betsileo country).

scholarly journals A Recent History of 14C, 137Cs, 210Pb, and 241Am Accumulation at Two Irish Peat Bog Sites: an East Versus West Coast Comparison

Radiocarbon ◽  
2001 ◽  
Vol 43 (2B) ◽  
pp. 517-525 ◽  
Author(s):  
D Gallagher ◽  
E J McGee ◽  
P I Mitchell
Keyword(s):  
West Coast ◽  
East Coast ◽  
Similar Sequence ◽  
The West ◽  
Nuclear Weapons Testing ◽  
History Of ◽  
The Difference ◽  
The Uk ◽  
Ombrotrophic Peat ◽  
Coast Site

Data on radiocarbon (14C), 137Cs, 210Pb, and 241Am levels in an ombrotrophic peat sequence from a montane site on the east coast of Ireland are compared with data from a similar sequence at an Atlantic peatland site on the west coast. The 14C profiles from the west and east coasts show a broadly similar pattern. Levels increase from 100 pMC or less in the deepest horizons examined, to peak values at the west and east coast sites of 117 ± 0.6 pMC and 132 ± 0.7 pMC, respectively (corresponding to maximal fallout from nuclear weapons testing around 1964), thereafter diminishing to levels of 110–113 pMC near the surface. Significantly, peak levels at the east coast site are considerably higher than corresponding levels at the west coast site, though both are lower than reported peak values for continental regions. The possibility of significant 14C enrichment at the east coast site due to past discharges from nuclear installations in the UK seems unlikely. The 210Pbex inventory at the east coast site (6500 Bq m−2) is significantly higher than at the west coast (5300 Bq m−2) and is consistent with the difference in rainfall at the two sites. Finally, 137Cs and 241Am inventories at the east coast site also exceed those at the west coast site by similar proportions (east:west ratio of approximately 1:1.2).

Geological Results of Four Expeditions to Ubekendt Ejland, West Greenland

ARCTIC ◽  
1958 ◽  
Vol 11 (4) ◽  
pp. 198 ◽  
Author(s):  
Harald I. Drever
Keyword(s):  
West Coast ◽  
Intrusive Complex ◽  
The South ◽  
The West ◽  
Pyroclastic Rocks ◽  
West Greenland ◽  
Lower Group ◽  
Made In

Outlines petrological discoveries made in 1938, 1939, 1950 and 1957 by British expeditions to this island in the Umanak Fjord region: an abundance of magnesia-and lime-rich intrusions and lavas; a central intrusive complex in the south where acid and basic magmas co-exist; and a suite of dykes, lavas, and pyroclastic rocks on the west coast. Status of research on problems raised by these findings is reported. Discussion is included of author's investigations in 1957 of the olivine-rich rocks in the lower group of lavas and the minor intrusions cutting them. Detailed information on variations in the intrusions and on their relationship with the lavas is presented.

scholarly journals Geochemical prospecting at Mesters Vig, central East Greenland and at Mârmorilik, central West Greenland

1976 ◽  
Vol 80 ◽  
pp. 116-120
Author(s):  
H.R Cooke
Keyword(s):  
Heavy Metals ◽  
West Coast ◽  
Metal Content ◽  
East Coast ◽  
Mining District ◽  
The West ◽  
East Greenland ◽  
West Greenland ◽  
Geochemical Prospecting ◽  
Lead Zinc

A prospecting method used in 1975 in Greenland and reported briefly on here measures the total cold extractable amount of seven heavy metals, Zn, Pb, Cu, Co, Ni, Sn and Ag. The primary aim of the method is to discover and outline metal anomalies but not to determine their metal content accurateIy. Once an anomaly is targeted this can be done by more detailed foIlow-up surveys. The two areas chosen to test the suitability of the method to Greenland conditions, were the lead-zinc mining district of Mesters Vig on the east coast and the Sorte Engel (Black Angel) mine at MârmoriIik on the west coast. The traverses run show strong anomalies over kriown veins (figs 37 & 38, AA' & CC'; fig. 39, GG' & HH'), as well as indicatingpreviously unknown mineralisation (fig. 38, BB'; the western anomaly in fig. 39, HH').

scholarly journals Stratabound scheelite and stratiform tourmalinites in the Archaean Malene supracrustal rocks, southern West Greenland

1987 ◽  
Vol 156 ◽  
pp. 1-26
Author(s):  
P.W.U Appel ◽  
A.A Garde
Keyword(s):  
West Coast ◽  
Stream Sediment ◽  
Amphibolite Facies ◽  
The West ◽  
Late Archaean ◽  
Sea Floor ◽  
West Greenland ◽  
Sediment Sampling ◽  
Geological Map ◽  
Boron Complexes

