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Note: Table of Contents: 1 The Solid Phase of Marine Sediments / DIETER K. FÜTTERER 1.1 Introduction 1.2 Sources and Components of Marine Sediments 1.2.1 Lithogenous Sediments 1.2.2 Biogenous Sediments 1.2.3 Hydrogenous Sediments 1.3 Classification of Marine Sediments 1.3.1 Terrigenous Sediments 1.3.2 Deep-Sea Sediments 1.4 Global Patterns of Sediment Distribution 1.4.1 Distribution Patterns of Shelf Sediments 1.4.2 Distribution Patterns of Deep-Sea Sediments 1.4.3 Distribution Patterns of Glay Minerals 1.4.4 Sedimentation Rates 2 Geophysical Perspectives in Marine Sediments 2.1 Physical Properties of Marine Sediments / MONIKA BREITZKE 2.1.1 Introduction 2.1.2 Porosity and Wet Bulk Density 2.1.2.1 Analysis by Weight and Volume 2.1.2.2 Gamma Ray Attenuation 2.1.2.3 Electrical Resistivity (Galvanic Method) 2.1.2.4 Electrical Resistivity (Inductive Method) 2.1.3 Permeability 2.1.4 Acoustic and Elastic Properties 2.1.4.1 Biot-Stoll Model 2.1.4.2 Full Waveform Ultrasonic Gore Logging 2.1.5 Sediment Classification 2.1.5.1 Full Waveform Gore Logs as Acoustic Images 2.1.5.2 P-and S-Wave Velocity, Attenuation, Elastic Moduli and Permeability 2.1.6 Sediment Echosounding 2.1.6.1 Synthetic Seismograms 2.1.6.2 Narrow-Beam Parasound Echosounder Recordings 2.2 Sedimentary Magnetism / ULRICH BLEIL 2.2.1 Introduction 2.2.2 Biogenie Magnetic Minerals in Marine Sediments 2.2.3 Reduction Diagenesis of Magnetic Minerals in Marine Environments 3 Quantification of Early Diagenesis: Dissolved Constituents in Marine Pore Water / HORST D. SCHULZ 3.1 Introduction: How to Read Pore Water Concentration Profiles 3.2 Calculation of Diffusive Fluxes and Diagenetic Reaction Rates 3.2.1 Steady State and Non-Steady State Situations 3.2.2 The Steady State Situation and Fick's First Law of Diffusion 3.2.3 Quantitative Evaluation of Steady State Concentration Profiles 3.2.4 The Non-Steady State Situation and Fick's Second Law of Diffusion 3.2.5 The Primary Redox-Reactions: Degradation of Organic Matter 3.3 Sampling of Pore Water for Ex-Situ Measurements 3.3.1 Obtaining Sampies of Sediment for the Analysis of Pore Water 3.3.2 Pore Water Extraction from the Sediment 3.3.3 Storage, Transport and Preservation of Pore Water 3.4 Analyzing Constituents in Pore Water, Typical Profiles 3.5 In-Situ Measurements 3.6 Influence of Bioturbation, Bioirrigation, and Advection 4 Organic Matter: The Driving Force for Early Diagenesis / JÜRGEN RULLKÖTTER 4.1 The Organic Carbon Cycle 4.2 Organic Matter Accumulation in Sediments 4.2.1 Productivity Versus Preservation 4.2.2 Primary Production of Organic Matter and Export to the Ocean Bottom 4.2.3 Transport of Organic Matter through the Water Column 4.2.4 The Influence of Sedimentation Rate on Organic Matter Burial 4.2.5 Allochthonous Organic Matter in Marine Sediments 4.3 Early Diagenesis 4.3.1 The Organic Carbon Content of Marine Sediments 4.3.2 Chemical Composition of Biomass 4.3.3 The Principle of Selective Preservation 4.3.4 The Formation of Fossil Organic Matter and its Bulk Composition 4.3.5 Early Diagenesis at the Molecular Level 4.3.6 Biological Markers (Molecular Fossils) 4.4 Organic Geochemical Proxies 4.4.1 Total Organic Carbon and Sulfur 4.4.2 Marine Versus Terrigenous Organic Matter 4.4.3 Molecular Paleo-Seawater Temperature and Climate Indicators 4.5 Analytical Techniques 4.5.1 Sam pie Requirements 4.5.2 Elemental and Bulk Isotope Analysis 4.5.3 Rock-Eval Pyrolysis and Pyrolysis Gas Chromatography 4.5.4 Organic Petrography 4.5.5 Bitumen Analysis 4.6 The Future of Marine Geochemistry of Organic Matter 5 Bacteria and Marine Biogeochemistry / Bo BARKER JORGENSEN 5.1 Role of Microorganisms 5.1.1 From Geochemistry to Microbiology - and back 5.1.2 Approaches in Marine Biogeochemistry 5.2 Life and Environments