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The contact relationship between an large orogenic ultramafic massif and its surrounding units: Beni Bousera northern Morocco
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2009)
Paleomagnetism conglomerate test on Archean conglomerate rock from Jack Hills, Australia
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2011)
A paleomagnetism study known as a conglomerate test was run on an Archean sandstone conglomerate rock to determine if the sample contained a remnant magnetization from the time of its formation. Twenty-nine clasts from a ...
Natural variability in eastern tropical Pacific nitrous oxide emissions
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2018)
Nitrous oxide (N2O) is a powerful greenhouse gas and ozone depleting substance, but its natural sources remain poorly constrained. Marine emissions are likely much higher than IPCC estimates predict, due to unusually high ...
The role of eddies in buoyancy flux
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2001)
This thesis explores the role of eddies in determining the stratification of the ocean through a laboratory experiment. The experiment uses a dual-tank apparatus, with a smaller tank sitting inside the larger tank. Both ...
The impact of Arctic cloud water and ice on cloud radiative forcing during the Arctic Summer Cloud-Ocean Study in August 2008
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2010)
The Arctic atmosphere is especially sensitive to changes in climate forcing; however, Arctic processes and feedbacks are not understood well enough to accurately predict how the Arctic environment might change under ...
K-Star rapid rotators and the detection of relatively young multiple K-Star systems
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2014)
In this thesis, I searched through the Kepler light curves of 14,440 K-star targets for evidence of periodicities that indicate rapid stellar rotation. Many Kepler M, K, and G stars show modulations in flux due to rotating ...
Testing models of ultra-fast India-Asia convergence : new paleomagnetic results from Ladakh, Western Himalaya
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2014)
Rapid India-Asia convergence has led to a major continental collision and formation of the Himalayas, the highest mountain range on Earth. Knowledge of the paleolatitude of the Kohistan-Ladakh Arc (KLA), an intermediate ...
Characterizing the evolution of porosity and permeability in porous media undergoing pressure solution creep.
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2012)
This work looks at the change in pore-scale morphological properties such as porosity and permeability using modeled sphere packs. The effects of varying pressure, temperature, and stress upon these properties are evaluated ...
Time series photometry of the dwarf planet Eris
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2007)
This project utilizes time series photometry to attempt to find the period of the newly discovered Kuiper Belt Object (KBO), Eris. Eris is known to have a radius slightly larger than Pluto and an extremely high albedo of ...
Rotational lightcurve analysis of binary Asteroid (22) Kalliope/Linus
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2008)
Binary asteroids have been insightful to scientists in recent years in their quest to better understand the Solar System in its early stage. Observing a mutual event between a primary and its moon can yield the sizes of ...