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Sequence Stratigraphy And Reservoir Characterization Of The Middle Devonian Marcellus Formation For A Cored Well In Harrison County, West Virginia, Victoria L. Hilliard
Sequence Stratigraphy And Reservoir Characterization Of The Middle Devonian Marcellus Formation For A Cored Well In Harrison County, West Virginia, Victoria L. Hilliard
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The Middle Devonian Marcellus Formation is an important unconventional shale play in North America. It has an approximate aerial extent of 100,000 square-miles and has been estimated to contain upwards to 489 trillion cubic feet of recoverable gas. Through the advent of horizontal drilling, in combination with hydraulic fracture simulation, the Marcellus Formation has been exploited at exponential rates. In order to increase production and drill more profitable wells, the geology of the Marcellus is being studied in more detail. In particular, geologic parameters such as geomechanical properties, total organic carbon (TOC), porosity, and mineralogy could have a direct relationship …
Improving Community College Student Success Through Investment Of A Community Capitals Framework: A Multi-Case Study, Gregory T. Busch
Improving Community College Student Success Through Investment Of A Community Capitals Framework: A Multi-Case Study, Gregory T. Busch
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The purpose of this dissertation is to understand how community colleges invest in a wide range of resources to achieve student success and how that investment can be better understood through the roles of the constructs found in the Community Capitals Framework. To address these questions, the top two Ohio community colleges demonstrating the greatest positive percent growth in overall student success from 2012 to 2015 were analyzed through case studies. From these inductive inquiries, success initiatives and college interventions to overcome barriers to student success were grouped into strands. The strands reflected a collection of similar themes helpful for …
Dimensions Of The Use Of Volunteered Geographic Information In Mass Crisis Events, Xiannian Chen
Dimensions Of The Use Of Volunteered Geographic Information In Mass Crisis Events, Xiannian Chen
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Recent studies have suggested that catastrophic events that trigger mass evacuation require surrounding communities to be well-prepared to act as ingress or pass-through areas for potential evacuees; however surrounding rural communities may have insufficient disaster-related logistical resources. In the response phase of disaster management, officials must be able to deploy resources to demand locations in types and quantities based on real-time requirements. Effective cross-jurisdictional disaster management needs real-time information, which is usually unavailable from official, authoritative sources. Conversely, VGI (volunteered geographic information) has the capability to provide real-time and local information in disaster management. This study investigates the possibility of …
Integrated Geochronology And Petrogenesis Of Volcanic Suites For Tectonic Sedimentary Studies: Karoo Basin, South Africa, Matthew P. Mckay
Integrated Geochronology And Petrogenesis Of Volcanic Suites For Tectonic Sedimentary Studies: Karoo Basin, South Africa, Matthew P. Mckay
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By integrating high-precision, U-Pb zircon geochronology with zircon and whole rock/ tuff geochemistry, the tectonic history of an active margin can be assessed independently from strata preserved in sedimentary basins. This approach is particularly useful in regions where subsequent active tectonism has resulted in extensive igneous intrusion, tectonic dissection, or structural deformation of crustal suites, obscuring the record of previous geologic events. In this work I present 603 U-Pb zircon age coupled with zircon geochemical analyses collected from Sensitive High Resolution Ion Microprobe (SHRIMP) microanalyses, 15 U-Pb zircon Thermal Ionization Mass Spectrometry (TIMS) ages, and 109 U-Pb Laser Ablation-Inductively Coupled …
Constraints On The Pressure-Temperature Path For Belt-Purcell Supergroup Metapelites From Snow Peak, Northern Idaho, Sarah Elizabeth Johnson
Constraints On The Pressure-Temperature Path For Belt-Purcell Supergroup Metapelites From Snow Peak, Northern Idaho, Sarah Elizabeth Johnson
