Dissertations / Theses: 'Idaho'

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Gallant, Elisabeth. "Lava Flow Hazard Assessment for the Idaho National Laboratory, Idaho Falls, and Pocatello, Idaho, U.S.A." Scholar Commons, 2016. http://scholarcommons.usf.edu/etd/6502.

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This study presents a probabilistic lava flow hazard assessment for the Idaho National Laboratory (INL) and the cities of Idaho Falls and Pocatello, Idaho. The impetus of this work is to estimate the conditional probability that a lava flow on the eastern Snake River Plain (ESRP) will impact the areas of interest given the formation of a new volcanic vent in the region. A list of 288 eruptive events, derived from a previously published inventory of 506 surface and 32 buried vents, was created to reduce the biasing of spatial density maps towards eruptions with multiple dependent vents. Conditional probabilities of new vents and events occurring on the ESRP were modeled using the the Sum of Asymptotic Mean Squared Error (SAMSE) optimal pilot bandwidth estimator with a bivariate Gaussian kernel function. Monte Carlo analyses of potential eruption scenarios were performed using MOLASSES, a cellular automata fluid flow simulator. Results show that Idaho Falls is impacted <1% of the time for both the vent and event simulations; Pocatello is not impacted by any simulated flows. 25.45% of vent flows and 33.74% of event flows breach the boundaries of INL. 18.27%of vent and 25.85% of event simulations initiate on the INL property. Annual inundation probabilities of 1.06 x 10-4 for vent-based flows and 7.12 x 10-5 for event-based flows are reported for INL; annual probabilities of an eruptive center initiating on INL property are 7.60 x 10-5 for vents and 5.45 x 10-5 for events. All of these values exceed the International Atomic Energy Agency’s acceptable risk probability of 10-7 by several orders of magnitude.

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Herron, Rex C. "Phosphorus Dynamics in Dingle Marsh, Idaho." DigitalCommons@USU, 1985. https://digitalcommons.usu.edu/etd/6373.

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Phosphorus mass-balance studies of Dingle Marsh, Idaho indicated that the marsh was an annual net sink for total suspended sol ids and all forms of phosphorus under consideration: total phosphorus, particulate phosphorus, total dissolved phosphorus, dissolved organic phosphorus, and orthophosphate phosphorus. During some months, however, more phosphorus was exported from the marsh than entered. Phosphorus mass-balance dynamics were compared between night and day. Total suspended solids and particulate phosphorus dynamics were controlled by sedimentation of particulate material, a physical process, and were unaffected by light conditions. Dissolved organic and ortho-phosphorus were affected by light conditions indicating, at least indirectly, that biological processes were affecting dissolved phosphorus dynamics. These phosphorus fractions were occasionally released in large amounts by the marsh at night. An in situ enclosure experiment was performed to determine major sites of phosphorus uptake/release. A twentyfour-hour rate of particulate phosphorus decrease in the enclosures could be predicted (r2=0.89) by knowing the initial concentration of total suspended solids. On a twentyfour-hour basis, periphyton, detritus, and live bulrushes tended to remove more dissolved organic phosphorus from the water than they added to it while plankton and sediments added dissolved organic phosphorus to the water. Orthophosphates were removed from the water by plankton, detritus, and periphyton with plankton dominating the changes. Live bulrushes or sediments within the bulrush system tended to be a source for orthophosphates. The open water ecosystem was a greater net source for dissolved organic phosphorus than the bulrush system. The open water system was a greater net sink, however, for orthophosphates, than was the bulrush community.

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Moore, Michael C. ""A bold, hopeful, tolerant, progressive way" : progressives in the Idaho legislature, 1908-1915 /." [Boise, Idaho] : Boise State University, 2009. http://scholarworks.boisestate.edu/td/68/.

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Smith, Emily Rene 1981. "Putting Down Roots: A Case Study of the Participation of Somali Bantu Refugees in the Global Gardens Refugee Farming Project in Boise, Idaho." Thesis, University of Oregon, 2011. http://hdl.handle.net/1794/11496.

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Using interviews with refugee farmers and insights gained through participant-observation at farms and at farming events, this thesis explores how Somali Bantu refugees interact with the Global Gardens resettlement project in Boise, Idaho. Somali Bantu refugees' engagement with the agricultural integration program reveals that the United States refugee resettlement system often focuses on economic integration goals and measures to the exclusion of alternative development or integration options. Refugee farmers' common and differing experiences and evaluations of the farm project challenge the wisdom of a purely neoliberal, economics-focused approach to resettlement. This study suggests that refugee-farming participants were not uniformly and principally motivated to farm by potential financial gain: in addition to viewing the farms as an economic resource, participants valued the farms as important social, cultural, and civic resources.
Committee in charge: Stephen Wooten, Chairperson; Lynn Fujiwara, Member; Dennis Galvan, Member

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Gibson, Layton Scott 1956. "Geology and genesis of gold-bearing quartz veins on Ophir Mountain, near Murray, Shoshone County, Idaho." Thesis, The University of Arizona, 1986. http://hdl.handle.net/10150/558056.

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Fowler, Benjamin L. "Obsidian Toolstone Conveyance: Southern Idaho Forager Mobility." DigitalCommons@USU, 2014. https://digitalcommons.usu.edu/etd/3904.

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The purpose of this study is to understand how prehistoric people moved around the landscape and used major stone tool resources throughout the last 10,000 yr. B.P. in southern Idaho. Similar research has been reported in the Great Basin and western Wyoming and this study continues to fill the map with data about how large regions of the western United States were used prehistorically. This study specifically examined whether or not prehistoric mobility changed according to wet and dry climatic shifts. Based on these shifts archaeologists expect the regions people used to expand or shrink using an economic model of decision-making when foragers were confronted with the choice to stay in one resource area or move to another while pursuing plants and animals for food. To measure this decision prehistorically, obsidian projectile points and tools left behind throughout time were analyzed to determine where the stone originated geologically, a concept known as conveyance. The data were gathered from many regional studies and new sourcing of 139 artifacts from southeastern Idaho regional collections and excavations at the Fox Site near Thatcher, Idaho. In the compiled dataset are 4,440 artifacts from 640 archaeological sites in southern Idaho that originate from 37 obsidian sources. Analysis of this dataset grouped archaeology sites based on the percentage of different obsidian sources used, creating conveyance zone sets that were encompassed by statistically created ovals in mapping software. Four trans-Holocene conveyance zones are proposed and described: the Malad Conveyance Zone (MCZ), Timber Butte Conveyance Zone (TBCZ), Big Southern Butte Conveyance Zone (BSBCZ), and Snake River Conveyance Zone (SRCZ). These zones are then separated into four wet or dry climate periods and changes in mobility are compared to the economic decision model. Overall the MCZ and TBCZ both met the expectations of the model, while the BSBCZ and SRCZ did not. Another test of the data reveals that the number of obsidian sources used and the evenness of their use is not correlated with conveyance zone size, which helps confirm that these zones reproduce prehistoric behavior and are not a statistical product of the availability of obsidian in a region. The conveyance zones described in this study are comparable in size to those proposed in neighboring regions. Research also finds that southern Idaho conveyance zones were firmly established in the Early Holocene and shows that conveyance zones can be created from large datasets in a statistically robust manner and enable researchers to look at changes in forager mobility across large spatial and temporal scales. Expectations for forager mobility are partially supported by the variability wet and dry climate during the last 10,000 years B.P.

