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Thermochronological Evidence For Neogene Incision Of The Rio Pativilca Canyon, Northern Peru, Matthew James Montario

Geology Theses and Dissertations

The Peruvian Andes have attained modern elevations of ~4000 m. Many peaks along the drainage divide are in excess of 5500 m with ~2-3 km of vertical relief, and canyons cut into the western edge have up to 3.5 km relief. The Rio Pativilica Canyon is cut into a folded Mesozoic marine sequence intruded by granitic rocks of the Coastal Batholith, which are overlain by Tertiary volcanics: this canyon has relief in excess of ~3 km. Based on geomorphological evidence, two episodes of valley incision cut the Puna erosional surface: 1) The Vallé stage, which is characterized by broad valleys …

Screenshots, Southern Association Of Colleges And Schools Review, 2006, University Of South Florida St. Petersburg

SACS Historical Forms and Applications

Screenshots from the University of South Florida St. Petersburg's website on the accreditation process by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools.

2006 Sacs Compliance Certification, Introduction, University Of South Florida St. Petersburg

SACS Historical Forms and Applications

A packet of documents answering questions from the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools (SACS) relating to compliance from the University of South Florida St. Petersburg. An introduction letter from V. Mark Durand, Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs, dated February 6, 2006, acts as a cover sheet for the packet.

Roster, University Of South Florida St. Petersburg Faculty Roster, Fall 2005, University Of South Florida St. Petersburg

SACS Historical Forms and Applications

A list of faculty for the University of South Florida St. Petersburg for Fall 2005. The roster is arranged alphabetically by College and thereunder by Department and thereunder by last name.

Accommodations And Modification For Elementary Students With Special Needs, Malydi Wolfe

Honors Capstones

As an education major it is important to understand and be able to properly assess disabilities that I may come in contact with when I have a classroom of my own. With many government laws like IDEA, which is the law authorizing special education, and No Child Left Behind I feel it is in my best interest to stay abreast of current accommodations and modifications both research and teachers suggest for students with disabilities. By doing this I am providing my students with a chance to succeed in the best possible environment. I am also staying up-to-date and compliant with …

On The Generalized Möbius Inversion Formulas, Tian-Xiao He, Peter Shiue3, Leetsch Hsu

Scholarship

We provide a wide class of M¨obius inversion formulas in terms of the generalized M¨obius functions and its application to the setting of the Selberg multiplicative functions.

Children’S Regulatory Law Reporter, Vol. 6, No. 1 (2006), Children's Advocacy Institute, University Of San Diego School Of Law

Children's Regulatory Law Reporter

No abstract provided.

Strength In Numbers, Candace Schilling

Illinois Wesleyan University Magazine, 2002-2017

Illinois Wesleyan’s mathematics faculty open the minds of their students while relaxing fears about an often daunting subject.

The Perceived Attractiveness Of Adult Facial Prototypes, Ashley Whittington '06

Honors Projects

This study investigated attractiveness ratings of individual faces and facial prototypes while controlling for symmetry. Symmetry was controlled by comparing symmetric individual faces to prototypes composed of 2, 4, 8, and 16 symmetric faces, morphed together by blending facial features such as eyes, nose, eyebrows, mouth, and outer contour. Adult male and female participants (N = 139, M age = 19.12 years) viewed stimuli presented on a computer monitor and rated the attractiveness of each facial stimuli on a 10 point scale, with higher values representing increased attractiveness. Results indicated that attractiveness ratings increased as the number of faces in …

Limits Of Diagonalization And The Polynomial Hierarchy, Kyle Barkmeier '06

Honors Projects

Determining the computational complexity of problems is a large area of study. It seeks to separate these problems into ones with "efficient" solutions, and those with "inefficient" solutions. Of course, the strata is much more fine-grain than this. Of special interest are two classes of problems: P and NP. These have been of much interest to complexity theorists for quite some time, because both contain many instances of important real-world problems, and finding efficient solutions for those in NP would be beneficial for computing applications. Yet with all this attention, there are still important unanswered questions about the two classes. …

The Effect Of Financial Ratios And Market Hype On Short Term Stock Prices, Adam F. Turk '06

Honors Projects

This paper considers possible sources of short term changes in stock price. By predicting these changes, analysts can learn about the forces that drive the stock market enabling investors to earn greater returns. Studies conducted throughout the twentieth century have provided a conclusive basis for stock market analysis. The concept behind these studies is the use of intrinsic ratios to determine a change in stock price. Unfortunately, few studies have produced truly relevant results. This failure led to the introduction of a new variable into stock market analysis: hype. Hype consists of non-market factors that can affect the price of …

Antitrust And Inefficient Joint Ventures: Why Sports Leagues Should Look More Like Mcdonald's And Less Like The United Nations, Stephen F. Ross, Stefan Szymanski

Marquette Sports Law Review

No abstract provided.

