Global ETD Search
Search theses and dissertations gathered from participating repositories worldwide. Every result links back to the library that holds it. No account is needed.
Results
Showing 1 to 20 of 493 for “"The Rock"”.
-
Vegetational Development on the Rock cliffs of the Minneappolis Region
University of Minnesota Masters thesis. June 1922. Major: Geology. Advisor: Dr. W. S. Cooper. 1 computer file (PDF); 20 pages.
-
How to do things with petroglyphs: the rock art of Nevada
The focus of this thesis is the rock art of Nevada, a state in the western United States. While the previously dominant models of rock art interpretation (hunting-magic and shamanism) have produced significant bodies of research, I argue that both are based on faulty Anthropological theory and …
-
TBM performance study : influence of the rock properties on the failure occurance
Thesis (M.S.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Civil and Environmental Engineering, 1997.
-
The American Expeditionary Forces in World War I: The Rock of the Marne.
<p>American participation in the First World War developed slowly throughout 1917 to a mighty torrent during the last six months of the war. United States participation undoubtedly helped not only repel but to stop all German assaults on the Western Front: it had substantially aided in defeating …
-
Characterization of the binders in the rock art of Cueva La Conga, Nicaragua
<p>Cueva La Conga is the only known painted cave in Nicaragua, in a part of that country about which little is known archaeologically. The rock art, which includes carved rock formations as well as paintings and handprints, may provide clues about the past people and culture of this area. …
-
Source Tracing of Heavy Metals in the Rock River Through Analysis of Sediments
Made available in DSpace on 2017-07-06T18:48:14Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 3 Golchert_Brian_M_MS.pdf: 50616925 bytes, checksum: ca3c442f6ecc88c25474b5926b8a9932 (MD5) Golchert_Brian_M_MS_ABS.pdf: 453016 bytes, checksum: dbc782eae9f7afca99a48704a0c5e0e5 (MD5) license.txt: 4813 bytes, checksum: …
-
A Sociological Study of Addiction: Power and Social Change from the "rock bottom up"
In this study the subject of addiction/recovery is used to ‘test’ the conceptual ideas of Margaret Archer (1996) and Thomas Smith (1995). Both are systems theorists’ and both engage in cause and effect analysis. As they hold contrasting views on how personal and cultural change takes place this …
-
Scaling the rock : a micromechanical model for the elastic properties of hydrated cement pastes
Cement is the most widely produced material worldwide. However, the understanding on how its nanoscale composition affect its microscale mechanical properties is limited. In this thesis, a micromechanical model for the purpose of cement hydration simulation was developed and tested using …
-
Rock matters: a geological basis for understanding the Rock at the Ness of Brodgar, Orkney
… perspective into an archaeological setting, the Ness of Brodgar, a middle to late Neolithic site in the West Mainland of Orkney. Discovered in 2003, the site is located on an isthmus of land between two lochs and is equidistant between the Ring of Brodgar and the Stones of Stenness stone …
-
To Learn Weaving Below the Rock: Making Zapotec Textiles and Artisans in Teotitlan Del Valle, Mexico
"In the first half of the study, images of indigenous artisans specific to the post-Mexican revolutionary period and specific to an economy most recently geared towards exporting textiles to the Southwestern US are described as constituting the discursive and economic context of Zapotec textile …
-
Making the Scene: An Investigation of the Rock and Roll Scenes of Nashville, Tennessee, and Athens, Georgia
<p>Making the Scene: An Investigation of the Rock and Roll Scenes of Nashville, Tennessee, and Athens, Georgia, takes a look at the ways in which both the identities of a music scene and the individuals taking part in that scene are created and maintained. Issues of identity are addressed by …
-
Comparison and Correction of Multistage Triaxial Tests to Single Stage Triaxial Test for the Rock Mechanical Testing
In this work, we investigate the relationship between two test protocols; the Single Stage Triaxial (SST) is where a constant confining stress is applied and the axial stress is raised until the sample fails. This is compared to the Multistage Triaxial (MST) test, where the sample is loaded to the …
Page 1 of 25