A field study of positive inversion is conducted to describe associated structural fabrics and to infer kinematic development of the Palisades Monocline, Grand Canyon, Arizona. These features are then compared to sand, clay and solid rock models of positive inversion to test model results and improve understanding of inversion processes. The N40W 90 oriented Palisades fault underlying the monocline has experienced northeast-southwest Precambrian extension and subsequent northeastsouthwest Laramide contraction. The magnitude of inversion is estimated to be 25% based on vertical offset across the fault, although this does not account for flexure or horizontal shortening. The preferred N50W 90 joint and vein orientation and N50W 68 NE and SW conjugate normal faults are consistent with the Palisades fault and northeastsouthwest extension. The N45E 90 joint orientation and approximately N40W 28 NE and SW conjugate thrust faults are consistent with northeast-southwest contraction. The deformation is characterized by three domains across the fault zone: 1) the hanging wall, 2) the footwall, and 3) an interior, fault-bounded zone between the hanging wall and footwall. Extensional features are preserved and dominate the hanging wall, contractional features define footwall deformation, and the interior, fault-bounded zone is marked by the co-existence of extensional and contractional features. Extension caused a master normal fault and hanging wall roll-over with distributed joints, veinsand normal faults. During inversion, contraction induced reverse reactivation of existing hanging wall faults, footwall folding and footwall thrust-faulting. Precambrian normal slip along the master normal fault and subsequent Laramide reverse slip along the new footwall bounding fault created an uplifted domain of relatively oldest strata between the hanging wall and footwall. Physical models of co-axial inversion suggest consistent development of the three domains of deformation described at the Palisades fault, however the models often require magnitudes of inversion greater than 50%. Although vertical block motion during horizontal compression is not predicted directly by the Mohr-Coulomb criterion, physical models and analytical solutions (incorporating Mohr- Coulomb criterion) suggest maximum stress trajectories and near vertical failure above high angle basement faults that compare favorably with the Palisades fault zone.

Texte légèrement remanié de: Dissertation--Jena--Friedrich-Schiller-Universität, 2008. / Bibliogr. p. 429-480.

Rapport de stage diplôme de conservateur des bibliothèques : Bibliothéconomie : Villeurbanne, ENSSIB : 2003.

Thèse de doctorat : Théologie philosophie : Metz : 2007. Thèse de doctorat : Théologie philosophie : Universität zu Köln. Thomas-Institut : 2007. / Thèse soutenue en co-tutelle. Bibliogr. f. 667-700. Index nominum f. 702-705.

Reproduction de : Thèse de doctorat : Physique des particules : Lyon 1 : 2008. / Titre provenant de l'écran titre. Bibliogr. p. 229-233.

Thesis (M.A.)--Queen's University at Kingston, 2001. / Includes bibliographical references.

Thesis (M. Arch.)--University of Hong Kong, 1998. / Includes special report study entitled: Automatic building conveying system for human flow. Includes bibliographical references.

Beginning with the premise that all literary texts are rhetorical in nature, this thesis explores the impact of the persuasive function in Romain Gary's Le grand vestiaire from the perspective of his poetics, defined in Pour Sganarelle. The analysis of typical narrative, descriptive and dialogal techniques used by the author brings to the fore at once the textual sites in which Gary's central precept, the univocity of meaning, is upheld, and the presence of ambiguities that undermine it. Likewise, the analysis of the novel's socio-historical context highlights its ideological dimensions, which is both inherent to the work and responsible for certain indeterminacies that foreclose the possibility of a unique meaning. Finally, it is shown that the rhetorical figures in Gary's text, which are designed, by their overwhelming presence, to forcefully reconfirm the univocity of meaning, also generate a series of equivocations. This thesis demonstrates that while Le grand vestiaire is indeed based on literary techniques that ensure its effectiveness, the novel is at odds with Gary's poetics and ultimately represents its functional ineffectiveness.

This study has presented a comprehensive overview of environmental and economic conditions in the Cayman Islands. The project studied the development patterns of the nation's largest island, Grand Caymans. The thesis determines the impact of development and project impacts of future development; the analysis portion clarifies the overall implications of rapid development. The latter half of the thesis, the solution portion, utilizes current theories, which are recommended by the Environment Protection Agency (EPA) such as Smart Growth and Green Development. The combination of the EPA's theories provides a compressive environmental plan that would ensure long-term environmental and economic sustainability. / Department of Landscape Architecture

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