Earth & Environmental Sciences Theses: Recent submissions
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Generation and preservation of continental crust in collisional orogenic systems
(University of St Andrews, 2013-10) - ThesisThe continental crust is the archive of Earth history. Much of what we know about the development of Earth is learned from the continental crust, and it is within the crust that many natural resources are found. Hence, ... -
Dendroclimatic reconstruction of late Holocene summer temperatures in the Scottish Highlands
(University of St Andrews, 2016-06-22) - ThesisThis thesis focuses on reconstructing past temperatures using Scots pine (Pinus sylvestris L.) tree-ring chronologies developed from Scotland. The research aims to fill a spatial and temporal gap in understanding northwest ... -
Trends in alluvial channel geometry and streamflow : an investigation of patterns and controls
(University of St Andrews, 2015-06) - ThesisAlluvial river channels are self-formed by the sediment-laden flow that is supplied to them from upstream and the interactions between this flow and the materials forming the channel bed and banks. Thus, any changes in the ... -
Magma chamber dynamics in the peralkaline magmas of the Kakortokite Series, South Greenland
(University of St Andrews, 2015-03-30) - ThesisUnderstanding crystallisation in magma chambers is a key challenge for igneous petrology. It is particularly important to understand the origins of layering in peralkaline rocks, e.g. the kakortokite (nepheline syenite), ... -
The detrital mineral record of Cenozoic sedimentary rocks in the Central Burma Basin : implications for the evolution of the eastern Himalayan orogen and timing of large scale river capture
(University of St Andrews, 2015-06-23) - ThesisThis study contributes to the understanding of major river evolution in Southeast Asia during the Cenozoic. In order to trace the evolution of a hypothesized palaeo-Yarlung Tsangpo-Irrawaddy River, this work undertakes ...