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The Snow Peak area in northern Idaho experienced two distinct metamorphic episodes, M1 and M2. Garnets, especially those that experienced both episodes, are strongly zoned. The assemblages observed in metapelites from garnet to staurolite/kyanite zones were compared to computer generated assemblages calculated using Theriak-Domino (deCapitani and Petrakakis, 2010). The comparison and analysis of the assemblages, garnet zoning, and modal contours provides constraints on the path the rocks must have followed between metamorphic events called M1 and M2. The most useful constraints on the proposed P-T path are provided by comparing the content of Ca in garnet and the observed assemblage …
Changing Displays Of Assyrian Art In Nineteenth Century England, Clayton W. Kindred
Changing Displays Of Assyrian Art In Nineteenth Century England, Clayton W. Kindred
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In 1846, the British polymath Austen Henry Layard began archaeological excavations in the mounds of ancient Assyria, approximately twenty miles south of the modern day city of Mosul, Iraq. Uncovering artifacts almost immediately, Layard's discoveries were sent to the British Museum, where they were first displayed in 1847. Academic research on this scenario has recently experienced a great resurgence, with works such as Frederick Bohrer's seminal, Orientalism and Visual Culture, and Shawn Malley's thorough, From Archaeology to Spectacle in Victorian Britain, exploring the vast social and political connections that existed between Layard, the British Museum and the British State. But, …
Impact Of Pore Size On Gas Condensate Critical Properties Confined In Marcellus Shale, Erfan Mustafa Allawe
Impact Of Pore Size On Gas Condensate Critical Properties Confined In Marcellus Shale, Erfan Mustafa Allawe
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Gas condensate reservoirs have become an important topic of research for reservoir engineers due to the drop in gas prices in the past few years. Because of this drop, the majority of gas producers have become more interested in condensate and wet gas resources. However, gas condensate reservoirs have a unique phase behavior system and they are considered the most complicated reservoirs to develop due to the continuous composition changes. Therefore, the effects of nanopores on the critical properties of the confined gas condensate in the Marcellus Shale will be investigated in this research in order to achieve the optimum …
Intimate Empire: Women's Travel Writing And U.S. Imperialism 1880-1920, Andrea Bebell
Intimate Empire: Women's Travel Writing And U.S. Imperialism 1880-1920, Andrea Bebell
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This dissertation examines how several turn-of-century U.S. women journalists and travel writers represent U.S. imperialism in a range of locales, trafficking in prevailing discourses of gender and race to represent colonized Others and as they engage in a comparative analysis to evaluate women's status in the U.S. In doing so, I suggest that these women, largely overlooked in critical discourses on U.S. imperialism, nonetheless contributed to the U.S. imperial imaginary. By recuperating the work of "newspaper ladies" Margherita Hamm, Nellie Bly, and Mary Krout, and through a reconsideration of Edith Wharton's travel writing, I consider the complex ways that white …
Nato Military Interventions In Kosovo, Libya, Afghanistan And Their Impact On Relations With Russia After The Cold War, Dovydas Rogulis
Nato Military Interventions In Kosovo, Libya, Afghanistan And Their Impact On Relations With Russia After The Cold War, Dovydas Rogulis
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This thesis seeks to find out how NATO military interventions in Kosovo, Libya and Afghanistan have negatively affected relations with Russia. In order to achieve the aim and hypothesis of the study, the critical geopolitical approach is chosen as a theoretical framework.;The schematic critical geopolitics conceptualization of Gearoid O. Tuathail is used as the method of research. This thesis mostly pays attention to three essential parts of the critical geopolitics: "formal geopolitics" (analyses of think tanks, specialists, etc.), "practical geopolitics" (the decisions of policy makers, official statements, documents, strategies and speeches) and "popular geopolitics" (media discourse and opinion surveys). The …
Saints, Sinners, And Socialists On The Southside: Polish Catholic Immigrant Workers, Politics, And Culture In Wheeling, West Virginia, 1890-1930, William Hal Gorby
Saints, Sinners, And Socialists On The Southside: Polish Catholic Immigrant Workers, Politics, And Culture In Wheeling, West Virginia, 1890-1930, William Hal Gorby
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In the years after the Civil War, Wheeling, West Virginia developed into a major manufacturing center in the Northern Panhandle. Until 1885, Wheeling was the state capital of West Virginia and was the center of cut nail production in America. The city already possessed a large population of Irish and German immigrants. However, with the decline of the nail industry and the transition to steel manufacturing in the Upper Ohio Valley, by the 1890's, Wheeling attracted many immigrants from Southern and Eastern Europe. These immigrants took their places at the bottom of the industrial hierarchy and were relegated to the …
