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Visar resultat 11 - 15 av 317 avhandlingar innehållade orden First North.
11. Extreme Storms in the North Atlantic and Europe
Sammanfattning : A study of the most extreme cyclones affecting the North Atlantic and Europe is presented with particular focus on extreme windstorms over the densely populated area of Western Europe, whose associated high surface wind speeds are capable of causing extensive structural damage and occasionally a loss of life.A novel cyclone identification and tracking algorithm is presented which explicitly recognises ‘multi-centre cyclones’ (MCCs), defined as cyclonic systems which contain two or three sea-level pressure minima. LÄS MER
12. Higher Education for Girls in North American College Fiction 1886-1912
Sammanfattning : Twenty years after Vassar College welcomed the first American female undergraduates in 1865, the experiences of women college students began to be fictionalized in so-called college stories. This thesis shows how higher education is presented in the novels, collections of short stories, and serialized stories for female readers published before the United States was involved in the First World War. LÄS MER
13. Gårdar och folk i norr : Bebyggelse, befolkning och jordbruk i Norrbotten under 1500-talet
Sammanfattning : The aim of this study is to investigate colonization processes and population and agricultural development during the 16th century. The studied geographical area consists of the northern part of the northernmost province of Sweden of that time, Västerbotten. LÄS MER
14. Biostratigraphic implications of Neogene diatom abundances in the Norwegian Sea, the North Atlantic and the western North Pacific
Sammanfattning : This thesis consists of three separate articles and are mainly concerned with the taxonomy of species from the genus Thalassiosira and quantitative diatom biostratigraphy in three oceanic regions of the northern hemisphere. The study material consists of Ocean Drilling Program (ODP) Holes 642B, 642C and 644A at about 67°N in the Norwegian Sea, Deep Sea Drilling Project (DSDP) Hole 552A at 56 N in the North Atlantic, and DSDP Site 578 at 34°N in the northwest Pacific. LÄS MER
15. The genus Xanthoria (Fr.) Th.Fr. in North America
Sammanfattning : The lichenized ascomycete genus Xanthoria (Fr.) Th.Fr. (Teloschistaceae) in continental United States and Canada is revised. LÄS MER