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Theology in suspense : how the detective fiction of P.D. James provokes theological thought
No full textElectronic redacted version excludes material for which permission has not been granted by the rights holderThe following dissertation argues that the detective fiction of P.D. James
provokes her readers to think theologically. I present evidence from the body of
James’s work, including her detective fiction that features the Detective Adam
Dalgliesh, as well as her other novels, autobiography, and non-fiction work. I also
present a brief history of detective fiction. This history provides the reader with a
better understanding of how P.D James is influenced by the detective genre as well as
how she stands apart from the genre’s traditions.
This dissertation relies on an interview that I conducted with P.D. James in
November, 2008. During the interview, I asked James how Christianity has
influenced her detective fiction and her responses greatly contribute to this
dissertation. However, James’s novels should be interpreted and explored in the
manner that they are received by the reader. How the reader receives and responds to
the novels, not only how James writes the novels, is what causes her stories to
provoke theological thinking.
By examining Christian symbolism that is present in setting, character, the
Detective Adam Dalgliesh, and plot, this dissertation seeks to assert that James
contributes to a theological conversation through her popular detective fiction
Erratum: Allen, G.R., Erdmann, M.V. & Purtiwi, P.D. (2017): Author Purtiwi, P.D. is spelled Pertiwi, P.D.
No full textAllen, G.R., Erdmann, M.V. & Purtiwi, P.D. (2017) Descriptions of four new species of damselfishes (Pomacentridae) in the Pomacentrus philippinus complex from the tropical western Pacific Ocean. Journal of the Ocean Science Foundation, 25, 47–76.
corrected spelling of third author’s name to:
Allen, G.R., Erdmann, M.V. & Pertiwi, P.D. (2017) Descriptions of four new species of damselfishes
(Pomacentridae) in the Pomacentrus philippinus complex from the tropical western Pacific Ocean. Journal of the Ocean Science Foundation, 25, 47–76
Mire development across the fen-bog transition on the Teifi floodplain at Tregaron Bog, Ceredigion, Wales, and a comparison with 13 other raised bogs
No full text1 A literature comparison of 14 radiocarbon-dated macrofossil records of raised peat bog initiation indicates that there is a relationship between the prevailing climate and the character of the first ombrotrophic vegetation communities at peatland sites in Britain and Ireland.2 All that is required for ombrotrophy is the separation of the mire growing surface from the influence of surface and subsurface waters. This could occur via vertical accumulation of the peat mass or a lowering of the water table. The establishment of bog species can be rapid once isolation occurs.3 Peatlands may become ombrotrophic in a variety of water table conditions and climatic regimes. There are at least two distinctive routes to ombrotrophy, via a 'dry-pioneer oligotrophic community' or via a 'wet-pioneer oligotrophic community'.4 Tregaron South-east Bog does not fit the pattern suggested by the literature comparison. The Fen-Bog Transition (FBT) occurred in a period of increased effective precipitation but the first ombrotrophic community was indicative of relatively dry, 'hummocky' bog and a deep or unstable water table.5 The transitional poor fen communities at Tregaron South-east Bog were short-lived. Sphagnum palustre mire lasted for 90 years compared to 300 years at Bolton Fell Moss in Cumbria, and the FBT was synchronous across much of the bog.6 The Tregaron peatland complex has a long history of water table fluctuations as shown by the stratigraphy of the marginal peats.7 Channel incision in the River Teifi could have contributed to the development of 'dry hummock' pioneer bog in the humid climatic conditions at 7300 cal. BP, by reducing the level of lagg streams
The Antarctic Circumpolar Current as a free equivalent-barotropic jet
Full text linkFollowing the observation of Killworth that the time-mean velocity in FRAM was self-similar in the vertical, several papers have developed circulation theories of the Southern Ocean assuming such a structure. This paper seeks to create a consistent equivalent-barotropic solution for flow in part of the Southern Ocean, based on an expansion in which the northward variation of Coriolis parameter f is, in a sense, fairly weak. Such a solution only holds in regions of closed contours of a certain characteristic function of f and depth H (the equivalent-barotropic version of f/H, wherein the dependence on H is considerably weakened). Inside these contours, which roughly delineate the Antarctic Circumpolar Current, the flow is strong and takes the equivalent-barotropic form, with all quantities approximately constant along the characteristic, including density below the mixed layer. The theory assumes the vertical structure has been determined by matching with a global solution. The ACC strength can be determined, given the topography and the vertical structure, from a linear second-order ordinary differential equation, under either of two assumptions: that the topography varies weakly with position, or that the horizontal flow is weak at depth. Solutions are not shown here, as they would be similar in form, but cannot be identical to, those of Krupitsky et al. (1996). Instead, the predictions of the theory are compared with OCCAM output. Excellent agreement is found. As in FRAM, the horizontal velocity at all depths is self-similar, but only within the closed-contour region of the ACC. The characteristic function can be deduced from the shape of the self-similar velocity profile. Contours of free surface height and density at any depth overlay well, and these contours lie along contours of the characteristic function as predicted. Local term balances agree well with FRAM analyses by Wells and de Cuevas (1995), but integrated balances do not
Pleistocene plateau ice fields in the High Atlas, Morocco
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Large ice fields (>25 km
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) formed over the Tazaghart and Iouzagner plateaus of the High Atlas, Morocco during the Late Pleistocene. The plateau ice fields were drained by large valley glaciers forming a series of moraine assemblages. Four moraine units have been mapped and subdivided on the basis of their morphostratigraphy and the degree of soil weathering. Soil profile development index values indicate that the moraine units are widely separated in time; the oldest moraines are deeply weathered and degraded, whereas soils are absent on the youngest moraines. The highest moraine unit was formed by a small niche glacier that was present as recently as the mid-twentieth century. The Pleistocene glaciers are likely to have been associated with wetter conditions than today and colder air temperatures. Combined with ice in neighbouring areas, such as the Toubkal massif, the SW High Atlas supported some of the largest glaciers in Africa during the Pleistocene. The extent of glaciation, with ice exploiting and breaching drainage divides, has major implications for landscape development. The evolution of the High Atlas has been strongly shaped by glaciation that was closely intertwined with tectonic, fluvial and slope processes.
