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Showing 1 to 10 of 10 for “"Faroe Islands"”.
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The Structural Evolution of the Faroe Islands, NE Atlantic Margin
… using abundant field data collected on the Faroe Islands, and systematic observations that characterise the related deformation structures developed in the Faroe Islands Basalt Group (FIBG). Structures in the Faroe Islands provide evidence for a 6-stage tectonic evolution, here split into 3 …
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Artisanal whaling in the Atlantic: a comparative study of culture, conflict, and conservation in St. Vincent and the Faroe Islands
… and the North Atlantic archipelago of the Faroe Islands hunt pilot whales and a variety of other small cetaceans for food. Vincentian whalers use harpoons, thrown by hand or fired from a modified shotgun mounted on the boat. Faroese whalers, using several dozen boats, work cooperatively to …
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Can port state measures taken against RMFO partners be reconciled with international trade law? a critical analysis of the EU shared stocks regulation in light of the herring dispute
The European Union (EU) and Faroe Islands, a small self-governing archipelago under the sovereignty of Denmark, both belong to the North-East Atlantic Fisheries Commission (NEAFC). NEAFC is a regional fisheries management organisation (RFMO) which is responsible for the management of, inter alia, …
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Methods for constructing 3D geological and geophysical models of flood basalt provinces
… scanning data and field observations from the Faroe Islands and the Isle of Skye. An additional finding of this work is that volcanic facies can be differentiated in wireline log data from boreholes. Facies show characteristic velocity distributions which can be linked to onshore observations …
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The Ups and Downs of the Holocene: Exploring Relationships between Global CO2 and Climate Variability in the North Atlantic Region
… been recorded. Secondly, lake sediments from the Faroe Islands earlier than the Saksunarvatn tephra layer (dated to 10,240 cal. yr BP) were collected, as it is known that this period was subject to sudden large-scale climatic coolings. The Faroe Islands are also expected, and have been previously …
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Semi-Peripheral Realism: Nation and Form on the Borders of Europe
… North Atlantic island nations, Iceland and the Faroe Islands, and Turkey; a set of very different social and cultural landscapes, which each illustrate a different historical transition to semi-peripherality. Starting in the North Atlantic, the first part of the thesis will explore the form and …
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The Actorness of the European Union in Arctic Policymaking
… of Denmark (by virtue of Greenland and the Faroe Islands). However, the EU often appears to struggle to achieve the necessary legitimacy, identity, and strategies to be accepted as a credible Arctic actor. By combining the international relations theories of constructivism and critical …
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Mar Gur Dream Sí Iad Atá Ag Mairiúint Fén Bhfarraige: ML 4080 the Seal Woman in Its Irish and International Context
… Ireland, Scotland, the Isle of Man, Iceland, the Faroe Islands, Norway, Sweden, and Denmark. I explore a number of related questions concerning this legend: its development and dissemination throughout this geographic area, the meanings it conveys for its traditional audiences and performers, and …
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Basalt Magmatism as a Key to Unlocking Cenozoic Dynamic Topography
… and 1375–1410◦C for a region encompassing the Faroe Islands. These estimates confirm elevated mantle temperatures consistent with plume-related thermal anomalies.
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Houses and households in early Icelandic society: geoarchaeology and the interpretation of social space
… Norway and/or the Norwegian settlement in the Faroe Islands, and it is likely that this group attributed symbolic importance to the curved shape of its dwellings. Based on the relative size, complexity, and number of residential buildings on Viking Age farmsteads, the households that initially …