at Small Scale 5.2.1 Hydrodynamics of Low Reynolds Numbers 5.2.2 Diffusion at Small Scale 5.2.3 Diffusive Boundary Layers 5.3 Regulation and Limits of Microbial Processes 5.3.1 Substrate Uptake by Microorganisms 5.3.2 Temperature as a Regulating Factor 5.3.3 Other Regulating Factors 5.4 Energy Metabolism of Prokaryotes 5.4.1 Free Energy 5.4.2 Reduction-Oxidation Processes 5.4.3 Relations to Oxygen 5.4.4 Definitions of Energy Metabolism 5.4.5 Energy Metabolism of Microorganisms 5.4.6 Chemolithotrophs 5.4.7 Respiration and Fermentation 5.5 Pathways of Organic Matter Degradation 5.5.1 Depolymerization of Macromolecules 5.5.2 Aerobic and Anaerobic Mineralization 5.5.3 Depth Zonation of Oxidants 5.6 Methods in Biogeochemistry 5.6.1 Incubation Experiments 5.6.2 Radioactive Tracers 5.6.3 Example: Sulfate Reduction 5.6.4 Specific Inhibitors 5.6.5 Other Methods 6 Early Diagenesis at the Benthic Boundary Layer: Oxygen and Nitrate in Marine Sediments / CHRISTIAN HENSEN AND MATTHIAS ZABEL 6.1 Introduction 6.2 Oxygen and Nitrate Distribution in Seawater 6.3 The Role of Oxygen and Nitrate in Marine Sediments 6.3.1 Respiration and Redox Processes 6.3.1.1 Nitrification and Denitrification 6.3.1.2 Coupling of Oxygen and Nitrate to other Redox Pathways 6.3.2 Determination of Consumption Rates and Senthic Fluxes 6.3.2.1 Fluxes and Concentration Profiles Determined by In-Situ Devices 6.3.2.2 Ex-Situ Pore Water Data from Deep-Sea Sediments 6.3.2.3 Determination of Denitrification Rates 6.3.3 Oxic Respiration, Nitrification and Denitrification in Different Marine Environments 6.3.3.1 Quantification of Rates and Fluxes 6.3.3.2 Variation in Different Marine Environments: Case Studies 6.4 Summary 7 The Reactivity of Iron / RALF R. HAESE 7.1 Introduction 7.2 Pathways of Iron Input to Marine Sediments 7.2.1 Fluvial Input 7.2.2 Aeolian Input 7.3 Iron as a Limiting Nutrient for Primary Productivity 7.4 The Early Diagenesis of Iron in Sediments 7.4.1 Dissimilatary Iran Reductian 7.4.2 Solid Phase Ferric Iron and its Bioavailability 7.4.2.1 Properties of Iron Oxides 7.4.2.2 Bioavailability of Iron Oxides 7.4.2.3 Bioavailability of Sheet Silicate Sound Ferric lron 7.4.3 Iron and Manganese Redax Cycles 7.4.4 Iron Reactivity towards S, O2, Mn, NO3, P, HCO3, and Si-AI 7.4.4.1 lron Reduction by HS and Ligands 7.4.4.2 Iron Oxidation by O2, NO3, and Mn4+ 7.4.4.3 Iron-Sound Phosphorus 7.4.4.4 The Formation of Siderite 7.4.4.5 The Formation of lron Searing Aluminosilicates 7.4.5 Discussion: The Importance of Fe-and Mn-Reactivity in Various Enyironments 7.5 The Assay for Ferric and Ferrous Iron 8 Sulfate Reduction in Marine Sediments / SABINE KASTEN AND BO BARKER JØRGENSEN 8.1 Introduction 8.2 Sulfate Reduction and the Degradation of Organic Matter 8.3 Biotic and Abiotic Processes Coupled to Sulfate Reduction 8.3.1 Pyrite Formation 8.3.2 Effects of Sulfate Reduction on Sedimentary Solid Phases 8.4 Determination of Sulfate Reduction Rates 9 Marine Carbonates: Their Formation and Destruction / RALPH R. SCHNEIDER, HORST D. SCHULZ AND CHRISTIAN HENSEN 9.1 Introduction 9.2 Marine Environments of Carbonate Production and Accumulation 9.2.1 Shallow-Water Carbonates 9.2.2 Pelagic Calcareous Sediments 9.3 The Calcite-Carbonate-Equilibrium in Marine Aquatic Systems 9.3.1 Primary Reactions of the Calcite-Carbonate-Equilibrium with Atmospheric Contact in Infinitely Diluted Solutions 9.3.2 Primary Reactions of the Calcite-Carbonate-Equilibrium without Atmospheric Contact 9.3.3 Secondary Reactions of the Calcite-Carbonate-Equilibrium in Seawater 9.3.4 Examples for Calculation of the Calcite-Carbonate-Equilibrium in Ocean Waters 9.4 Carbonate Reservoir Sizes and Fluxes between Particulate and Dissolved Reservoirs 9.4.1 Production Versus Dissolution of Pelagic Carbonates 9.4.2 Inorganic and Organic Carbon Release trom Deep-Sea Sediments 10 Influences of Geochemical Processes on Stable Isotope Distribution in Marine Sediments / TORSTEN SICKERT 10.1 Introduction 10.2 Fundamentals 10.2.1 Principles of Isotopic Fractionation 10.2.2 Analytical Procedures 10.3 Geochemicallnfluences on 18O/16O Ratios 10.3.1 δ18O of Seawater 10.3.2 δ18O in Marine Carbonates 10.4 Geochemical Influences on 13C/12C Ratios 10.4.1

