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Foraminiferal assemblage changes over the last 15,000 years on the Mackenzie-Beaufort Sea Slope and Amundsen Gulf, Canada: Implications for past sea ice conditions
(2009-06)Two cores, one from the Beaufort Sea Slope at 1000 m water depth (core 750) and one from the Amundsen Gulf at 426 m (core 124), were collected to help determine paleo-ice cover in the Holocene and late glacial of this area. ... -
Foraminiferal Assemblages From a Sediment Core From the Inner Scotian Shelf: Implications for Till-Tongue Stratigraphy and Paleoceanography
(1995-04-15)The inner Scotian Shelf juxtaposes the Nova Scotia coastline, ending at the 100 m bathymetric contour, and consists of several zones based on seismic sequences and sea-bottom morphology. At the maximum extent of the last ... -
Forestry Management in Cuba: An Environmental History of the 20th Century
(2008-04)Environmental history explores the relationships and interactions that humans have –and have had- with the environment. These relationships and interactions were researched in the context of the ecological history of ... -
Formalizing EV Infrastructure and Management on Dalhousie Campuses
(2018-04)This report provides some highlights and examples of Electric Vehicle (EV) infrastructure and management programs at eight different universities throughout Canada and the United States. Methods of analysis include interviews ... -
Fossilized Forests of the Lower Carboniferous Horton Blufff Formation, Nova Scotia
(2003-04-15)The Hurd Creek and Blue Beach members of the Horton Bluff Formation (Tournaisian) at Horton Bluff on the Bay of Fundy contain several forested levels. Evidence for standing trees is found in the form of moulds and casts ... -
FURNITURE RECYCLING AT DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY – AN ANALYSIS OF THE HALIFAX DUMP AND RUN
(2015-04)The Halifax Dump and Run is an annual community event organised by Saint Mary’s University Environmental Society and Dalhousie University Sustainability Office. It collects unwanted items from students at the end of each ... -
Gas Hydrate Distribution and Volume at Sackville Spur
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Genesis of the Volcan Copiapo Sulphur Deposits, Maricunga District, Chile
(1991-04-15)The Miocene age Copiapo Volcanic Complex is located in the heart of the Maricunga gold mining district in the southernmost part (Latitude 27oS) of the Andean Central Volcanic Zone. The largest cone in this complex, Volcan ... -
A Geochemical Study of the Carboniferous Audhild Volcanics, Northwestern Ellesmere Island, Arctic Canada: Initial Volcanism in the Sverdrup Basin
(1989-04-15)Spilitized basalt flows constitute the largest portion of the Late Carboniferous Audhild Formation exposed on Kleybolte Peninsula, northwestern Ellesmere island. The flows were erupted subaerially and are commonly separated ... -
The Geochemistry and Geochronology of the Shelburne Dyke of Nova Scotia and the Messejana Dyke of Spain
(1994-03-15)This paper is a geochemical and geochronological study of two rift-related Mesozoic basaltic dykes. The Shelburne Dyke of Nova Scotia and the Messejana Dyke of Spain are extensive vertical sheets of intrusive rock that are ... -
Geochemistry and Petrogenesis of Late Cretaceous Bentonites from the Kanguk Formation, Axel Heiberg and Ellesmere Islands, Canadian High Arctic
(1994-03-15)Petrographic and geochemical analyses of bulk bentonites, volcanic minerals, and unaltered glass inclusions in quartz phenocrysts reveal the composition and tectonic setting of Late Cretaceous explosive volcanism in the ... -
Geologic, Fluid Inclusion and Stable Isotope Study of a Carbonate-Hosted Lead Deposit at Pembroke (Glenbervie), Colchester County, Nova Scotia
(1983-04-15)The Pembroke (also Glenbervie) prospect is a carbonate-hosted lead deposit located at 45o17'05" North Latitude and 62o56'15" West Longitude in Colchester County, Nova Scotia. The deposit is stratabound within the Macdonald ... -
Geological and Mineralogical Studies at the West Gore Stibnite-Gold Property, Hants County, Nova Scotia.
(1980-03-15)The West Gore mine was the major producer to antimony in Canada from 1882 to 1939, and it is listed among the gold deposits of Nova Scotia. However, the last comprehensive geological report on the camp dates to 1939. This ... -
Geological controls on radon concentration in surficial sediment in Whitehorse, Yukon
(2021-04-15)Indoor concentrations of radon gas in excess of HealthCanada guidelines have been reported throughout the Whitehorse area, yet only cursory measurements have been made to determine the concentration of radon in undisturbed ... -
A Geological Description of Point Pleasant Park
(2006-04-15)