Oxygen isotope ratios in carbonate sediments are correlated with the ratio of precipitation to evaporation and thus
indicate aridity.
Not exact matches
«This agrees with our results from DNA, which
indicate that modern desert - living bandicoot groups pre-date the onset of
aridity by as much as 40 million years,» says Prof. Westerman.
The results clearly
indicate that HP populations were capable, despite the pronounced
aridity that characterised the period in which they lived, to exploit territories and ecosystems that the preceding Still Bay people did not occupy.
«This agrees with our results from DNA, which
indicate that modern desert - living bandicoot groups pre-date the onset of
aridity by as much as 40 million years.»
Proxy data documenting drought
indicate centuries - long periods of increased
aridity across the central and western U.S...
He said about half of the increase in «fuel
aridity» — a measure of the dryness of forests that
indicates higher fire risk — can be attributed to human activity.