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Hambelton, Karla Lucille. "Scratched Petroglyphs in the Bennett Hills, Idaho." PDXScholar, 2011. https://pdxscholar.library.pdx.edu/open_access_etds/329.

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This study examines rock art sites containing scratched petroglyphs in the Bennett Hills, Idaho. Despite their research potential, scratched petroglyphs have received little attention in rock art research or literature. This study contributes valuable data to scratched rock art research and the corpus of rock art research in general. Two samples of ten scratched petroglyph sites were examined and recorded for a total of twenty petroglyph sites. Using formal and contextual research methods, multiple attributes of scratched petroglyphs are identified and analyzed. The formal qualities of scratched petroglyphs are examined to define the extent and to characterize the motif assemblage. Formal qualities were also studied to test hypotheses concerning the relationship between scratched and pecked petroglyph styles and associations between scratched petroglyphs and other archaeological phenomena. The contexts of scratched petroglyphs are studied on site and landscape scales to identify correlations with other archaeological phenomena and environments. The formal analyses revealed that there are more scratched petroglyphs in the Bennett Hills than records and literature currently indicate. Few site records document the presence of scratched petroglyphs, although as a result of this analysis it appears to be ubiquitous in the Bennett Hills. It is possible that scratched petroglyphs are under recorded in other locales as well, and that further investigations may identify a greater frequency of scratched petroglyphs throughout the Great Basin. Proper identification of scratched petroglyphs may alter how these properties are evaluated and in turn how they are managed. The Bennett Hills encompass a limited and unique assemblage of scratched petroglyph motifs that are dissimilar to petroglyphs manufactured using other techniques. This is significant in that it helps support the idea that scratched petroglyphs are distinct. Rather than just an alternative method to pecking, scratched petroglyphs serve a unique function that is different from and independent of pecked petroglyphs. Contextual analyses indicated that scratched petroglyphs are located in patterned and significant associations with artifacts, features, environments, and landscapes. The contextual analysis suggested that scratched rock art was produced in a public context in close proximity to subsistence related activities, perhaps in association with resource gathering events. There are various hypotheses that deal with the interaction between scratched and pecked petroglyph styles. Scratched petroglyphs occur both independent of and in association with other pecked petroglyph styles, although scratched petroglyphs do not commonly occur with any one pecked motif. When scratched and pecked petroglyph styles overlap scratched petroglyphs are always later than and superimposed over earlier pecked petroglyphs. Data was collected to test three hypotheses concerning the intention of association between scratched and pecked petroglyphs. It does not appear that scratched petroglyphs serve to obliterate earlier pecked petroglyphs or function as a sketch that would be pecked later. There is evidence that some scratched petroglyphs enhance earlier pecked petroglyphs however, this hypothesis cannot sufficiently describe the range of patterns and associations found in the Bennett Hills scratched petroglyph assemblage. Hypotheses suggesting associations between scratched rock art and other archaeological phenomena were also examined. The association between scratched petroglyphs and scratched stones is deserving of further research. It may also be too soon to dismiss the association between scratched petroglyphs and quartz. The examination of scratched petroglyphs in the Bennett Hills provides a unique insight into the minds of the makers of these petroglyphs, contributing valuable data our knowledge of the prehistoric peoples of the Bennett Hills and surrounding areas.

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Busscher, Katie Lea. "Improving success of translocating southern Idaho ground squirrels (Spermophilus endemicus)." [Boise, Idaho] : Boise State University, 2009. http://scholarworks.boisestate.edu/td/37/.

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Bitter, James. "A Counselor’s Journey: From Idaho to the World." Digital Commons @ East Tennessee State University, 2009. https://dc.etsu.edu/etsu-works/6102.

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Johnejack, Kent Robert 1958. "SEDIMENT TRANSPORT IN STEP-POOL MOUNTAIN STREAMS (IDAHO)." Thesis, The University of Arizona, 1987. http://hdl.handle.net/10150/291992.

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Grambo, Andrew A. "Functional design opportunities for water conservation through native landscape restoration in southwestern Idaho, U.S.A." Virtual Press, 2004. http://liblink.bsu.edu/uhtbin/catkey/1286422.

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This creative project inspected the design of water conserving landscapes by restoring native vegetation. Water conserving design principles discovered in the background research were applied to the redesign of the Old Fort Boise Park in Parma, Idaho. Important issues that were explored included discussing the need for water conserving landscape designs that result in functional spaces that meet the needs of intended users. The main focus of water conservation was implemented by using native plants that typically require less water than non-native species. The project developed a park master plan that could demonstrate to Idaho residents that native plants, when carefully sited, result in lower maintenance, aesthetically pleasing visual qualities, environmentally sensitive performances and could be integrated into landscapes on private or public properties. Rather than viewing the Idaho native plants as unattractive and dull, this project explored the idea that under cultivation and as part of the site character a carefully designed water conserving naturalized landscape has a beauty unsurpassed by traditional landscapes. The park redesign also employed educational and interpretive systems wherein native plants were highlighted and identified. These educational and interpretive systems could assist park users, especially local residents, in familiarizing themselves with many of the beautiful native species that are common in the surrounding deserts, prairies, hills and mountains. The creative project examined one particular site, while it developed principles and concepts applicable to other sites throughout the Great Basin Region.
Department of Landscape Architecture

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Boyle, Kristoffer D. "When the Publisher is a Politician; A Case Study of the Idaho Falls Post Register's Coverage of the 2002 Idaho Gubernatorial Campaign." Diss., CLICK HERE for online access, 2005. http://contentdm.lib.byu.edu/ETD/image/etd932.pdf.

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Krumenacker, Laurel J. "Chronostratigraphy and Paleontology of the Mid-Cretaceous Wayan Formation of Eastern Idaho, with a Description of the First Oryctodromeus Specimens from Idaho." BYU ScholarsArchive, 2010. https://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/etd/2286.

