Browsing Earth and Environmental Sciences Undergraduate Honours Theses by Title
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Jatropha as Biofuel: An Analysis of the Possible Implications for Food Security in Mali
(2009-04)Biofuels feature prominently in global climate change and energy security strategies. However, while concerns about climate change and energy security persist, the positive perception of biofuels has weakened in recent ... -
THE JOGGINS AND SPRINGHILL MINES FORMATIONS FACIES MODEL AND INTERPRETATION OF THE PALED-ENVIRONMENT
(1998-04-15)The type section of the Joggins Formation is located along the eastern shore of Chignecto Bay, Nova Scotia. A bed-by-bed measurement of the Carboniferous strata within a 200m stratigraphic zone encompassing the Joggins ... -
Land-Use Change and Aquatic Macroinvertebrate Community Structure in the McIntosh Run, Nova Scotia Canada
(2012-04)Land-cover refers to the physical and biological cover of a land’s surface; including water, vegetation, soil, and/or artificial structures (Ellis 2011). This differs from land-use, which is a more complicated term that ... -
LATE CENOZOIC PALEOCEANOGRAPHIC CHANGES IN THE NORTHWEST PACIFIC USING RADIOLARIAN BIOSTRATIGRAPHY OF ODP SITE 1179 AND OTHERS
(2001-04-15)The radiolarian zonation of ODP Site 1179 was accessed using core-catcher samples. The data indicate that the soft sediments analyzed range from late Miocene to Recent. The radiolaria biostratigraphy of ODP Site 1179 yielded ... -
A Late Cretaceous polar forest, Emma Fjord, Northwest Ellesmere Island, Nunavut, Canada: Paleobotany, Paleoecology and Paleoclimatology
(2002-04-15)During the Mesozoic to Early Cenozoic greenhouse climate phase forests grew well within the polar circle. These unique polar forest ecosystems flourished in a warm, high-latitude environment where trees were subjected to ... -
LATEST CRETACEOUS-TERTIARY STRATIGRAPHY ON THE LAHAVE PLATFORM, OFFSHORE NOVA SCOTIA, CANADA
(2002-04-15)The LaHave Platform is a relatively stable segment of the continental margin of Nova Scotia, developed along the flank of the Scotian Basin. The latest Cretaceous through Tertiary part of the succession, designated the ... -
llmenite-Pyrophanite and Niobian RuHle in tbe South Mountafn Batholith, Nova Scotia
(2003-04-15)Ilmenite and rutile are ubiquitous, but modally scarce (<0.5%), minerals in gr~nitoid rocks of the differentiated peraluminous South Mountain Batholith (SMB). Ilmenite occurs as blocky 0.05-0.90 mm grains in biotite, and ... -
Long & Short Term Trends & Fluctuations of GroundWater Levels at Three Sites in Nova Scotia.
(2000-04-15)Groundwater is an essential resource in Nova Scotia, used by over half of the province's population for domestic purposes. In order to manage this resource effectively, it is important to understand if and how groundwater ...
