Browse theses by postgraduate research students from the School of Geography, Earth and Environmental Sciences.
Theses/Dissertations from 2024
Brittle-viscous deformation cycles at the base of the seismogenic zone in the continental crust, Francesca Prando
Resilience thinking and the influence of street-level bureaucrats on the implementation of EU environmental policies in overseas territories: lessons from Gibraltar., Jaime Sanchez-Garcia
Sofa-Surfing: The Cartographies of Young People Utilising Host-Dependent Shelter., Kieran Green
Technology Impacts, Justice, Place, and Worldviews: An Integrated Framework for Understanding Perceptions of and Attitudes towards Shale-Gas Fracking in English Host Communities, Kechagia Magdalini
The Reconstruction of Climate in Beringia by analysis of Glycerol Dialkyl Glycerol Tetraether (GDGT) Distributions using High Performance Liquid Chromatography – Mass Spectrometry (HPLC-MS)., Lauren Beth Pankhurst
Using remote sensing to track complex sinuous ripple migration on a barchan dune in Herschel Crater, Mars, Elizabeth Visick
Theses/Dissertations from 2023
An Isotopic Analysis of Carbon Dynamics in Sphagnum Peat, Jasper Michael Newman
Deciphering the signature of fluid/rock reactions in the lower oceanic crust: The Oman ophiolite analogue, Marta Grabowska
GEOPHYSICAL MODELLING OF MAGNETIC ANOMALIES OVER THE LIZARD COMPLEX OPHIOLITE, SW ENGLAND, Dilan Toprak
Going back-to-the-land in the Anthropocene: a more-than-human journey into anarchist geography, Carlotta Molfese
Historic and prehistoric volcanic activity on St Kitts and Nevis, West Indies: Controls on future hazard, Amy Lea Peach-Gibson
Phosphorus fate and management on the Somerset Levels and Moors Ramsar ditch systems, Ry Crocker
Soil and Wastewater Properties that Influence the Uptake of Anti(retro)viral Pharmaceuticals in Plants, Preston Chebai Akenga
TECTONIC GEOMORPHOLOGY AND TRANSIENT LANDSCAPE RESPONSE OF THE SPARTA FAULT (GREECE), Çal Çağatay
THE IMPACT OF CHANGING SHIPPING EMISSIONS ON THE ATMOSPHERIC DEPOSITION OF TRACE ELEMENTS AND SULFUR TO THE WESTERN ENGLISH CHANNEL AND COASTAL ZONE, Laurence Christian Windell
Theses/Dissertations from 2022
GEOPHYSICAL MODELLING OF MAGNETIC ANOMALIES OVER THE BALLANTRAE OPHIOLITE COMPLEX AND SOUTHERN UPLANDS FAULT SYSTEM, SW SCOTLAND, Arzum Cansu Can
IN-THE-MAKING: UNDERSTANDING THE PROCESS OF BUILDING SOCIAL RESILIENCE AND EXPERIENCES OF FORCED MIGRANT FAMILIES IN PLYMOUTH, UK., Hoayda Darkal
Intraplate Volcanism in our Solar System; Searching for Terrestrial Analogues for the Moon and Mars, Francesca Willcocks
Theses/Dissertations from 2021
Across the River: ferries as a vehicle for exploring riverborderscapes, Eva McGrath
Environmental controls on the skeletal mineralogy of marine calcifiers, Kilian Eichenseer
Evaluating the emerging environmental risks of mycotoxins in freshwater ecosystems., Emily Eagles
Lithological and climatic controls on fluvial landscape evolution of a post-orogenic dryland mountain belt, Jesse Ruben Zondervan
Rare metal resources in polymetallic nodules from the Eastern Equatorial Pacific Ocean, Wycliff Tupiti
Visual Anthropological Methods in Earthquake Risk Communication: A Transdisciplinary Approach, Johanna Ickert
Theses/Dissertations from 2020
A high-resolution palaeoecological study of land use change during late prehistory on Exmoor, Havananda Ombashi
Assessing the dynamics of soil erosion and sediment transport under increasing land use pressures in East African Rift Catchments, Maarten Wynants