Note: Kartenbeilage unter dem Titel: Tektoničeskaja Karta : Central'nogo sektora Sovetskoj Arktiki 〈1: 5 000 000〉 , CONTENTS Foreward Tectonics of Siberian Platform and Its Borderland Bounding Structures of Siberian Platform / Yu. A. Kosygin, I. V. Luchitski History of Development of Structure of North-Western Part of Siberian Platform / Ya. I. Polkin Tectonic Structure of Western Part of Siberian Platform / N. V. Drenov To the Problem of Structure of Pre-Yenisei Marginal Part of Siberian Platform / A. S. Kirillov History of Tectonic Development of South-Western Part of Siberian Platform and Rybinsk Depression / M. A. Zharkov On Peculiarities of Tectonics of Rydinsk Depression / A. I. Anatoljeva Some Relations of Siberian Platform with Its Borderlands / D. I. Musatov Tectonics of Yenisei Ridge / G. I. Kirichenko Structural-Facial Zones of Riphean and Lower Cambrian of Yenisey Ridge and North-Western Part of Eastern Sayan / M. A. Semikhatov On Tectonics of Southern Part of Yenisei Ridge / Yu. Parfenov Tectonics of Bakhta and Ucham River Basin / N. S. Malich On Mechanism of Horst-Formation in Tungussk Syneclise / L. M. PIotnikov On Forms of Structural Connections of Siberian Platform and West-Siberian Plate / K. V. Bogolepov Structure of Basement of Eastern Margin of West-Siberian Plate in Connection with Its General Tectonic Zoning / V. N. SoboIevskaya Structure of Folded Basement of Minusa Intermontane Downwarp and South-Eastern Part of West-Siberian Plate by Geophysical Data / V. S. Surkov Some New Information on Structures of Cretaceous the Eastern Margin of West-Siberian Plate / Yu. F. Pogonya-Stefanovich Tectonics of Sayano-Altai Folded Region Main Principles of Tectonic Classification of Depressions and Downwarps of Orogenic Stage of Development of Eastern Part of Sayano-Altai Region / B. N. Krasilnikov, G. M. Volontey Some Peculiarities of Deep Fractures on the Example of Folded Regions on the South of Krasnoyarsk Territory / D. I. Musatov Principal Features of Tectonics and History of Geologic Development of Eastern Sayan / A. L. Dodin On Tectonic Zonation of Eastern Sayan / V. B. Lyatski Main Features of Tectonics of Eastern Part of Eastern Sayan / O. P. AIexeyeva, V. D. Titov Some Problems of Tectonics of North-Western Part of Eastern Sayan / K. V. Radugin Tectonics of Proterozoic Era of East-Sayan (Derbinsk) Anticlinorium / A. A. SaveIyev Tectonics of Pre-Cambrian Blocks of Eastern Sayan and Khamar-Daban and Their Absolute Age / V. Ya. Khiltova, L. P . Nikitina, I. P. Buzikov, N. A. Avdontsev Main Features of Tectonics of Near-Sayan Structural-Facial Zone / P. I. Shames Problems of Tectonic Development of South-Western Part of Eastern Sayan and Adjacent Regions of Minusa Depressions / E. A. Shneider, B. P. Zubkus Tectonics of Minusa Depressions and of Their Basement / A. A. Mossakovski Some Features of Structure and Development of Western Sayan / L. P. Zonenshain On «Butt-End» (T-form) Conjugation of Structures of Western Sayan, Western Tuva and Mountain Altai / A. M. Borovikov Some Features of Tectonic Development of Territory of Tuva during Late Cambrian and Lower Paleozoic / G. A. Kudryavtsev Main Types of Development of Large Structures of Tuva Intermontane Downwarp / G. M. Volontey Tectonics of Central Sector of Soviet Arctic Tectonic Map of the North of Siberia at the Scale of 1:2 500 000 / I. P. Atlasov The Map of Neotectonics of the North