Market Performance And Technical Efficiency Of Domestic And Foreign-Invested Service Industries In China = 中外資服務業的比較分析, Yue Ma

Centre for Public Policy Studies : CPPS Working Paper Series

Although the Chinese manufacturing industry has attracted a vast amount of foreign direct investment (FDI) and has made rapid development, the Chinese service sector is still heftily-protected and has absorbed little FDI since the open door policy adopted in 1978. As a result, the share of the service output is just around 41% of China’s GDP. This is clearly unsatisfactory as the service sector has been able to create more jobs proportionally in many other developed and less developed countries than that in China. This paper is the first attempt in the literature to conduct an empirical comparative study of …

2006 Intersession Catalog, Illinois Mathematics And Science Academy

Intersession Catalogs

No abstract provided.

Imsa20: Bold Ideas, Illinois Mathematics And Science Academy

IMSA History

In the mid 1980s, the state of Illinois, recognizing a sharply increased need for highly skilled leaders in mathematics, science and technology, founded the Illinois Mathematics and Science Academy®. Twenty years later, the national demand for mathematics, science and technology leaders has never been greater. The National Academies report - Rising Above the Gathering Storm and President Bush's American Competitiveness Initiative - address the growing concern that the United States is losing its competitive advantage as countries abroad invest heavily in the education and training of scientists and engineers. Both initiatives call for increased commitments in scientific research and in …

Mentoring As An Alternative Approach To In-Service Teacher Education In Balochistan: Some Successes And Challenges, Muhammad Memon, Firdousali Lalwani, Rakhshinda Meher

Book Chapters / Conference Papers

No abstract provided.

An Empirical Study Of Empirical Legal Scholarship: The Top Law Schools, Tracey E. George

Indiana Law Journal

Symposium: The Next Generation of Law School Rankings held April 15, 2005 at Indiana University School of Law-Bloomington.

Student Quality As Measured By Lsat Scores: Migration Patterns In The U.S. News Rankings Era, William D. Henderson, Andrew P. Morris

Indiana Law Journal

This study examines the change in entering-class median LSAT score, a key input into the U.S. News & World Report ("U.S. News') rankings, between 1993 and 2004. Using multivariate regression analysis, the authors model several factors that can influence the direction and magnitude of this change. The study presents six specific findings: (1) the market for high Law School Admission Test (LSAT) scores is divided into two segments that operate under different rules; (2) initial starting position is a strong predictor of the future gain or loss in LSAT scores; (3) the allure of the high end corporate law firms …

University Of South Carolina Discovery Day 2006, University Of South Carolina

Discovery Day Abstracts

No abstract provided.

The Irrational Supreme Court, Michael I. Meyerson

Nebraska Law Review

I. Introduction

II. A [blunt?] Arrow Aimed at the Heart of the Supreme Court

III. The Irrationality Theorem ... A. Miller and Sex Discrimination ... B. Proof of the Irrationality Theorem ... C. When Will Irrationality Arise? ... D. The Irrationality Theorem in Action

IV. What Should be Done About Irrational Decisions? ... A. Bush v. Gore: A Case of Disingenuous Voting? ... B. The Limits of Disclosed Vote Switching ... C. The Futility of Changing Voting Protocols ... D. Irrational Solutions ... 1. Tinkering Around the Edges ... 2. Living with Irrationality

V . Conclusion

VI. Appendix: Additional Irrational …

Origin And Tectonic Significance Of The Metamorphic Sole And Isolated Dykes Of The Divriği Ophiolite (Sivas, Turkey): Evidence For Slab Break-Off Prior To Ophiolite Emplacement, Osman Parlak, Hüseyi̇n Yilmaz, Durmuş Boztuğ

