• Modern and late Holocene climate-tree-ring growth relationships and growth patterns in Douglas-fir, coastal British Columbia, Canada 

  Zhang, Qibin (2018-05-04)

  This thesis investigates nonlinear climate-growth relationships and spatio-temporal variations in radial growth of Douglas-fir (Pseudotsuga menziesii var. menziesii (Mirb.) Franco) in coastal British Columbia (BC), Canada. ...
• Temporal patterns in Pacific white-sided dolphin pulsed calls at Barkley Canyon, with implications for multiple populations 

  Kanes, Kristen Samantha Jasper (2018-05-01)

  Evaluation of diel and seasonal patterns in offshore marine mammal activity through visual data collection can be impaired by poor weather and light limitations and by the requirement for costly ship time. As a result, ...
• Relative and absolute timing of tectonothermal events in the Pohjanmaa Belt: A structural study of the Paleoproterozoic coupled Bothnian oroclines, Finland. 

  Dawson, Travis (2018-04-30)

  Studies on the formation of oroclines (bends of originally linear mountain belts) are restricted to Phanerozoic examples. Here I provide a structural, metamorphic and geochronological study of the meta-sedimentary Pohjanmaa ...
• A study of the effects of friction and mixing on the exchange flow through the Bosphorus (Strait of Istanbul) 

  Gerdes, Frank (2018-04-05)

  This thesis presents observations from the Bosphorus (Strait of Istanbul), Turkey, made to study the effects of mixing, entrainment and frictionally induced shear on the dynamics of an exchange flow. The well known ...
• Stratigraphy, conodont taxonomy and biostratigraphy of Upper Cambrian to Lower Silurian platform to basin facies, northern British Columbia 

  Pyle, Leanne (2018-02-26)

  This study establishes the stratigraphic framework and conodont biostratigraphy of Lower Paleozoic strata of the Northern Canadian Cordilleran Miogeocline, which document a non-passive tectonic evolution of the rifted ...
• Mixing and secondary circulation in Juan de Fuca Strait 

  Ott, Michael William (2018-02-23)

  Estuaries, the regions where runoff of fresh water, soil, and contaminants first encounter the ocean, are also primary fishing and recreation areas. It is therefore important to understand the dynamics associated with ...
• Environmental control of stable carbon isotope systematics in Emiliania huxleyi 

  Eek, Magnus (2018-02-14)

  The carbon isotope fractionation in the coccolithophore Emiliania huxleyi constitutes the basis for the paleo-pCO₂ barometry. Under the premise that the carbon isotope fractionation is dependent on the availability of ...
• Geometry, kinematics, and Quaternary activity of the brittle Leech River fault zone, southern Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada 

  Graham, Audrey (2018-02-06)

  Southern Vancouver Island lies on the forearc of the Cascadia subduction zone, north of a concave bend in the plate boundary centred around the Olympic Mountains. The bend in the margin coincides with a significant decrease ...
• Late Quaternary vegetation, climate, fire history, and GIS mapping of Holocene climates on southern Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada 

  Brown, Kendrick Jonathan (2018-02-05)

  Pollen and microscopic charcoal fragments from seven sites (East Sooke Fen and Pixie, Whyac, Porphyry, Walker, Enos, and Boomerang lakes) were used to reconstruct the post-glacial vegetation, climate, and fire disturbance ...
• GPS studies of crustal deformation in the northern Cascadia subduction zone 

  Henton, Joseph Alan (2018-01-26)

  Vancouver Island, located in southwestern coastal British Columbia, overlies the northern portion of the Cascadia Subduction Zone. This region is characterized by extensive seismicity which includes M ∼ 7 crustal earthquakes ...
• Controls on the sources and distribution of chalcophile and lithophile trace elements in arc magmas 

  D'Souza, Rameses Joseph (2018-01-24)

  Volcanic arcs have been the locus of continental growth since at least the Proterozoic eon. In this dissertation, I seek to shine more light on arc processes by inferring the lower crustal mineralogy of an ancient arc by ...
• The Canada Basin 1989-1995 : upstream events and far-field effects of the Barents Sea Branch 

  McLaughlin, Fiona Ann (2018-01-24)

  Physical and geochemical tracer measurements were collected at one oceanographic station (Station A: 72 N 143 W) in the southern Canada Basin from 1989 to 1995, along sections from the Beaufort Shelf to this station in ...
• Tidal sedimentology and geomorphology in the central Salish Sea straits, British Columbia and Washington State 

  Mullan, Sean (2018-01-03)

  Intra-archipelago waterways, including tidal strait networks, present a complex set of barriers to, and conduits for sediment transport between marine basins. Tidal straits may also be the least well understood tide-dominated ...
• Late-early to middle pleistocene vegetation and climate history of the Highland Valley, British Columbia, Canada 

  Jonsson, Carl H. W. (2017-12-22)

  The climate and vegetation history of the Middle Pleistocene transition in the interior of British Columbia (BC) is poorly understood due largely to the lack of records. Sediments from the overburden of the Teck Highland ...
• The distribution of dissolved cadmium in the Canadian Arctic Ocean 

  Jackson, Sarah (2017-12-22)

  The biogeochemical cycling of oceanic dissolved cadmium (dCd) has been an active area of research for the past ~40 years, due in part to the close correlation with phosphate (PO4). The global Cd:PO4 relationship has led ...
• Along-strike changes in the active tectonic configuration of the northwestern Himalaya: insights from landscape morphology, erosion rates, and river profiles 

  Mearce, Trevor (2017-12-20)

  Geodetic models suggest that much of the convergence across the Himalaya (~20 mm yr-1) is taken up on the Main Himalayan Thrust, the main decollement beneath the Himalayan orogenic wedge. In Central Nepal and the majority ...
• Benthic ecology in two British Columbian fjords: compositional and functional patterns 

  Gasbarro, Ryan (2017-12-19)

  As global change alters the chemical and physical dynamics of the ocean, it is increasingly necessary to determine ecological responses across environmental gradients. The benthic ecosystems of fjords often contain a ...
• Statistical predictability of surface wind components 

  Mao, Yiwen (2017-12-11)

  Predictive anisotropy is a phenomenon referring to unequal predictability of surface wind components in different directions. This study addresses the question of whether predictive anisotropy resulting from statistical ...
• Initializing sea ice thickness and quantifying uncertainty in seasonal forecasts of Arctic sea ice 

  Dirkson, Arlan (2017-12-06)

  Arctic sea ice has undergone a dramatic transformation in recent decades, including a substantial reduction in sea ice extent in summer months. Such changes, combined with relatively recent advancements in seasonal (1-12 ...
• The buoyancy forcing and dynamical response of the Red Sea 

  Tragou, Eleni-Anthi (2017-11-16)

  The buoyancy forcing of the Red Sea and its dynamical response are examined. Buoyancy transports through the Strait of Bab el Mandab, the major oceanic exchange point of the Red Sea with the open ocean, provide a strong ...

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