of Siberia at the Scale of 1:2 500 000 / M. T. Kiryushina Tectono-Magmatic Stages of Development of Taimyr-Severnaya Zemlya Folded Region and Connection of Commercial Minerals with them / V. A. Vakar, B. Kh. Egiazarov Pre-Cambrian Basement of Taimyr and Its Deformation during Formation of Folded Region / Yu. E. Pogrebitski Tectonics and Metallogeny On Principles of Tectonic Zoning on the Example of Southern Regions of Krasnoyarsk Territory (in Connection with Problems of Metallogeny) / V. V. Bogatski On Structural-Metallogenic Zoning of Eastern Siberia and the North-East of USSR / S. V. Levchenko Tectonic Control of Trappean Ore-Bearing Intrusions of North-Western Part of Siberian Platform / A. M. ViIenski, G. I. Kavardin Tectonics of Igarka-Norilsk Region and Ore-Controling Structures / G. D. MasIov Laws Governing Localization of Ore Deposits in Norilsk-Igarka Region / V. N. Egorov Internal Structure of Early Caledonian Downwarp of Northern Part of West Sayan and Peculiarities of Its Magmatism / Sh. D. Kurtseraite Index of Regional Tectonic Nomendature Summary , СОДЕРЖАНИЕ Предисловие Тектоника Сибирской платформы и структуры ее обрамления Структуры ограничения Сибирской платформы / Ю. А. Косыгин, И. В. Лучицкий История развития структуры северо-западной: части Сибирской платформы / Я. И. Полькин Тектоническое строение западной части Сибирской платформы / Н. В. Дренов К вопросу о структуре приенисейской окраины Сибирской платформы / А. С. Кириллов История тектонического развития юго-западной части Сибирской платформы и Рыбинской впадины / М. А. Жарков Об особенностях тектоники Рыбинской впадины / А. И. Анатольева Некоторые вопросы соотношения Сибирской платформы с ее обрамлением / Д. И. Мусатов Тектоника Енисейского кряжа / Г. И. Кириченко Структурно-фациальные зоны рифея и нижнего кембрия Енисейского кряжа и северо -западной части Восточного Саяна / М А. Семихатов О тектонике южной части Енисейского кряжа / Ю. И. Парфенов Тектоника бассейна рек Бахты и Учами / Н. С. Малич О механизме горстообразования в Тунгусской синеклизе / Л. М. Плотников О формах структурной связи Сибирской платформы и Западно-Сибирской плиты / К. В. Боголепов Строение фундамента восточной окраины Западно-Сибирской плиты в связи с ее общим тектоническим районированием / В. Н. Соболевская Строение складчатого фундамента Минусинского межгорного прогиба и юго-восточной части Западно-Сибирской плиты по геофизическим данным / В. С. Сурков Некоторые новые данные по структурам мела на восточной окраине Западно-Сибирской плиты / Ю. Ф. Погоня-Стефанович Тектоника Саяио-Алтайской складчатой области Основные принципы тектонической классификации впадин и прогибов орогенного этапа развития восточной части Саяно-Алтайской области / В. Н. Красильников, Г. М . Волонтэй Некоторые особенности глубинных разломов на примере складчатых областей юга Красноярского края / Д. И. Мусатов Основные черты тектоники и истории геологического развития Восточного Саяна / А. Л. Додин К тектоническому районированию Восточного Саяна / В. Б. Ляцкий Основные черты тектоники восточной части Восточного Саяна / О. П. Алексеева, Д. В. Титов Некоторые вопросы тектоники северо-западной части Восточного Саяна / R. В. Радугин Тектоника протерозоя Восточно-Саянского (Дербинского) антиклинория / А. А. Савельев Тектоника докембрийских глыб Восточного Саяна и Хамар-Дабана и их абсолютный возраст / В. Я. Хильтова, Л. П. Никитина, И. П. Бузиков, Н. А. Авдонцев Основные черты тектоники Присаянской структурно-фациальной зоны / И. П. Шамес Вопросы тектонического развития юго-западной части Восточного Саяна и прилегающих районов Минусинских впадин / Е. А. Шнейдер, Б. П. 3убкус Тектоника Минусинских впадин и их фундамента / А. А. Моссаковский Некоторые черты структуры развития Западного Саяна / Л. П. Зоненшайн О торцовом сопряжении структур