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The mid-Cretaceous Wayan Formation of Idaho consists of floodplain-deposited siltstones and mudstones, with subordinate fluvial sandstones and conglomerates. Deposition occurred in a tectonic foredeep at the toe of the Sevier thrust complex. Measurement of two incomplete and one complete section indicates a thickness of roughly 1,344 meters in the study area. No laterally extensive marker beds are present but the lower Wayan contains distinct chert pebble conglomerates, and the middle Wayan may contain a higher relative abundance of fluvial sandstone. Known fossil localities are limited to the lower and middle portions of the formation. The Wayan Formation, as currently defined, has a flora consisting of the ferns Gleichenia and Anemia, conifers, and angiosperms. This flora compares best with the Cenomanian aged Dakota Sandstone flora of Westwater, Utah. The vertebrate fauna is overwhelmingly dominated by the small burrowing ornithopod Oryctodromeus with other vertebrates being rare, consisting of a small dromaeosaurid theropod, iguanodontid grade ornithopods, and a large crocodilian similar to Deinosuchus. The fauna is most similar to the Cenomanian Blackleaf Formation of Montana. Prior to this report, only fragmentary dinosaurian remains had been reported from Idaho. The recovery of 10+ individuals of Oryctodromeus, some reasonably complete and partially articulated, provide significant insights into this genus, including an elongate femoral head projecting at roughly 40° from the femoral shaft, elongate cervical and dorsal centra, and abundant ossified tendons in the dorsal and caudal columns. Taphonomic evidence supports previous suggestions of adult/juvenile social groups and burrowing behavior in this taxon. New detrital zircon U-Pb dates and palynological analyses support a latest Albian to Cenomanian age for the Wayan Formation, but provide little additional age resolution. The tightest age resolution is provided by faunal correlation using Oryctodromeus, a taxon previously known only from the Cenomanian-age Blackleaf Formation of southwestern Montana. Similar tectonic settings, ages, lithologies, and the presence of Oryctodromeus in both faunas suggest synonymy of the Wayan and Blackleaf Formation, with the Wayan having precedence.

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Lauster, Susanne. "Untersuchung DI-DNA vermittelter Resistenz gegen Beet Curly Top Geminivirus (BCTV) in Zuckerrübe und Suche nach neuen Virusvarianten im Anbaugebiet Idaho, USA." [S.l.] : Universität Stuttgart , Fakultät Geo- und Biowissenschaften , Biologisches Institut, 2000. http://www.bsz-bw.de/cgi-bin/xvms.cgi?SWB8619083.

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Moczygemba, Anna M. "The educational experiences of eight Latinas in southwestern Idaho /." ProQuest subscription required:, 1999. http://proquest.umi.com/pqdweb?did=990270471&sid=1&Fmt=2&clientId=8813&RQT=309&VName=PQD.

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Hall, Susan Margaret. "Geochemistry of Proterozoic carbonates, Belt Supergroup, Montana and Idaho, U.S.A." Thesis, University of Ottawa (Canada), 1990. http://hdl.handle.net/10393/5827.

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An increase in the degree of post-depositional alteration of Belt limestones is reflected in a diminution of Sr and Mg content, increase in Mn and by depletion in $\sp $C and $\sp $O. $\delta\sb1\sp8$O of limestones ranges from +13.4 to +22.9$\perthous$ SMOW and $\delta\sp $C from $-$5.6 to +2.4$\perthous$ PDB. Two diagenetic trends can be resolved for the limestones. One, affecting the presumed originally aragonite-rich sediments, comprises the Newland, Libby and perhaps the Snowslip Formations. The other trend is confined to the Middle Belt Carbonate and may have been controlled by high-Mg calcitic sediments. A regional westward depletion in $\sp $O of 8$\perthous$ and $\sp $C of 2.5$\perthous$ reflects a higher temperature of alteration (300$\sp\circ$C) and an increased contribution from CO$\sb2$ derived from thermal cracking of hydrocarbons in the western Belt basin. The $\delta\sp $O and $\delta\sp $C compositions of the Belt limestones are within the ranges of the values reported for coeval Proterozoic basins. If compared to the modern ocean, the $\delta\sp $O of the Belt sea may have been lighter by perhaps 7$\perthous$. $\delta\sp $C averages close to 2$\perthous$, similar to modern values. Dolostones in the Belt basin are dominantly micritic, with good preservation of depositional textures. $\delta\sp $O of dolomite ranges from 18.1 to 27.9$\perthous$ SMOW and $\delta\sp $C from $-$2.2 to 1.9$\perthous$ PDB. Post-depositional alteration of dolostone is indexed by a decrease in Sr and Na contents, increase in Mn and by depletion in $\sp $O and $\sp $C. Dolostones of the Mt. Shields and Altyn Formations have low Sr and heavy $\delta\sp $O and $\delta\sp $C (if compared to the bulk of Belt samples), show pervasive and destructive dolomitization and may have formed in a mixed water zone of the Dorag type. The remainder of the Belt dolostones resemble typical 'early' diagenetic micritic dolostones in their high Sr content and may have formed in an evaporative setting. Carbonates of mixed dolomite and calcite composition show depletion in $\sp $O and $\sp $C and increase in Mn content with progressive diagenetic alteration. Secular variations in $\delta\sp $C are superimposed on diagenetic trends in this population, showing that carbonates of the Spokane/Greyson, Libby and Newland Formations are $\approx$2$\perthous$ heavier than those of the Middle Belt Carbonate. $\sp‡$Sr/$\sp†$Sr of Belt carbonates range between 0.70484 and 0.74991. Progressive diagenesis, as indexed by decreasing elemental Sr and depletion in $\sp $O and $\sp $C, results in an increase in $\sp‡$Sr/$\sp†$Sr values. $\sp‡$Sr/$\sp†$Sr is better preserved in dolomitized rocks and rocks with initially high Sr content (the Newland and Greyson/Spokane Formations). The 'best', that is the least radiogenic values, are similar to those for previously published coeval Proterozoic carbonates and they are more radiogenic than the contemporaneous mantle. A comparison of $\sp‡$Sr/$\sp†$Sr for the dissolved vs. the suspended load of the Belt basin indicates that the rivers supplying strontium to the basin did not exclusively drain young volcanic or plutonic terrain, but this terrain must have contained a significant source of Sr with marine isotopic composition. Alternatively, the source of nonradiogenic Sr might have been marine waters. (Abstract shortened by UMI.)

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Hosack, Michael A. "Population dynamics of lake whitefish in Lake Pend Oreille, Idaho /." Link to full text, 2007. http://epapers.uwsp.edu/thesis/2007/Hosack.pdf.

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Thesis (M.S.)--University of Wisconsin--Stevens Point, 2007.
Submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree Master of Science in Natural Resources (Fisheries), College of Natural Resources. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 156-174).

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Nelson, Nathan Alfred. "Holocene fire and climate in rangeland ecosystems of Southwestern Idaho." [Boise, Idaho] : Boise State University, 2009. http://scholarworks.boisestate.edu/td/24/.

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Eberle, Kara Diane. "The Elks Commons: Adaptive Re-use in Coeur D'Alene, Idaho." Thesis, The University of Arizona, 2010. http://hdl.handle.net/10150/146898.

