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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Fall 2011
Drilling-induced fractures in borehole cores have distinct morphologies (e.g., petal, petal-centreline, saddle, and disk) and are produced under pure tensional stress, although most in-situ stresses are compressive. 3D numerical models show that tensile stress concentrations occur near the bottom...
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Three-dimensional Outcrop Modelling of Fluvial and Estuarine Outcrops in the Lower Cretaceous McMurray Formation, Northeast Alberta, Canada
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While it is widely accepted that both cross-bedded sand and Inclined Heterolithic Stratification (IHS) are the two main geobodies that compose Aptian-aged middle McMurray Formation strata, the stratigraphic relationship between the two units and their physiographic depositional positions in a...
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THREE-DIMENSIONAL OUTCROP MODELLING, SEDIMENTOLOGY, AND ICHNOLOGY OF THE FALHER D MEMBER, NORTHEAST BRITISH COLUMBIA, CANADA
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The Lower Cretaceous Falher Member is an important hydrocarbon reservoir in the Deep Basin of Alberta and British Columbia. Owing to its economic importance, it has been the subject of many studies. However, there remains contention on the depositional interpretation of individual Falher Member...
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Three-Dimensional Skeletal and Dental Relations in Orthodontic Patients with Class I and Class II Division 1 Malocclusions
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Introduction: The fundamental purpose of this thesis was to develop a novel three-dimensional (3D) cephalometric analysis that utilizes a 3D Cartesian coordinate system to classify orthodontic patients into different malocclusion groups, per skeletal and dental relationships they share. A review...
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Three-dimensional slope stability effects in the failure at the Mount Polley Tailings Storage Facility
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On 4 August 2014, a breach occurred in the perimeter embankment at the Mount Polley Tailings Storage Facility in British Columbia, Canada, causing a spill of mining waste into the environment. The Government of British Columbia retained an Independent Review Panel (2015) to determine the cause of...
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Fall 2016
The temperature distribution controls many processes occurring at subduction zones, such as slab dehydration and metamorphism, mantle wedge melting and the formation of arc volcanoes, and the rupture width of megathrust earthquakes. The thermal structure of the subducting oceanic plate (slab) is...
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Fall 2018
Three-dimensional (3-D) visualization of the distribution of chemical species of interest in biofilms enhances our understanding of important structural and functional characteristics of biofilms. In a previous study, the 3-D oxygen distribution in an approximately 1 mm3 wastewater biofilm was...