The Malene supracrustal rocks form large enclaves in the late Archaean Nûk gneisses within an area of at least 36 000 km2 on the west coast of Greenland and have been repeatedly deformed and metamorphosed under amphibolite facies conditions. Stream sediment sampling has shown that scheelite occurs in the supracrustal enclaves throughout the area. It occurs stratabound in amphibolites, micaceous quartzites, siliceous cordierite-bearing metasediments and tourmalinites. A detailed geological map has been made of the central part of Store Malene mountain close to Nuuk. Banded metavolcanic Malene amphibolites and siliceous cordierite-bearing metasediments contain stratiform tourmalinites, often with appreciable scheelite, in addition to common accessory tourmaline. The tourmaiinites predate the earliest recognisable phase of deformation as well as prominent simple pegmatites. The tourmaline probably originated as primary sea floor precipitates, and the primary or diagenetic tourmaline crystals were later overgrown with tourmaline during metamorphism. The scheelite and tourmaline are probably syngenetic and of submarine exhalative origin, and boron complexes may have played a role in transporting tungsten in hot brines.

scholarly journals Aśu the Convert: A Slave Girl or a Nāyar Land Owner?

2018 ◽  
Vol 6 ◽  
pp. 201-246 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ophira Gamliel
Keyword(s):  
West Coast ◽  
South India ◽  
The West ◽  
Textual Evidence ◽  
Cairo Geniza ◽  
Maritime Networks ◽  
History Of ◽  
Anthropological History ◽  
Shed Light ◽  
Jewish Merchant

Aśu was a twelfth-century woman from the West Coast of South India. She is mentioned as a Tuḷuva “slave girl” (šifḥa) in a deed of manumission authored by Abraham Ben Yijū, a Jewish merchant who lived with her for nearly eighteen years and had children with her. It is thus accepted that Aśu was a manumitted slave. However, there is evidence to the contrary suggesting that Aśu was a member of a matrilineal household of the Nāyar caste of landlords, and that by allying with her, Ben Yijū was establishing a transregional network in collaboration with hinterland Indian merchants. In what follows, I examine the textual evidence from the Cairo Geniza related to the couple and reevaluate it against the anthropological history of Nāyars, especially in relation to their matrilineal inheritance customs and intercaste matrimonial alliances. Arguably, familial alliances such as those of Aśu and Ben Yijū matured into full-fledged communities of Jews, Christians, and Muslims in the region. A better understanding of the relations between these two individuals, Aśu and Ben Yijū, can shed light on the history of the transregional maritime networks and, consequently, on the history of interreligious relations in the Malayalam-speaking region.

Sauce!

2019 ◽  
pp. 21-36
Author(s):  
Esailama G. A. Diouf
Keyword(s):  
African Americans ◽  
North American ◽  
West Coast ◽  
West African ◽  
Early History ◽  
The West ◽  
African Dance ◽  
History Of ◽  
Culture Transmission ◽  
West African Dance

Esailama Diouf delves deep into history and genealogy to detail the significant politico-cultural figures, dance artists, institutions, and cultural nationalist positions that allowed for a reclaimed connection between African diasporic dance forms and spirit knowing. Dismantling still lingering European and North American notions of Africa and African dance and drumming, which permeate the early history of dance in the Americas, Diouf points to restoring notions of genetic birthrights and culture transmission for African Americans through a renaissance of West African dance and music on the West Coast, specifically in California. Her findings give dancers more awareness and understanding and thereby, the chance to embody their claim to spirit through communal African dance and music

Effects of Oceanic Variations and the West Greenland Fishery on Age at Maturity of Icelandic West Coast Stocks of Atlantic Salmon (Salmo salar)

1989 ◽  
Vol 46 (1) ◽  
pp. 16-27 ◽  
Author(s):  
Dennis L. Scarnecchia ◽  
Árni Ísaksson ◽  
S. E. White
Keyword(s):  
Time Series ◽  
Atlantic Salmon ◽  
Salmo Salar ◽  
West Coast ◽  
Strongly Correlated ◽  
The West ◽  
West Greenland ◽  
Atlantic Salmon Salmo Salar ◽  
The Mean ◽  
Salmon Fishery

Investigations were conducted on the effects of oceanic variations (as measured by sea temperatures) and catches by the West Greenland salmon fishery on the sea age composition of Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar) stocks from 21 Icelandic west coast rivers. Annual ratios of grilse to two-sea-winter (2SW) salmon were strongly correlated among the 21 rivers. All eight rivers with time series extending back before the expansion of the West Greenland fishery showed lower ratios during the earlier period. Only 2 of the 21 rivers, however, had significantly declining ratios over their time series. In addition, for only one river was West Greenland catch significantly related to the ratios (P < 0.05), and for only one river did ratios increase when the expanded West Greenland fishery was active. Overall, the effects of the fishery on stock composition are evidently minimal. The mean April–May temperature when the smolts were to migrate out of rivers was significantly and positively related to subsequent ratios for five of the rivers, which, along with correlations among the ratios, indicated that more rapid growth of smolts in their first summer may have increased the ratios of grilse to 2SW salmon on several rivers.

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