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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.
To retrieve all theses and dissertations associated with a specific department from the library catalogue, choose 'Advanced' and keyword search "university of alberta dept of english" OR "university of alberta department of english" (for example). Past graduates who wish to have their thesis or dissertation added to this collection can contact us at erahelp@ualberta.ca.
Items in this Collection
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Petrogenesis of the Moose Lake Area of the Acasta Gneiss Complex, Slave Craton, Northwest Territories, Canada
DownloadSpring 2021
The Acasta Gneiss Complex (AGC) is a late Hadean to early Archean terrane in northwestern Canada known to contain the oldest evolved rocks on Earth. However, only a small portion of the AGC has been studied in detail. This study aims to explore one of the poorly explored portions of the AGC, the...
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Petrographic and X-ray Microtomographic Analysis of the Upper Montney Formation, Northeastern British Columbia, Canada
DownloadSpring 2013
Utilizing electron microprobe (EMP), scanning electron microscope (SEM) and petrographic analysis, 14 thin sections from the Upper Montney Formation were analyzed. Five microfacies were identified. Rock types observed include: dolomitic lithic arkos, dolomitic litharenite, dolomitic feldspathic...
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Petrography, Lithology, Stratigraphy, Bioturbation, and Trace Fossil-permeability Relationship of the Montney Formation of Lower Triassic, in Barrick Puskwa, Alberta, Western Canadian Sedimentary Basin
DownloadSpring 2015
In North Eastern British Columbia (NESB), the Montney Formation has been recognized as a world class tight gas reservoir. As previous work has shown, the Lower Triassic Montney Formation is a complicated succession of siltstone, sandstone, and bioclastic packstone/grainstone. The Montney...
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Petroleum Diesel-Assisted Ambient Temperature Aqueous-Nonaqueous Hybrid Bitumen Extraction Process
DownloadFall 2017
Solvents are used in the oil sands industry to reduce the viscosity of bitumen and hence to assist recovery of bitumen prior to its upgrading. Solvents can also be added to the ores to reduce energy consumption during the aqueous-nonaqueous hybrid bitumen extraction process at ambient conditions....
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1974
Masters thesis involving a study of the stratigraphy, structure, mineralization, metasomatism and metamorphism of Lower Aphebian rocks exposed on Blanchet Island, east arm of Great Slave Lake, and surrounding area.