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Spring 2021

Dievert, Rylan V.

Functional morphology is an important tool for paleoecology. However, functional interpretations which are based on tenuous logic without a proper test or which rely on circular reasoning can be problematic. Biomechanical tests can help to provide structured and absolute assessments of...

Spring 2021

Barrett, Natasha

This thesis investigates the processes and evolution of the sub-oceanic lithospheric mantle beneath the Southwest (SW) Pacific region via two direct sampling methods: 1) basalt-hosted peridotite xenoliths erupted by volcanic eruptions from Koro Island in eastern Fiji, and 2) tectonically exposed...

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...

2004

Eccles, Donald Roy

Spring 2010

Gross, Heather

Interest in park services and understanding leisure decision making has become increasingly important in the last fifty years. Canadians in particular have an affinity for spending time in natural areas and often in parks. Parks and protected areas provide a reasonable and approachable place for...

2007

Schultz, Michael E. J

Spring 2019

Snyder, Morgan

The Maritimes Basin is a sedimentary basin covering onshore and offshore Atlantic Canada with late Paleozoic strata. The basin comprises a series of partially-connected and isolated fault-bounded subbasins trending generally northeast. Two subbasins are chosen for detailed analysis: the...

Spring 2016

Aubet, Natalie

Carbon and Strontium isotope data for marine carbonates can provide a detailed record of isotopic variations in seawater through time and have proven to be a valuable tool for interpreting biogeochemical events and correlating Neoproterozoic sedimentary successions worldwide. The Neoproterozoic...

2007

Williamson, Scott Norman

Fall 2011

Milne, Hannah Maree

Time lapse imagery, an audio recorder and geophones were used to detect iceberg calving events on the Belcher Glacier, Devon Island, in the Canadian High Arctic, in order to identify the major controls on the rate and style of calving. Eleven calving events were identified between June 4th and...