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During an age when the destruction of older buildings has been recognized as a loss to the urban fabric and as a major source of environmental pollution, adaptive re‐use is an increasingly desirable and profitable alternative to new construction as well as an interesting design challenge. After careful consideration of sites, I chose to renew the old home of the Elks Club in my hometown of Coeur d'Alene, Idaho for my capstone project. Located centrally in the downtown core, the old brick building houses many memories for Coeur d'Alene locals and has the potential to once again become an integral part of the urban fabric. To revitalize the space, I developed a mixed‐use program that includes a restaurant, a cafe/market, two retail spaces and seven residential lofts. The development of the program involved a series of excavations and additions to the original structure that preserve the existing structural rhythm while creating juxtaposition between old and new. These interventions evolved from a series of sectional studies that facilitate the reconciliation of the materials and methods from the building's many decades of construction, while bringing its use and its quality of space into the twenty‐first century.

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Myers, Barry. "Simulation of Groundwater Flow in Cache Valley, Utah and Idaho." DigitalCommons@USU, 2003. https://digitalcommons.usu.edu/etd/6728.

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A groundwater model of Cache Valley was created using MODFLOW. Steady-state calibration of the model demonstrated that recharge to the lower confined aquifer may occur along the margin of the valley that borders the Wellsville Mountains and the Bear River Range. Steady-state calibration also showed that discharge from the unconfined aquifer may occur along the eastern and western margins of the valley in both the Utah and the Idaho portions of the valley. Two simulations were run with increased pumping of 3 5 cubic feet per second (1 cubic meter per second) from the principal aquifer. The first simulation was run with the average annual precipitation value of 1.2 feet per year (0.36 meters per year), while the second was run with a less than average annual precipitation value of 1 foot per year (0.3 meters per year). The first simulation produced very little change within the unconfined aquifer. The discharge from the groundwater system through springs, seepage to streams, evapotranspiration, and general head boundaries remained unchanged with the increase in discharge through pumping. This indicates that the two continuous, confining layers that blanket the valley may serve as a barrier to groundwater flow between the unconfined and lower confined aquifer. The increased pumping within the principal aquifer did not stimulate increased recharge along the western margin of the valley. This indicates that true steady-state conditions were not achieved in the amount of time that the model had indicated. During the second simulation, decreased recharge to the groundwater system through infiltration of precipitation caused a decrease in discharge from the groundwater system through seepage to streams, springs, evapotranspiration, and general head boundaries. The increased pumping within the principal aquifer also did not stimulate increased recharge along the western margin of the valley. As with the first simulation, this indicates that true steady-state conditions were not achieved in the amount of time that the model had indicated. A sensitivity analysis of the model concluded that the hydraulic conductivity of the two continuous, confining layers that blanket the valley proved to have a relatively substantial impact on the water levels in the confined aquifers. The sensitivity analysis also showed that altering the vertical hydraulic conductivity of the lower confined aquifer produced minimal head changes.

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Hochberg, Amy. "Aminostratigraphy of Thatcher Basin, SE Idaho: Reassessment of Pleistocene Lakes." DigitalCommons@USU, 1996. https://digitalcommons.usu.edu/etd/4425.

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The Quaternary geologic history of Lake Thatcher, southeastern Idaho, is pivotal in determining when the Bear River carved its through-flowing channel into the Bonneville Basin. Bright's reconstruction of the history of Lake Thatcher was based on 14C dates that are now known to be inaccurate. Lava Creek B ash found interbedded with lacustrine sediment suggests that Thatcher Basin contained a lake well before Bright's original estimate of 34 ka. D/L ratios, which measure the extent of racemization in fossil gastropods, in conjunction with paleosols and tephra, were used to correlate between four localities across Thatcher Basin to reassess lake-level chronology. Lab-heating experiments were performed on four genera of molluscs to obtain integeneric conversions of D/L, which aided in chronostratigraphic correlation between beds that contained different genera. An age calibration curve for Lymnaea was developed using D/L ratios associated with the proto Mount St. Helens tephra (90±30 ka; D/L=0.21 [Valvata]) and Lake Bonneville sediment (20±5 ka; D/L=0.09 [lymnaea]). D/L ratios from non-dated lake deposits were assigned ages using this calibration curve, providing the basis for the late-Pleistocene Lake Thatcher chronology. Based on high D/L ratios in Valvata (~0.7) contained in the lower Thatcher sediment, lake level through early-middle Pleistocene was shallow, evidenced by numerous paleosols and organic-rich beds. A gap in the Lake Thatcher stratigraphic record exists for much of the middle Pleistocene. Lake Thatcher existed at its highest elevation from ~110 until ~80 ka, separated from the final Lake Thatcher high-water episode at ~40 ka by a middle-Wisconsin soil. This provides a maximum age on the breaching of the divide at Oneida Narrows and unimpeded flow of the Bear River into Bonneville Basin. By ~17 ka, Lake Bonneville backed up into Thatcher Basin, during its all-time highstand, which Bright believed was owned in part to the added inflow of the Bear River. However, evidence from this study suggests that the Bear River may have been spilling over the divide at Oneida Narrows into Bonneville Basin at ~110 ka.

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Brown, Connie Lynn. "The construction of a plutonic complex in a continental arc setting the Skookum Butte stock, western Montana /." CONNECT TO THIS TITLE ONLINE, 2008. http://etd.lib.umt.edu/theses/available/etd-05302008-145300/.

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Grace, Selena M. "Keeper of the gate." Fairfax, VA : George Mason University, 2008. http://hdl.handle.net/1920/3161.

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Thesis (M.F.A.)--George Mason University, 2008.
Vita: p. 192. Thesis director: Kyoko Mori. Submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Fine Arts in Creative Writing. Title from PDF t.p. (viewed July 18, 2008). Includes bibliographical references (p. 191). Also issued in print.

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Henderson, Amanda Olivia. "Low-Shield Volcanism: A Comparison of Volcanoes on Syria Planum, Mars and Snake River Plain, Idaho." BYU ScholarsArchive, 2015. https://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/etd/6138.

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Volcanoes are key indicators of a planet's internal structure, mechanics, and evolutionary history. Consequently, understanding the types and ages of volcanoes on a planet's surface is an important endeavor. In an attempt to better understand the relationship between morphometry and volcanic processes, we compared low-shield volcanoes on Syria Planum, Mars, with basaltic shields of the eastern Snake River Plain. We used 133 volcanoes on Syria Planum that are covered by Mars Orbiting Laser Altimeter (MOLA) and High Resolution Stereo Camera (HRSC) elevation data and 246 eSRP shields covered by the National Elevation Dataset (NED) for this comparison. Shields on Syria Planum average 191 +/- 88 m tall, 12 +/- 6 km in diameter, 16 +/- 28 km3 in volume, and have 1.7° +/- 0.8 flank slopes. eSRP shields average 83 +/- 44 m tall, 4 +/- 3 km in diameter, 0.8 +/- 2 km3 in volume, and have 2.5° +/- 1 flank slopes. Bivariate plots of morphometric characteristics show that Syria Planum and Snake River Plain low shields form the extremes of the same morphospace shared with some Icelandic olivine tholeiite shields, but are generally distinct from other terrestrial volcanoes. Cluster analysis of Syria Planum and Snake River Plain shields with other terrestrial volcanoes separates these volcanoes into one cluster and the majority of them into the same sub-cluster that is distinct from other terrestrial volcanoes. Principal component and cluster analysis of Syria Planum and Snake River Plain shields using height, area, volume, slope, and eccentricity shows that Syria Planum and Snake River Plain low-shields are similar in shape (slope and eccentricity). Apparently, these low shields formed by similar processes involving Hawaiian-type eruptions of low viscosity (mafic) lavas with fissure controlled eruptions, narrowing to central vents. Initially high eruption rates and long, tube-fed lava flows shifted to the development of small lava lakes that repeatedly overflowed, and on some with late fountaining to form steeper spatter ramparts. However, Syria Planum shields are systematically larger than those on the eastern Snake River Plain. The larger size of Syria Planum shields is likely due to the smaller gravity of Mars, requiring larger magma batches to generate sufficient buoyant force to overcome the strength of rocks in the lithosphere and rise to the surface. Thus, Syria Planum lavas erupt in larger volumes and at higher rates generating larger volcanoes with slightly smaller slopes.

