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Showing 1 to 15 of 15 for “"Ellesmere"”.
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Stratigraphy, Sedimentology and Early Diagenesis of Pennsylvanian-Permian Mixed Carbonate-Siliciclastic Cyclothems, SW Ellesmere Island, Nunavut
… and Nansen formations were examined on SW Ellesmere Island, Nunavut. This succession is represented by fifteen microfacies indicative of environments ranging from open marine, reef, back-reef, shoal, lagoonal carbonates to nearshore sandstones. The studied succession is part of two …
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A new member of the zygopteridales from the lower Upper Devonian (Frasnian) of Ellesmere, N.W.T., Arctic Canada
… from the Lower Upper Devonian of southern Ellesmere. This plant occurs as an element of an Archaeopteris dominated flora preserved in sediments of the Nordstrand Point Formation (mid-late Frasnian) at Bird Fiord. The plant demonstrates a pinnate vegetative system with three orders of branch …
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Terrestrial Paleoclimate and Geology during Unusual Climate States – Utilizing Isotope Geochemistry across Ellesmere and Axel Heiberg Islands, Arctic Canada.
North Carolina State University Theses Marine, Earth and Atmospheric Sciences.
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The management of Lake Ellesmere / Te Waihora: an assessment of the integration of co-governance and community agreements into a nested, statutory mangement plan
… the institutional design for managing Lake Ellesmere/Te Waihora to Ostrom’s Design principles for long-enduring CPR institutions. The results reveal that several of Ostrom’s principles are not met. Co-governance, co-management and Treaty relationships are also shown to impact the …
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Pauper education in Victorian England: organisation and administration within the new poor law 1834-1880
… Shropshire unions of Atcham, Bridgnorth and Ellesmere. An analysis of the type of pauper schooling, quality of teaching and nature of the curriculum has been undertaken, as well as an appraisal of the reputation of Atcham and Quatt as exemplars of nineteenth century pauper training. At …
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Assessing Thule Inuit impacts on High Arctic lakes and ponds : a paleolimnological approach
… centuries prior to European settlement, ponds on Ellesmere and Bathurst Island were impacted by Thule Inuit whalers, whose activities altered nutrient levels in nearby ponds. Two Thule Inuit whaling sites were selected based on input from several archaeologists, to ensure good coverage of the …
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Limnological and paleolimnological investigations of environmental change in three distinct ecosystem types, Canadian High Arctic
… lakes located in a High Arctic oasis on northern Ellesmere Island, recorded significantly higher specific conductivity, nutrients, and dissolved organic carbon than freshwater bodies from the surrounding polar desert. In Chapter 5, I provide an examination of long-term environmental change from …
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Microbiology of the sulfur-dominated glacial ecosystem at Borup Fiord Pass, and high Arctic low-temperature spring associated microbial mats, The
Borup Fiord Pass (BFP) located on Ellesmere Island in the Canadian High Arctic is a unique low-temperature environment. BFP is a sulfur-dominated ecosystem that occurs within the Krieger mountains. Here, a subglacial spring emergences from the toe of a coalescence glacier. The presence of high …
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Microbiology of the sulfur-dominated glacial ecosystem at Borup Fiord Pass, and high Arctic low-temperature spring associated microbial mats, The
Borup Fiord Pass (BFP) located on Ellesmere Island in the Canadian High Arctic is a unique low-temperature environment. BFP is a sulfur-dominated ecosystem that occurs within the Krieger mountains. Here, a subglacial spring emergences from the toe of a coalescence glacier. The presence of high …
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OUT IN THE COLD: THE LEGACY OF CANADA'S INUIT RELOCATION EXPERIMENT IN THE HIGH ARCTIC, 1953-1990.
… (Inukjuak), on Quebec's Ungava Peninsula, to Ellesmere and Cornwallis Islands in the High Arctic Archipelago. The reason the government gave for this operation was to alleviate overcrowded conditions in the southern Arctic, and take advantage of unused natural resources in the unpopulated …
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Population ecology of landlocked Arctic charr, <i>Salvelinus alpinus L</i>., in the Canadian High Arctic
… during the Joint Services Expeditions to Ellesmere Island 1988, 1991 and subsequent modelling activities. Four landlocked populations of Arctic charr, <i>Salvelinus alpinus</i> L., were surveyed at 81 oN, close to the northerly extreme of the species range. They were single-species …
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The Role of Avifauna in Paleodiet Reconstruction : An Arctic Case Study
… Dorset sites located on the Knud Peninsula of Ellesmere Island to assess bird hunting and processing amongst Paleo-Inuit groups. A subset of these archaeological bird remains were analyzed to determine the variation in avian isotopic signatures which was expected to differ from terrestrial and …
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The influence of sediment nutrient dynamics on the response of lake ecosystems to restoration and climate change
… were collected from shallow Lake Te Waihora (Ellesmere) in the Canterbury province, South Island of New Zealand and shallow Lake Taihu in the Jaingsu province, China. The observed vertical concentration profiles of total phosphorus (TP) in the sediments revealed that the shape of these …