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Showing 1 to 20 of 364 for “"South-West"”.
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Aspects of agrarian change in south-west Lancashire
… agrarian developments 1650-1850 in a region - south-west Lancashire - that was increasingly dominated by industry and large urban centres. The thesis is firmly located within two distinct historiographical traditions: 'agrarian capitalism' and 'agricultural revolution'. The debates encompassed …
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The fundamental complex of Western Damaraland, South West Africa
Enormous areas of South West Africa, particularly in its central portion, are occupied by very ancient gneissoid and granitic rooks, a great variety of schists and other more or less highly metamorphosed sediment. These ancient rooks, forming as they do the backbone or nucleus of our continent, on …
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South West Africa and the International Court of Justice.
The South West Africa cases represent the most protracted litigation in the history of the International Court of Justice. The decision by the Court in 1966 left many experts with the thought that the Court was in danger of dying from atrophy or that use of the Court would be curtailed. It appeared …
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South West Africa-Namibia issues related to political independence
… constitutes a study of all issues relevant to South West Africa/Namibian independence, from 1915 to June 1983. The method employed is primarily of a descriptive, historical and analytical nature, which brings together in a concise study a variety of primary research materials, particularly with …
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Seed morphology, dormancy and germination of South-West Australian Ericaceae
The Ericaceae in South West Australia contains species with difficult to germinate seeds, including many species with deep intractable dormancy. A better understanding of seed biology and species specific dormancy, and germination mechanisms is required to overcome these difficulties. Land …
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Rainwater Harvesting and Community Water Security in south-west Uganda
… involved in the delivery of water services in south-west Uganda. The framework provided structure to identify and assess the sociotechnical outcomes of RWH access. The framework includes ten sociotechnical water security goals and is based on a new definition of water security developed for …
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The Auborus Formation of the Bethanie district, South West Africa
A study of the southerly occurrence of Auborus sediments revealed a basal conglomerate varying in thickness from 100 ft. to 3300 ft. and lying unconformably on an undulating base of lavas and sediments of the Sinclair Formation. This is overlain by variable thicknesses of sandstone which contain a …
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Origin and fate of organic matter in South-West Australian wetlands
… in Australia have been poorly documented. Within Western Australia, conditions conducive to the accumulation of organic matter are geographically restricted and generally occur in coastal and/or forested landscapes. An extensive system of wetlands with peal soils occurs in the Muir-Unicup region …
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Intertidal Seagrass Meadows in South West England: The Ecology of Expansion
… intertidal sediments in the Tamar estuary, South West England, have undergone a shift from unvegetated mudflats to dense perennial seagrass habitat. Yet despite the increasing prevalence of intertidal seagrass meadows in the South West, there are large knowledge gaps relating to intertidal …
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Geochemical and palynological signals for palaeoenvironmental change in south west England
… investigation of palaeoenvironmental change in south west England. The method, EDMA (Energy Dispersive X-ray Micro Analysis), is a rapid, non-destructive analysis tool, capable of detecting a large range of geochemical elements. This research examines the most appropriate method of sample …
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Characteristics of ocean gravity waves off the Cape South West coast
… which include generation of swell from near South Georgia, (54°S, 37°W), have been compared with the South African Weather Bureau synoptic charts in order to identify generation centres. Repeated energy values near the 50 mHz band seem to be generated by winds of a lower velocity than …
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The role of mining in the economy of South West Africa/ Namibia
While compiling the national accounts for SWA/Namibia over the past seven years my interest was drawn to the overwhelming impact mining has on the country's overall economic activity. This tempted me to make a study of the contribution of mining to the economic development of SWA/Namibia. This …
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Holocene sea-level changes along the Channel coast of South-west England
… relative sea-level (RSL) history for the south Devon coast is reconstructed through an analysis of twelve cores extracted from the coastal back-barrier environments of Bantham Sands, North Sands, Slapton Sands and Blackpool Sands. Foraminifera preserved in the sediments are assigned an …
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Upper ocean variability and tropical cyclones in the South West Indian Ocean
… tropical ocean basins, tropical cyclones in the South West Indian Ocean also cause significant social and economic damage in southeastern Africa and Madagascar. To forecast TC intensity more accurately, monitoring upper ocean conditions in the South Indian Ocean is of top priority. Two areas in …
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The Union Government's treatment of the South-West African Mandate (1920-1944)
Very little nas been written on South-nest Africa. l'here are books of travel in the Territory, but my thesis is not concerned with this aspect of the country. some articles on the mandate system as a whole, contain a few pages on the general outlines of the Territory's administration, but these …
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The assessment-related logics of practice at a South West Multi-Academy Trust
… the assessment-related logics of practice at a South West Multi-Academy Trust? (2) How are these logics of practice formed within the educational landscape of commodification? It gains insight from eight professionals in a South West Multi-Academy Trust. The analysis focuses on levels of …
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Criminality of women in the 18th century in the South West of England
… thesis. Chapter 2: Economy and Socie!y in the South West of England: The Female Experience This chapter provides the social and economic background to the study of eighteenth-century female criminality in this region. It argues that the region constituted a pastoral rural economy; and it is …
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