Geography & Geosciences (Previous name for currents schools of Earth & Environmental Sciences and ...): Recent submissions
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The geology of Ben Nevis, South-west Highlands, Scotland
(University of St Andrews, 1994) - ThesisThe Ben Nevis volcanic-plutonic Complex was intruded into garnet grade Precambrian metasediments in the Southwest Highlands of Scotland towards the end of the Caledonian Orogeny. A variety of techniques have been applied ... -
Valuing culture : a mixed-methods approach to the comparative investigation of the roles and importance of cultural resources in Edinburgh and Dundee
(University of St Andrews, 2016-11-30) - ThesisIn Scotland, as the UK and internationally, publicly funded cultural organisations face a precarious future, characterised by funding cuts and a growing need to justify investments. This practical need to understand and ... -
Palaeohydrodynamics and computer simulation of turbidites in the Marnoso-Arenacea, Northern Apennines, Italy
(University of St Andrews, 1982-06) - ThesisObservation of turbidite features including areal development and thickness of Bouma units, grainsize and grading are used to define the flow parameters of a turbidity current. Observations have been made on four beds ... -
Drivers of atmospheric methane uptake by montane forest soils in the southern Peruvian Andes
(2016-01-27) - Journal articleThe soils of tropical montane forests can act as sources or sinks of atmospheric methane (CH4). Understanding this activity is important in regional atmospheric CH4 budgets, given that these ecosystems account for substantial ... -
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 ...