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- 2Beckers, Justin F.
- 2Buryak, Serhiy D.
- 2Castro de la Guardia, Laura
- 2Davies, Joshua
- 2Funk, Sean P
- 19Gingras, Murray (Earth and Atmospheric Sciences)
- 16Stachel, Thomas (Earth and Atmospheric Sciences)
- 14Alessi, Daniel (Earth and Atmospheric Sciences)
- 12Sanchez-Azofeifa, Arturo (Earth and Atmospheric Sciences)
- 11Sharp, Martin (Earth and Atmospheric Sciences)
- 10Herd, Christopher (Earth and Atmospheric Sciences)
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Spring 2024
The escalating global climate change poses a more severe challenge, and Canada, as a high-latitude country, is experiencing heightened Urban Heat Island (UHI) effects. Given the substantial influence of UHIs on urban, regional, and national climates, ecosystems, and human life, researching this...
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The Use of Terrestrial Laser Scanners for 3-Dimensional Modelling and Quantification of the effects of Competition and Phenology on Plant Structure with Fractal Analysis and Quantitative Structural Modelling Tools
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Terrestrial laser scanners (TLS) are active remote sensing sensors that use light to measure distances between the sensor and objects generating a three-dimensional dataset. This technology has been used in a diverse range of ecological studies measuring plant and vegetation properties. In the...
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Spring 2024
Lithium is crucial for battery production and is utilized in electric vehicles and portable electronics. Among alternative sources of lithium is flowback and produced water (FPW) brines, which can be recovered utilizing ion-exchange with sorbents such as lithium manganese oxide spinels. Among...
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Spatiotemporal Variability of Trends and Anomaly Patterns in the Surface Albedo and Temperature of Glaciers in the Canadian Cordillera and Alaska
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The global average surface air temperature experienced an increase of approximately 0.5°C over the course of the 20th century. Consequently, numerous glaciers worldwide have undergone a reduction in size, and this phenomenon is especially prominent among mountain glaciers, such as those found...
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Integrated Ichnologic-Sedimentologic approach to reconstruct marginal to shallow marine paleoenvironments: The Lower Cretaceous Wabiskaw Member, Clearwater Formation, Alberta-Canada, Lower Permian Dandot Formation, and the Early Cambrian Khussak Formation, east-central Salt Range, Pakistan
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The interplay of independent variables (wave, river, and tidal input) in marginal and shallow-marine environments complicates identifying facies and interpreting paleoenvironments in the rock record. Therefore, predicting, correlating facies, determining facies thickness and distribution, and...
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Mineral Carbonation Potential and Transition Metal Migration in Kimberlite and Ultramafic Rocks: An Integrated Study of Acid Leaching, Enhanced Rock Weathering, and Microbial CO2 Sequestration
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Carbonation of mafic and ultramafic rocks and mineral wastes provides a permanent way to sequester excess atmospheric CO2. Recent research has shown that this method also offers the potential for enhanced recovery of critical metals from mine tailings. This thesis presents a comprehensive study...
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Assessing landscape influences on the base of the aquatic food web across the North Saskatchewan River basin
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Anthropogenic activities are forcing a shift in landscape types and climate regimes with concomitant effects on runoff draining into regional rivers and downstream water quality. Stream microbial communities at the base of aquatic food webs play an important role in overall ecosystem health, yet...
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Assessing uncertainties related to the use of satellite remote sensing indices to estimate Gross Primary Production
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Methods to quantify Gross Primary Production (GPP) are classified into two categories: Eddy Covariance techniques (EC) and satellite data-driven. EC techniques can measure carbon fluxes directly, albeit with spatial constraints. Satellite data-driven methods are promising because they overcome...
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Deciphering Petrogenetic Histories of Polymict Regolith Breccias from the Moon, Mars, and 4 Vesta
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The geological histories of planetary bodies in our solar system can be understood by unraveling the petrogenetic histories and evolution of regolith breccias derived from their planetary surfaces. This study investigates three meteoritic breccias, Northwest Africa (NWA) 14340, Sariçiçek, and NWA...
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Spring 2024
The climate crisis has become one of the most critical and highly discussed issues that humanity is currently facing. As the impacts of climate change are becoming more severe, it is anticipated that internal and external migration will continue to increase drastically (IDMC, 2023. IPCC, 2023,...