Essays about: "Emplacement Processes"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 9 essays containing the words Emplacement Processes.

  1. 1. Internal geology and emplacement processes of Kimberlites, Case Study from the Tsabong Kimberlite Field, Botswana

    University essay from Luleå tekniska universitet/Geovetenskap och miljöteknik

    Author : Mpho Ndebele; [2020]
    Keywords : Kimberlites; Geology; Emplacement Processes; Botswana;

    Abstract : The Crateceous (85 Ma) MK1 pipe is part of the Tsabong kimberlite cluster located approximately550km south west of Gaborone and geologically found within the Kapvaal Craton. The Tsabongkimberlite field consists of 86 known kimberlites. The MK1 pipe is the largest of this cluster at 140ha,1. READ MORE

  3. 2. Let's Do Away with Urban : Autoethnographic Adventures in Stockholms län

    University essay from Stockholms universitet/Kulturgeografiska institutionen

    Author : Olivia Butler; [2020]
    Keywords : Urban; Rural; Spatiology; Political Ecology; Embodiment; Emplacement; Stockholm;

    Abstract : The spatial categorisations of urban and rural are still used in academia, lay terminology and policy formation in spite of a postmodern obsession with the deconstruction of binaries. Hitherto, the urban rural dichotomy has been exposed to little scrutiny, and the critiques that have been made come from the epistemological standpoint of total urbanisation which assumes the rural will be effaced by a perennial urban sprawl. READ MORE

  4. 3. Processes of lateral moraine formation at a debris-covered glacier, Suldenferner (Vedretta di Solda), Italy

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Geologiska institutionen

    Author : Monika Rabanser; [2019]
    Keywords : Lateral moraines; Moraine genesis; Moraine stability; Debris-covered glaciers; Clast shape; Alps; Sedimentology; Glacier fluctuations; Earth and Environmental Sciences;

    Abstract : Lateral moraines are key features of glacial landscapes in high-alpine mountain areas. Research on lateral moraine formation is mostly limited to clean-ice glaciers; lateral moraine formation at the margins of debris-covered glaciers is currently poorly understood in an Alpine and sedimentological context. READ MORE

  5. 4. Crystallization and Emplacement of the Monte Amarelo Dikes: Magma Storage Assessment on Fogo, Cape Verde Islands

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för geovetenskaper

    Author : Olle Risby; [2017]
    Keywords : Fogo; magma storage model; thermobarometry; clinopyroxene; intrusion landslide.; Fogo; magmalagringsdjup; termobarometri; klinopyroxen; intrusion; skred;

    Abstract : The volcanic island of Fogo belongs to the Cape Verde archipelago, a two-tiered chain of islands situated 500 km west of the African coast. Fogo is regarded as one of the most active volcanoes in the world with 10 eruptions during the last 250 years. The former shield volcano Monte Amarelo reached 3500 m.a. READ MORE

  6. 5. The Metamorphic History of the Helags Mountain Area, Scandinavian Caledonides

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för geovetenskaper

    Author : Sara Johansson; [2016]
    Keywords : Seve Nappe Complex; Scandinavian Caledonides; metamorphism; monazite geochronology; garnet;

    Abstract : The Scandinavian Caledonides formed as a result of collision between the continents Baltica and Laurentia, in Silurian and Early Devonian time. The evolution of the orogen has been a topic of research since before the turn of the last century. READ MORE