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Author:

Sitchler, Alexis K

Title:

Weathering Advance Rates in Basalt: Prediction and Comparison Across Scales

Graduate Program:

Geosciences

Keywords:

chemical weathering
basalt
porosity
diffusion
scaling
reactive transport modeling
weathering rinds

File:

Download ANS_final_thesis2.pdf

Committee Members:

Susan Louise Brantley, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Eric Kirby, Committee Member
Jennifer Macalady, Committee Member
Derek Elsworth, Committee Member

Author:

Edmonds, Douglas Arthur

Title:

THE GROWTH AND EVOLUTION OF RIVER-DOMINATED DELTAS AND THEIR DISTRIBUTARY NETWORKS

Graduate Program:

Geosciences

Keywords:

bifurcation
avulsion
delta
delta stability
delta growth

File:

Download Edmonds_Dissertation_final.pdf

Committee Members:

Dr Rudy Slingerland, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Rudy Slingerland, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Eric Kirby, Committee Member
Richard B Alley, Committee Member
David N Hill, Committee Member

Author:

Morell, Kristin Diane

Title:

LATE MIOCENE TO RECENT ARC-FOREARC RESPONSE TO PLATE TECTONICS SURROUNDING THE PANAMA TRIPLE JUNCTION, SOUTHERN CENTRAL AMERICA

Graduate Program:

Geosciences

Keywords:

Panama Triple Junction
neotectonics

File:

Download THESIS_FINAL_MORELL.pdf

Committee Members:

Donald F Isher, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Donald Myron Fisher, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Eric Kirby, Committee Member
Derek Elsworth, Committee Member
Peter Christopher Lafemina, Committee Member

Author:

Harkins, Nathan Ward

Title:

MILLENNIAL SLIP-RATES ALONG THE EASTERN KUNLUN FAULT AND RAPID EVOLUTION OF CHANNEL MORPHOLOGY IN THE YELLOW RIVER HEADWATERS, NORTHEASTERN TIBET, CHINA

Graduate Program:

Geosciences

Keywords:

fluvial geomorphology
strike-slip faulting
tibet
active tectonics
Geomorphology
Yellow River

File:

Download harkins_text809.pdf

Committee Members:

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

Author:

Bier, Sara Elizabeth

Title:

STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY AND KINEMATICS ASSOCIATED WITH THE COLLISION OF THE WRANGELLIA COMPOSITE TERRANE AND NORTH AMERICA, SOUTH-CENTRAL ALASKA

Graduate Program:

Geosciences

Keywords:

terrane
alaska
tectonics
structural geology

File:

Download sarabier_thesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Donald Myron Fisher, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Rudy Lynn Slingerland, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Donald Myron Fisher, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Eric Kirby, Committee Member
Cynthia Ann Brewer, Committee Member

Author:

Craddock, William Howard

Title:

Structural and geomorphic evolution of the Gonghe basin complex, northeastern Tibet: Implications for the timing of plateau growth

Graduate Program:

Geosciences

Keywords:

tectonics
geology
geomorphology
geochronology
Tibetan plateau
Gonghe basin complex
Jungong basin
Yellow River
geodynamics
stratigraphy
structural geology

File:

Download WHC_Dissertation_4_8_2011_v2.pdf

Committee Members:

Eric Kirby, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Eric Kirby, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Rudy L Slingerland, Committee Member
Donald Myron Fisher, Committee Member
Derek Elsworth, Committee Member

Author:

Shi, Xuhua

Title:

Transient channel incision in response to the Mendocino triple junction migration, northern California

Graduate Program:

Geosciences

Keywords:

northern California
Mendocino Triple Junction
Transient channel incision
Coast Ranges

File:

Download Shi_X_MS_thesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Eric Kirby, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Eric Kirby, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Kevin Patrick Furlong, 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:

West, Nicole R

Title:

Topographic fingerprints of hillslope erosion in the central Appalachians as revealed by meteoric 10be: Toward understanding the evolution of critical zone architecture

Graduate Program:

Geosciences

Keywords:

critical zone
beryllium-10
hillslope erosion

File:

Download NWest_Dissertation_Revisions_Jul18.pdf

Committee Members:

Eric Kirby, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Rudy Slingerland, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Susan Louise Brantley, Committee Member
Douglas Miller, Committee Member

Author:

Shi, Xuhua

Title:

Deformation of lacustrine shorelines in central Tibet: Implications for lake level history, fault kinematics, and crustal rheology

Graduate Program:

Geosciences

Keywords:

Deformation
Shorelines
Central Tibet
Siling Co
Lake Level
Elastic thickness
Viscosity
Rheology
Gyaring Co
Slip rate

File:

Download Shi_PhD_dissertation_final.pdf

Committee Members:

Eric Kirby, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Kevin Patrick Furlong, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Donald Myron Fisher, Committee Member
Robert George Crane, Committee Member