Regional Mapping And Reservoir Analysis Of The Middle Devonian Marcellus Shale In The Appalachian Basin, Jared Vanmeter
Regional Mapping And Reservoir Analysis Of The Middle Devonian Marcellus Shale In The Appalachian Basin, Jared Vanmeter
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The main purpose of this investigation is to define the distribution of organic-rich facies of the Middle Devonian Marcellus Shale in New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, and West Virginia. The analysis is based on well-log data, primarily gamma-ray (the most common and best calibrated) and bulk-density logs (where available). Detailed log analysis has been performed to normalize the logs and define key indicators of reservoir quality. Stratigraphic correlations have been conducted to trace key formation across the study area.;The following maps were generated over the study area.;• Isopach maps of the Mahantango Shale, Marcellus Shale, Oatka Creek Member, Cherry Valley and …
Three Essays On Investigating Province-Level Carbon Dioxide Emissions In China, Xueting Zhao
Three Essays On Investigating Province-Level Carbon Dioxide Emissions In China, Xueting Zhao
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The three essays in this dissertation study the influential factors of energy-related carbon dioxide emission intensity, whether the province-level carbon dioxide emission intensity is convergence, and how the spatial panel data models perform in forecasting against non-spatial panel data models for province-level carbon dioxide emissions in China.;The first essay entitled "Spatial Analysis of China Province-Level CO 2 Emission Intensity" offers a unique contribution to the literature by investigating the influential factors of energy-related carbon dioxide emission intensity among a panel of 30 provinces in China covering the period 1990-2010. This study uses novel spatial panel data models to analyze the …
Mountain Top Eco-Industrial Park: An Eco-Industrial, Renewable Energy Approach For Industrial Park Development, Jing Chu
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This project applies the concepts of industrial ecology and recreational gateway development to the redesign of an existing industrial park - Mountain Top Industrial Park in Grant County, West Virginia. The location of the existing industrial park, in close proximity to the CSX railroad and the future Corridor H expressway corridor, lends itself to eco-industrial development and may function as a touristic gateway to the region. The site is at the center of an `energy' complex: Mount Storm Power Plant and former surface mines. Extractive industries and energy production will be a theme within the design project. An Eco-Industrial Park …
Implications Of Interactions Among Society, Education And Technology: A Comparison Of Multiple Linear Regression And Multilevel Modeling In Mathematics Achievement Analyses, Pamela Rose Deering
Implications Of Interactions Among Society, Education And Technology: A Comparison Of Multiple Linear Regression And Multilevel Modeling In Mathematics Achievement Analyses, Pamela Rose Deering
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This research compares and contrasts two approaches to predictive analysis of three years' of school district data to investigate relationships between student and teacher characteristics and math achievement as measured by the state-mandated Maryland School Assessment mathematics exam. The sample for the study consisted of 3,514 students taught by 99 teachers in a small Appalachian school district in western Maryland. The first analytic approach, standard multiple linear regression, produced a model in which each of the predictors is statistically significant: student gender, prior math achievement, student performance on school district mathematics benchmark exams, teacher years of experience, and advanced teacher …
Three Essays On Institutions And Development In Sub-Saharan Africa, Amanda M. Mandzik
Three Essays On Institutions And Development In Sub-Saharan Africa, Amanda M. Mandzik
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As a region, sub-Saharan Africa lags behind the rest of the world in both human development and economic growth. However, a portion of the development literature suggests that institutions may play a role in explaining, and perhaps changing, the outcomes that are observed in these countries. Therefore, this dissertation explores how institutions have shaped and continue to shape the health and economic outcomes of this region. In Chapter 2, jointly with Andrew Young, we seek to explain the correlation between high HIV prevalence rates and the Christian share of the population that contrasts with low HIV prevalence rates observed with …
