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Showing 1 to 20 of 92 for “"Bermuda"”.
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Patch reefs off Bermuda
Patch reefs living on the Bermuda Platform provide excellent models for detailed investigation of bioclastic sediment dispersion. Skeletal debris is shed from the reef top to form a wedge of reef flank sediments which angularly onlaps the reef mass at the uppermost reef flank and grades into …
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Dendrochronological Potential of Bermuda Cedar
The Bermuda cedar, Juniperus bermudiana, is an endangered species endemic to the Bermuda Islands. Likely speciating from a common ancestor of mainland and Caribbean junipers, the Bermuda cedar thrives in the limestone soil and breaks the salty Atlantic wind for less hardy flora. From the time of …
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The oceanic heat budget near Bermuda.
Thesis (M.S.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Earth and Planetary Sciences, 1969.
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The shallow-water foraminifera of Bermuda
Thesis (Ph. D.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Geology, 1933.
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The failure of early Bermuda, 1612-1630
Bermuda, settled in l6l2, was the second successful English colony founded in the New World. The islands appeared to provide investors in England with an excellent opportunity to make a profit, but the colony failed to generate the anticipated profits because the investors failed to allow …
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The Historical Development of Higher Education in Bermuda
… on the development of higher education in Bermuda. There is a need to select data on higher education and present them in a comprehensible format. This study sought to fill that need. It situated the development of higher education in a historical framework and traced its developmentfrom …
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Oceanic microstructure observed near Bermuda using a towed sensor
… The instrument has been towed in deep water near Bermuda. It is believed that salt fingers were observed in the main thermocline on several occasions; but they were so rare as to be negligible in the total vertical mixing. An analysis of one such possible salt finger event is presented. Numerous …
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MAJOR AND MINOR ION GEOCHEMISTRY OF GROUNDWATERS FROM BERMUDA
<p>Groundwaters near two Bermuda marshes were sampled and studied for variations in major and minor ion geochemistry. Factors which influence groundwater geochemistry include Ghyben-Herzberg/freshwater-seawater mixing, carbonate dissolution and recrystallization, redox and the hydrology. The major …
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Oceanic microstructure observed near Bermuda using a towed sensor,
Thesis (Sc. D.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Meteorology, 1973.
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Bound in Bermuda and Virginia: the First Century of Slave Laws and Customs
… early slave societies of colonial Virginia and Bermuda. Specifically, this study looks at how the first century of slave laws and customs in the respective colonies varied so greatly. Relatively speaking, slave laws and customs in colonial Virginia were harsh when compared to the laws and …
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Community uses of maritime heritage in Bermuda: a heritage ethnography with museum implications
… Drawing on my heritage ethnography of maritime Bermuda, I examine how and why people of this mid-Atlantic island use maritimity to formulate identity and community, and thereby generate maritime heritage. This contextualised case study engages with current thinking and key debates about heritage …
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The formulation of an economical chemical herbicide to kill Johnson and Bermuda grass
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Factors controlling bacterial abundance, biomass and growth at the Bermuda Atlantic time-series site
The Bermuda Atlantic Time-series Study (BATS) site represents a unique hydrographical oceanic environment to study the factors controlling bacterial growth dynamics. The region was sampled at monthly intervals from 1991 to 1996. A typical annual cycle was defined by a deep winter mixing, followed …
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Developmental Math Education: The Bermuda Triangle of Student Success--Many Enter, but Few Succeed.
This study employed a quantitative design to evaluate the effectiveness of developmental math and the predictors of student success in developmental math for a period of three years. Four of the study’s original eight predictors of student success were statistically significant. However, a model …
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Hidden hurts, healing from within : restorative justice for victims and convicted offenders in Bermuda
… justice (RJ) could be implemented into the Bermuda Department of Corrections using action research. The aim was to explore how RJ can work for victims and incarcerated offenders in Bermuda in regards to the potential for reduction of harm, increasing empathy and as an addition to the …
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Key Administrative Decisions in the History of the Seventh-day Adventist Education in Bermuda
… fifty years of continuous Christian education in Bermuda, it became strikingly evident that the Seventh-day Adventist Church had no single literary, historical compilation of SDA education in the country. This research can help to fill this information void.</p> <p>Method. Seven key administrative …
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Assessing the Effects of Climate Change and Addressing Solutions at L. F. Wade International Airport, Bermuda
… F. Wade International Airport. The Government of Bermuda's plans to build a new terminal were also analyzed to determine potential impacts. Predicted future trends of sea level rise and hurricane activity were assessed by analyzing previous occurrences and studies and depicted using GIS mapping …
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Life history of a native emydid turtle (Malaclemys terrapin centrata) on the remote oceanic islands of Bermuda
… are native to the remote oceanic islands of Bermuda and presently inhabit only four small brackish water ponds on a private golf course. The life history of this species is poorly understood on Bermuda and so the aim of this study was to fill these knowledge gaps, to compare the results with …
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