Essays about: "The Road to Los Angeles"

Found 4 essays containing the words The Road to Los Angeles.

  1. 1. Metamorphic microtextures and mineral assemblages in orthogneisses in NW Skåne – how do they correlate with technical properties?

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Geologiska institutionen

    Author : Maria Eleni Taxopoulou; [2020]
    Keywords : granitic gneiss; Eastern Segment; Söderåsen; rock quality; quantitative analyses; grain size; aspect ratio; circularity; mineralogy; Earth and Environmental Sciences;

    Abstract : Glacifluviala avlagringar har varit de vanligaste källorna för byggmaterial i Sverige under de senaste decennierna. De är dock ändliga resurser som måste bevaras eftersom de också fungerar som akvifärer. READ MORE

  3. 2. Comparative study of established test methods for aggregate strength and durability of Archean rocks from Botswana

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för geovetenskaper

    Author : Stålheim Jessica; [2014]
    Keywords : Los Angeles value; aggregate crushing value; aggregate impact value; 10 percent aggregate crushing value test; mean grain size; mean grain size distribution;

    Abstract : ABSTRACT Comparative study of established test methods for aggregate strength and durabilityof Archean rocks from Botswana In the current situation, river sand is used for building of roads and as raw material forconcrete in Botswana. River sand is a finite resource and important to preserve as itacts as natural water purification, groundwater aquifer and protection against soil erosion. READ MORE

  4. 3. Fetishism and Displacement in John Fante's The Road to Los Angeles

    University essay from Engelska institutionen

    Author : Adam Kilic; [2012]
    Keywords : John Fante; The Road to Los Angeles; fetishism; scopophilia; voyeurism; Freud; semiotics;

    Abstract : The Road to Los Angeles, the first novel written by Italian-American author John Fante, is most often recognized as a tale concerned with Italian-American alienation, xenophobia and existence on the periphery of mainstream society. This essay, however, aims to analyze the novel from the viewpoint of fetishism. READ MORE

  5. 4. Variation in rock quality between metamorphic domains in the lower levels of the Eastern Segment, Sveconorwegian Province

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Geologiska institutionen

    Author : Linda Lundgren; [2012]
    Keywords : rock quality; microDeval test; Los Angeles test; studded tyre test; quantitative analyses; Los Angelesvärde; kulkvarnsvärde; microDevalvärde; bergkvalitet; kvantitativa analyser; Earth and Environmental Sciences;

    Abstract : Populärvetenskaplig sammanfattning: Variationer i bergkvalitet hos gnejser i Halland, sydvästra Sverige För att kunna förklara variationer i bergkvalitet hos hög metamorfa gnejser i Halland, sydvästra Sverige, har tolv gnejser från området undersökts både kvantitativt och kvalitativt. Tanken är att de kvalitativa resultaten, fält- och tunnslipsbeskrivningar, ska kunna användas som prospekteringsverktyg för aggregat till väg och järnväg. READ MORE