The Azores
Large earthquakes in the Azores
... for the origin of the Terceira ...to the MAR (Udías et ...between the MAR and the dextral Gloria Fault, because it accommodates the differential shear motion between the ...
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Mantle dynamics and characteristics of the Azores plateau
... On the depth cross sections along the TR (Fig. 2), the model points out two main low velocity (low density, in red) anomalies in the shallow mantle (depths o200 km), that converge to ...
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Quality of the Azores destination in the perspective of tourists
... of the model are included in Table ...when the Germans are compared to the other visitors, there is a lower probability of the global quality of the Azores destination being ...
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Noble Gas Constraints on the Origin of the Azores Hotspot
... addresses the anomalous morphological, geological and geophysical frame- work present in the so-called Azores Triple ...as the encompassing Mid-Atlantic Ridge, in a way to clearly understand ...
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Seismicity and seismic hazard assessment in the Azores
... reducing the knowledge gap of the seismic hazard on the Azores ...Hence, the purpose of the second chapter is the assessment of the seismicity of the ...
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Scoping the potencial for outdoor microalgae production in the Azores
... Usually, the removal of phosphorus is done chemically, which adds to the cost of ...treatment. The capacity of microalgae to simultaneously consume nitrogen and phosphorous could play an important ...
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The Satisfaction of the Nordic tourist with the Azores as a destination
... been the case of the Azores, because the region has invested on specific market segments that take into account the island many attractions, while moving away from “mass-tourism”, ...
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Profiling family firms in the Autonomous Region of the Azores
... of the gross do- mestic product generated annually. According to the Portuguese Association of Family Busi- ness (2014) the share of family-controlled firms is over 70% and these firms are respon- ...
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Description of the Terrestrial and marine biodiversity of the Azores
... of the number of species occurring in the ...solve the so- called ‘Linnaean’ shortfall (Brown & Lomolino 1998), ...diversity, the Government of the Canary Islands started the ...
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The marine algal (seaweed) flora of the Azores: 4, further additions
... The Azores archipelago, lying isolated in the mid- Atlantic, nearly 1200 km from Europe, is com- posed of nine islands, the Formigas islets and nearby sublittoral banks and ...climate, ...
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Measuring the Quality of the Tourist Experience: The Case Study of the Azores
... in the Azores must also be understood within the context of the global growth in tourism, much of which focuses on small island and coastal ...of the major economic and social phenomena ...
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Additions to the Marine Algal (Seaweed) Flora of the Azores.
... for the Azores achipelago, are itemised; two other species records (Heterosiphonia crispella and Laminaria ochroleuca) are confirmed for the ...pattern. The occurrence of Dudresnaya crassa, a ...
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Analysis of the deep chlorophyll maximum across the Azores Front
... throughout the year and it forms part of the sub- tropical North Atlantic gyre (Klein & Siedler, 1989; Alves et ...of the Gulf Stream that splits at the Grand Banks of New- ...constitutes ...
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Antioxidant activity of macroalgae from the Azores
... from the littoral zone of São Mi- guel Island, in the Azores ...Archipelago. The sea- weeds were washed with water and alcohol, air- dried and stored in an air-tight container in a freezer ...
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Fossil Whales from the Azores
... The Azores are well-renowned for their rich fauna of living ...is the occurrence of Late Neogene fossils of whales in Santa Maria, the only island in this volcanic archipelago with a ...
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Macroalgal turfs in the Azores
... during the past 15 years has investigated the intertidal and subtidal algal communities of the Azores (Neto 1992, 2000, 2001; Neto & Tittley 1995; Tittley et ...
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Recent Seismic Activity in the Azores Region
... of the Azores region is associated with the boundary between the Eurasian , African and American plates and is characterized by events of moderate magnitude of shallow depth (maximum depth of ...
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Towards systematic conservation planning in the Azores
... in the Azores harbour most of the terrestrial endemic and native species of the ...allowing the entrance of exotic and/or invasive ...and the few vertebrates occurring in ...
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Population genetics study of the Leontodon in the Azores
... (2005), the two currently accepted LeontodonAzorean endemic species are members of the tribe Lactuceae subtribe Hypochaeridinae ...in the genus Crepis ...with the type-specie Microderis rigens ...
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Ornithological bibliography of the Azores
... see ACTITIS, TRINGA. see ANTHUS herthelottli, COLUMBA pruumhUB, FRINGILLA lebs, PETRONIA petronia, REGULUS igoicaplllus. coe- see DENDROCOPUS, DRYOBATES, PICUS, PUFFINUS.[r] ...
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