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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 2016
I use Keck I spectroscopic observations of 701 Hα sources in the nearby spiral galaxy M33 to determine oxygen, nitrogen, sulfur, and neon abundances in HII regions across the face of the galactic disk. Abundance measurements are obtained with two separate methods (PyNeb and NEAT) through the use...
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Fall 2013
Despite many decades of research and drug development, the diseases of the cardiovascular system remain a major health threat in the modern world. Hypertensive cardiac disease is a cardiovascular condition characterized by the co-occurrence of hypertension and pathological cardiac remodeling...
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Metamorphic devolatilization, mineral reaction, and fluid alteration in the Mica Creek area (British Columbia, Canada) inferred from whole-rock and mineral nitrogen isotope signatures
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The Neoproterozoic Horsethief Creek Group metasedimentary rocks in the Mica Creek area (British Columbia, Canada) are an important supracrustal sequence in the Canadian Cordillera. They contain a continuous range of metamorphic grades from slate, progressively to schists in the biotite, garnet,...
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1977
Doctoral thesis. Examines meta-sediments to clarify their evolution.
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Metamorphism and gold mineralization of Archaean meta-sediments near Yellowknife, N.W.T., Canada
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Doctoral thesis on results of mapping and sampling some 150 sq. km. of Archaean meta-sediments east of Yellowknife.
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Fall 2012
This study examines Jon Krakauer’s three mountaineering texts, Eiger Dreams, Into the Wild, and Into Thin Air, from an ecocritical perspective for the purpose of implicating literature as a catalyst of change for the current environmental crisis. Language, as a means of understanding reality, is...