Geography & Geosciences Theses: Recent submissions
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Accessory mineral growth histories : implications for granitoid petrogenesis
(University of St Andrews, 1990) - ThesisAccessory minerals in granitoids are major repositories of several geochemically-important trace elements and isotopes and in order to quantify the influence that they have over granitoid petrogenesis it is necessary to ... -
Younger Dryas moraines in the NW Highlands of Scotland : genesis, significance and potential modern analogues
(University of St Andrews, 2005) - ThesisThe Younger Dryas was the last period during which glaciers shaped large parts of the Scottish landscape. Reconstructing the palaeoclimate and glacial processes that operated during this time is crucial for the understanding ... -
Modelling melt beneath supraglacial debris : implications for the climatic response of debris-covered glaciers
(University of St Andrews, 2005) - ThesisUnderstanding how debris-covered glaciers respond to climate is necessary in order to evaluate future water resources and glacier flood hazard potential, and to make sense of the glacier chronology in mountain regions, ... -
Small tourism businesses in rural Scotland : exploring owner-managers' understandings of social sustainability
(University of St Andrews, 2016) - ThesisTourism plays an ever more important role in Scotland’s rural economy. Although the tourism industry in rural areas is typically presented by small firms, knowledge of their role in sustainable rural development is ... -
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 ...