NEW CETACEAN FOSSILS FROM THE LATE CENOZOIC OF SOUTH AFRICA

New cetacean fossils from the late Cenozoic of South Africa

Marine sediments from the western coast of southern Africa record the origin of the Benguela Upwelling System, one of the most productive in the world.High productivity, in turn, is reflected in a diverse marine mammal fossil assemblage, comprising whales, dolphins and a phocid seal.Here, we describe new records of baleen whale (mysticete) fossils

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Spatial Allocation Method from Coarse Evapotranspiration Data to Agricultural Fields by Quantifying Variations in Crop Cover and Soil Moisture

Cropland evapotranspiration (ET) is the major source of water consumption in agricultural systems.The precise management of agricultural ET helps optimize water resource usage in arid and semiarid regions and requires field-scale ET data support.Due to the combined limitations of satellite sensors and ET mechanisms, the current high-resolution ET m

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Storytelling in Interactive 3D Geographic Visualization Systems

The objective of interactive geographic maps is to provide geographic information to a large audience in a captivating and intuitive way.Storytelling helps to create exciting experiences and to explain 9x11 pergola complex or otherwise hidden relationships of geospatial data.Furthermore, interactive 3D applications offer a wide range of attractive

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