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Fall 2021

Harvey, Jordan R

Cryptotephra research is one of the fastest growing subfields of tephrochronology. Here the extraction, processing, and analytical techniques required for cryptotephra studies are reviewed and assessed in detail. A workflow is suggested depending on the site’s characteristics to improve the...

Fall 2012

Dance, Matthew Edwin

Public Participation Geographic Information Systems (PPGIS) has defined a process to support public expression of place-based knowledge. The central weakness of this approach stems from a lack of collaboration support for groups of citizens. Recent GeoWeb advances are challenging PPGIS in this...

Spring 2023

Arabzadeh Bahri, Shamim

Immigration is a life-changing decision accompanied by new experiences for individuals. Depending on background, this experience can be varied from one to another and can influence the experience of sense of place in the new environment. This thesis contributes to this area of inquiry by applying...

2007

Jia, Fusheng

Spring 2022

Barrier, Jackson

Fluid boiling is a key mechanism for precipitation of minerals in epithermal deposits, and evidence for boiling includes a variety of vein mineral textures that indicate rapid deposition. Hence, the relationships between vein mineral paragenesis and boiling are critical to interpreting processes...

Spring 2020

Vaisblat, Noga

The Lower Triassic Montney Formation is a world class hydrocarbons reservoir in Alberta and British Columbia. Although commonly described as a shale, it is a siltstone over most of its subcrop, for which predictive models for reservoir quality properties such as porosity and permeability,...

Spring 2016

Knapp, Levi J

The Upper Devonian Duvernay Formation of Western Canada is a prolific source rock that in recent years has become an exploration target for shale gas and liquids. Development of the Duvernay Formation has demonstrated the importance of robust models for rock properties such as porosity,...

1995

Blanchon, Paul A.

2006

Deacu, Daniel

Spring 2022

Feng, Wujun

Previously acquired biomarker analyses of oil samples and Rock-Eval analyses of cores and cutting samples have been integrated with new Rock-Eval analyses to determine the source rock potential of Montney Formation. Furthermore, the geochemical signature of Montney organic matter is used to...