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Vassar Scholarship, the institutional repository formerly known as Digital Window, reflects the research and scholarly output of the Vassar College community.  It provides access to a variety of collections, including senior theses and projects across a wide range of disciplines.

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Manual and landmark-based morphometric comparison of two populations of Campeloma, sp. across the K-Pg boundary

Publication Date
2013-January-01
Document Type
Senior Capstone Projects
Authors
Gary D. Linkevich
Department or Program
Earth Science and Geography Department
Document Type
Senior Capstone Project
Abstract

Understanding how species survive mass extinction events allows scientists to more fully explore the effects of major biotic change in the fossil record. The Cretaceous-Paleogene (K- Pg) extinction 65.5 Ma was one of the largest extinction events in Earth's history...

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Problems with Analyzing Nero's Debasement

Publication Date
2012-January-01
Document Type
Senior Capstone Projects
Authors
Williams, Zachary T.
Department or Program
Greek and Roman Studies Department
Document Type
Senior Capstone Project
Abstract

I examined Nero's debasement in the literary sources; the possible reasons for it, the consequences of it, and other details of it. Following, I examined the techniques that have been used over the last 150 years in attempts to discern...

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