Turkish Journal of Earth Sciences

The Late Cretaceous Divriği ophiolite of east-central Anatolia comprises, from bottom to top, an ophiolitic mélange, metamorphic sole and remnants of oceanic lithosphere. The ophiolitic mélange has been thrust onto the Lower Carboniferous-Campanian Munzur Limestone (Tauride platform), and is in turn tectonically overlain by the metamorphic sole. The metamorphic-sole rocks are represented by amphibolite, plagioclase amphibolite, plagioclase-amphibole schist, plagioclase-epidote-amphibole schist and calc-schist. The oceanic-lithosphere remnant exhibits a complete section, excluding volcanic rocks, comprising mantle tectonites, ultramafic to mafic cumulates, isotropic gabbros and sheeted dykes. Isolated dykes intrude the metamorphic sole and mantle tectonites at different structural levels. The metamorphic-sole rocks …

Mineral-Chemical Constraints On The Miocene Calc-Alkaline And Shoshonitic Volcanic Rocks Of Western Turkey: Disequilibrium Phenocryst Assemblages As Indicators Of Magma Storage And Mixing Conditions, Ercan Aldanmaz

Turkish Journal of Earth Sciences

Early to Middle Miocene (22 to 15 Ma) volcanic activity across western Turkey produced a series of lavas and pyroclastic deposits with calc-alkaline and shoshonitic affinities. The erupted magmas show a broad range of compositions from basaltic to rhyolitic (48-75 SiO2 wt%) and are composed of variable phenocryst assemblages. Petrographic and mineral-chemical characteristics suggest that the magmas underwent hydrous crystallization in deep crustal magma chambers that was dominated by plagioclase + pyroxene + pargasitic amphibole fractionation. Subsequent crystallization in shallower magma chambers followed two different trends: (1) anhydrous (pyroxene + plagioclase-dominated); and (2) hydrous (plagioclase + edenitic amphibole + pyroxene-dominated). …

Contact Metamorphism Around The Eocene Saraycık Granodiorite, Eastern Pontides, Turkey, Gülteki̇n Topuz

Turkish Journal of Earth Sciences

The Eocene Saraycık granodiorite, eastern Pontides, Turkey, is a small post-tectonic intrusive body (~11 km2), cross-cutting tectonically juxtaposed distinct metamorphic and non-metamorphic lithologies. A ~0.8 to 1-km-wide contact-metamorphic aureole has developed around the intrusion. Disequilibrium is prevalent in all lithologies, even in the inner zones of the contact aureole. Conditions of contact metamorphism are estimated by simple phase equilibria applied to microdomains in the metapelitic lithologies without obvious signs of disequilibrium: Shallow emplacement depths (0.21±0.05 GPa = ~5-8 km) are suggested by contact-metamorphic mineral assemblages (e.g., andalusite + corundum + K-feldspar), by Al-in-hornblende barometry on granodiorite and by partial melting …

Mohr-Circle-Based Rotational Invariants Of A Magnetotelluric Data Set From The Thrace Region Of Turkey: Geological Implications, Murat Bayrak, Aysan Gürer, Ö. Feyzi̇ Gürer, O. Meti̇n İlkişik, Ahmet T. Başokur

Turkish Journal of Earth Sciences

In the summer of 1995, magnetotelluric data were acquired at forty sites along a southwest-northeast profile crossing northwestern Turkey in continental Europe. The traverse, 204 km in length, crossed the boundary between a metamorphic mass called the Istranca Massif and a large Tertiary sedimentary basin called the Thrace Basin. The pseudosections of Mohr-circle-based rotational invariant characteristics of the magnetotelluric data such as central impedance (d3), anisotropy angle (l) and phase of central impedance (fd3) were prepared with classical magnetotelluric parameters (apparent resistivity and impedance phase), and detailed Mohr-circle displays were shown for selected stations as a function of the Bostick …

Volcanism And Its Contribution To Mudrock Genesis, Warren Huff

Turkish Journal of Earth Sciences

Explosive eruptions from volcanoes are recorded in the stratigraphic record throughout the Phanerozoic. The most visible evidence of these eruptions is generally in the form of preserved tephra layers, and they appear to be concentrated in the stratigraphic record at times of active plate collision and concomitant high stands of sea level. The products of volcanic eruptions are lavas, tephra and gases, and whereas low-silica, anhydrous basaltic magmas are usually erupted in the form of lava flows high-silica, hydrous rhyolitic magmas are commonly explosively erupted as plinian and ultraplinian plumes, and associated pyroclastic flows. Fallout tephras may be preserved in …

3d-Architecture And Neogene Evolution Of The Malatya Basin: Inferences For The Kinematics Of The Malatya And Ovacık Fault Zones, Nuretdi̇n Kaymakçi, Murat İnceöz, Pinar Ertepinar

