Geography & Geosciences Theses: Recent submissions

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    • Mineral dissolution in silicate melts 

      Curry, Richard M. (University of St Andrews, 1990) - Thesis
      Quartz and orthopyroxene in mafic rocks are commonly observed to be surrounded by fringes of granular pyroxene, and of olivine and clinopyroxene, respectively. This study reproduces the conditions of formation of these ...

    • Geology of the Ordovician rocks between Leadhills and Abington, Lanarkshire 

      Hepworth, Barry C. (University of St Andrews, 1981) - Thesis
      NE-SW faults in the Abington area of the Northern Belt of the Southern Uplands define blocks up to 3.2 km wide. The strata, folded and locally overturned, young predominantly to the NW but blocks to the SW contain younger ...

    • Downwasting and supraglacial lake evolution on the debris-covered Ngozumpa Glacier, Khumbu Himal, Nepal 

      Hands, Kathryn Ann (University of St Andrews, 2004) - Thesis
      In recent decades, the downwasting of several debris-covered glaciers in the Himalaya has led to the formation of large and potentially hazardous moraine- dammed lakes. The frequency of Glacial Lake Outburst Flood (GLOF) ...

    • Geology and petrology of the margin of the Rhum ultrabasic intrusion, Inner Hebrides, Scotland 

      Greenwood, Richard C. (University of St Andrews, 1988) - Thesis
      Country rocks surrounding the Rhum Tertiary ultrabasic complex have experienced severe thermal metamorphism, partial melting and mobilization resulting in the formation of extensive areas of intrusion breccia. Evidence ...

    • Paraglacial modification of drift-mantled hillslopes 

      Curry, Alastair M. (University of St Andrews, 1998) - Thesis
      The aim of the research reported in this thesis is to establish the characteristics of paraglacial modification of drift-mantled hillslopes in glaciated upland valleys in Norway and Scotland. Debris flow represents the ...