Thesis (M.Sc.)--College of William and Mary. / Vita. Includes bibliographical references.

Thesis (M.C.E.)--University of Delaware, 2008. / Principal faculty advisor: James T. Kirby, Dept. of Civil & Environmental Engineering. Includes bibliographical references.

The Loch Lomond Advance limits and raised marine shorelines in N. W. Argyll have been mapped and surveyed. Radiocarbon dated Lateglacial and Postglacial pollen sites at Salen and Loch Shiel provide the vegetational history and chronology for the area. 14 Loch Lomond Advance glacier termini and associated limits were mapped using the distribution of hummocky and fluted moraine, together with a survey of erratic boulders. 83% of the reconstructed former glaciers had a southerly aspect relating to southerly snow-bearing winds. The average firnline gradient was 7.5m/km increasing in altitude towards the north-east; the average firnline height for the area was 369m. The Main Lateglacial Shoreline, formed during the Loch Lomond Stadial, slopes towards 270 with a gradient of 0.15m/km from 9m in the east to Om in the west of the area. It was formed by freeze-thaw action operating under exceptional conditions, and its formation was influenced by rock type. Two Postglacial shorelines are recognized : the Main Postglacial shoreline that slopes towards 270, from 14m to 8m with a gradient of 0.06m/km, and a lower shoreline at approximately 5m which has no definite gradient. An absolute Lateglacial pollen site at Salen, Ardnamurchan, shows an early pioneer community of Rumex, Salix, Gramineae and Cyperaceae species being replaced by an Empetrum heath during the Lateglacial Interstadial. Subsequent stadial conditions are reflected by open herb communities and the onset of coarse minerogenic sedimentation. This minerogenic influx ceased around 10,000 to 9,700 B.P. with a rapid recolonization of the surrounding area by pioneer herbs, then dwarf shrub and finally deciduous woodland. Middle and Late Postglacial vegetational development is recorded by lacustrine sediments from Loch Shiel where the fossil pollen record shows that a mixed deciduous woodland of Quercus, Alnus, Betula and Corylus was progressively cleared by man. Palaeomagnetic and chemical records were obtained from the site. The Main Postglacial Transgression flooded Loch Shiel resulting in the deposition of shells of the marine bivlave Thyasira flexonosa.

Thesis (M.C.E.)--University of Delaware, 2009. / Principal faculty advisor: Jack A. Puleo, Dept. of Civil & Environmental Engineer. Includes bibliographical references.

Thesis (Ph. D.)--Ohio State University, 2003. / Title from first page of PDF file. Document formatted into pages; contains xiv, 142 p.; also includes graphics (some col.). Includes abstract and vita. Advisor: Ronxing Li, Dept.of Civil Engineering and Geodetic Science. Includes bibliographical references (p. 134-142).

Thesis (M.A.)--University of Hong Kong, 1961. / Type-written copy. Includes bibliographical references (p. 103-115). Also available on microfilm.

The objective of the research reported in this thesis was to elucidate the mode of disappearance of the last ice-sheet to cover the Loch Long/Loch Fyne area in the SW Highlands, and to establish the sequence of raised shorelines that has been formed as a result of the interplay between eustatic and isostatically-induced sea-level changes consequent upon the melting of the ice. The study was geomorphological in orientation and a methodology was adopted that involved mapping, at a scale of 1:10,560, all glacial, fluvial and marine landforms below approx. 75 - 100 m O.D., and the subsequent accurate instrumental surveying of all relevant landforms. A certain amount of mapping back from the coast was also carried out where relevant. The errors inherent in the methods adopted and in the use of various types of marine landforms were quantitatively assessed and it was concluded that raised shorelines could be reconstructed with an accuracy of ±0.54 m using intertidal deltas and ±0.61 m using marine erosional features. The southern part of the study area was deglaciated first at ca. 13,000 yr BP. The dominant mode of deglaciation was that of rapid retreat in the sea lochs (possibly as much as 500 m/yr) due to calving that left isolated dead-ice masses in various side valleys. This retreat was punctuated by two major periods of stillstand or readvance, the Otter Ferry Stage (ca. 12,900 ± 200 yr BP) and the Loch Lomond Readvance (ca. 11,000 - 10,000 yr BP). Eight raised shorelines have been identified as having formed during the relative fall of sea-level from ca. 38 - 40 m O.D. that accompanied the disappearance of the icesheet. A particularly well developed shoreline, CLG2, was formed during the Otter Ferry Stage. A further unique rock-cut shoreline, the Main Rock Platform, was at least in part formed during the cold conditions immediately prior to and during the Loch Lomond Stadial. During the Loch Lomond Stadial glaciers extended down Loch Long to near Ardentinny and down Loch Fyne to beyond Furnace. The mountains in the NE of the study area stood proud of the ice mass as nunataks whilst a number of small valley glaciers occurred in the S of the Cowal Peninsula. Analysis of shoreline gradients and the sea-level change curve suggests that this build-up of ice was sufficient to depress the earth's crust anew. During the early part of the Flandrian Period a major transgression has been recorded by radiocarbon-dated buried peats. This transgression culminated some time after 7,200 yr BP in the formation of a major raised shoreline (CFl) and during the subsequent regression a further five shorelines were formed.

Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Washington, 1998. / Vita. Includes bibliographical references (leaves [140]-149).

Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Michigan, 1940. / "Reprinted ... from the Journal of geology, vol. XLVIII, no. 5, July-August, 1940." Includes bibliographical references.

Thesis--University of Utrecht, 1978. / Summary in Dutch. Bibliography: p. 223-232.