Западного Саяна, Западной Тувы и Горного Алтая / А. М. Боровиков Некоторые черты тектонического развития территории Тувы в позднем докембрии и нижнем палеозое / Г. А. Кудрявцев Основные типы развития крупных структур Тувинского межгорного прогиба / Г. М. Волонтэй Тектоника центрального сектора Советской Арктики Тектоническая карта севера Сибири масштаба 1:2 500 000 / И. П. Атласов Карта новейшей тектоники севера Сибири масштаба 1:2 500 000 / М. Т. Кирюшина Тектоно-магматические этапы развития Таймыро-Североземельской складчатой области и связь с ними полезных ископаемых / В. А. Вакар, Б. Х. Егиазаров Докембрийский фундамент Таймыра и его деформации в период образования снладчатой области / Ю. Е. Погребицкий Тектоника н металлоrения О принципах тектонического районирования на примере южных районов Красноярского края (в связи с проблемами металлогении) / В. В. Богацкий О структурно-металлогеническом районировании Восточной Сибири и Северо-Востока СССР / С. В. Левченко Тектонический контроль трапповых рудоносных интрузий северо-западной части Сибирской платформы / А. М. Виленский, Г. И. Кавардин Тектоника Игарско-Норильского района и рудоконтролирующие структуры / Г. Д. Маслов Закономерности размещения рудных месторождений в Норильско-Игарском районе / В. Н. Егоров Внутренняя структура раннекаледонского прогиба северной части Западного Саяна и особенности его магматизма / Ш. Д. Курцерайте Указатель региональных тектонических терминов Краткое содержание сборника Резюме , In kyrillischer Schrift , In russischer Sprache mit englischer Zusammenfassung

Note: CONTENTS: INTRODUCTION TO STUDIES ON THE VEGETATION OF MONGOLIA. - NATURAL AND ANTHROPOGENIC FACTORS AND THE DYNAMICS OF VEGETATION DISTRIBUTION IN MONGOLIA. - 1.1 Introduction. - 1.2 Natural features of Mongolia. - 1.3 Landscape-ecological regions. - 1.4 Landscape and ecological factors of vegetation dynamics. - 1.5 Conclusion. - LATE QUATERNARY VEGETATION HISTORY OF MONGOLIA. - 2.1 Introduction. - 2.2 An overview of previous studies. - Studies on the vegetation history of Mongolia. - Modern pollen spectra: problems of interpretation. - Pollen preservation. - Long distant transport and re-deposition of pollen. - 2.3 Data used in this study. - Modern data. - Fossil data. - 2.4 Regional pollen records from individual sites. - Hoton-Nur Lake. - Achit-Nur Lake. - Dood-Nur Lake. - Daba-Nur Lake. - Yamant-Nur Lake. - Gun-Nur Lake. - 2.5 Holocene changes in the distribution of tree and shrub taxa in Mongolia validated by plant macrofossil records. - Results. - Interpretation and discussion. - 2.6 Spatial reconstruction and mapping of Mongolian vegetation during the last 15,000 years using a «biornization» method. - Summary of the method. - Implementation for Mongolia. - Validation of the method: present-day pollen-derived biome reconstruction. - Application to the fossil pollen data. - 2.7 General discussion and conclusions. - ASSESSING PRESENT-DAY PLANT COVER DYNAMICS. - 3.1 Introduction. Modern Methods for Studying and Monitoring Plant Cover. - 3.2 Mountain Plant Community Dynamics. - 3.3 Plant Community Dynamics in Plains and Rocky Areas. - 3.4 Dynamics of Water-Associated Vegetation. - 3.5 Conclusions. - ANALYSIS OF PRESENT-DAY VEGETATION DYNAMICS. - 4.1 Basic changes in vegetation. - 4.2 Regressive plant community successions. - 4.3 Progressive plant community regeneration. - 4.4 Mapping vegetation dynamics. - 4.5 Conclusions. - STRATEGIES FOR NATURE MANAGEMENT AND VEGETATION CONSERVATION. - 5.1 Introduction. Methods for vegetation conservation. - 5.2 Restoration and conservation of botanical successions. - 5.3 Systems for the conservation of botanical diversity. - 5.4 Conclusions. - SUMMARY CONCLUSIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS. - References. - Appendix 1. - Appendix 2. - Index.

