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Dalhousie University, Halifax, N.S. Building Energy Audit of Studley Campus, Dalhousie University
(2015-04)Energy consumption at Dalhousie University is a current issue that is in one way being addressed with the implementation of strictly LEED Certified buildings in the future. There are many benefits to LEED Certified buildings, ... -
Dalhousie University, Studley Campus Energy Audit Killam Computer Labs: Are they a waste of energy?
(2015-04)The purpose of this research study is to advance Dalhousie University’s sustainability initiatives related to energy usage and consumption. Recently, the number of computers and computer usage has increased significantly ... -
Dalhousie’s Eco-Olympics: Gaining an Understanding to Participation
(2013-04)The following report highlights research completed on the influences behind student participation in Dalhousie’s Eco-Olympics. The research group conducted both intercept as well as captive style questionnaires in order ... -
Dalhousie’s Water Pledge Reviewed; A look at Perceptions and Actions Taken
(2019-04)The privatization of water as a commodity is an issue that has touched the world in recent years. Single-use plastic water bottles are contributors to ongoing environmental and social stressors by causing plastic pollution ... -
Dalplex Water Audit
(2004-04)Based on the premise that the Dalplex is wasting water, our group set out to identity problems with the plumbing system located within the facility. We focused on four main fixtures for this study; toilets, urinals, faucets ... -
DATING OF ALTERATION AT THE RADOMIRO TOMIC PORPHYRY COPPER DEPOSIT, NORTHERN CHILE BY THE HIGH PRECISION 40Ar/39 Ar METHOD.
(1997-04-15)The Radomiro Tomic (RT) porphyry copper deposit is located approximately 8-lO km north of the Chuquicamata mine and 245 km northeast of the port city of Antofagasta. Estimates place the deposit at over 800 million tonnes ... -
DE-ICING DALHOUSIE: ASSESSING CURRENT SALT MANAGEMNET PRACTICES AT DALHOUSIE
(2009-04)The use of salt has been shown to have a number of adverse environmental implications. After an extensive five year study, conducted by Environment Canada, road salts containing inorganic chlorides, should be added to ... -
Deciphering Students’Conceptualizations of Campus Sustainability between years of study on Dalhousie’s Studley Campus using the Photovoice Method
(2013-04)Education has been recognized as having a significant influence on environmental consciousness and individual behaviour. However, experts emphasize that traditional education is not enough to transform behaviour. Rather, ... -
Deep-Sea Coral: Their Use As Climate Change Indicators
(2003-04-15)The need for accurate climate change models is a major issue with the increasing concern of global warming. Recently deep-sea corals have been calibrated for seawater temperatures using isotopic ratios since they record ... -
Deformation and metamorphism in the contact aureole of the S. Mt. Batholith, Bedford area
(1996-04-15)This study documents structures related to Halifax Pluton emplacement, in the Bedford area. Intrusion of the Devonian South Mountain Batholith caused both metamorphism and deformation of the Cambrian-Ordovician Meguma ... -
Depositional Analysis of a Section of the Lower Meguma (Lower Paleozoic), Ship Harbour, Nova Scotia
(1978-03-15)A section of the lower Meguma (Lower Paleozoic) near Ship Harbour, Nova Scotia, was examined in detail in terms of bed thickness, sedimentary structures and grain size. Interpretation of depositional processes and ... -
Depositional Analysis of the Upper Meguma (Halifax Formation) at Ovens Park, Lunenburg County, Nova Scotia
(1981-03-15)Two sections of the Halifax Formation, Meguma Group (Lower Paleozoic) at Ovens Park, Nova Scotia, were examined for sedimentary structures, grain size and facies associations. Interpretation of the depositional processes ... -
Depositional and Environmental Interpretation of the Meander River Carbonate Sheet, Avondale, Hants County, Nova Scotia.
(1979-03-15)Detailed investigation of the Lower Carboniferous Meander River carbonate sheet (Limestone 2, Subzone D of the Windsor Group) exposed at Avondale, Hants County, Nova Scotia, reveals a pair of incomplete, asymmetrical, ... -
Depositional Environment and Provenance of the Dina Formation, Provost Oil Field, East Central Alberta, and a Hydrocarbon Distribution Within
(2003-04-15)The Dina formation, late Barremian to late Aptian, is the basal unit of the Mannville Group in east central Alberta, and the primary oil producing unit of the Provost oil field. In Section 23, Township 36 6W4 (part of the ... -
DEPOSITIONAL ENVIRONMENT OF THE LOWER PALEOZOIC SEDIMENTS ON THE GRAND BANKS OF NEWFOUNDLAND
(1982-03-15)Lower Paleozoic platformal sediments on the Avalon Peninsula continue offshore in the area between the Avalon Peninsula and the Virgin Rocks. Dating of ten drilled cores from the offshore area and continuous seismic profiles ... -
Depositional Environments and Diagenesis of a Section of the Herbert River Limestone Member, Windsor Group, Upper Pleasant Valley, Nova Scotia
(1980-03-15)A stratigraphic section of the Herbert River Limestone Member, Windsor Group, exposed on Pleasant Brook, Upper Pleasant Valley, N.S., consists of ten carbonate lithologies. From base to top of section (with their respective ... -
A Detailed Study of a Submerged Pingo-Like-Feature in the Canadian Beaufort Sea, Arctic, Canada (Postprint)
(1982-03-15)There is controversy as to the origin of the dome shaped hills (pingo-like-features (PLFs)) found on the Canadian Beaufort Sea continental shelf and slope. A detailed study of a PLF was undertaken to define its characteristics ... -
A Detailed Study of Pictou Group Rocks at Cape John, Nova Scotia
(1983-03-15)The Pictou Group of Northern Nova Scotia has to date received relatively little study. Several authors have studied these rocks in context with other groups in the area and as part of regional basinal studies. This study ... -
DETERMINATION OF BULK PERMEABILITY WITHIN THE MORIEN GROUP USING THE FORCING OF OCEAN TIDES IN THE SYDNEY BASIN IN CAPE BRETON, NOVA SCOTIA
(1997-04-15)Since November 1992 the Lingan Colliery in the Sydney coalfield has been steadily filling with water. At the same time the water level in the previously flooded 1B region and the No 26 Colliery has been gradually decreasing. ...