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1. Revisiting the Hubbert-rubey Hypothesis for overthrust faulting: Inferences from progressive mineralization on bedding slip surfaces during flexural slip folding of Devonian Shale, the Appalachian Basin, Usa

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Author:
Aydin, Murat Gorkem
Title:
Revisiting the Hubbert-rubey Hypothesis for overthrust faulting: Inferences from progressive mineralization on bedding slip surfaces during flexural slip folding of Devonian Shale, the Appalachian Basin, Usa
Graduate Program:
Geosciences
Keywords:
flexural slip folding
slickensides
cleavage
mirror-like surfaces
File:
Download Murat_Thesis_Final.pdf
Committee Members:
Terry Engelder, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

2. Sequence Stratigraphy and Depositional Environments of the Shamokin (Union Springs) Mbr., Marcellus Fm. and Associated Strata in the Middle Appalachian Basin

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Author:
Kohl, Daniel Raymond
Title:
Sequence Stratigraphy and Depositional Environments of the Shamokin (Union Springs) Mbr., Marcellus Fm. and Associated Strata in the Middle Appalachian Basin
Graduate Program:
Geosciences
Keywords:
Marcellus
Mudrock
Shale
Sequence Stratigraphy
Appalachian Basin
Middle Devonian Stratigraphy
Mudstone deposition
File:
Download Kohl_Thesis_Final2.pdf
Committee Members:
Rudy Slingerland, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

4. Spatial Variation of Chemical Constituents in Natural Waters and Their Relation to Incidence of Buruli Ulcer in Gold-mining Regions of Ghana

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Author:
Hagarty, Julianne
Title:
Spatial Variation of Chemical Constituents in Natural Waters and Their Relation to Incidence of Buruli Ulcer in Gold-mining Regions of Ghana
Graduate Program:
Geosciences
Keywords:
Buruli ulcer
Mycobacterium ulcerans
Ghana
water chemistry
File:
Download Julianne_Hagarty_MS_thesis.pdf
Committee Members:
Kamini Singha, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

5. Characterizing Differing Modes of Supraglacial Lake Drainage Events along the Western Margin of the Greenland Ice Sheet using GPS, Passive Seismic, and MODIS Satellite Data

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Author:
Justin, Randy Michael
Title:
Characterizing Differing Modes of Supraglacial Lake Drainage Events along the Western Margin of the Greenland Ice Sheet using GPS, Passive Seismic, and MODIS Satellite Data
Graduate Program:
Geosciences
Keywords:
Greenland
Ice sheet
seismic
microseismic
GPS
MODIS
glaciology
glacial
supra-glacial lake
supraglacial lake
File:
Download R_JustinThesisFinal.pdf
Committee Members:
Sridhar Anadakrishnan, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Richard B Alley, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Derrick Lampkin, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

7. Weathering responses to rapid climate change: analysis of a high resolution osmium isotope record at the Paleocene-Eocene Thermal Maximum

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Author:
Wieczorek, Rebecca A.
Title:
Weathering responses to rapid climate change: analysis of a high resolution osmium isotope record at the Paleocene-Eocene Thermal Maximum
Graduate Program:
Geosciences
Keywords:
PETM
osmium
Spitsbergen
Arctic
weathering
File:
Download Thesis_final_draft6.pdf
Committee Members:
Matthew Scott Fantle, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Lee Kump, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

9. Subfossil Leaves from Lancaster County, Pennsylvania Reveal a New Upland Floral Component of the Pre-European Piedmont Landscape.

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Author:
Elliott, Sara Jean
Title:
Subfossil Leaves from Lancaster County, Pennsylvania Reveal a New Upland Floral Component of the Pre-European Piedmont Landscape.
Graduate Program:
Geosciences
Keywords:
Plant Macrofossils
Piedmont
Stream Restoration
Paleontology
Paleoecology
File:
Download Elliott.S_MSThesis_8.6.12.pdf
Committee Members:
Peter Daniel Wilf, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

10. Organization and Distribution of Middle Devonian Biofacies Within a Sequence Stratigraphic Framework, Huntingdon County, Pennsylvania, USA

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Author:
Deptola, Travis Joseph
Title:
Organization and Distribution of Middle Devonian Biofacies Within a Sequence Stratigraphic Framework, Huntingdon County, Pennsylvania, USA
Graduate Program:
Geosciences
Keywords:
biofacies
gradients
niche
Devonian
Hamilton
Mahantango
spatial variability
File:
Download DEPTOLA_TJ_FINAL_redo.pdf
Committee Members:
MARK E PATZKOWSKY, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

11. Geomechanical Properties of Marcellus Shale Core Samples within a Sequence Stratigraphic Framework

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Author:
Call, Travis T
Title:
Geomechanical Properties of Marcellus Shale Core Samples within a Sequence Stratigraphic Framework
Graduate Program:
Geosciences
Keywords:
geomechanical properties
fracture toughness
tensile strength
elastic modulus
Brinell hardness
Marcellus shale
File:
Download Call_thesis_final.pdf
Committee Members:
James Terry Engelder, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Dr Rudy Slingerland, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Chris J Marone, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

12. Rare leaf fossils of Monimiaceae and Atherospermataceae (Laurales) from Eocene Patagonian rainforests and their biogeographic significance.

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Author:
Knight, Cassandra
Title:
Rare leaf fossils of Monimiaceae and Atherospermataceae (Laurales) from Eocene Patagonian rainforests and their biogeographic significance.
Graduate Program:
Geosciences
Keywords:
Eocene
Patagonia
Monimiaceae
Atherospermataceae
Paleobiogeography
File:
Download Knight_MS_thesis.pdf
Committee Members:
Peter Daniel Wilf, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

14. Crustal shear wave velocity structure of Tanzania from ambient seismic noise tomography and the thicknesses of Karoo and younger basins in Southeastern Tanzania

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Author:
Boyle, Katie Rose
Title:
Crustal shear wave velocity structure of Tanzania from ambient seismic noise tomography and the thicknesses of Karoo and younger basins in Southeastern Tanzania
Graduate Program:
Geosciences
Keywords:
ambient seismic noise
tomography
East Africa
shear wave
crustal structure
Karoo
Southeastern Tanzania
sedimentary
basin
File:
Download ThesisvFinal.pdf
Committee Members:
Andrew Arnold Nyblade, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Charles James Ammon, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Peter Christopher Lafemina, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

16. Shallow water redox conditions from Permian-triassic boundary microbialites: the rare earth element and iodine geochemistry of carbonates from Turkey and South China

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Author:
Loope, Garrison Richard
Title:
Shallow water redox conditions from Permian-triassic boundary microbialites: the rare earth element and iodine geochemistry of carbonates from Turkey and South China
Graduate Program:
Geosciences
Keywords:
Mass extinction
Permian
Triassic
REE
rare earth elements
anoxia
iodine
File:
Download Thesis_Final__2_.pdf
Committee Members:
Lee Kump, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor