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

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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

2. 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

3. Contaminant sequestration and phase transformation properties of birnessite-like phases (delta-mno2)

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Author:
Fleeger, Claire Rene
Title:
Contaminant sequestration and phase transformation properties of birnessite-like phases (delta-mno2)
Graduate Program:
Geosciences
Keywords:
birnessite
cesium sequestration
phase transformation
manganese oxide
File:
Download FleegerCR_dissertation.pdf
Committee Members:
Peter J Heaney, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
James David Kubicki, Committee Member
Matthew Scott Fantle, Committee Member
William D Burgos, Committee Member

4. Application of density functional theory calculations to elucidate the structure of lignin linkages and the intermolecular interactions among proxies of lignin, hemicellulose, and cellulose

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Author:
Watts, Heath Donald
Title:
Application of density functional theory calculations to elucidate the structure of lignin linkages and the intermolecular interactions among proxies of lignin, hemicellulose, and cellulose
Graduate Program:
Geosciences
Keywords:
lignin
DFT
density functional theory
GIAO
NMR
coniferyl alcohol
biofuels
File:
Download HWatts_dissertation_complete.pdf
Committee Members:
James David Kubicki, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Katherine Haines Freeman, Committee Member
Jennifer Macalady, Committee Member
Ming Tien, Committee Member

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

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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

6. Geophysical Exploration of Glacier Basal Processes and Grounding Line Dynamics

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Author:
Christianson, Knut Andrew
Title:
Geophysical Exploration of Glacier Basal Processes and Grounding Line Dynamics
Graduate Program:
Geosciences
Keywords:
glaciers
ice sheets
geophysics
ice-penetrating radar
GPS
File:
Download christianson_knut_thesis_2012.pdf
Committee Members:
Sridhar Anandakrishnan, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Richard B Alley, Committee Member
Peter Christopher Lafemina, Committee Member
Derrick J Lampkin, Committee Member
Derek Elsworth, Committee Member

7. 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

9. 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

10. 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

12. 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

14. 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

15. 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

16. 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

17. 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

20. 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

22. Investigation of Mantle Structure beneath Eastern Africa: Implications for the Origin Of the Cenozoic tectonism and propagation of the Rift System

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Author:
Mulibo, Gabriel Daudi
Title:
Investigation of Mantle Structure beneath Eastern Africa: Implications for the Origin Of the Cenozoic tectonism and propagation of the Rift System
Graduate Program:
Geosciences
Keywords:
Tomography
Receiver function
Superplume
East African Rift System
Cenozoic Tectonism
File:
Download Mulibo_Gabriel_Dissertation_Final.pdf
Committee Members:
Andrew Arnold Nyblade, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Andrew Arnold Nyblade, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Charles James Ammon, Committee Member
Sridhar Anandakrishnan, Committee Member
Derek Elsworth, Special Member

23. 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

24. Biogeochemistry of manganese contamination in a temperate forested watershed

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Author:
Herndon, Elizabeth Maureen
Title:
Biogeochemistry of manganese contamination in a temperate forested watershed
Graduate Program:
Geosciences
Keywords:
Biogeochemistry
Shale Hills
Critical Zone
manganese
File:
Download Herndon_PhD_Dissertation.pdf
Committee Members:
Susan Louise Brantley, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
David Eissenstat, Committee Member
Jennifer Macalady, Committee Member
Peter J Heaney, Committee Member
Carmen Martinez, Committee Member