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Theses and Dissertations
This collection contains theses and dissertations of graduate students of the University of Alberta. The collection contains a very large number of theses electronically available that were granted from 1947 to 2009, 90% of theses granted from 2009-2014, and 100% of theses granted from April 2014 to the present (as long as the theses are not under temporary embargo by agreement with the Faculty of Graduate and Postdoctoral Studies). IMPORTANT NOTE: To conduct a comprehensive search of all UofA theses granted and in University of Alberta Libraries collections, search the library catalogue at www.library.ualberta.ca - you may search by Author, Title, Keyword, or search by Department.
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Items in this Collection
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Spring 2017
In western Canada, the Archean-aged cratonic core of the North American continent is flanked on its western edge by the Cordillera, which forms the back arc region of the Cascadia subduction zone. The boundary between these two geologic provinces is expressed at the surface by a system of NNW-SSE...
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The Evolution of Magmatic-Hydrothermal Fluids as Recorded by Stable Cl Isotopes and Cl/Br Elemental Ratios in Geothermal Systems, Porphyry Copper and Iron-Oxide-Copper-Gold Deposits
DownloadFall 2015
This research was conducted with the purpose of identifying the processes that affect the halogen distribution and the Cl isotope composition of hydrothermal fluids under different pressure and temperature conditions in the crust. In order to attain this goal, three different geological settings...
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Spring 2024
In British Columbia (BC) there are currently four legislated nursing groups: Registered Nurses (RN), Nurse Practitioners (NP), Registered Psychiatric Nurses (RPN) and Licensed Practice Nurses (LPN). The designation of RPN is unique to Western Canada. RPNs are legislated as a distinct profession...
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Fall 2011
For the last two decades “active contour” or “snake” has been effective as an interactive image segmentation tool in a wide range of applications, especially for blob-object delineation. In the interactive snake segmentation process, a user draws a rough object outline; next, a cost function is...
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Fall 2020
Dromaeosaurids were small to medium sized theropod dinosaurs that diversified during the Late Cretaceous, reaching a near cosmopolitan distribution. They were diverse in morphology from the small four-winged gliders of Microraptorinae, to the bear-sized giant ‘raptors’ like Achillobator or...
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The Evolution of Technological Behaviour: An Analysis of Lithic Artifacts from the Magubike Archaeological Site, Tanzania
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Most Palaeolithic archaeologists now believe that a series of advancements in the behavioural and cultural complexity of early Homo sapiens occurred during the Middle and Later Stone Age in Africa. However, a lack of uninterrupted archaeological sequences has made it difficult to identify the...