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Watts, Kathryn Erin 1983. "Large-Volume Rhyolite Genesis in Caldera Complexes of the Snake River Plain." Thesis, University of Oregon, 2011. http://hdl.handle.net/1794/11565.

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Caldera-forming eruptions are dramatic and destructive natural phenomena, causing severe and sustained consequences to society. This dissertation presents new geochemical and geochronologic data for caldera-forming tuffs and pre- and post-caldera rhyolites of the two youngest caldera complexes in the Snake River Plain (SRP) in the western USA: Heise (6.6-4.5 Ma) and Yellowstone (2.1-0.6 Ma). Caldera complex evolution at Heise and Yellowstone can be described by formation of 3-4 spatially overlapping "nested" calderas, successive collapse of intracaldera fill, and development of a large hydrothermal system. Comparison between Heise and Yellowstone reveals that late-stage rhyolite eruptions have drastic depletions in 18 O that require remelting of large volumes (1,000's of km 3 ) of hydrothermally altered rock. Archean xenoliths and Phanerozoic rocks of the crustal basement beneath the SRP province are not depleted in 18 O and therefore cannot be a source of these rhyolites. Isotopic mixing models indicate that early large-volume rhyolites are produced by melting and hybridization of the crust by mantle-derived basalt, and late-stage rhyolites tap hydrothermally altered portions of intracaldera rocks from previous eruptions. Caldera-forming eruptions at Heise culminated 4.45 Ma with eruption of the 1,800 km 3 Kilgore Tuff, the most voluminous 18 O-depleted rhyolite in the SRP and worldwide. O, Sr, and Nd isotope geochemistry, zircon ages, mineral and whole-rock geochemistry, and liquidus temperatures for Kilgore Tuff samples erupted >100 km apart are similar and/or overlapping within error, indicating derivation from a remarkably homogeneous low-δ 18 O magma reservoir (δ 18 O=3.4[per thousand]). Caldera-wide batch assembly and homogenization of variably 18 O-depleted melt pockets with diverse zircon populations can explain the Kilgore Tuff's genesis. Central Plateau Member (CPM) rhyolites at Yellowstone have the same timing (∼2 million years after the initiation of volcanism), magnitude of δ 18 O depletion (∼3[per thousand] depleted relative to normal rhyolites), and cumulative eruptive volume (∼4,000-4,500 km 3 ) as the Kilgore Tuff of the Heise volcanic field. Isotopic, age, and geochemical data for CPM rhyolites show that they become progressively more homogeneous and evolved from 260 ka to 75 ka. Whereas the Kilgore Tuff erupted climactically as an explosive caldera-forming tuff, CPM rhyolite eruptions record sequential, predominantly effusive, "snapshots" of magma assembly, homogenization, and differentiation. This dissertation includes co-authored materials both previously published and submitted for publication.
Committee in charge: Ilya Bindeman, Chairperson; Gregory Retallack, Member; Mark Reed, Member; W. Andrew Marcus, Outside Member

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Sando, Linnea Christiana. "Landscape imprints of haying technology in eastern Idaho and western Montana." Thesis, Manhattan, Kan. : Kansas State University, 2010. http://hdl.handle.net/2097/4191.

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Payne, Rosara Faith. "Investigation of radiological contamination of soil samples from Idaho National Laboratory." Diss., Online access for everyone, 2006. http://www.dissertations.wsu.edu/Dissertations/Summer2006/r%5Fpayne%5F053106.pdf.

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Wasserman, Tzeidle N. "Habitat relationships and gene flow of Martes americana in northern Idaho /." Online version, 2008. http://content.wwu.edu/cdm4/item_viewer.php?CISOROOT=/theses&CISOPTR=286&CISOBOX=1&REC=3.

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McKervey, John Antony. "The petrogenesis of the Eocene Challis Volcanic Group, Idaho, western U.S.A." Thesis, Open University, 1998. http://oro.open.ac.uk/57877/.

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The rocks of the Challis Volcanic Group, Idaho are investigated and constraints on their petrogenesis used to evaluate the tectonic control on the formation of early, extensionassociated magmatism in the western U. S. A. New and published 40Ar-39Ar analyses indicate that the rocks of the Challis Volcanic Group erupted between - 50 and 45 Ma at extrusion rates estimated at 0.01 to 0.03 km3 yr 1. The rocks have high-K calcalkaline/ shoshonitic compositions and incompatible trace element analyses show them to be LILE and LREE enriched ((La/Yb) -7 to 20) but relatively depleted in Nb, Ta and Ti (e. g. Nb/La < 0.5 in the main). All rocks have high initial 87Sr/86Sr (0.70673 to 0.71135) and low 143Nd/144Nd (0.51151 to 0.51234) ratios in comparison to oceanic basalts. The rocks are interpreted to result from partial melting in both spinel and garnet facies of heterogeneousm, ajor elementd epleted,L REE enriched but Nb, Ta and Ti depletedp eridotite source regions in the lithospheric mantle. The origin of these LREE enriched source regions is most probably related to mantle metasomatism in a subduction zone tectonic setting, although the' age of these events are not constrained. The petrogenesis of the Challis Volcanic Group is broadly similar to early magmatism from areas of the Cordillera to the south (e. g. Colorado River Trough), but contrasts with areas to the north where crustal melting apparently dominates (e. g. northern Idaho: Omineca Belt). Thus it is suggested that the syn-compression thermal history of the Cordillera, immediately prior to extension and early magmatism, varies significantly between southern and northern Idaho. This variation correlates spatially with the northern limit of compression within the Laramide Foreland Province (. 75 to 45/30 Ma). Compressional deformation within the Laramide Foreland Province may be coincident with a period of sub-horizontal subduction and therefore partial melting of the mantle lithosphere may be related to the removal of this subducted slab from beneath the lithosphere, although this remains poorly constrained. A comparison is made between the Challis Volcanic Group and Archaean sanukitoids, to suggest that the Tertiary rocks may provide a tectonomagmatic analogue for these particular late Archaean rocks. The implications of this comparison for late Archaean tectonics and crustal growth are discussed.

