Search for dissertations about: "General and Historical Geology"
Showing result 1 - 5 of 15 swedish dissertations containing the words General and Historical Geology.
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1. Mapping the Arctic Ocean : bathymetry and pleistocene paleoceanography
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2. Shallow water carbonate basin of the Zanzibar channel, Tanzania
Abstract : The shallow water carbonate basin of the Zanzibar channel, Tanzania, has been investigated. This study discusses and describes the sea bottom topographic features, sediment composition, major characteristics of sediment distribution, provenance of sediments, and the depositional settings of the sediments . READ MORE
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3. Holocene environmental changes recorded by diatom stratigraphy in the southern Baltic Sea
Abstract : Sediment cores from the southern Baltic Sea and the Oder River estuary are analysed for their siliceous microfossil assemblages and organic carbon content. Long piston cores from the Bornholm and Gotland Basins provide data on the long-term Holocene history of the Baltic proper and serve as a natural background when evaluating the most recent environmental changes recorded in the short gravity cores. READ MORE
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4. Fossil birds: Contributions to the understanding of avian evolution
Abstract : The study of the evolution of birds began about 150 years ago with the finding of Archaeopteryx. Yet, many unsolved questions about avian evolution remain to be answered. This thesis aims at addressing some of these questions.The Early Cretaceous Confusiusornis is the most well-represented Mesozoic bird in the fossil record. READ MORE
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5. Impact cratering at sea
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