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Author:

Diefendorf, Aaron F.

Title:

ENVIRONMENTAL AND ECOLOGICAL CONSTRAINTS ON MOLECULAR AND ISOTOPIC SIGNATURES IN TERRESTRIAL ORGANIC CARBON

Graduate Program:

Geosciences

Keywords:

lipids
biomarker
fractionation
Carbon isotope
n-alkanes
Bighorn Basin
organic geochemistry

File:

Download Diefendorf_Dissertation_11-11-2010.pdf

Committee Members:

Katherine Haines Freeman, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Katherine Haines Freeman, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Jennifer Macalady, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Scott W Wing, Committee Member
Lee Kump, Committee Member
Jason Philip Kaye, Committee Member

Author:

Riccardi, Anthony

Title:

Carbonate-Associated Sulfate: Assessment of and Use as an Isotopic Proxy for Global Sulfur Cycling During End-Permian Mass Extinction

Graduate Program:

Geosciences

Keywords:

Sulfur Isotopes
Mass Extinction
Geochemistry

File:

Download Riccardi_Thesis_Final.pdf

Committee Members:

Lee Kump, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Michael Allan Arthur, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Katherine Haines Freeman, Committee Member
Carlo G Pantano, Committee Member

Author:

Zerkle, Aubrey L.

Title:

Microbial Trace Metal Requirements: Limiting Nutrients and Potential Biosignatures

Graduate Program:

Geosciences

Keywords:

trace metals
biogeochemistry
nitrogen fixation
metal limitation
metallomics
biogeochemical cycling

File:

Download DISS_FINAL_ZERKLE.pdf

Committee Members:

Christopher Howard House, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Susan Louise Brantley, Committee Member
Lee Kump, Committee Member
Hunter J Carrick, Committee Member
Donald E Canfield, Committee Member

Author:

Ennyu, Atsuhito

Title:

MIDDLE MIOCENE CLIMATE EVOLUTION IN THE PACIFIC REALM

Graduate Program:

Geosciences

Keywords:

paleoceanography
paleoclimatology
middle Miocene
oxygen and carbon stable isotopes
foraminifera
Ocean Drilling Program

File:

Download thesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Michael Allan Arthur, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Lee Kump, Committee Member
Raymond Gabriel Najjar Jr., Committee Member
Alan Walker, Committee Member

Author:

Junium, Christopher Kendall

Title:

Nitrogen biogeochemistry and ancient oceanic anoxia

Graduate Program:

Geosciences

Keywords:

nitrogen cycle
nitrogen isotopes
black shale
porphyrins

File:

Download Junium_PhD_eTD.pdf

Committee Members:

Michael Allan Arthur, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Michael Allan Arthur, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Katherine Haines Freeman, Committee Member
Lee Kump, Committee Member
Jason Philip Kaye, Committee Member

Author:

Hummer, Daniel Robert

Title:

Mechanisms of Aqueous Crystallization and Phase Transformation in Titanium Oxide Minerals

Graduate Program:

Geosciences

Keywords:

anatase
rutile
titanium oxide
titanium dioxide
crystallization
precipitation
time-resolved X-ray diffraction
time-resolved small angle X-ray scattering
nanoparticles
phase stability reversal
surface energy
nucleation
crystal growth
hydrolysis
global optimization
kinetic fitting
kinetic modeling

File:

Download Hummer_dissertation_final.pdf

Committee Members:

Peter J Heaney, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Peter J Heaney, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
James David Kubicki, Committee Member
Lee Kump, Committee Member
Kwadwo Osseo Asare, Committee Member

Author:

Buss, Heather L.

Title:

Biogeochemical Weathering of Iron-Silicate Minerals

Graduate Program:

Geosciences

Keywords:

spheroidal weathering
biotite
hornblende
iron cycling
siderophores
etch pits

File:

Download BussThesisFinal.pdf

Committee Members:

Susan Louise Brantley, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Maryann Victoria Bruns, Committee Member
Lee Kump, Committee Member
Christopher Howard House, Committee Member

Author:

Hotinski, Roberta Michelle

Title:

Life's Influence on the Sedimentary Record: The Interplay of Ocean Chemistry, Circulation, and the Biological Pump

Graduate Program:

Geosciences

Keywords:

ocean stagnation
Pethei
Permian
Precambrian
carbon isotopes
anoxia
biogeochemical cycles

File:

Download Thesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Hiroshi Ohmoto, Committee Member
Lee Kump, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Michael Allan Arthur, Committee Member
Raymond Gabriel Najjar Jr., Committee Member

Author:

Lewicki, Jennifer Lynn

Title:

Soil Carbon Dioxide Flow Associated With The San Andreas And Calaveras Faults, California

Graduate Program:

Geosciences

Keywords:

unsaturated zone gas transport
faults
Soil gas
Carbon dioxide

File:

Download etd.pdf

Committee Members:

Katherine Haines Freeman, Committee Member
Lee Kump, Committee Member
Susan Louise Brantley, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Michael Allan Arthur, Committee Member
Derek Elsworth, Committee Member

Author:

Fulton, James Mark

Title:

Interpreting Nitrogen Isotope Excursions in the Sedimentary Record

Graduate Program:

Geosciences

Keywords:

purple sulfur bacteria
cyanobacteria
nitrogen cycle
Black Sea
Green Lake

File:

Download J_Fulton_dissertation_2010.pdf

Committee Members:

