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Creator:: Kayes, Lori J.
Abstract:: Reforestation-based restoration of severely burnt plantations is one of the primary management activities following wildfire on U.S. federal lands. Restoration effects on early-seral plant and cryptogam communities have not been documented. The objectives of this study were, in severely burnt plantations two to four years post-fire, to examine the: (1)...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: : Klaus J. Puettmann Paul D. Anderson Reforestation-based restoration of severely

Creator:: Hillwalker, Wendy E.
Abstract:: Concentrations of selenium (Se), manganese (Mn), zinc (Zn), cadmium (Cd), lead (Pb) and arsenic (As) were measured in the water column, sediment and biota, in conjunction with selected physicochemical data, from representative wetland types at a mining site within Salt Lake County, Utah, USA. The selected field sites included Oolitic...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: , the author is grateful to her major professors, Kim A. Anderson and Paul C. Jepson, for providing

Creator:: Gaughan, Michael Kenneth
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: Redacted for privacy ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS I am especially grateful to my major professor, Paul Komar. His

Creator:: Miller, Martin C.
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: GEOMETRY AND LONGITUDINAL SPREADING OF TRACER MATERIAL Abstract Approved Paul D. Komar Data on

Creator:: Li, Zhenlin
Abstract:: The formation of beach placers primarily involves processes of waves and currents that selectively sort and concentrate the valuable minerals according to their densities, sizes and shapes. Black sand placers are found on the beaches adjacent to the mouth of the Columbia River. Reviews of historical shoreline changes show that...
Resource Type:: Dissertation

Creator:: Shih, Shyuer-ming
Abstract:: Sea-cliff erosion is a significant problem along the Oregon coast in that many communities have been built on terraces affected by bluff retreat. There is considerable coast-wide variability in the rates of cliff erosion. This variability is attributed in part to tectonic activity that is causing differential interseismic uplift along...
Resource Type:: Dissertation

Creator:: Drake, Ellen T.
Abstract:: Based on the principle that the history of a discipline is important to the discipline itself, this thesis devotes two chapters to ROBERT HOOKE AND THE FOUNDATION OF GEOLOGY and two chapters to modern geology, viz. THE TECTONIC EVOLUTION OF THE OREGON CONTINENTAL MARGIN. The first part of this abstract...
Resource Type:: Dissertation

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