Essays On Industrial Agglomeration And Input-Output Linkages, Zheng Tian
Essays On Industrial Agglomeration And Input-Output Linkages, Zheng Tian
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Industrial agglomeration is an important subject in the field of regional economics. It is an economic phenomenon with two dimensions---space and industry. These two dimensions call for research that can take both spatial and industry factors into consideration regarding industrial agglomeration. Despite the advance of economic theories on agglomeration, empirical studies that satisfactorily incorporate spatial and industrial dimensions are very few. My research aims to enrich the existing methodology for empirical studies by combining spatial econometrics and the input-output model to investigate the effects of input-output linkages on industrial agglomeration.;In this research I propose two methods to integrate spatial econometrics …
Geochemical And Isotopic Variations In Surface Waters Of The Monongahela River Basin: An Area Of Accelerating Marcellus Shale Development In West Virginia, Adam J. Pelak
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Water samples were collected from fifty streams in the Monongahela River basin of West Virginia at baseflow condition. The study area was divided into different Marcellus Shale production categories based the amount of Marcellus Shale gas production in a particular HUC-12 sub-watershed. All samples were analyzed for selected major and minor geochemistry, as well as stable isotopes of delta2HH2O, delta18OH2O, delta13CDIC, delta18OSO4 and delta34SSO4. The geochemical and isotopic characteristics of the 50 water samples collected show no clustering based on production category. Extremely high concentrations of total dissolved solids (TDS) are characteristic of produced water from Marcellus Shale production. All …
Technology Use In The Treatment And Prevention Of Eating Disorders, Jessie T. Popelka
Technology Use In The Treatment And Prevention Of Eating Disorders, Jessie T. Popelka
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Technology is changing rapidly in this global world. A radically different delivery of nutrition information and counseling is technologically feasible in fewer than five years. With about half of girls and a quarter of boys being dissatisfied with their bodies during adolescence into young adulthood, some negative consequences including development of disordered eating, eating disorders (ED) and poor psychological well-being may increase. New methods of delivery, from social media to virtual worlds will allow health care providers (HCP) to reach and interact with patients in different cities or even countries. Simple "tweets" to online videos may have a place in …
Relating Deformation Fabrics To Multiple Metamorphic Events Preserved In Metapelites Of The Belt-Purcell Supergroup In The Snow Peak Area Of Northern Idaho, Kacey Jo Largent
Relating Deformation Fabrics To Multiple Metamorphic Events Preserved In Metapelites Of The Belt-Purcell Supergroup In The Snow Peak Area Of Northern Idaho, Kacey Jo Largent
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Previous work has shown that two significant metamorphic/deformation events (M1/D1 and M2/D2) affected the metapelites of the upper Wallace Formation in the Snow Peak area of northern Idaho. This study's goal was to distinguish the effects of the two metamorphic and deformation events by studying garnet growth and structural fabrics preserved in the metapelites in the Snow Peak area. All the samples within the M1/D1 affected area have the earlier foliation (S1) as the dominant matrix foliation. S1 in these samples was overprinted by S2 which is defined by a crenulation cleavage and/or sheared strain shadows around porphyroblasts that did …
Seismic Attribute-Assisted Structure Analysis Of The Mackay Dome Transpressional System, Bighorn Basin, Southern Montana: Evidence For Reservoir Compartmentalization, Abigail Lauryn Morris
Seismic Attribute-Assisted Structure Analysis Of The Mackay Dome Transpressional System, Bighorn Basin, Southern Montana: Evidence For Reservoir Compartmentalization, Abigail Lauryn Morris
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The Mackay dome field is found in southern Montana, in the northern most section of the Bighorn basin. It is characterized by a transpressional positive flower structure that lies above the left lateral Nye-Bowler lineament. The main reservoir is the Cretaceous Greybull sandstone, which is sourced by the lower Permian Phosphoria. The reservoir has been divided into two main compartments, but complicated faulting could divide it into a more segmented reservoir. The seismic attributes most extreme curvature, variance, and ant tracking were applied to the Greybull reservoir in order to delineate bounding and segmenting faults of the reservoir. These attributes …
