Browsing MIT Theses by Title
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Geochemistry of peridotites and associated mafic rocks, Ronda ultramafic complex, Spain.
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1978) -
Geochemistry of slow-growing corals : reconstructing sea surface temperature, salinity and the North Atlantic Oscillation
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2007)A 225-year old coral from the south shore of Bermuda (64°W, 320N) provides a record of decadal-to-centennial scale climate variability. The coral was collected live, and sub-annual density bands seen in x-radiographs ... -
Geochemistry of the earth's mantle, Nunivak Island, Alaska and other areas : evidence from xenolith studies
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1982) -
The geochemistry of undersaturated arc lavas from the Tabar-Feni island groups, Papua New Guinea
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1988) -
A geochronologic study of metamorphic rocks in northeastern Massachusetts
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1978) -
Geochronological constraints on the Trinity diamictite in Newfoundland : Implications for Ediacaran glaciation
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2016)The Avalon terrane in Newfoundland includes the Ediacaran Gaskiers Formation, which has been associated with a Snowball glaciation event. The complicated regional stratigraphy and lack of precise geochronological constraints ... -
The geochronology of some plutonic rocks in the Calais area, Maine.
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1967) -
The geochronology of the Ayer granite in the Wachusetts - Marlborough Tunnel, Clinton, Mass.
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1965) -
The geodesic works of Richard Buckminster Fuller, 1948-68 : (the universe as a home of man)
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1999)The thesis investigates the geodesic structure and dome phase in the corpus of Richard Buckminster Fuller's artifactual production and writings. It offers a history of the meteoric rise of the geodesic structure, its ... -
Geodetic and astrometic measurements with very-long-baseline interferometry.
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1975) -
Geodetic measurement of deformation in California
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1989) -
Geodetic measurement of tectonic deformation in central California
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1991) -
Geodetic positioning systems using repeater satellites
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1992) -
Geodynamic evolution of the Horoman peridotite, Japan : geochemical study of lithospheric and asthenospheric processes
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1996) -
Geographic and economic diversification in the institutional residential mortgage industry
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1992) -
Geographic dispersion in teams : its history, experience, measurement, and change
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2002)This thesis begins with the simple argument that geographic dispersion has gone surprisingly unexamined despite its role as the domain-defining construct for geographically dispersed teams (a.k.a. "virtual teams"). The ... -
A geographic information system (GIS) assisted approach for assessing environmental equity in the EPA RCRA program's site inspection selection process
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1993) -
Geographic location and geographic prediction performance benefits for infrastructureless wireless networks
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2012)The field of infrastructureless wireless networks (IWNs) is a broad and varied research area with a history of different assumption sets and methods of analysis. Much of the focus in the area of IWNs has been on connectivity ... -
The geographic sources of innovation in the multinational enterprise : U.S. subsidiaries and host country spillovers, 1980-1990
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1999)This dissertation is about multinational firms and the geography of technological innovation. It addresses a series of questions about the spatial location of the knowledge sources that underpin and inform innovations ... -
Geographical and behavioral economics of political risk for foreign direct investment location
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2003)This thesis analyzes the perception gap between political risk assessments observed at the national level, and the different realities of sub-national city regions whose risk regime is not reflected by the national indicators, ...