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Creator:: Allen-Gil, Susan M.
Abstract:: The Arctic has long been considered to be a pristine environment, far from population centers and pollution sources. The detection of synthetic organochlorine compounds in various elements of the Arctic food web has confirmed the global dispersion of pollutants, particularly of persistent compounds such as organochlorines and heavy metals. Levels...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: contaminants in U.S. Arctic freshwater fish AN ABSTRACT OF THE THESIS OF Susan M. Allen-Gil for the degree

Creator:: Potter, Susan M.
Abstract:: The Gorda Escarpment (40.4° N and from 126° W to 124.7° W) is a topographic high which is the eastern portion of the Mendocino Transform Fault. The Vizcaino Block is the anomalously shallow portion of the Pacific plate immediately south of the Gorda Escarpment. Sediments of the Vizcaino Block record...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: AN ABSTRACT OF THE THESIS OF Susan M. Potter for the degree of

Creator:: Van Laere, M. Susan
Abstract:: The Coast Reservation of Oregon was established under Executive Order of President Franklin Pierce in November, 1855, as a homeland for the southern Oregon tribes. It was an immense, isolated wilderness, parts of which had burned earlier in the century. There were some prairies where farming was possible, but because...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: AN ABSTRACT OF THE THESIS OF M. Susan Van Laere for the degree

Creator:: Burke, Susan M.
Abstract:: The overall objective of the study is to measure changes in agricultural production and water use patterns under various water supply and allocation mechanisms. The methodology nests an economic model of on-farm decisions in a basin-wide hydrologic model. The economic model forecasts the use of applied water, technology and crop...
Resource Type:: Dissertation

Creator:: Smith, Susan M.
Abstract:: Three methods--radial compression strength, color indicators of decay and micro-toughness, an examination of tracheid fracture patterns, were evaluated for detection of early decay and for application to field use. Three-eighth-inch diameter plugs 3/4-inch long, cut from the sapwood and heartwood of a Douglas-fir pole free of decay, were decayed by...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: Susan M. Smith Forest Products Abstract approved: AN ABSTRACT

Creator:: Doescher, Susan M.
Abstract:: This study investigated the impact of prosocial classroom and home learning programs on children's prosocial behavior. More specifically, it determined the influences of adult modeling and encouragement in these programs on children's cooperating, sharing, and helping behaviors immediately following the six-week intervention programs, and six weeks after the programs' termination....
Resource Type:: Dissertation

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