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Showing 1 to 20 of 62 for “"Shetland"”.
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Shetland Vernacular Boats 1500-2000
… narrative of the origin and development of the Shetland vernacular boat in all its forms. Shetland, being treeless, imported boats from Norway, described as ‘kits,’ implying that they were quick and easy to assemble. New evidence suggests that this is incorrect; instead, boats-in-boards were …
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Macrobenthic ecology of the West Shetland Slope
… and complex hydrographic regime in the Faeroe-Shetland Channel makes it one of the best-studied oceanographic provinces in the world. However, few benthic ecological studies of the region have been undertaken since the early 1880s. The present study examines the influence of a number of …
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Historic settlement on Unst, Shetland. An holistic study of abandoned settlements on Unst, Shetland utilising historical archaeology and prospection approaches
… to which perceptions of historic settlement on Shetland are supportable. These perceptions cast long lived nucleated settlement as the normative traditional form of historic settlement, and dispersed settlements as short-lived exceptions to this norm. Historic settlement, in these perceptions …
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Platinum-group element mineralisation in the Shetland ophiolite complex
The Shetland ophiolite complex exhibits the lower part of the definitive Penrose sequence, but chromitites from the Cliff locality contain levels of Pt and Pd which are unusual in ophiolites. Aspects of this mineralisation suggest both magmatic and hydrothermal concentration processes, although …
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Improving the predictability of harmful algal blooms around the Shetland Islands
… in them. This is especially important for the Shetland Islands, where approximately 80% of the UK’s farmed mussels are grown.<br/>Results of cell abundance measurements from routine coastal monitoring were analysed and have shown that Dinophysis spp. can accumulate very rapidly near Shetland …
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The Scandinavian settlement of Northern Shetland: Northmavine, Yell, Unst, and Fetlar
… circa 800 AD onwards had a significant effect on Shetland. The archipelago became very Scandinavian and the culture of the local population almost disappeared. The research agenda of this multidisciplinary research was to investigate all the aspects of the Scandinavian settlement in Northmavine, …
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Luminescence dating of Scottish burnt mounds: new investigations in Orkney and Shetland
… dating of burnt mounds in the Orkney and Shetland Islands. Through an examination of available evidence for Scottish burnt mounds, a number of key problematic areas have been identified in relation to our understanding of these sites and their place within the archaeological record. …
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Late Quaternary relative sea level change in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica
… aims to elucidate the RSL history of the South Shetland Islands (SSIs), a sub-Antarctic archipelago peripheral to the northern Antarctic Peninsula ice sheet, by integrating evidence from isolation basins with geomorphological evidence from raised beaches. This will extend the only previously …
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The implications of cultural interchange in Scalloway, Shetland, with reference to a perceived Nordic-based heritage.
Shetland’s geographical location has long been considered remote or isolated from a centralised Scottish perspective. However, as an island group situated between the neighbouring landmasses of Scotland and Norway, Shetland is directly situated on the maritime highway of the North Atlantic Rim. The …
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El sistema de información multidisciplinar de apoyo científico (SIMAC) para la isla Decepción (Islas Shetland del Sur, Antártida)
Esta tesis plantea y da solución a la necesidad de compartir información geoespacial entre grupos de trabajos multidisciplinares que acometen sus estudios buscando un mismos fin. Este es el caso de la vulcanología, ciencia multidisciplinar, dónde el control del volcán y el establecimiento de su …
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Shetland and the trade of steatite goods in the North Atlantic region during the Viking and early medieval period
… North Atlantic steatite resources are limited to Shetland and Greenland. The research investigates the extent to which Shetland was involved in trade of steatite goods during the Viking and Early Medieval periods. Artefact assessment has highlighted distinctive steatite artefact types from …
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The fisheries biology of two scallop species, Pecten maximus (l.) and Aequipecten opercularis (l.), in the waters around Shetland, Scotland.
… Aequipecten opercularis<br/>has taken place in Shetland since the late 1960’s and early 1970’s,<br/>respectively, with fluctuations in landings of both species during this time.<br/>Recognition of the importance that shellfish fishing contributes towards<br/>maintaining a diverse economy in a …
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Management requirements for tourist landing sites in the maritime Antarctic and a model plan for Deception Island, South Shetland Islands
Increasing tourist visits to the Maritime Antarctic potentially threaten to damage scientific research, and the environment of landing sites. The current obligatory and hortatory requirements have been developed to control activities of tourists, and not to manage the land they use. This protection …
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Addressing the impact of the EU CFP landing obligation on the northern North Sea ecosystem and Shetland fisheries in a changing climate.
… specific mixed fisheries surrounding the Shetland Isles. The model uses stock assessments and North Sea International Bottom Trawl Survey (NS IBTS) data, tailored discard estimations and fish stomach records (from Cefas DAPSTOM–supplemented by Shetland UHI: Shetland food web biodiversity …
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Aportes al conocimiento del proceso de deglaciación de las Islas Shetland del Sur, Antártida Marítima, a través del estudio de playas levantadas
… de los procesos de deglaciación en las Islas Shetland del Sur, en la Antártida Marítima, a través del estudio de playas levantadas holocenas. Estas geoformas actúan como indicadores clave de los cambios relativos del nivel del mar, ya que reflejan el ajuste glacioisostático tras la retirada de …
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Analysis of the spatio-temporal sea level variability in extreme regions using in-situ and satellite remote sensing data: South Shetland region (Antarctica)
… analysessea level variability in the South Shetland Islands through the integration of satellite altimetry, long-term in-situ oceanographic observations, and the analysis of extreme geophysical events. The study provides new insights into the processes that drive polar coastal environments. …
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The architecture of food: Consumption and society in the Iron Age of Atlantic Scotland, with special reference to the site of Old Scatness, Shetland.
Food is the foundation upon which societies are built. It is a means of survival, a source of wealth and prosperity and can be used as a means of social display. In Iron Age Atlantic Scotland, a wide range of food resources were open to exploitation. Among these, barley is likely to have been an …
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Modelling an island landscape in the North Atlantic Iron Age. The interpretation of monuments and resources in order to understand local factors influencing settlement and social organisation.
An area of Shetland is examined in order to identify how Iron Age settlements might have related to each other. The study area contains two brochs. An inter-disciplinary approach is used to identify evidence for other Iron Age settlements and the information is presented as a model illustrating the …
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Determinación del nivel medio del mar en el Mar de Bransfield y aplicación a la determinación del geoide en Islas Decepción y Livingston, Islas Shetland del Sur (Antártida)
Esta tesis presenta un estudio detallado de variables geodésicas, geofísicas y oceanográficas en las islas Decepción y Livingston y su entorno con la finalidad de determinar el nivel medio del mar (NMM), las constituyentes de marea y determinar un geoide de precisión en la zona del mar de …
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