Browsing Earth and Environmental Sciences Undergraduate Honours Theses by Title
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Agriculture in Dambos Around Mzuzu City, Malawi; a Sustainability Assessment
(2009-04)This paper concentrates on the examination of existing agricultural systems in dambos around Mzuzu, Malawi. The paper connects onsite investigations conducted in the summer of 2008 and a review of related works. This paper ... -
Algal Recolonization of Frog Island, Nova Scotia after Large-scale Removal of Algal Species through Anthropogenic Activity
(2012-04)Macrophytic algae, which are at the base of inte1tidal food webs, provide food and shelter to organisms of higher trophic levels. Rocky substrata and macroalgae are essential to the physical and biological sustainability ... -
ALLUVIAL FAN DEPOSITS OF THE CARBONIFEROUS GRANTMIRE FORMATION IN DRILL HOLE PE 83-1, SYDNEY BASIN, NOVA SCOTIA
(1999-04-15)The Early Carboniferous (Tournaisian) Grantmire Formation belongs to the Horton Group and is ~800 m thick, based on exposures and drill core in the northern part of the Sydney Basin onshore. The 503 m measured section ... -
Analyses of Dyke Swarms within the Sverdrup Basin Queen Elizabeth Islands
(1986-04-15)The Sverdrup Basin is a sedimentary basin within the Canadian Arctic Islands. This area has had a complex tectonic and igneous history with several episodes of intrusive and extrusive activity. The last episode is believed ... -
ANALYSIS OF AQUIFER TESTS IN TWO FRACTURED ROCK WELLS, HALIFAX AREA, NOVA SCOTIA
(2001-04-15)Two drilled wells completed in fractured quartzite bedrock at sites in East Dartmouth and Waverley were tested to determine aquifer properties and well yields. Tests were conducted at different rates for various durations ... -
The Analysis of High Resolution Shallow Seismic Reflection Data from Sable Island Bank
(1985-04-15)This project involves the analysis of high resolution shallow seismic reflection profiles collected on the south flank of Sable Island Bank. The objective of this study is to gain an understanding of the genesis and sediment ... -
An Analysis of Introductory Environmental Science Textbooks’ Approaches to Commonly Held Climate Change Misconceptions
(2023-04)A climate literate public is becoming increasingly important as the threats of climate change grow (Johnston 2019). Climate literacy is taught across introductory environmental science courses in higher education ... -
An analysis of phosphorus cycling in waste stabilization ponds (WSPs) in Nunavut
(2014-03)This study examined the forms of and amounts of phosphorus (P) present in water and sediment samples taken from two arctic climate waste stabilization ponds (WSPs) located in Kugaaruk, and Pond Inlet, Nunavut. This ... -
Ancient Submarine Canyons. and Fans of the Carson Basin, Grand Banks, Offshore Newfoundland, Canada
(1999-04-15)The Carson Basin lies beneath the Grand Banks, offshore Newfoundland, and is composed of several depocenters, the deepest of which holds over 7 km of Mesozoic and Cenozoic strata. To date only four exploration wells have ... -
Apatite fission track study of tectonics and provenance of sediments in the Sawtooth Range, Sverdrup Basin, Canadian Arctic Archipelago
(1996-04-15)The Sverdrup Basin in the Canadian Arctic is a large intracratonic rift basin initiated during the late Paleozoic. Its sediments were deposited in two sequences: Proterozoic to mid-Paleozoic deformation in the Ellesmerian ... -
The Applicability of the 40Ar/39Ar Stepwise Outgassing Method to the Dating of Slates
(1980-03-15)Four samples ranging in composition from a pure slate to a pure metasiltstone, collected from the same location in the Lower Paleozoic Meguma Group, are age dated by the 40Ar/39Ar stepwise outgassing technique. The discordant ...