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A 7500-year peat-based palaeoclimatic reconstruction and evidence for an 1100-year cyclicity in bog surface wetness from Temple Hill Moss, Pentland Hills, southeast Scotland
No full textAnalyses of plant macrofossils, peat humification and testate amoebae were used to reconstruct a proxy climate record spanning the last 7500 years from an ombrotrophic bog, Temple Hill Moss, in southeast Scotland. The plant macrofossil data were subjected to detrended correspondence analysis (DCA) which modelled effectively the significant wet shifts within the record. A mean water table depth transfer function was applied to the testate amoebae data to provide quantifiable changes. The three proxy records show coherent phase changes which are interpreted as variability in past effective precipitation. Two tephra horizons (Glen Garry and Lairg A) were used in conjunction with radiocarbon dates to construct an age/depth model, producing a robust geochronology from which a time series was calculated. The palaeoclimatic reconstruction identified major wet shifts throughout the Holocene, with specific events occurring around cal. 6650, 5850, 5300, 4500, 3850, 3400, 2800–2450, 1450–1350 and 250–150 BP. Spectral analysis of the plant macrofossil DCA and colorimetric humification data produced a millennial scale periodicity of 1100 years. The same periodicity has also been found in a palaeoclimatic reconstruction from a site in Cumbria (Walton Moss), and may be linked with millennial scale periodicities found in oceanic palaeoclimatic records
Simple Degree-Day Model
No full textThe simple degree-day model distributes user-defined values of Mean Annual Temperature and Mean Annual Temperature Range over 365 days of the year. The model then calculates daily melt totals based on a user-defined degree-day factor.The model was used in Hughes (2008, 2009a, 2009b, 2010) and is similar to an approach presented in Brugger (2006). References: Brugger, K.A. (2006). Late Pleistocene climate inferred from the reconstruction of the Taylor River glacier complex, southern Sawatch Range, Colorado. Geomorphology 75, 318-329. Hughes, P.D. (2008) Response of a Montenegro glacier to extreme summer heatwaves in 2003 and 2007. Geografiska Annaler 90A, 259-267.Hughes, P.D. (2009) Loch Lomond Stadial (Younger Dryas) glaciers and climate in Wales. Geological Journal 44, 375-391. Hughes, P.D. (2009) Twenty-first Century Glaciers in the Prokletije Mountains, Albania. Arctic, Antarctic and Alpine Research 41, 455-459. Hughes, P.D. (2010) Little Ice Age glaciers in Balkans: low altitude glaciation enabled by cooler temperatures and local topoclimatic controls. Earth Surface Processes and Landforms 35, 229–241
Simple Degree-Day Model
No full textThe simple degree-day model distributes user-defined values of Mean Annual Temperature and Mean Annual Temperature Range over 365 days of the year. The model then calculates daily melt totals based on a user-defined degree-day factor.The model was used in Hughes (2008, 2009a, 2009b, 2010) and is similar to an approach presented in Brugger (2006). References: Brugger, K.A. (2006). Late Pleistocene climate inferred from the reconstruction of the Taylor River glacier complex, southern Sawatch Range, Colorado. Geomorphology 75, 318-329. Hughes, P.D. (2008) Response of a Montenegro glacier to extreme summer heatwaves in 2003 and 2007. Geografiska Annaler 90A, 259-267.Hughes, P.D. (2009) Loch Lomond Stadial (Younger Dryas) glaciers and climate in Wales. Geological Journal 44, 375-391. Hughes, P.D. (2009) Twenty-first Century Glaciers in the Prokletije Mountains, Albania. Arctic, Antarctic and Alpine Research 41, 455-459. Hughes, P.D. (2010) Little Ice Age glaciers in Balkans: low altitude glaciation enabled by cooler temperatures and local topoclimatic controls. Earth Surface Processes and Landforms 35, 229–241
Reply:The glacial history of the Dinaric Alps, Montenegro
Full text linkRefers to:Comment on: “The glacial history of the Dinaric Alps, Montenegro” by P.D. Hughes, J.C. Woodward, P.C. van Calsteren, L.E. Thomas [Quaternary Science Reviews 30 (2011), 3393–3412]Quaternary Science Reviews, Volume 49, 23 August 2012, Pages 109-110P.V. Djurovi
Remote sensing condition categories on lowland raised bogs in the UK. Part 3: Applying the methodology to more degraded sites : the Manchester mosses
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