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Author:

Carpenter, Brett Matthew

Title:

Fault strength and stability: Lessons learned from the San Andreas Fault in central California

Graduate Program:

Geosciences

Keywords:

friction
fault mechanics
San Andreas Fault

File:

Download Carpenter_PhD_All.pdf

Committee Members:

Chris Marone, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Demian Saffer, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Charles James Ammon, Committee Member
Derek Elsworth, Committee Member
Andre Niemeijer, Special Member

Author:

Kaproth, Bryan Michael

Title:

The evolution of fault strength, permeability, and acoustic properties in experimental studies from fault initiation through the seismic cycle

Graduate Program:

Geosciences

Keywords:

Fault mechanics
Slow slip
Permeability
Fault strength
Fault fabric
Active seismic

File:

Download Kaproth_Thesis_July_13.pdf

Committee Members:

Chris Marone, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Demian Saffer, Committee Member
Eliza Richardson Marone, Committee Member
Derek Elsworth, Committee Member
Charles James Ammon, Committee Member

Author:

Lauer, Rachel Mollie

Title:

Subduction zone hydrogeology: quantifying fluid sources, pathways and pressure

Graduate Program:

Geosciences

Keywords:

subduction zone
hydrogeology
earthquake mechanics

File:

Download RMLauer_dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

Demian Saffer, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Demian Saffer, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Chris Marone, Committee Member
Donald Myron Fisher, Committee Member
Derek Elsworth, Special Member

Author:

Tsao, Leah Emily

Title:

Culture-dependent and independent studies of sulfur oxidizing bacteria from the Frasassi Caves

Graduate Program:

Geosciences

Keywords:

sulfur oxidizing bacteria
Thiobacillus baregensis
Sulfuricurvum kujiense
sulfuric acid speleogenesis
Frasassi Caves

File:

Download Tsao2014_Thesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Jennifer Macalady, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Christopher Howard House, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Demian Saffer, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Katherine Haines Freeman, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Scuderi, Marco Maria

Title:

Mechanical properties of the seismogenic zone

Graduate Program:

Geosciences

Keywords:

earthquakes
friction
granular physics

File:

Download Scuderi_Thesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Chris J Marone, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Chris Marone, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Demian Saffer, Committee Member
Derek Elsworth, Committee Member
Peter Christopher Lafemina, Committee Member
Eliza Richardson Marone, Committee Member

Author:

Johnston, Thomas James

Title:

The role of poroelasticity during disequilibrium compaction and hydrocarbon generation on horizontal stress in the Devonian section of the Appalachian Basin

Graduate Program:

Geosciences

Keywords:

Marcellus
poroelasticity
modeling
gas shale

File:

Download JohnstonMSThesis2015.pdf

Committee Members:

Terry Engelder, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Rudy Slingerland, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Demian Saffer, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Peterson, Kristina Marie

Title:

nucleation, growth, and phase transformation mechanisms of the iron (oxy)hydroxides

Graduate Program:

Geosciences

Keywords:

akaganeite
hematite
Rietveld
synchrotron
time-resolved X-ray diffraction

File:

Download Peterson_Dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

Peter J Heaney, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Peter J Heaney, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
James David Kubicki, Committee Member
Christopher Gorski, Committee Member
Matthew Scott Fantle, Committee Member
Demian Saffer, Special Member

Author:

Miller, Peter Kent

Title:

Experimental investigation of permeability and mechanical evolution of cataclastic deformation bands

Graduate Program:

Geosciences

Keywords:

Rock mechanics
deformation bands
sandstone
permeability
reservoir mechanics

File:

Download Miller_Thesis_final.pdf

Committee Members:

Demian Saffer, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Chris J Marone, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Baisden, Tramond Rashard

Title:

Evaluating avulsion controls on fluvial sand body architecture and connectivity

Graduate Program:

Geosciences

Keywords:

geology
fluvial
connectivity
petroleum geology
sedimentary geology
reservoir modelling
wasatch
lidar
avulsion

File:

Download Baisden_Tramond_FinalThesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Elizabeth Ann Hajek, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Demian Saffer, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Rudy Slingerland, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Huffman, Katelyn Allison

Title:

Understanding tectonic stress and rock strength in the Nankai Trough accretionary prism, offshore SW Japan

Graduate Program:

Geosciences

Keywords:

Nankai Trough
in situ stress
unconfined compressive strength
borehole breakout
IODP
poroelastic FEM

File:

Download Huffman.pdf

Committee Members:

Demian Saffer, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Chris Marone, Committee Member
Donald Myron Fisher, Committee Member
Derek Elsworth, Committee Member
Maureen Feineman, Committee Member