Geography & Geosciences (Previous name for currents schools of Earth & Environmental Sciences and ...): Recent submissions
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The impacts of climate change on estuarine ecosystems : a case study on the Eden estuary, Fife, Scotland
(University of St Andrews, 2013) - ThesisThe Eden Estuary is a small, coastal inlet situated in Fife between the Tay and Forth Estuaries on the east coast of Scotland. A multidisciplinary case study of the estuary was conducted over a three year period observing ... -
Residential mobility desires and behaviour over the life course : linking lives through time
(University of St Andrews, 2013-06) - ThesisAs residential mobility recursively links individual life courses and the characteristics of places, it is unsurprising that geographers have long sought to understand how people make moving decisions. However, much of our ... -
The deglaciation of the northwest sector of the last British-Irish ice sheet : integrating onshore and offshore data relating to chronology and behaviour
(University of St Andrews, 2013-06-15) - ThesisIt is now accepted that the last British-Irish Ice Sheet (BIIS) was highly dynamic and drained by numerous fast flowing ice streams. This dynamic nature combined with its maritime location made the BIIS sensitive to the ... -
Dynamics of the British Ice Sheet and prevailing hydrographic conditions for the last 175,000 years : an investigation of marine sediment core MD04-2822 from the Rockall Trough
(University of St Andrews, 2011) - ThesisThis study presents a stratigraphic investigation of the marine sediment core MD04-2822 from the Rockall Trough (56° 50.54’ N, 11° 22.96’ W; 2344 m water depth). This core is currently the only available high resolution ... -
An investigation into the controls of granite plutonism in the Sierra da Freita region, Northern Portugal
(University of St Andrews, 1988) - ThesisThe Serra da Freita region of north central Portugal was chosen for study as it displays the complex relationships between regional structure, plutonism, regional and contact metamorphism typical of this part of Iberia. ...