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House, Martha Ann. "The thermal evolution of the bitterroot metamorphic core complex, Idaho-Montana." Thesis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1995. http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/11392.

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Thesis (Ph. D.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Earth, Atmospheric, and Planetary Sciences, 1995.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 222-224).
by Martha Ann House.
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Arabas, Karen B., Bryan Black, Leigh Lentile, Jim Speer, and Jodi Sparks. "Disturbance History Of A Mixed Conifer Stand In Central Idaho, USA." Tree-Ring Society, 2008. http://hdl.handle.net/10150/622573.

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We apply a combination of suppression and release criteria to reconstruct the disturbance history of a ponderosa pine – Douglas-fir stand in central Idaho. In this stand, disturbance, likely fire, induced growth releases in some trees, and sudden, severe suppressions in others. To characterize growth release following disturbance, we developed boundary-line release criteria for Douglas-fir and ponderosa pine. Suppression criteria were applied to identify disturbances defined as a growth reduction of more than 1.8 standard deviations sustained for a minimum of five years. To prevent confusing a true release event with growth increases associated with recovery from suppression, release events were not tallied for at least fifteen years following a suppression event. Release and suppression events were combined to create a disturbance chronology characterized by a high frequency of disturbance between 1820 and 1920. This period of disturbance likely reflects post-European settlement land uses such as grazing and logging as well as an increase in fire frequency. Fire suppression in the latter part of the 20th Century likely explains the decrease in disturbance after 1940. We believe that a combination of release as well as suppression criteria best describes the disturbance history of this stand.

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Dziewulski, Maciej. "Child Marriages in the American State Idaho : Social and Legal Perspectives." Thesis, Umeå universitet, Juridiska institutionen, 2019. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:umu:diva-161070.

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Child and teen marriages represent an important and very complex social and legal issue; even though the majority of literature is focused on developing countries, child marriages are also practiced and legalized in wealthy and developed countries like the United States. The focus of this study is the American state Idaho that bore the record for the highest rate of child marriages in the United States between 2000 and 2010. Scientific data pointed to many detrimental effects of early marriage for children, primarily higher risk of being a victim of abuse, and remaining within cycle of poverty. On the other hand, there are religion-based arguments that favor parental and legal exceptions in deciding child marriages. In following to scientific criticism of child marriages, some American states had decided to raise legal age for marriage. Idaho had defied this trend and recently rejected the proposed bill aimed at restricting legal age for marriage to 16 year olds. The most common factors that were identified as contributive to child marriages included poverty, residing in rural areas, and religion. These factors led to conflicting perceptions regarding legal status of child marriages in Idaho and; therefore, demands further investigating. The aim of this thesis was to identify not only the consequences of child marriages, but also its main contributive factors - poverty, religion, and living in rural vs. urban areas. The main research question; therefore, sought answers to: “What socio-legal factors are most contributive to child marriages (poverty, religion, and living in urban vs. rural areas) and which one ought to be prioritized in any attempts to legally regulate this practice in Idaho? The answer to research question is hoped to bring social and legal changes that will benefit the children in the state of Idaho and else ware. This qualitative and comparative analysis revealed that religious conservatism, primarily among Evangelical Protestants and Mormons, had the most contributing effect on child marriages in Idaho, with poverty and living in rural areas being secondary factors. Individual cases may differ, and/or contradict these findings. More detailed research would be required to complement these findings. The methodology of this project involved qualitative and comparative analysis. The primary research sources included scientific research/data, government data/reports, and NGO’s reports. The answer to research question is hoped to bring social and legal changes that will, above all, benefit the children in the state of Idaho and else ware.

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Ward, Alan. "Morphometric Evaluation of the Whitefish Complex in Bear Lake, Utah/Idaho." DigitalCommons@USU, 2001. https://digitalcommons.usu.edu/etd/4428.

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Whitefish populations around the world have long been difficult to categorize taxonomically. The whitefish of Bear Lake, Utah/Idaho are no exception. There are three recognized species of Prosopium that are endemic to the lake. Two of these species, Prosopium spilonotus and Prosopium abyssicota, have previously been indistinguishable outside of spawning times. Previous studies have proposed additional taxa within P. spi/onotus to further complicate the identification among these taxa. Morphological characteristics were quantified on wild whitefish from Bear Lake, as well as from progeny reared in the laboratory from the wild adult fish. The purported taxa were separated in the field using the best characteristics presented in previous studies, and the progeny were reared separately in these groups. Otolith aging was also done on the wild adult fish to understand the age structure of the spawning populations. Results from otolith aging and morphological analyses on the laboratoryreared fish indicated that there is only one taxonomic group of P. spilonotus. By using scale counts, it was determined that P. spilonotus and P. abyssicola can be distinguished from each other with considerable reliability.

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Dougherty, Jessica A. "Ceramic Technology, Women, and Settlement Patterns in Late Archaic Southwestern Idaho." DigitalCommons@USU, 2014. https://digitalcommons.usu.edu/etd/3568.

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This research employs a sample of archaeological sites from three ecological zones to investigate the mobility strategies of hunter-gatherer groups in Late Archaic southwestern Idaho. The sample sites are organized into site types based on an independent evaluation of site components and existing site records. Ceramic assemblages at each site were analyzed to quantify the investment in ceramic technology, as a proxy for mobility. These measures were then compared to expectations generated from three proposed mobility patterns for hunter-gatherer groups in southwestern Idaho. Some of the predictions were met and these data allude to an archaeological record with a multitude of settlement patterns that may have changed over the course of seasons, years, and even decades.

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Birdsey, Paul W. Jr. "Coprecipitation of Phosphorus With Calcium Carbonate in Bear Lake, Utah - Idaho." DigitalCommons@USU, 1985. https://digitalcommons.usu.edu/etd/4401.

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Monitoring of Bear Lake was conducted in 1981 and 1982 to describe the current limnology and trophic state of the lake. The nutrientt loadings of various parameters were measured from April, 1981 through June, 1982. The rate of coprecipitation of phosphorus was determined for different initial phosphorus concentrations by use of non-algal assays. Algal bioassays with Selenastrum capricornutum were used to determine the reduction in potential algal biomass as a result of the coprecipitation of phosphorus. The lake exhibit-.ed chemical characteristics indicative of mesotrophy or eutrophy. Total phosphorus values averaged 11μg/1 for 1981 and 20 μg/1 for 1982. A hypolimnetic accumulation of phosphorus was also not:ed for the stratified periods. Addittionally, hypolimnetic oxygen deficit values were indicative of mesotrophy in 1981 and eutrophy in 1982. The chlorophyll concentrations were characteristic of oligotrophic conditions during both years however. Phosphorus was found to be limiting production approximately 85% of the year. The Bear River Contributed approximately 60% of the total phosphorus loading to the lake in 1981 and 50% in 1982. Overall, the total phophorus loading increased 195% between the dry year, 1981, and the wet year, 1982. Vollenweider's (1976) phosphorus loading model described the loading to Bear Lake as indicative of mesotrophic conditions in 1981 and eutrophic conditions in 1982. Calcium and magnesium concentrations fluctuated widely throughout the year. The Mg:Ca molar ratio varied from 1:1 in the spring to 3.5:1 in the fall. Total hardness values did not vary in response to the changing ionic concentrations and this was attributed to preferential replacement of precipitated calcium by the Bear River inflow. Non-algal assays quantified the removal of phosphorus by coprecipitation at increasing initial phosphorus by concentration. The rate of removal initial decreased substantially as phosphorus levels increased with a shift in reaction order from second order to first order noted at approximately 50 μg/1. Predictive models were derived from the initial assays and verified with data from a separate experiment which use filtered Bear Lake water. The models accurately predicted the amount of phosphorus removed by coprecipitation at all phosphorus levels. Algal bioassays in synthetic Bear Lake and soft-water media were used to evaluate the efficiency of the coprecipitation mechanism when in competition with algae for phosphorus. An average reduction in biomass of 40% was noted between the media at similar nutrient levels.

