Essays about: "Isostasy"

Found 2 essays containing the word Isostasy.

1. 1. The Role of Misconceptions in the Development of a Reliable Geological Knowledge. A Statistical Analysis of the Alternative Ideas of Earth Science Bachelor Students at Uppsala University.

   University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för geovetenskaper

   Author : Despoina Chouliara; [2016]
   Keywords : Misconceptions; alternative ideas; earth sciences; Missuppfattningar; alternativa idéer; geovetenska;

   Abstract : The pre-existing knowledge that Earth Science Bachelor students have when they are starting their University studies, is influential on the scientific knowledge that they will have built when they graduate. This thesis examines the alternative ideas that Uppsala University’s first, second and third year Earth Science Bachelor students have on basic geological topics, and whether it influences the knowledge that they develop. READ MORE

3. 2. Holocene relative sea-level changes in the Tasiusaq area, southern Greenland, with focus on the Ta1 and Ta3 basins

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Geologiska institutionen

   Author : Linda Randsalu; [2008]
   Keywords : isostasi; havsnivåförändringar; södra Grönland; Holocen; isoleringslagerföljder; Greenland Ice Sheet; isostasy; sea-level changes; southern Greenland; isolation sequences; Holocene; grönländska inlandsisen; geology; physical geography; geologi; naturgeografi; Earth and Environmental Sciences;

   Abstract : Results from an investigation of relative sea-level changes from c. 11,000 cal. yr BP to the present in the Tasiusaq area, Inner Bredefjord, southwest Greenland, are presented in this thesis. Isolation sequences from two small lakes have been identified using stratigraphic analyses, XRF-scanning, loss on ignition and macrofossil analyses. READ MORE