Turkish Journal of Earth Sciences

The 3D-architecture of the Malatya Basin was studied using remote sensing, seismic interpretation, and palaeostress analysis in the context of the Malatya-Ovacık fault zone. The results indicate that the Ovacık and Malatya fault zones are not different segments of a single 'so called' Malatya-Ovacık fault zone; rather, they are two different fault zones that have operated independently. In addition, the Ovacık fault zone is delimited in the west by the Malatya fault zone, which extends farther north from the point of supposed junction. Maximum individual deflection of streams along the Ovacık fault zone is about 9.3 km, and summation of …

Geochemical Constraints On The Provenance, Mineral Sorting And Subaerial Weathering Of Lower Jurassic And Upper Cretaceous Clastic Rocks Of The Eastern Pontides, Yusufeli (Artvin), Ne Turkey, Abdurrahman Dokuz, Erkan Tanyolu

Turkish Journal of Earth Sciences

An integrated petrographic and geochemical study of the shales and sandstones of Early Jurassic and Late Cretaceous age in the Yusufeli area (Turkey) was carried out to obtain more information on their provenance, sedimentological history and tectonic setting, as well as to evaluate the influence of weathering, hydraulic sorting and recycling processes upon source-rock signature. Depending on their matrix and mineralogical content, the Lower Jurassic sandstones are identified as arkosic arenite and wacke, while the Upper Cretaceous sandstones are defined as lithic arenite and wacke. Elemental ratios such as La/Sc, Cr/Ni, Co/Th, Th/Sc and Cr/Th indicate a mafic source for …

Calcretized Ferricretes Around The Jaisalmer Area, Thar Desert, India: Their Chemistry, Mineralogy, Micromorphology And Genesis, D. Ramakrishnan, Krishna Chandra Tiwari

Turkish Journal of Earth Sciences

Ferricrete, an iron duricrust, caps Tertiary and Mesozoic rocks around Jaisalmer in the Indian desert. These ferricretes are associated with two distinct present-day landforms. The upper unit is a high-level dissected, rocky structural plain and the lower one a colluvial flat with soft ferricrete gravels. This study pertains to the first situation wherein field observations, micromorphological features and regolith chemistry suggest an in situ origin for the ferricretes, as in the case of the Walther profile. Subsequent tectonism and changes in base level resulted in a shift in processes from weathering to erosion. Episodes of erosion resulted in inversion of …

Cambrian Stratigraphy And Trilobites Of The Samur Dağ Area, South Of Hakkâri, Southeastern Turkey, William T. Dean

Turkish Journal of Earth Sciences

Carbonates of the higher Koruk Formation at Yayla Tepe, near the Samur Dağ in southeastern Turkey and about 17 km north of the Iraq border, contain peri-Gondwanan Middle Cambrian trilobites typical of the Mediterranean Subprovince; these comprise at least seven genera and include the easternmost records in the Near and Middle East of Eccaparadoxides and the biozonal genus Pardailhania. In the lower half of the succeeding, largely clastic Seydişehir Formation, Upper Cambrian trilobites from six levels in decalcified limestone interbeds include four new species [Coosinoides parthianus, Elegantaspis? montis, Prochuangia turcica, Taishania bassifrons] in addition to Chuangia? sp. and Palaeadotes sp. …

Palynomorph, Foraminifera, And Calcareous Nannoplankton Biostratigraphy Of Oligo–Miocene Sediments In The Muş Basin, Eastern Anatolia, Turkey, Recep Hayretti̇n Sancay, Zühtü Bati, Uğraş Işik, Sabri̇ Kirici, Ni̇hal Akça

Turkish Journal of Earth Sciences

Oligo-Miocene sediments have not been adequately studied biostratigraphically, and a detailed bio-chronostratigraphic framework has not yet been established in Eastern Anatolian basins. Palynomorphs have therefore been correlated with the biozonations of marine dinoflagellates, planktonic foraminifera and calcareous nannoplankton of similar latitudes in combined samples from the Ebulbahar and Kelereşdere measured stratigraphic sections, which are located in the northeastern part of Muş. Palynological (dinoflagellate), foraminiferal micropalaentological, and nannopalaeontological events, correlatable with worldwide defined biozonations, have been documented from uppermost Rupelian to Upper Miocene-Pliocene sediments. First occurrences (FOs) and and last occurrences (LOs) of selected dinoflagellates are important in establishing the biostratigraphic …