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Sant, Christopher Joseph. "Geothermal Alteration of Basaltic Core from the Snake River Plain, Idaho." DigitalCommons@USU, 2012. https://digitalcommons.usu.edu/etd/1451.

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The Snake River Plain is located in the southern part of the state of Idaho. The eastern plain, on which this study focuses, is a trail of volcanics from the Yellowstone hotspot. Three exploratory geothermal wells were drilled on the Snake River Plain. This project analyzes basaltic core from the first well at Kimama, north of Burley, Idaho. The objectives of this project are to establish zones of geothermal alteration and analyze the potential for geothermal power production using sub-aquifer resources on the axial volcanic zone of the Snake River Plain. Thirty samples from 1,912 m of core were sampled and analyzed for clay content and composition using X-ray diffraction. Observations from core samples and geophysical logs are also used to establish alteration zones. Mineralogical data, geophysical log data and physical characteristics of the core suggest that the base of the Snake River Plain aquifer at the axial zone is located 960m below the surface, much deeper than previously suspected. Swelling smectite clay clogs pore spaces and reduces porosity and permeability to create a natural base to the aquifer. Increased temperatures favor the formation of smectite clay and other secondary minerals to the bottom of the hole. Below 960 m the core shows signs of alteration including color change, formation of clay, and filling of other secondary minerals in vesicles and fractured zones of the core. The smectite clay observed is Fe-rich clay that is authigenic in some places. Geothermal power generation may be feasible using a low temperature hot water geothermal system if thermal fluids can be attained near the bottom of the Kimama well. (113 pages)

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Lenhart-Wees, Kyle. "Finding and Fighting for a Future of Bicycles in Boise, Idaho." Scholarship @ Claremont, 2020. https://scholarship.claremont.edu/pomona_theses/211.

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This thesis will explore Boise, Idaho as a real-world case study of the car dominated American cities, and the potential to enact a large-scale shift to alternative forms of transportation. Examining the complexities of inter-governmental and communal-governmental relationships to better understand the history and current state of infrastructure and alternative transit facilities in Boise and theorizing a best path forward. The thesis will also delve into bicycle activists’ groups operating in Boise, to assess their goals and methods of reaching those goals.

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Herring, Erin. "Late Quaternary and Holocene Paleoecology of Interior Mesic Forests of Northern Idaho." Thesis, University of Oregon, 2014. http://hdl.handle.net/1794/18509.

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The mesic forests distributed within the Rocky Mountains of northern Idaho are unique because many species contained within the forest are separated from their main distribution along the Pacific Northwest coast. It remains unclear whether most species within the inland disjunction survived the glacial periods of the Pleistocene, or whether they were more recently dispersed from coastal populations. To see if the dominant tree taxa of the mesic forests today could have persisted in a refugium south of the large ice sheets, four sediment cores were used to reconstruct the vegetation and climate history of the region. A nearly continuous record of pollen and sediment composition (biogenic silica and inorganic and organic matter) over the last ca. 120,000 years provides evidence of a dynamic ecosystem. Over a long timescale, the slow shifts in vegetation are attributed to the changes in climate. During the last interglacial period, the region was warmer and drier with a Pinus dominated mixed conifer forest. Approximately 71,000 years ago, a Pseudotsuga/Larix forest became established in the area as a response to the increased available moisture. As climate cooled and glaciers expanded the Pinus and Picea forest was the dominant vegetation type until ca. 40,000 years ago. The environment during the Last Glacial Maximum (LGM) was so harsh that no vegetation record was recorded. After the LGM, climate warmed, enabling a Pinus and Picea forest to establish and persist until the Holocene. The mesic taxa that dominate the modern forests did not arrive in northern Idaho until the mid- to late-Holocene. The recent arrival of the dominant tree species, Thuja plicata and Tsuga mertensiana, suggests that they likely did not persist in a refugium during the last glaciation. Instead, these species recently dispersed from coastal populations, but expansion into their interior distributions was likely limited by both climate and species competition in already established forests. During the late-Quaternary, the deposition of thick tephra layers (>20 cm) from the eruptions of Glacier Peak (ca. 13,400 years ago) and Mt. Mazama (ca. 7,600 years ago) also facilitated an abrupt and persistent change in vegetation in northern Idaho.

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Rathburn, Sara L. "Pleistocene glacial outburst flooding along the Big Lost River, east-central Idaho." Thesis, The University of Arizona, 1989. http://etd.library.arizona.edu/etd/GetFileServlet?file=file:///data1/pdf/etd/azu_etd_hy0127_sip1_w.pdf&type=application/pdf.

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Hawkins, Shana L. "A quantitative study of Idaho high school seniors' postsecondary decision-making influences." Thesis, Northwest Nazarene University, 2015. http://pqdtopen.proquest.com/#viewpdf?dispub=3716139.

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The purpose of this study is to assist state, district, and high school educational leadership in understanding the influences of the Idaho high school students’ postsecondary decision-making. The literature review established five categories that influence students’ postsecondary decision-making: postsecondary and career awareness, postsecondary and career admissions process, academic readiness for postsecondary education and careers, postsecondary monetary cost, and social capital influence for postsecondary education. The theoretical framework for the study was the work of Perna’s proposed conceptual model of students’ college choice. Descriptive quantitative research methods were used to survey 566 high school seniors from south western Idaho during their fall 2014 semester. Participants selected social capital influence for postsecondary education as the greatest influence on their college decision-making. Correlations were run to find if any relationship existed between students’ postsecondary plans and income, counseling services, and parental educational level. All three categories demonstrated statistical significance, however, none achieved practical significance. Participant responses pertaining to counseling services indicated that many students were not satisfied or were unsure about the services their school counselor provided.

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Herring, Erin Mauryeen. "Late Quaternary and Holocene paleoecology of interior mesic forests of northern Idaho." Thesis, University of Oregon, 2014. http://pqdtopen.proquest.com/#viewpdf?dispub=3644438.

