Browsing Earth and Environmental Sciences Undergraduate Honours Theses by Title
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40Ar/39Ar Thermochronology Across a Transect of the Eastern Grenville Front Tectonic Zone and the Western Britt Domain of the Grenville Province, Georgian Bay
(1993-03-15)40Ar/39Ar thermochronology of hornblendes from granitic gneiss and amphibolites in the Central Gneiss Belt (CGB) west of Key Harbour along northern Georgian Bay yields ages ranging from 1016 - 995 Ma. Muscovites from the ... -
40Ar/39Ar Thermochronology and Metamorphism of Amphibole from the Humboldt Bay High Strain Zone, Wabigoon Subprovince, Lake Nipigon, Ontario
(2002-04-15)The Humboldt Bay High Strain Zone (HBHSZ) is a shear zone in the Onaman-Tashota Belt, a granite-greenstone belt of the Wabigoon Subprovince of the Archean Superior Province. The HBHSZ represents a boundary within the ... -
40Ar/39Ar Thermochronology of the Britt Domain Grenville Province - Georgian Bay, Ontario
(1989-04-15)The 40Ar/39Ar thermochronology of a transect of the Britt domain, Central Gneiss Belt, Grenville Province has been examined in this study. In total, twelve argon gas analyses were obtained. These came from five locations ... -
40Ar/39Ar Thermochronology of the Malton Gneiss, Malton Complex, Southeastern British Columbia.
(2000-04-15)The Malton complex, located at the northern tip of the Shuswap complex in southeastern British Columbia, is one of several structural culminations in which Precambrian basement is exposed from beneath Neoproterozoic cover ... -
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 ...