Michael Allan Arthur, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Michael Allan Arthur, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Katherine Haines Freeman, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Lee Kump, Committee Member
John Michael Regan, Committee Member

Author:

Moore, Joel

Title:

Biogeochemistry of granitic weathering

Graduate Program:

Geosciences

Keywords:

granite
chronosequence
mineral
weathering
soil

File:

Download 7_moore_dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

Susan Louise Brantley, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Jennifer Macalady, Committee Member
Maryann Victoria Bruns, Committee Member
Lee Kump, Committee Member

Author:

Meyer, Katja Maria

Title:

Biogeochemistry of Oceanic Euxinia in Earth History: Numerical Modeling and Evaluation of Biomarkers Using Modern Analogs

Graduate Program:

Geosciences

Keywords:

euxinia
Earth system model
Permian-Triassic boundary
mass extinction
hydrogen sulfide
carotenoid
biomarker

File:

Download Meyer_Dissertation_eTD.pdf

Committee Members:

Lee Kump, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Lee Kump, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Katherine Haines Freeman, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Jennifer Macalady, Committee Member
John Michael Regan, Committee Member

Author:

Panchuk, Karla Michelle

Title:

INVESTIGATING THE PALEOCENE-EOCENE CARBON CYCLE PERTURBATION: AN EARTH SYSTEM MODEL APPROACH

Graduate Program:

Geosciences

Keywords:

Earth system model
global warming

File:

Download ThesisMaster.pdf

Committee Members:

Lee Kump, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Timothy Bralower, Committee Member
Klaus Keller, Committee Member
Raymond Gabriel Najjar Jr., Committee Member

Author:

Yamaguchi, Kosei

Title:

Geochemistry of Archean–Paleoproterozoic Black Shales: The Early Evolution of the Atmosphere, Oceans, and Biosphere

Graduate Program:

Geosciences

Keywords:

N2 fixation
Carbon
Photosynthesis
Sulfur
Sulfate reduction
Stable Isotopes
Proterozoic
Continental Crust
Black Shales
Paleoproterozoic
Anoxic
Pilbara
Hamersley
Iron
Australia
Nitrogen
Archean
Oxic
Pyrite
Thorium
Nitrification
Denitrification
Uranium
Molybdenum
Methanogenesis
Griqualand West
Witwatersrand
Barberton
South Africa

File:

Download Kosei.pdf

Committee Members:

Lee Kump, Committee Member
Raymond Gabriel Najjar Jr., Committee Member
Hiroshi Ohmoto, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Michael Allan Arthur, Committee Member

Author:

Schneider, Leah Jill

Title:

Response of calcareous nannoplankton to climatic perturbations and the long-term impact on communities

Graduate Program:

Geosciences

Keywords:

calcareous nannoplankton
geosciences
paleoceanography
Cenozoic

File:

Download LSchneiderDissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

Lee Kump, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Timothy Bralower, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Lee Kump, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Timothy Bralower, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
MARK E PATZKOWSKY, Committee Member
Raymond Gabriel Najjar Jr., Special Member

Author:

Bachmann, Matthew

Title:

Quantifying Subsurface Nitrate Transport and Remediation Using Gene Expression and Finite Element Models

Graduate Program:

Geosciences

Keywords:

florida keys
wastewater
denitrification
nirS
q-rt-pcr
tidal pumping

File:

Download Bachmann_Thesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Lee Kump, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
John Michael Regan, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Susan Louise Brantley, Committee Member
Christopher Howard House, Committee Member

Author:

Hurtgen, Matthew T.

Title:

Neoproterozoic Sulfur Isotopes, Snowball Earth Events and the Evolution of Microbial Sulfur Species

Graduate Program:

Geosciences

Keywords:

sulfur isotopes
Neoproterozoic
snowball Earth
sulfate concentrations
Precambrian
Namibia

File:

Download thesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Michael Allan Arthur, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Lee Kump, Committee Member
Hiroshi Ohmoto, Committee Member
Charles Raymond Fisher Jr., Committee Member

Author:

Kharecha, Pushker A

Title:

A Coupled Atmosphere-Ecosystem Model of the Early Archean Biosphere

Graduate Program:

Geosciences

Keywords:

Archean
methane
early Earth
atmospheric evolution
anaerobic ecosystem

File:

Download Thesis.pdf

Committee Members:

James Kasting, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Lee Kump, Committee Member
Christopher Howard House, Committee Member
S Blair Hedges, Committee Member

Author:

Ono, Shuhei

Title:

Detrital uraninite and the early Earth's atmosphere: SIMS analyses of uraninite in the Elliot Lake district and the dissolution kinetics of natural uraninite

Graduate Program:

Geosciences

Keywords:

Proterozoic
atmosphere
oxygen
dissolution kinetics
quartz-pebble conglomerate
SIMS
Archean
detrital
uraninite

File:

Download S.Ono_PhD_Thesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Hiroshi Ohmoto, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Kwadwo Asare Osseo Asare, Committee Member
Peter J Heaney, Committee Member
Lee Kump, Committee Member

Author:

Cameron, Vyllinniskii

Title:

Trace Metal Biosignatures

Graduate Program:

Geosciences

Keywords:

Trace metals
Biosignatures
Nickel Stable Isotopes
Hyperthermophiles
Methanogen
Tungsten

File:

Download VCThesisFinal.pdf

Committee Members:

Christopher Howard House, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Susan Louise Brantley, Committee Member
Lee Kump, Committee Member
Caryl Ann Gronwall, Committee Member