Eco-engineering of coastal infrastructure: A design for life, Kathryn O'Shaughnessy
Heathland Restoration after Mineral Extraction, Mary Louise Lane
Relational rural geographies, resilience, and narratives of small-scale fruit farming in the metropolitan countryside of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Felipe da Silva Machado
The Sheeted Dyke-Gabbro Transition Zone: the Key to Unravelling the Palaeomagnetic Record of the Oman Ophiolite, Louise Maria Theresia Koornneef
Theses/Dissertations from 2019
Assessing Economic, Social, Political and Environmental Issues Related to Mega-projects: A case study of Merowe Dam in Sudan, Al-Noor Abdullah
Development of biomarker-based proxy methods for reconstructing the late Quaternary sea ice history in the Barents Sea, Deniz Can Koseoglu
PALAEOMAGNETIC AND STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS OF THE METAMORPHIC SOLE ROCKS OF THE MERSIN OPHIOLITE, SOUTHERN TURKEY, Buğra Çavdar
THE HYDROTHERMAL RARE EARTH ELEMENT MINERALISATION AT THE PERALKALINE CARBONATITE FEN COMPLEX IN NORWAY, Christian Marien
Topographic reconstructions of the Variscan Belt of Western Europe through the study of fossil hydrothermal systems, Camille Dusséaux
Wild entanglements: exploring the visions and dilemmas of ‘renaturing’ urban Britain, Cara Louisa Clancy
Theses/Dissertations from 2018
A Critical Evaluation of ITSO Smart Ticketing policy, practice and outcomes, Alison Rumbles
Deformation Mechanisms and Strain Localization in the Mafic Continental Lower Crust, Giulia Degli Alessandrini
Ecology and climates of early Middle Pleistocene interglacials in Britain, Francis Rowney
Organic nitrogen uptake by marine algae: consequences for marine ecosystem functioning and biodiversity, Monica Raccagni
The Separation of the Polar Constituents of Petroleum, William Robson
The sorption fate of active pharmaceutical ingredients in soils receiving high wastewater inputs and implications for risk assessments, Katherine Edith Lees
Using Computer Visualisations to Educate and Communicate Volcanic Hazards to At-Risk Communities, Lara Mani
Theses/Dissertations from 2017
Copper and Zinc Speciation in the Tamar Estuary, Holly Beverley Clare Pearson
Holocene sea-level changes in the Falkland Islands: new insights into accelerated sea-level rise in the 20th Century, Thomas Lee Newton
Nanoporous Calcium Carbonate-Based Substrates for the Controlled Delivery of Functional Materials, Charlotte Luanne Victoria Levy
Social Resilience in Cornish Fishing Communities, Huw Thomas
Stratigraphic and Geochemical Expression of Early Cretaceous Environmental Change in Arctic Svalbard, Madeleine Larissa Vickers
Tectono-stratigraphic evolution of the offshore Benin Basin, SW Nigeria, Israel Aruoriwo Abiodun Etobro
The Role of Sound Recordings in the Revitalisation of Minority Languages of the Ainu People (Japan) and the West Frisians (the Netherlands), Malgorzata Fryzlewicz
The seasonal cycling and physico-chemical speciation of iron on the Celtic and Hebridean shelf seas, Antony James Birchill
Underground Britain: public perceptions of the geological subsurface, Hazel Laura Gibson
Theses/Dissertations from 2016
AN INVESTIGATION INTO THE OPPORTUNITIES AND CHALLENGES FOR A LOW CARBON TOURISM ECONOMY IN THE SOUTH WEST OF ENGLAND, Emma Rachel Whittlesea
A study of the dissolution of atmospherically derived trace metals into North Atlantic seawater, Matthew Paul Fishwick
