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TMSim_Consol
2021-06-04
Implemented in GoldSim, TMSim_Consol uses an explicit finite difference method to calculate the void ratio at each time step. Excess pore pressure and effective stress in each layer are then derived from void ratio. In addition to the specific gravity (Gs) and geometric properties of the deposit,...
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Using isotopic variance to detect long-distance dispersal and philopatry in birds: An example with Ovenbirds and American redstarts
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Bayne, E.M., Hobson, K.A., Wassenaar, L.I.
Understanding movement so f individualb irdsb etweenb reedings ites (breeding dispersal) or between natal sites and the site of first breeding (natal dispersal) is crucial to the modelingo f populationd ynamics.U nfortunatelyt,h ese aspectso f demographya rep oorly understoodf or avian species in...
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Individual Life Histories in Long-Term Culture Change: Holocene Hunter-Gatherers in Northern Eurasia
2017-10-31
SSHRC PG awarded 2018: Although 99% of human history has been lived as foragers, little is known about the contributions and experiences of individuals in hunter-gatherer groups and their role in long-term patterns of culture diversity, change, stability and resilience. We will examine these...
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Spring 2021
This thesis presents two studies employing computational approaches to tephra source attribution and tephra volume estimation. Glass major oxide data was used to train 11 classification algorithms. Each classifier probabilistically attributed tephra chemistries to one of ten volcanic sources from...
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Fall 2015
Specialist predators with a limited diet may be less adaptable to environmental change than generalists, which consume a diversity of prey. As the climate changes, ecological homogenization is occurring, where generalist species outcompete specialists, reducing ecosystem complexity. In Arctic...
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Geology and geochemistry of late Devonian-Mississipian sediment-hosted barite sequences of the Selwyn Basin, NWT and Yukon, Canada
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A sediment-hosted barite horizon occurs in the upper part of the lower Earn Group in the Selwyn Basin, NWT, Canada. This horizon consists of synsedimentary, laminated barite and diagenetic, nodular barite which are hosted in shale, siltstone and mudstone. The lithogeochemistry of the sediments...
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Predominance of industrial Pb in recent snow (1994-2004) and ice (1842-1996) from Devon Island, Arctic Canada
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Koerner, R., Shotyk, W., Zdanowicz, C., Zheng, J., Fisher, D., Krachler, M.
Abstract: Atmospheric Pb contamination was studied using snow and ice from the Canadian arctic. Forty-five samples representing the past ten years of snow accumulation on Devon Island contain an average of 45.2 pg/g of Pb but only 0.43 pg/g of Sc. The average ratio of Pb to Sc (105) is far...