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44. Structural evolution of slate belts: examples from Tawain and eastern Pennsylvania

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Author:
YEH, EN-CHAO
Title:
Structural evolution of slate belts: examples from Tawain and eastern Pennsylvania
Graduate Program:
Geosciences
Keywords:
Taiwan
tectonics
thermochronology
inclusion
kinematics
fold
File:
Download PhD_dissertation.pdf
Committee Members:
Donald Myron Fisher, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Derek Elsworth, Committee Member
Terry Engelder, Committee Member
Chris Marone, Committee Member
Derrill Maylon Kerrick, Committee Member

45. THE DEPTH DISTRIBUTION OF SEISMICITY AT THE NORTHERN END OF THE RWENZORI MOUNTAINS: IMPLICATIONS FOR HEAT FLOW IN THE WESTERN RIFT, UGANDA

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Author:
Tugume, Fred Alex
Title:
THE DEPTH DISTRIBUTION OF SEISMICITY AT THE NORTHERN END OF THE RWENZORI MOUNTAINS: IMPLICATIONS FOR HEAT FLOW IN THE WESTERN RIFT, UGANDA
Graduate Program:
Geosciences
Keywords:
Heat flow
seismicty
File:
Download Fred_MSthesis1.pdf
Committee Members:
Andrew Arnold Nyblade, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Andrew Arnold Nyblade, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

46. THE ORIGIN OF EARTHQUAKE SWARMS ALONG THE EASTERN BRANCH OF THE EAST AFRICAN RIFT SYSTEM IN TANZANIA

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Author:
Mulibo, Gabriel Daudi
Title:
THE ORIGIN OF EARTHQUAKE SWARMS ALONG THE EASTERN BRANCH OF THE EAST AFRICAN RIFT SYSTEM IN TANZANIA
Graduate Program:
Geosciences
Keywords:
East African Rift System
Earthquake swarm
diking
faulting
File:
Download Gabriel_thesis_final.pdf
Committee Members:
Andrew Arnold Nyblade, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Andrew Arnold Nyblade, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

47. ANNUAL VARIATIONS IN GROUND-WATER TEMPERATURE AS A TRACER OF RIVER-AQUIFER INTERACTIONS

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Author:
Moret, Geoffrey John Maxted
Title:
ANNUAL VARIATIONS IN GROUND-WATER TEMPERATURE AS A TRACER OF RIVER-AQUIFER INTERACTIONS
Graduate Program:
Geosciences
Keywords:
hydrogeology
temperature
File:
Download moretdissertationrevised.pdf
Committee Members:
Richard Rudolph Parizek, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Charles James Ammon, Committee Member
Derek Elsworth, Committee Member
Demian Saffer, Committee Member
Kamini Singha, Committee Member

48. Integrating Seismological and Tectonic Studies to Constrain Lithospheric Evolution at Complex Plate Boundaries

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Author:
Hayes, Gavin P.
Title:
Integrating Seismological and Tectonic Studies to Constrain Lithospheric Evolution at Complex Plate Boundaries
Graduate Program:
Geosciences
Keywords:
velocity ratio
tectonics
Macquarie Ridge
receiver functions
seismology
Mendocino triple junction
plate reconstructions
dike injection
File:
Download GHayes_Thesis.pdf
Committee Members:
Kevin Patrick Furlong, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Charles James Ammon, Committee Member
Robert George Crane, Committee Member
Donald Myron Fisher, Committee Member
Chris J Marone, Committee Member

49. GEOPHYSICAL OBSERVATIONS OF POLAR ICE SHEETS AND ICE SHELVES

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Open Access
Author:
Horgan, Huw Joseph
Title:
GEOPHYSICAL OBSERVATIONS OF POLAR ICE SHEETS AND ICE SHELVES
Graduate Program:
Geosciences
Keywords:
seismology
greenland
antarctica
basal melt
grounding line
ice sheet
ice shelf
glaciology
geophyscis
remote sensing
File:
Download horgan.pdf
Committee Members:
Dr Sridhar Anandakrishnan, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Sridhar Anandakrishnan, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Richard B Alley, Committee Member
Charles James Ammon, Committee Member
Chris Marone, Committee Member
Charles Holland, Committee Member

50. Bacteriohopanepoyols Across Environmental Gradients

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Author:
Albrecht, Heidi Lynn
Title:
Bacteriohopanepoyols Across Environmental Gradients
Graduate Program:
Geosciences
Keywords:
bacteriohopanepolyols
hopanoid
geochemistry
biogeochemistry
organic geochemistry
File:
Download Thesis_3262011.pdf
Committee Members:
Jennifer Macalady, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Christopher Howard House, Committee Member
John Michael Regan, Committee Member
Jennifer Macalady, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Katherine Haines Freeman, Committee Chair/Co-Chair

52. The effects of friction on earthquake triggering and fault zone evolution

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Author:
Savage, Heather M.
Title:
The effects of friction on earthquake triggering and fault zone evolution
Graduate Program:
Geosciences
Keywords:
friction experiments
earthquake triggering
transient stress
fault damage zone
fracture
File:
Download savage_dissertation.pdf
Committee Members:
Chris Marone, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Sridhar Anandakrisnan, Committee Member
Terry Engelder, Committee Member
Michele Cooke, Committee Member
Peter E Schiffer, Committee Member

