Browsing Earth and Environmental Sciences Undergraduate Honours Theses by Title
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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 ... -
Paleoceanographic Reconstruction of the Inner Scotian Shelf During the Younger Dryas: A Benthic Foramineral Study
(1994-03-15)Examination of foraminifera from piston core 91-018-53P permits a paleoceanographic reconstruction of the Inner Scotian Shelf, with emphasis on the Younger Dryas cold period. A minimum in the total number of foraminifera ... -
Paleoceanographic Trends on the Northern Scotian Shelf
(1986-04-15)Paleoceanographic trends are recorded and reflected in the preservation of benthonic foraminiferal assemblages in ocean floor sediments. This study presents a succession of foraminiferal assemblages from an 8m core taken ... -
Paleoenvironment of Triassic Dinosaurs and Other Tetrapods at Carrs Brook, Nova Scotia.
(2000-04-15)A section of Triassic strata is exposed at Carrs Brook, on the northern margin of the Minas Subbasin, Colchester County, Nova Scotia. A detailed map of the Carrs Brook section was made using a plane table survey. The 200-300 ... -
Paleoenvironmental Analysis of Halifax Harbour: Sedimentology, Paleoclimatology, and Holocene Sea Level
(1994-03-15)Three cores (numbered 2,9,10) collected from Halifax Harbour using new submersible vibracoring equipment permits a reinterpretation of an acoustically distinct seismostratigraphic unit. This unit, never previously sampled, ... -
Paleosols of the Westphalian D Sydney Mines Formation, Sydney Basin, Cape Breton, Nova Scotia, Canada
(1992-04-15)Lacustrine-deltaic deposits in the Sydney Mines Formation contain paleosols. Three soil profiles (1 m, 1.2 m, and 0.9 m long) sampled over an 11.8 m interval of drill core taken ca. 200 m offshore Point Aconi, Cape Breton, ...