Three Essays On Institutional Change, Kathleen M. Sheehan
Three Essays On Institutional Change, Kathleen M. Sheehan
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This dissertation consists of three essays which empirically investigate different avenues of institutional change. The introduction opens with a discussion of the topics explored in the three essays and provides an overview of important results from each essay. Essay one is a joint effort with Dr. Andrew Young. In this essay, we examine how foreign aid affects institutional change using a panel of aid recipient countries and multiple measures of institutions. In essay two, I examine how globalization affects informal institutions, measured by the level of culture in a country. The final essay explores if there are spatial spillovers from …
Flipping The Classroom In College Algebra: A Design And Development Study, Lori Ogden
Flipping The Classroom In College Algebra: A Design And Development Study, Lori Ogden
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This dissertation documents the development of a flipped classroom teaching model for teaching college algebra. The model supports the use of multiple teaching strategies including video lectures for students to view as homework, outside of class. A design and development framework is used to describe the design decisions, model implementation, and evaluation of the model across three deliveries, or case studies, of a college algebra course from fall of 2012 through fall of 2013. Design decisions included course sequence and instructional materials. Model implementation described the teaching and assessment strategies throughout each unit of material taught in the course and …
Country Schoolgirls: A Study Of Rural Women And The Rise Of Public Education, 1820-1914, Allyson Perry
Country Schoolgirls: A Study Of Rural Women And The Rise Of Public Education, 1820-1914, Allyson Perry
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This thesis explores the rise of public education, its influence on rural society, and the ways that farmwomen used schooling for a variety of purposes. Throughout the nineteenth century, more opportunities for women appeared as communities in the mountainous areas of West Virginia and Pennsylvania established free, public schools. With these social developments came an attempt to balance the public's perception of women's role in rural society. Administrators charged with implementing state-wide, public education had to set boundaries on women's advancement as they reacted to the public's changing ideas of women's proper role. Confronting these ideas set forth by administrators, …
Isotopic Composition Of Dissolved Inorganic Carbon In Underground Mine Discharges Of The Northern Appalachian Basin, Rachelle Thorne
Isotopic Composition Of Dissolved Inorganic Carbon In Underground Mine Discharges Of The Northern Appalachian Basin, Rachelle Thorne
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This research examined the efficacy of using 13C of dissolved inorganic carbon (DIC) to infer geochemical and microbiological processes in underground coal mine discharges. Groundwater samples from mines in two different coal seams (the Pittsburgh and Upper Freeport) and three different hydrogeologic settings (fully flooded, partially flooded, and free draining) were compared. Twenty mine discharges were sampled, fifteen from the Pittsburgh coal seam and five from the Upper Freeport. Sampling sites included mine portals and seeps. All sampling followed standard field protocols. Results were evaluated for possible relationships between 13CDIC signatures and 1) mine hydrogeologic setting and 2) geochemical properties …
The Hot Struggle Over The Cold Waters: The Strategic Position Of The Arctic Region During And After The Cold War, Magdalena Nowak
The Hot Struggle Over The Cold Waters: The Strategic Position Of The Arctic Region During And After The Cold War, Magdalena Nowak
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The Arctic became a hot spot on the global map and discussion over the cold waters became an important issue in international relations. During the Cold War, as it is today, the Arctic was a separate area of rivalry between the superpowers. Despite the fact that today's debate is based on different issues, including sovereignty over the region, potential access to natural resources and the status of international waters, there is still a strong military component to the competing interests, as there was during the Cold War.
