Recent subsidence of the northern Suez canal

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A study shows subsidence of the northeastern Nil delta in Egypt, relative to the sea during the recent Holocene eopch. Sediments were dated using accelerator mass spectrometric (AMS) analys, and water depth was estimated from fauna analysis. The ongoing faulting, along with downwarping of the underlying Late Miocene to Quaternary sequences are the main reasons for the subsidence of the delta region.

Author: Stanley, Daniel J., Goodfriend, Glenn A.
Publisher: Macmillan Publishing Ltd.
Publication Name: Nature
Subject: Zoology and wildlife conservation
ISSN: 0028-0836
Year: 1997
Environmental aspects, Rivers, Nile River

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Recent advances in the central control of intake in ruminants

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Neuropeptide Y is a neurotransmitter within the paraventicular nucleus of the hypothalamus which stimulates feed intake in sheep and in rodents. Studies of the ingestive behavior of rats with exogenous administration of neuropeptide Y show stimulation of feeding and drinking, withselective preference for carbohydrates, but no effect on their grooming behavior.

Author: Miner, Jess L.
Publisher: American Society of Animal Science
Publication Name: Journal of Animal Science
Subject: Zoology and wildlife conservation
ISSN: 0021-8812
Year: 1992
Physiological aspects, Behavior, Animal feeding and feeds, Gastrointestinal hormones

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Advances in aggregation

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Researchers have shown a new approach to the 80-year-old Smoluchowski theory of how atoms and molecules collide and diffuse to form droplets and clusters. The new calculations are able to predict the growth of thin films on a surface.

Author: Zangwill, Andrew
Publisher: Macmillan Publishing Ltd.
Publication Name: Nature
Subject: Zoology and wildlife conservation
ISSN: 0028-0836
Year: 2001
Statistical mechanics, Statistical physics

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