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Author:

Olson, Stephanie Leigh

Title:

Quantifying the areal extent and dissolved oxygen concentrations of Archean oxygen oases

Graduate Program:

Geosciences

Keywords:

oxygen oases
redox evolution
oxygenic photosynthesis
Archean
earth system model

File:

Download SLO_MSthesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Lee Kump, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Puls, Brendan William

Title:

Electron Transfer and the Roles of Flavins during Iron(III) Reduction by Shewanella Oneidensis

Graduate Program:

Geosciences

Keywords:

electron transfer
flavins
Shewanella oneidensis

File:

Download Brendan_Puls_-_Masters_Thesis.pdf

Committee Members:

James David Kubicki, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Harman, Chester Ervin

Title:

The Atmospheric Production of Glycolaldehyde Under Hazy, Prebiotic Conditions

Graduate Program:

Geosciences

Keywords:

glycolaldehyde
prebiotic
chemistry
atmosphere
RNA precursor
hydrocarbon haze

File:

Download Harman_MS_Thesis_-_Final.pdf

Committee Members:

James Kasting, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Donovan, Michael Philip

Title:

Novel insect leaf-mining at Mexican Hat, Montana (early Paleocene) and the demise of Cretaceous leaf miners

Graduate Program:

Geosciences

Keywords:

plant-insect interactions
Cretaceous-Paleogene extinction
herbivory
paleoecology
Fort Union Formation
Powder River Basin

File:

Download Donovan_Thesis_Final.pdf

Committee Members:

Peter Daniel Wilf, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

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:

Deane, James Anthony

Title:

The effect of oxygen fugacity on the equilibrium partitioning of lithium between olivine and clinopyroxene

Graduate Program:

Geosciences

Keywords:

Lithium
Petrology
Experimental petrology
oxygen fugacity
equilibrium partitioning
mantle chemistry
xenolith

File:

Download Deane_M.S._Thesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Maureen Feineman, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Regalla, Christine Ann

Title:

Cenozoic forearc tectonics in northeastern Japan: Relationships between outer forearc subsidence and plate boundary kinematics

Graduate Program:

Geosciences

Keywords:

Japan trench
subduction zone
forearc tectonics
erosive margins

File:

Download Regalla_PhD_Thesis_Final.pdf

Committee Members:

Donald Myron Fisher, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Eric Kirby, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Kevin Patrick Furlong, Committee Member
Douglas Miller, Committee Member

Author:

Carter, Megan Rene

Title:

Exploring a 60-year record of manganese deposition in Marietta Ohio using soil chemistry and atmospheric dispersion modeling

Graduate Program:

Geosciences

Keywords:

soil
manganese
heavy metal contamination
atmospheric deposition

File:

Download Megan_Carter_Thesis_8_13.pdf

Committee Members:

Susan Louise Brantley, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

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:

Olson, Roman

Title:

How Well Can Historical Temperature Observations Constrain Climate Sensitivity

Graduate Program:

Geosciences

Keywords:

Climate sensitivity
internal climate variability
Gaussian Process
climate model
Markov chain Monte Carlo

File:

Download RO_Dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

Klaus Keller, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Klaus Keller, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Chris Eliot Forest, Committee Member
James Kasting, Committee Member
Murali Haran, Committee Member