Confederate Borderland, Indian Homeland: Slavery, Sovereignty, And Suffering In Indian Territory, Zachery Christian Cowsert
Confederate Borderland, Indian Homeland: Slavery, Sovereignty, And Suffering In Indian Territory, Zachery Christian Cowsert
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This thesis explores the American Civil War in Indian Territory, focusing on how clashing visions of sovereignty within the Five Tribes---Cherokee, Chickasaw, Choctaw, Creek, and Seminole---led to the one the most violent and relatively unknown chapters of the Civil War. Particular attention is paid to the first two years of the war, highlighting why the Five Tribes allied with Confederacy, and why those alliances failed over time. Chapter One examines Indian Territory as a borderland, unveiling how various actors within that borderland, including missionaries, Indian agents, white neighbors in Arkansas and Texas, and Indians themselves shaped Native American decision-making and …
Application Of Neural Network-Support Vector Technique To Forecast U.S. Unemployment Rate, Azadeh Ansari
Application Of Neural Network-Support Vector Technique To Forecast U.S. Unemployment Rate, Azadeh Ansari
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This research utilized five economic factors; 1) Consumer Price Index, 2) Return on Treasury Securities, 3) Total Nonfarm payroll, 4) Jobless Claims Filed, and 5) Stand & Poor 500 index to predict US unemployment rate. Historical time series data was obtained from the Economic Research web site of the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis and other finance web site.;Multiple Linear Regression, Back Propagation Algorithm, and Support Vector Regression techniques were utilized to predict US unemployment rate. Based on Mean Squared Error and adjusted R2 values, the Support Vector Regression technique provided superior results for the given dataset. Future US …
Reducing Tobacco Related Health Disparities, Andrew Alexander Anesetti-Rothermel
Reducing Tobacco Related Health Disparities, Andrew Alexander Anesetti-Rothermel
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Despite the historic declines in the prevalence of cigarette smoking in the United States, tobacco use remains a major public health burden. The persistent use and susceptibility of tobacco arises from tobacco-related health disparities, which historically occur among vulnerable and underserved populations. Since rural/nonmetropolitan populations suffer disproportionately more tobacco-related health disparities than urban/metropolitan populations, the main goal of this project and its three component studies was to address rural tobacco-related health disparities. Study 1 utilizes an exploratory spatial data analysis approach to identify those rural areas disproportionately affected by tobacco. This study assessed the overall spatial association between county-level rurality …
Analyzing Fracture Stimulation Of Middle Devonian Strata In Clearfield County Pennsylvania Using A 3d Geomechanical Fault Model And Microseismic, Cole E. Bowers
Analyzing Fracture Stimulation Of Middle Devonian Strata In Clearfield County Pennsylvania Using A 3d Geomechanical Fault Model And Microseismic, Cole E. Bowers
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The Middle Devonian Marcellus Formation in the Appalachian basin is a world class unconventional reservoir. The Marcellus Formation in Clearfield County, Pennsylvania has comparable thickness, depth, reservoir pressure, total organic carbon, and thermal maturity in comparison to other areas within the Appalachian basin. However, lower natural gas production is observed in this area. Structural complexity, natural fracturing, and rock mechanics in the study area negatively affect fracture stimulation, and can potentially hinder gas production. Two fault models using depth converted 3D seismic highlight structural complexity. A geomechanical model, and microseismic analysis using r(t) plots, and b-values highlight effects of natural …
Between The Local And The National: The Free Territory Of Trieste, "Italianita," And The Politics Of Identity From The Second World War To The Osimo Treaty, Fabio Capano
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This dissertation examines the politicized use of the city of Trieste and its surrounding territory, a cosmopolitan municipality that became the theatre of one of the most heated disputes of the early Cold War years. Scholars have extensively studied the diplomatic dimension of the confrontation between Italy and former Yugoslavia, yet many have largely neglected the significance of the broader political process that led to the Osimo Treaty of 1975, the final settlement of Italy's eastern border. This dissertation reaffirms the importance of the Triestine territory as a contested socio-political space that experienced the logic of both Cold War containment …