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The mesic forests distributed within the Rocky Mountains of northern Idaho are unique because many species contained within the forest are separated from their main distribution along the Pacific Northwest coast. It remains unclear whether most species within the inland disjunction survived the glacial periods of the Pleistocene, or whether they were more recently dispersed from coastal populations. To see if the dominant tree taxa of the mesic forests today could have persisted in a refugium south of the large ice sheets, four sediment cores were used to reconstruct the vegetation and climate history of the region. A nearly continuous record of pollen and sediment composition (biogenic silica and inorganic and organic matter) over the last ca. 120,000 years provides evidence of a dynamic ecosystem. Over a long timescale, the slow shifts in vegetation are attributed to the changes in climate. During the last interglacial period, the region was warmer and drier with a Pinus dominated mixed conifer forest. Approximately 71,000 years ago, a Pseudotsuga/Larix forest became established in the area as a response to the increased available moisture. As climate cooled and glaciers expanded the Pinus and Picea forest was the dominant vegetation type until ca. 40,000 years ago. The environment during the Last Glacial Maximum (LGM) was so harsh that no vegetation record was recorded. After the LGM, climate warmed, enabling a Pinus and Picea forest to establish and persist until the Holocene.

The mesic taxa that dominate the modern forests did not arrive in northern Idaho until the mid- to late-Holocene. The recent arrival of the dominant tree species, Thuja plicata and Tsuga mertensiana, suggests that they likely did not persist in a refugium during the last glaciation. Instead, these species recently dispersed from coastal populations, but expansion into their interior distributions was likely limited by both climate and species competition in already established forests. During the late-Quaternary, the deposition of thick tephra layers (>20 cm) from the eruptions of Glacier Peak (ca. 13,400 years ago) and Mt. Mazama (ca. 7,600 years ago) also facilitated an abrupt and persistent change in vegetation in northern Idaho.

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Hill, Gretchen, and Gretchen Hill. "Inventing the Basque Block: Heritage Tourism and Identity Politics in Boise, Idaho." Thesis, University of Oregon, 2012. http://hdl.handle.net/1794/12564.

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This thesis examines the social, political, and economic underpinnings of creating a place for Basque immigrant descendants by the use of the Basque Block in downtown Boise, Idaho. In the past, unlike other immigrant groups in the United States, Basques lacked the desire to assimilate into the US and remained relatively invisible. Simultaneously, they created subtle ethnic communities and maintained transnational sociospatial ties with Basque Provinces in Europe. Today, these transnational ties are stronger, which has profoundly influenced the creation of the Basque Block. The Basques strive to maintain their heritage landscapes to retain their cultural identity and educate present and future generations about their unique legacy. Furthermore, the local community in Boise has recently marketed their heritage landscapes to attract tourists and bring attention to this "invisible" ethnic group. This thesis explores the challenges and opportunities brought on by the production and commodification of an ethnic heritage site.

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Silverberg, David Scott. "The tectonic evolution of the pioneer metamorphic core complex, south-central Idaho." Thesis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1990. http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/17274.

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Dayley, Jason. "Nonmarine Sequence Stratigraphy of the Gannett Group Southeastern Idaho and Western Wyoming." Thesis, University of Louisiana at Lafayette, 2016. http://pqdtopen.proquest.com/#viewpdf?dispub=10002483.

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Late Jurassic through Early Cretaceous strata of the Gannett Group record initial development of the Sevier thrust belt and adjacent foreland basin. Concepts of nonmarine sequence stratigraphy were used to determine the depositional and base level history of the Gannett Group in southeastern Idaho and western Wyoming. Base level fluctuations were driven entirely by tectonic processes, while tectonic uplift in the source area was a major control on sequence development. Six measured sections were revisited or measured and correlated using the concepts of sequence stratigraphy. Four distinct sequences were identified and correlated. Each sequence can be divided into degradational, transitional, or aggradational systems tracts. Where the degradational systems tracts are preserved, they are represented by thin conglomerates. Transitional systems tracts overly the degradational systems tracts and consist of thick sections of laterally discontinuous sandstone and fluvial overbank muds, which grade laterally into continuous limestone and calcareous mudstones that comprise the aggradational systems tract.

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Anderson, Trudy J. "Responsibilities and evaluation criteria for Idaho vocational-technical education professional development programs /." The Ohio State University, 1988. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1487588249822881.

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Kimball, Scott Allen. "Behavioral interactions of breeding bald eagles (Haliaeetus luecocephalus) at Lake Cascade, Idaho." [Boise, Idaho] : Boise State University, 2009. http://scholarworks.boisestate.edu/td/40/.

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Petersen, Dan D. "An examination of school-to-work action plans in southwest Idaho schools /." ProQuest subscription required:, 2000. http://proquest.umi.com/pqdweb?did=990270541&sid=3&Fmt=2&clientId=8813&RQT=309&VName=PQD.

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Hadlow, Ann Marie. "Changes in fire season precipitation in Idaho and Montana from 1982-2006." Diss., [Missoula, Mont.] : The University of Montana, 2009. http://etd.lib.umt.edu/theses/available/etd-05292009-105116/.

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Thesis (M.S.) -- University of Montana, 2009.
Title from author supplied metadata. Description based on contents viewed on October 14, 2009. Author supplied keywords: Fire, precipitation, season ending event, Remote Automated Weather Stations, North American Regional Reanalysis, Northern Rockies, climate change. Includes bibliographical references.

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Stickney, Nicole. "Mental health provision to Hispanics in Idaho : findings from a provider survey /." [Boise, Idaho] : Boise State University, 2009. http://scholarworks.boisestate.edu/td/74/.

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Lemrick, Steve. "Economic Aspects of Reproductive Problems in Utah and Southeastern Idaho Dairy Herds." DigitalCommons@USU, 1987. https://digitalcommons.usu.edu/etd/4066.

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One hundred eighty-seven survey questionnaires asking for reproductive information for 1985 were sent to dairymen in Utah and Southeastern Idaho. Forty- two herds with current DHI information and whose owners or managers completed and returned the questionnaire were used to estimate economic losses due to reproductive problems, especially excessive days open, in Utah and Southeastern Idaho. Average days open for herds surveyed were 122.4 days with a standard deviation of 22.6 days, and a range of 89 to 177 days. Several factors were significantly correlated with days open including services per conception, previous calving interval, and missed heats. Missed heats accounted for most of the variability in days open with an r2 of .82. Surveyed dairymen were losing an average $1.22 per cow per day due to excessive days open beyond 90 days. In addition they were losing approximately $22.87 per cow per year due to reproductive levels inferior to the top expected levels and veterinary costs associated with reproductive problems other than excessive days open. Although this is the estimated average loss in Utah and Southeastern Idaho, dairymen should try to determine losses in their own herds due to reproductive problems because of the extreme variability which exists among herds. Utah and Southeastern Idaho dairymen are suffering se rious economic losses due to excessive days open and they need to improve their heat detection methods to r educe these losses .

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