Essays about: "Lower Ordovician"
Showing result 1 - 5 of 23 essays containing the words Lower Ordovician.
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1. Kinematic Enrolment in Four Ordovician Trilobites Using Three-Dimensional Modelling
University essay from Uppsala universitet/PaleobiologiAbstract : Trilobites were a successful group of marine arthropods that thrived for much of the Palaeozoic Era. Akey innovation of trilobites involved the capacity to enrol their biomineralized exoskeletons for protection; a trait that appeared early in their evolutionary history during the Cambrian Period. READ MORE
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2. 3D Geological Modelling of the Subsurface Adjacent to Cementa’s Quarry in Skövde, Sweden
University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för geovetenskaperAbstract : Limestone is one of the main components of cement production. Limestone has been quarried in Skövde, Sweden, since the end of 19th century and Cementa AB has been operating the quarry since 1973. Aside from limestone, there are also Alum shale of Cambrian age, mudstones as well as bentonite layers of Ordovician age present in the quarry. READ MORE
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3. Investigation of Thermal Maturity of Organic Matter at the Cambro Ordovician Transition in the Zagros Basin, Iran
University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för geovetenskaperAbstract : The thermal maturity of sediments from the upper Cambrian to lower Ordovician Mila and Ilbeyk formations in the Zagros Basin in southwestern Iran is evaluated in this thesis. A number of low-cost, fast, optical evaluation methods are utilised to assess their effectiveness for providing accurate, well constrained thermal maturity results. READ MORE
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4. Stratigraphy, sedimentology and geophysical assessment of the early Silurian Halla and Klinteberg formations, Altajme core, Gotland, Sweden
University essay from Lunds universitet/Geologiska institutionenAbstract : The Altajme drillcore was recovered from near Buttle in central Gotland in 2015. The core was drilled in outcrop belt of the late Wenlock (Silurian) Klinteberg Formation as a result from an international drilling campaign between the Department of Geology at Lund University and Iowa University, USA. READ MORE
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5. Stratigraphy and pyrite geochemistry of the Lower–Upper Ordovician in the Lerhamn and Fågelsång-3 drill cores, Scania, Sweden
University essay from Lunds universitet/Geologiska institutionenAbstract : Arsenik är ett mycket giftigt ämne som finns i berg, mark och grundvatten, och är känt för att orsaka allvarliga hälsoeffekter. Neurologiska skador hos människan inträffar vid koncentrationer så låga som 100 μg/L, medan 1–3 mg/kg kroppsvikt As är en dödlig dos. READ MORE