My thesis, entitled "Fantastic Histories: How Malory's Morte Darthur
Influenced Tolkien's The Silmarillion," argues that J.R.R. Tolkien's Silmarillion
shares distinct similarities in style and content with Sir Thomas Malory's Morte
Darthur, primarily in the lack of detail in the descriptions of characters and events, as
each attempts to create a...
A 5km swath-width SeaMARC I sidescan sonar survey, conducted over
the zone of overlap between the southern rift zone of Axial Volcano and the northern
tip of the Vance spreading segment on the Juan de Fuca Ridge (between 45°24'N
and 45°50'N latitude), was analyzed to locate the present position of...
Interactions and feedbacks among climate change effects and continued human impacts will exacerbate impacts to water resources in complex ways. An urgent imperative of the hydrologic community is to understand the response of hydrologic systems to these perturbations, thus contributing to long-term sustainability of water resources in an uncertain future....
The parallelization and vectorization of Monte Carlo algorithms for modelling
charge transport in semiconductor devices are considered. The standard ensemble
Monte Carlo simulation of a three parabolic band model for GaAs is first
presented as partial verification of the simulation. The model includes scattering
due to acoustic, polar-optical and intervalley...
The counting of delayed neutrons emitted by fission is presented
as a valuable technique for the measurement of uranium concentrations
in a variety of matrices. The concentrations successfully
analyzed can vary from well under one part per million to the high
concentrations found in uranium ores. In a sample analysis,...
Suspended sediment and in situ turbidity data from two western Oregon streams, Oak Creek and South Fork Hinkle Creek, were used to estimate annual sediment loads for the 2006 water year (October 1, 2005 to September 30, 2006). Water samples and in situ turbidity observations were taken following the Turbidity...
The National Ecological Observatory Network (NEON) provides open access data products including sub-daily precipitation amounts and biweekly stable water isotope concentrations at sites across the United States. Stable water isotope (ẟ2H, ẟ18O) concentrations are often used in hydrometeorological studies and models, however the relatively infrequent biweekly sampling intervals of NEON...
Giant hills may be classified as semi-giant, giant, or super-giant
depending on the degree of the variation. All are large,
vigorous, profusely flowering plants with characteristically poor
tuber shape, although some giant hills may have smooth tubers.
Thirteen of the fifteen Russet Burbank giant hill selections grown
in Con/all is,...
Dumping drilling mud from offshore drilling rigs into the
ocean could have a negative impact on the marine environment. Due
to this possible impact, the Offshore Operators Committee (OOC) has
deemed it necessary to predict the fate of drilling mud discharged
into the ocean. Through the funding of OOC and...