Physical Factors Controlling the Formation of Patterned Ground on Haleakala, Maui

Noguchi, Yasuo; Tabuchi, Hiroshi; Hasegawa, Hitoshi

doi:10.2307/521193

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“…Noguchi et al (1987) estimated a temperature difference of 3 to 4 ° C between the standard screen level at 1.5 m and the ground surface. Using the 4 °C deduction from TMIN at the screen level, the lowest daily ground-frost line is estimated to appear at 3680 m asl.…”

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An altitudinal transect study of the vegetation on Mount Kinabalu, Borneo

1992

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A quantitative transect analysis of altitudinal sequences of forest canopy species from 600 to 3400 m asl on Mt. Kinabalu (4101 m), Borneo, resulted in four discrete altitudinal vegetation zones. These were made up of mutually exclusive species groups for lowland ( < 1200 m asl), lower montane (1200 to 2000-2350 m asl), upper montane (2000-2350 to 2800 m asl), and subalpine (2800 to the forest line, 3400 m asl) zones. Zonal soil types were correlated with the vegetation zones. In upslope sequence, these were: lowland Oxisols, montane Histosol/Spodosol complex, and subalpine Inceptisols. The highest contents of organic carbon, extractable phosphorus, and exchangeable magnesium and potassium were recorded in the lower and upper montane zones. The upper boundaries of the lowland, upper montane and subalpine zones coincided with thermal thresholds of latitudinal bioclimatic zones: 18 °C T M I N (K6ppen's tropical), WI 85 (Kira's warm temperate), and WI 45 (Kira's cool temperate), respectively. The upper limit of the lower montane zone was correlated with an abrupt increase of water surplus estimated from the annual rainfall minus annual potential evaporation. These climatic characteristics appear to define ecological altitudinal turnover points, so called 'critical altitudes', where groups of associated species are displaced by other groups. Abbreviations: asl= above sea level, D B H =diameter at breast height, P H Q = Park headquarters, TMAX = Mean daily maximum air temperature, T M I N = Mean daily minimum air temperature, T W I N S P A N = Two-way indicator species analysis, WI = Warmth index. Nomenclature: Nomenclature follows the index of the herbarium, Sepilok Forest Research Center (SAN), Sabah, Malaysia.

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Section: Controlling Factorsmentioning

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An altitudinal transect study of the vegetation on Mount Kinabalu, Borneo

1992

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“…Another common feature generated by needle ice was striated soil (Troll, 1958;Noguchi et al, 1987); these small nonsorted patterns develop by distinct alignment of soil grains with the orientation of early rays of the sun's (Pérez, 1984). Gaps around stones (Hastenrath and Wilkinson, 1973;Washburn, 1980) and raised fine-soil patches (Noguchi et al, 1987) were less common, but not rare, at the site.…”

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“…Needle ice does not form frequently during summer at Haleakala, but Noguchi et al (1987) amply documented its occurrence during winter, and described various types of associated patterned ground. Evidence of needle ice activity was abundant and diverse at the mossball site on all six summer visits.…”

Section: Geomorphic Processes Associated With Mossball-production Andmentioning

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“…Dry season air maxima may climb to ∼33°C, and afternoon dark-ash soils temperatures exceed 50°C, when air RH drops to 6-9% (Pérez, 2000). Freezing can occur any time in the crater, where 121-187 freeze-thaw cycles/yr occur at ground surface, often accompanied by needle ice formation (Noguchi et al, 1987).…”

Section: The Study Area: Haleakala's Crater Mauimentioning

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“…Crater records are sparse; the mountain summit receives b500 mm/yr, but some crater-floor sectors may get ≤130 mm/yr (Yocom, 1967). Data interpolation (Kobayashi, 1973;Noguchi et al, 1987;Giambelluca and Nullet, 1991) indicates ∼600-800 mm/yr precipitation reach the study site (2725 m), although fog interception from the NE trades, and resultant fogdrip, increase annual water supply by ∼115% (Kobayashi, 1973;Juvik and Perreira, 1974;Pérez, 2009a). Like other high tropical mountains, annual temperature range is narrow, ∼3.8°C (Whiteaker, 1983) but daily amplitude is ≥20°C (Rundel and Witter, 1994).…”

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Patterned ground is a characteristic periglacial landform in polar and alpine environments but has not been systematically studied in karst caves. Here we characterize the periglacial environment and sorted stripes within the Ledenica pod Hrušico ice cave, western Slovenia. The stripes were mapped, sediment depth and grain size were measured, and cave and outside air temperatures were monitored together with ground temperatures. Eleven sorted stripes of coarse limestone debris had developed on 1 m thick silt‐rich sediment, underlain by limestone bedrock. Silt‐rich cave sediments can accumulate as insoluble carbonate residue or during flood events, whereas coarse debris may result from frost shattering. Cold winter air entered the ice cave, but little air exchange occurred during summer, when the cave air temperature slowly rose to a maximum of 5°C. Winter temperature oscillations propagated efficiently to the snow‐free cave floor. Fourteen freeze‐thaw cycles were observed at the patterned‐ground surface during winter 2015/2016 and may cause the differential frost heaving necessary for sediment sorting. Such periglacial conditions and mixtures of silty and coarse sediments can produce sorted patterns in karst caves.

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Physical Factors Controlling the Formation of Patterned Ground on Haleakala, Maui

Cited by 18 publications

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An altitudinal transect study of the vegetation on Mount Kinabalu, Borneo

An altitudinal transect study of the vegetation on Mount Kinabalu, Borneo

Biogeomorphic relationships between slope processes and globular Grimmia mosses in Haleakala's Crater (Maui, Hawai’i)

Sorted patterned ground in a karst cave, Ledenica pod Hrušico, Slovenia

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