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Note: Contents Acknowledgements Editor's Preface Translator's Preface Preface to Volume I of the Russian edition, Polypodiaceae-Butomaceae Preface to Volume II of the Russian edition, Gramineae Abbreviations Used in Citing Floristic and Systematic Literature FAMILY I / Polypodiaceae—True Ferns GENUS 1 / Woodsia—Woodsia GENUS 2 / Cystopteris—Bladder Fern GENUS 3 / Dryopteris—Shield Fern GENUS 4 / Thelypteris—Thelypteris GENUS 5 / Gymnocarpium—Oak Fern GENUS 6 / Polystichum—Holly Fern GENUS 7 / Athyrium—Lady Fern GENUS 8 / Asplenium—Spleenwort GENUS 9 / Cryptogramma—Rock Brake GENUS 10 / Polypodium—Polypody FAMILY II / Ophioglossaceae—Adder's Tongue Family GENUS L / Botrychium—Moonwort FAMILY III / Equisetaceae—Horsetails GENUS 1 / Equisetum—Horsetail FAMILY IV / Lycopodiaceae—Club-Mosses GENUS 1 / Lycopodium—Club-Moss FAMILY V / Selaginellaceae—Selaginella Family GENUS 1 / Selaginella—Selaginella, Little Club-Moss FAMILY VI / Pinaceae—Pine Family GENUS IA / Abies—Fir GENUS 1 / Picea—Spruce GENUS 2 / Larix—Larch GENUS 3 / Pinus—Pine FAMILY VII / Cupressaceae—Cypress Family GENUS 1 / Juniperus—Juniper FAMILY VIII / Sparganiaceae—Bur-Reed Family GENUS 1 / Sparganium—Bur-Reed FAMILY IX / Potamogetonaceae—Pondweed Family GENUS 1 / Potamogeton—Pondweed GENUS 2 / Zostera—Eel-Grass FAMILY X / Juncaginaceae—Arrow-Grass Family GENUS 1 / Triglochin—Arrow Grass GENUS 2 / Scheuchzeria—Scheuchzeria FAMILY XI / Alismataceae—Water-Plantain Family GENUS 1 / Alisma—Water-Plantain FAMILY XII / Butomaceae—Flowering Rush Family GENUS 1 / Butomus—Flowering Rush FAMILY XIII / Gramineae—Grasses GENUS 1 / Typhoides—Reed Canary Grass GENUS 2 / Anthoxanthum—Vernal-Grass GENUS 3 / Hierochloe—Sweet Grass GENUS 4 / Milium—Wood Millet GENUS 5 / Phleum—Timothy GENUS 6 / Alopecurus—Foxtail GENUS 7 / Arctagrostis—Arctagrostis GENUS 8 / Agrostis—Bent GENUS 9 / Calamagrostis—Reed Grass GENUS 10 / Apera—Silky Bent GENUS 11 / Vahlodea—Vahlodea GENUS 12 / Deschampsia—Hair Grass GENUS 13 / Trisetum—Trisetum GENUS 14 / Helictotrichon—Oat Grass GENUS 15 I Beckmannia—Slough Grass GENUS 16 / Phragmites—Reed GENUS 17 / Molinia—Moor Grass GENUS 18 / Koeleria—June Grass GENUS 19 / Melica—Melic GENUS 20 / Pleuropogon—Semaphore Grass GENUS 21 / Dactylis—Cocksfoot GENUS 22 / Poa—Bluegrass GENUS 23 / Dupontia—Dupontia GENUS 24 / Arctophila—Arctophila GENUS 25 / Colpodium—Colpodium GENUS 26 / Catabrosa—Brook Grass GENUS 27 / Phippsia—Phippsia GENUS 27A / Glyceria—Manna Grass GENUS 28 / Puccinellia—Alkali Grass GENUS 29 / Festuca—Fescue GENUS 30 / Zerna—Perennial Brome Grass GENUS 31 / Bromus—Brome Grass GENUS 32 / Nardus—Matgrass GENUS 33 / Roegneria—Rhizomeless WheatGrass GENUS 34 / Elytrigia—WheatGrass GENUS 35 / Leymus—Wild Rye GENUS 36 / Hordeum—Barley APPENDIX I I Summary of Data on the Geographical Distribution of Vascular Plants of the Soviet Arctic TABLE 1 / Distribution of Vascular Plants of the Soviet Arctic, Polypodiaceae-Butomaceae TABLE 2 / Distribution of Vascular Plants of the Soviet Arctic, Gramineae Index of Plant Names