CENOZOIC TERRESTRIAL PALAEOENVIRONEMTAL CHANGE: AN INVESTIGATION OF THE PETROCKSTOWE AND BOVEY BASINS, SOUTH WEST UNITED KINGDOM, MOHAMMED SULEIMAN CHAANDA
Development of biomarker-based proxies for paleo sea-ice reconstructions, Lukas Smik
Micropalaeontology, Palaeoenvironments and Sequence Stratigraphy of the Sulaiy Formation of Eastern Saudi Arabia, SALEH ALENEZI
On the bicyclic acids of petroleum, Michael Wilde
Total arsenic and arsenic speciation in indigenous food stuffs, Bashdar Sadee
Theses/Dissertations from 2015
Experiences of Place and Change in Rural Landscapes: Three English Case Studies, Rebecca Wheeler
Landscape forcing mechanisms on Quaternary timescales: The Tabernas Basin, SE Spain, Martin Roy Geach
Palaeoecology of the late Permian mass extinction and subsequent recovery, William J. Foster
Soils and Interventions, Linus Lancaster
THE GEOMORPHOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENT OF EPHEMERAL AND RELICT RIVER VALLEY SYSTEMS IN THE NORTH PART OF THE IRAQI WESTERN DESERT, WALEED HAMED
The relationship between active faulting and fluvial geomorphology: a case study in the Gediz Graben, Turkey., Emiko Jane Kent
UTILISING PROBABILISTIC TECHNIQUES IN THE ASSESSMENT OF EXTREME COASTAL FLOODING FREQUENCY- MAGNITUDE RELATIONSHIPS USING A CASE STUDY FROM SOUTH-WEST ENGLAND, Michael Robert Zordan Whitworth
Theses/Dissertations from 2014
A multi-proxy study of the Palaeocene - Eocene Thermal Maximum in northern Spain, Hayley Manners
An Assessment of the Input Approach to Estimate Household Childcare the case of Plymouth, UK, Hoayda Darkal
Application of Polychlorinated Biphenyl Signatures for Environmental Fingerprinting, David Peter Megson
Benthic foraminiferal change and depositional history across the Cretaceous – Paleogene (K/Pg) boundary in the Brazos River area, Texas, Andrew David Leighton
Biodiversity crisis and recovery during the Triassic-Jurassic greenhouse interval: testing ocean acidification hypotheses, Nikita Danielle Jacobsen
Communities, Institutions and Flood Risk: Mobilising Social Capital to Enhance Community Resilience, Andrew Fox
Cosmogenic dating of fluvial terraces in the Sorbas Basin, SE Spain, Samantha Ilott
Exploring the potential of cassava for agricultural growth and economic development in Nigeria, Brodrick Awerije
INTEGRATED GEOPHYSICAL, GEOCHEMICAL AND STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS OF THE MERSIN OPHIOLITE, SOUTHERN TURKEY, AHMED FATIH OMER
Reconstruction of recent and palaeo sea ice conditions in the Barents Sea, Alba Navarro-Rodríguez
Seismic stratigraphy and tectonic evolution of a transform continental margin, offshore Sierra Leone, Chinwendu A Elenwa
Theses/Dissertations from 2013
A Critical Evaluation of Community Rail Policy and Practice During the New Labour Years 2003 - 2010, Andrew Seedhouse
Allotments and alternative food networks: the case of Plymouth, UK, Wendy M Miller
An evaluation of particulate phosphorus storage in an agricultural estuary, Suha Zoozi
Distant Relations: A Study of Identity, Ethics and Power in the Relationship Between Britain and the United Kingdom Overseas Territories, Nichola Harmer
Effects of the late Permian mass extinction on chondrichthyan palaeobiodiversity and distribution patterns, Martha Hall
Factors that impact Pseudo-nitzschia spp. occurrence, growth, and toxin production, NAOMI DOWNES-TETTMAR
GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS (GIS) IN HIGHER EDUCATION: A STUDY OF PROVISION, PEDAGOGY AND EMPLOYABILITY IN THE UNITED KINGDOM AND TURKEY, Mehmet Seremet
