Category: GEOLOGY PROJECT TOPICS AND MATERIALS

P AND S BODY WAVE TOMOGRAPHY OF THE NORTHERN LAKE MALAWI RIFT BASIN AND RUNGWE VOLCANIC PROVINCE ABSTRACT The Lake Malawi Rift, situated at the southern end of the …

EVIDENCE FOR DISSIMILATORY NITRATE REDUCTION TO AMMONIA BY AQUEOUS BIOFILMS IN THE  SULFIDIC CAVES OF FRASASSI, ITALY Abstract Low-diversity microbial communities in Frasassi offer a promising model system for …

AN EXPERIMENTAL INVESTIGATION OF MULTIPLE SULFUR ISOTOPE FRACTIONATIONS DURING HETEROGENEOUS REACTIONS BETWEEN SO2 AND ACTIVATED CARBON Abstract Recent theoretical and experimental investigations on multiple sulfur isotope fractionations (Lasaga et …

ABRUPT CHANGES IN ICE SHELVES AND ICE STREAMS: MODEL STUDIES Abstract Ice sheets are among the most important components of the Earth system because of their ability to force …

A  TIME-­RESOLVED SYNCHROTRON X-­RAY  DIFFRACTION STUDY OF  THE IN SITU, HYDROTHERMAL SYNTHESIS OF GOETHITE FROM 2-­‐LINE FERRIHYDRITE Abstract                The        hydrothermal            transformation          of         2-­‐line         …

A SEISMIC INVESTIGATION OF CRUST AND UPPER MANTLE STRUCTURE BENEATH THE ZAGROS MOUNTAINS AND THE SOUTHERN AND EAST AFRICAN PLATEAUS ABSTRACT This thesis addresses crustal and upper mantle structure …

A RECORD OF COUPLED HILLSLOPE AND CHANNEL RESPONSE TO PLEISTOCENE PERIGLACIAL EROSION IN A SANDSTONE HEADWATER VALLEY, CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA Abstract Outside of the Last Glacial Maximum ice extent, landscapes in the …

A MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS OF THE RECOVERY OF CALCAREOUS NANNOPLANKTON AND PLANKTONIC FORAMINIFERA FROM THE CRETACEOUS/PALEOGENE (K/P) MASS EXTINCTION ABSTRACT   The Cretaceous-Paleogene (K/P) bolide impact decimated surface ocean ecosystems. …

A MOLECULAR ANALYSIS OF SUBSURFACE MICROBIAL COMMUNITIES ACROSS A HYDROTHERMAL GRADIENT IN OKINAWA TROUGH SEDIMENTS ABSTRACT Decades ago, life in the deep subseafloor was assumed to be non-existent. At …

A GEOCHEMICAL APPROACH TO MANTLE AND CRUSTAL DYNAMICS IN CENTRAL ANATOLIA ABSTRACT This dissertation provides new geochemical analyses of Quaternary mafic and intermediate products erupted in south-Central Anatolia. We …

ENGINEERING GEOLOGICAL INVESTIGATION OF SOME SOILS OVER METAMORPHIC COMPLEX ALONG AKUNGBA-IKARE AKOKO ROAD ONDO STATE, NIGERIA CHAPTER ONE 1.0     INTRODUCTION Engineering geology is the application of geologic science …

GEOLOGIC MAPPING AND PETROGRAPHIC STUDY OF OGUDU AREA IN IFE-EAST LOCAL GOVERNMENT AREA OF OSUN STATE,SOUTHWESTERN NIGERIA CHAPTER ONE 1.0      INTRODUCTION Ogudu area is located in Ife-East …

GEOLOGY OF BOLORUNDURO AREA, ATAKUMASA LOCAL GOVERNMENT IFE-NORTH, OSUN STATE, NIGERIA CHAPTER ONE 1.1 GENERAL INTRODUCTION Geological field mapping exercise is the preliminary study usually carried out to understand …

GROUNDWATER QUALITY IN DUMP SITE AREAS Title Page Certification/Declaration Approval Page Dedication Acknowledgement Abstract Table of content   Chapter 1 Introduction 1:1 Introduction 1:2 Background of the Study 1:3 Statements …

STRENGTH CHARACTERISTICS OF RESIDUAL SOILS ON THE FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY, AKURE (FUTA) CAMPUS, SOUTHWESTERN NIGERIA CHAPTER   ONE 1.1    INTRODUCTION Residual soils are products of the in-situ physical and …

PETROGRAPHIC STUDIES OF SELECTED BARIUM SULPHATE DEPOSITS IN BENUE TROUGH OF NIGERIA CHAPTER ONE 1.0 INTRODUCTION Barytes is an orthorhombic mineral with chemical composition BaSO4. It possesses one perfect …

THE PALYNOSTRATIGRAPHIC STUDIES OF  RAST WELL 13 NIGER DELTA BASIN SOUTHWESTERN  NIGERIA 3000FT CHAPTER ONE 1.0  GENERAL INTRODUCTION Niger delta is one of the sedimentary basins in Nigeria. It is …