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  • Geology of the northern part of the Southeast Three Sisters quadrangle, Oregon

    Creator:
    Wozniak, Karl C.
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    The northern part of the Southeast Three Sisters quadrangle straddles the crest of the central High Cascades of Oregon. The area is covered by Pleistocene and Holocene volcanic and volcaniclastic rocks that were extruded from a number of composite cones, shield volcanoes, and cinder cones. The principal eruptive centers include...
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    Masters Thesis

  • Water chemistry of Oregon Cascade wilderness lakes : a comparison to 1985 data

    Creator:
    Logan, Michael Burke
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    The Western Lake Survey (WLS) of 1985 documented the status of lake water chemistry across the western US and inferred population representations of various subregions and geomorphic units via statistically analyses. Results from this 1985 study indicated that lakes of the Oregon Cascades had the second most pristine and dilute...
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    . Title: Water Chemistry of Oregon Cascade Wilderness Lakes: A Comparison to 1985 Data. Abstract

  • A paleomagnetic study of Recent Cascade lavas

    Creator:
    McKnight, William Ross
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    Ninety-five oriented samples were obtained from nine Recent Cascade lava flows in Oregon. Directions and intensities of remanent magnetization were measured on a spinner magnetometer which measures directions of magnetization to within 1.2° s.d. Angle measurements were plotted graphically using an equal area projection. Mean directions and statistics were calculated...
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    flows agrees with data from southwestern United States. The field area is located in the Three Sisters

  • The sibling dyad : a mutual perspective of their relationship

    Creator:
    Zengerle, Petra Anna
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    Siblings influence each other lifelong and are challenged to accomplish specific developmental tasks of the sibling relationship (Goetting, 1986). Rivalry and closeness are the fundamental themes in this relationship. In adolescence two siblings might give each other emotional support, be confidants, feel close; they might also struggle, fight, and feel...
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    (sister-sister; brother-brother; sister-brother) had an impact on sibling rivalry and closeness. The

  • Post-fire recreation management in the Mt. Jefferson Wilderness

    Creator:
    Brown, Ryan N. K.
    Abstract:
    Natural events such as wildfires, floods, and storms can significantly alter the short-term structure and functioning of natural systems. Recreation in wilderness areas is one instance in which individuals are directly exposed to post-disturbance landscapes. Consequently, public land managers may be faced with a different set of challenges stemming from...
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    Three Sisters Wilderness areas along the crest of the Cascade Mountains in the Deschutes and

  • Omen of Mere Event : Vignettes in a Post-Wilderness Landscape

    Creator:
    Schultz, Aaron A.
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    This thesis uses a series of non-fiction vignettes to explore objects, agencies, and networks, applying theories of rhetoric and composition directly to experience and vise versa. Focusing on agency--as understood through sociology's actor-networks, post- humanism’s Object Orientated Ontology, and Ecocriticism's ecological approach--I look at events, landscapes, and partnerships that have...
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    , activist, artistic, or mixture of all three. Environmentalists try to preserve areas of wilderness or

  • U.S. Forest Service wilderness management: problems and management methods of four wilderness areas in the Pacific Northwest

    Creator:
    Werner, Ann Claire
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    Increasing wilderness use, and the uneven distribution of use within wilderness areas, have contributed to management problems. Problems associated with some heavily visited areas are in conflict with the intent of the Wilderness Act of 1964. One of the constraints hindering optimal management has been the decentralized nature of the...
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    Capstone Project
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    Wilderness, Wallowa-Whitman National Forest, over seventy percent of all use occurs during a three month

  • An analysis of suspected neoglacial ice-cored impounding Carver Lake, South Sister region, High Cascades, Oregon

    Creator:
    Rector, Michel L.
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    The purpose of this study is to determine if the ntoraines damming proglacial Carver Lake are ice-cored. The methodology to be employed consists of interpretation of aerial photographs and field observations. The results of these studies will be compared. to past research of known ice-cored moraines in other regions of...
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    Capstone Project
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    . According to Clark (1983), Scott (1977) and Williams (1944), South Sister was constructed during three

  • Women of valor : the Sisters of Notre Dame de Namur, St. Paul, Oregon, 1844-1852

    Creator:
    Poet, Rebecca McClelland
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    In 1986, researchers from Oregon State University, led by Dr. David Brauner, came to the small Catholic community of St. Paul, Oregon as part of ongoing research on the French-Canadian inhabitants of the Willamette Valley between 1829 and the mid-1860s. They were searching for the remains of the first Catholic...
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    clear that Sister Mary Catherine Cabareaux's account of the Sisters' experiences in the Willamette

  • Some impacts of tourism based growth in a small town : a case study of Sisters, Oregon

    Creator:
    Brandt, Eric H.
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    While many small towns today find themselves struggling in the face of economic stagnation or decline, others must deal with rapid growth and the threat it poses to their valued quality of life. The small central Oregon town of Sisters offers an example of a town whose previously declining economy...
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    Capstone Project
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    this viewscape are the snow-capped Three Sisters peaks, after which the town was named. (See Figures 2