Browsing Earth and Environmental Sciences Undergraduate Honours Theses by Title
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MONITORING BIOREMEDIATION AFTER OIL SPILLS, OLD AND NEW, USING MARSH FORAMINIFERA AS INDICATORS
(2002-04-15)Salt marshes of Nova Scotia are highly susceptible to marine oil spills. Removal of oil by natural processes is slow in low-energy environments, allowing oil to remain unaltered for many years. Marsh foraminifera, microfossils ... -
MONITORING OIL SPILL BIOREMEDIATION USING MARSH FORAMINIFERA AS INDICATORS
(2001-04-15)A controlled experiment was conducted in June 2000 to identify the impacts of an artificial oil spill on an Atlantic coastal salt marsh and to evaluate in situ biological remediation techniques to help restore the environment. ... -
Morphological Changes in Chezzetcook Inlet: An Historical Study Using Air Photography Composites
(1999-04-15)This thesis provides an analysis of the sedimentological and morphological changes observed in Chezzetcook Inlet from 1766 to 1998 using air photograph composites and maps from 1766 and 1854.This study explores the ... -
Muscovite 40Ar/39Ar Geochronology of the Western Parry Sound and Britt Domains, Central Gneiss Belt, Grenville Province
(1991-04-15)40Ar/39Ar analysis of ten muscovite samples from the western Central Gneiss Belt, Grenville Province, Ontario, yielded good argon spectra. The ages calculated show a trend of decreasing age southward into the orogenic ... -
A NEW METHOD FOR PRIORITIZING CATCHMENTS FOR TERRESTRIAL LIMING IN NOVA SCOTIA
(2015-04)Freshwater acidification is a chronic issue in South Western Nova Scotia (SWNS). Despite reductions in emissions causing acid deposition in SWNS, water quality in the region is not predicted to improve for another 60 years ... -
Nova Scotia’s low-bush blueberry industry: Identified areas of concern, what needs done and visions for the future
(2009-04)The low-bush blueberry industry is Nova Scotia’s most important agricultural industry, occupying the largest area under horticultural production and contributing the most economically. The blueberry industry has become ... -
Occurrence and Origin of Garnet in the South Mountain Batholith
(1980-03-15)Garnet occurs around the margin of the South Mountain batholith as an accessory mineral in three distinct comagmatic phases. Electron microprobe analyses and textural relationships of 50 garnet-biotite pairs indicates that ... -
Old Growth among Us: A Characterization of Urban Old-Growth Forests in Halifax
(2015-04)Currently, there is little research in the field of urban old-growth forests. This study aims to address this issue, furthering our knowledge of urban old-growth in Nova Scotia. The research focuses on identifying ... -
Opportunities and Challenges of Environmental Assessment under CEAA 2012
(2013-03)The objective of this study was to review how implementation of the Canadian Environmental Assessment Act 2012, as a part of the Canadian Federal Budget Bill (C-38), will affect environmental assessment, and ultimately ... -
The Origin and Emplacement of the Rock Units in Mule Creek, Northwestern British Columbia
(1983-04-15)In 1982 field work was carried out in northwestern British Columbia for Noranda Exploration Company, Ltd. Here a sequence of porphyritic and vesicular volcanic flows containing interbedded gypsum was discovered. Finely ... -
The Origin and Occurrence of Cordierite in the South Mountain Batholith
(1984-04-15)Cordierite occurs on both sides of the contact between the South Mountain batholith and the Meguma metasediments, in southwestern Nova Scotia. Textural features of the cordierites in the batholith, the xenoliths, the Meguma ... -
Origin of Foliation in the Barrington Passage Pluton
(1991-04-15)New studies provide insight into the processes producing the penetrative foliation observed in the Barrington Passage Pluton (BPP). Preferred alignment of primary minerals, imbrication of feldspars, preferred alignment of ...