Note: Abstract Résumé Acknowledgments Welcome to Yellowknife Part I: The landscape and the people Geological evolution of the landscape Bedrock geology Surficial geology Climate and vegetation History of Yellowknife From gold to government Significant events Part II: Living with frozen ground Permafrost Regional distribution Permafrost occurrence in Yellowknife Significance of peat Significance of moisture Ice lenses Thaw stable and thaw unstable ground Thaw settlement Frost heave Development Buildings Roads Utilities Thermosyphons Climate change - an uncertain future for permafrost Climate and permafrost history Air temperature trends over the last century Response of air temperatures to doubling of greenhouse gases Effect of climate warming on permafrost in Yellowknife Impacts of climate warming Part III: Guide to field stops Introduction The Capital Tour - Capital Site to Bowling Green building Stop 1. The Capital Site - a profusion of peat Stop 2. Legislative Assembly - design with nature Stop 3. Legislative Assembly roadway - perils of paving peat Stop 4. Walking path - tipping trails Stop 5. Legislative Assembly parking lot - preserving permafrost Stop 6. Frame Lake - Yellowknife's aquatic centrepiece Stop 7. National Defence building - seeking solid ground Stop 8. Visitors Centre - rocking and rolling Stop 9. 49 Street thermosyphons - keeping it cool Stop 10. Bowling Green building - swallowing sidewalks The City Tour - 49 Avenue to Niven Lake Stop 11. 49 and 49 intersection - rolling roadways Stop 12. 49 Avenue - sagging sidewalks Stop 13. Downtown Yellowknife - safe on sand Stop 14. Gold Range Hotel - making things work Stop 15. Centre Square Mall - stemming shifting sands Stop 16. Boston Pizza - fast food on a slab Stop 17. Royal Oak Mines Inc. houses - half a century later Stop 18. 52 Avenue - up, up, and ... away Stop 19. 49 Street hill - leaving good ground Stop 20. 54 Avenue - frozen dangers underfoot Stop 21. Rockcliffe Apartments - creeping crawl space Stop 22. School Draw subdivision - houses on the move Stop 23. School Draw Park - from basements to basketballs Stop 24. Rock outcrop - on the shores of glacial Lake McConnell Stop 25. Detah ice road - crystal highway Stop 26. Old Town - doing things the old-fashioned way Stop 27. Franklin Avenue - whither frozen ground? Stop 28. Fritz Theil Park - from dump to diamond I Stop 29. Old sewage line - pipes and peat Stop 30. Niven Lake - a subarctic oasis I Part IV: The Niven Lake Trail Introduction Stop 1. A biological magnet for waterbirds Stop 2. The land of little sticks Stop 3. The wonder of wetlands Stop 4. Niven Lake -urban oasis for wildlife Stop 5. Peat, beautiful peat Stop 6. Honolulu north? Stop 7. Home sweet home -all year round Stop 8. Those mud-slinging, bug-poking shorebirds Glossary of terms Selected references List of field guides for Yellowknife