53. Life's Influence on the Sedimentary Record: The Interplay of Ocean Chemistry, Circulation, and the Biological Pump

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Author:
Hotinski, Roberta Michelle
Title:
Life's Influence on the Sedimentary Record: The Interplay of Ocean Chemistry, Circulation, and the Biological Pump
Graduate Program:
Geosciences
Keywords:
ocean stagnation
Pethei
Permian
Precambrian
carbon isotopes
anoxia
biogeochemical cycles
File:
Download Thesis.pdf
Committee Members:
Hiroshi Ohmoto, Committee Member
Lee Kump, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Michael Allan Arthur, Committee Member
Raymond Gabriel Najjar Jr., Committee Member

54. AN EXPERIMENTAL INVESTIGATION OF MULTIPLE SULFUR ISOTOPE FRACTIONATIONS DURING HETEROGENEOUS REACTIONS BETWEEN SO2 AND ACTIVATED CARBON

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Author:
Hamasaki, Hiroshi
Title:
AN EXPERIMENTAL INVESTIGATION OF MULTIPLE SULFUR ISOTOPE FRACTIONATIONS DURING HETEROGENEOUS REACTIONS BETWEEN SO2 AND ACTIVATED CARBON
Graduate Program:
Geosciences
Keywords:
Sulfur isotopes
adsorption
activated carbon
sulfur dioxide
File:
Download Hama_MS_thesis_final.pdf
Committee Members:
Hiroshi Ohmoto, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Hiroshi Ohmoto, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Dr Yumiko Watanabe, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

55. DETRITAL-MINERAL THERMOCHRONOLOGY: INVESTIGATIONS OF OROGENIC DENUDATION IN THE HIMALAYA OF CENTRAL NEPAL

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Author:
Brewer, Ian D
Title:
DETRITAL-MINERAL THERMOCHRONOLOGY: INVESTIGATIONS OF OROGENIC DENUDATION IN THE HIMALAYA OF CENTRAL NEPAL
Graduate Program:
Geosciences
Keywords:
geodynamics
geology
tectonics
thermochronology
argon
erosion
orogenic
himalaya
marsyandi
chronology
dating
thermal modeling
File:
Download THESIS_FULL_AUG2005_FINAL_compressed_secure.pdf
Committee Members:
Douglas W. Burbank, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Rudy L Slingerland, Committee Member
Peter B Flemings, Committee Member
Derek Elsworth, Committee Member

56. THE EARTH’S OLDEST (~3.4 GA) PALEOSOL AT TRENDALL RIDGE IN THE NORTH POLE DOME REGION OF THE EAST PILBARA CRATON, WESTERN AUSTRALIA.

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Author:
Johnson, Ian Matthew
Title:
THE EARTH’S OLDEST (~3.4 GA) PALEOSOL AT TRENDALL RIDGE IN THE NORTH POLE DOME REGION OF THE EAST PILBARA CRATON, WESTERN AUSTRALIA.
Graduate Program:
Geosciences
Keywords:
Paleosol
Archean
Pilbara
Iron and Aluminum Mobility
File:
Download IJohnson_thesis.pdf
Committee Members:
Hiroshi Ohmoto, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Hiroshi Ohmoto, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

58. THE DIVERSITY, ECOLOGY, CLIMATE, AND PRESERVATION OF MARINE COMMUNITIES IN THE TWENTY MILLION YEARS FOLLOWING THE END CRETACEOUS MASS EXTINCTION

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Author:
Sessa, Jocelyn Anne
Title:
THE DIVERSITY, ECOLOGY, CLIMATE, AND PRESERVATION OF MARINE COMMUNITIES IN THE TWENTY MILLION YEARS FOLLOWING THE END CRETACEOUS MASS EXTINCTION
Graduate Program:
Geosciences
Keywords:
end Cretaceous mass extinction
diversity recovery
mollusc
Paleocene-Eocene Thermal Maximum
Paleogene
Gulf Coastal Plain
File:
Download Sessa_dissertation.pdf
Committee Members:
Mark Patzkowsky, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Mark Patzkowsky, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Timothy J. Bralower, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Linda Ivany, Committee Member
Eric S Post, Committee Member
Peter Daniel Wilf, Committee Member
Michael Allan Arthur, Committee Member

59. POROSITY PREDICTION FROM SEISMIC DATA USING MULTIATTRIBUTE TRANSFORMATIONS, N SAND, AUGER FIELD, GULF OF MEXICO

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Author:
Valenti, Joseph Christian Adam Frank
Title:
POROSITY PREDICTION FROM SEISMIC DATA USING MULTIATTRIBUTE TRANSFORMATIONS, N SAND, AUGER FIELD, GULF OF MEXICO
Graduate Program:
Geosciences
Keywords:
neural network
porosity
seismic
File:
Download Valenti.Thesis.pdf
Committee Members:
Charles James Ammon, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Charles James Ammon, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

60. A MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS OF THE RECOVERY OF CALCAREOUS NANNOPLANKTON AND PLANKTONIC FORAMINIFERA FROM THE CRETACEOUS/PALEOGENE (K/P) MASS EXTINCTION

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Author:
Schueth, Jonathan Douglas
Title:
A MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS OF THE RECOVERY OF CALCAREOUS NANNOPLANKTON AND PLANKTONIC FORAMINIFERA FROM THE CRETACEOUS/PALEOGENE (K/P) MASS EXTINCTION
Graduate Program:
Geosciences
Keywords:
Cretaceous/Paleogene mass extinction
planktonic foraminifera
nannoplankton
ecosystem recovery
File:
Download Schueth_MS_Thesis.pdf
Committee Members:
Timothy Bralower, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Timothy Bralower, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor