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Author:

Samuelson, Jon Erik

Title:

LABORATORY MEASUREMENT OF SHEAR INDUCED FAULT ZONE DILATANCY, AND NUMERICAL ESTIMATION OF ITS INFLUENCE ON FRICTION CONSTITUTIVE PARAMETERS IN QUASI-UNDRAINED SCENARIOS

Graduate Program:

Geosciences

Keywords:

friction
earthquake
dilatancy
fault zone
pore fluid pressure

File:

Download Jon_Samuelson_PhD_Thesis_Combined_2.0.pdf

Committee Members:

Chris Marone, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Chris Marone, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Derek Elsworth, Committee Member
Demian Saffer, Committee Member
Kamini Singha, Committee Member

Author:

Moran, James Joseph

Title:

Methanosarcinales biogeochemistry, implications for methane cycling

Graduate Program:

Geosciences

Keywords:

anaerobic methane oxidation
dimethyl sulfide
methanogens
RNA selection
stable isotope analysis

File:

Download Thesis_Moran.pdf

Committee Members:

Katherine Haines Freeman, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Christopher Howard House, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
James Kasting, Committee Member
Kenneth James Davis, Committee Member

Author:

Lewicki, Jennifer Lynn

Title:

Soil Carbon Dioxide Flow Associated With The San Andreas And Calaveras Faults, California

Graduate Program:

Geosciences

Keywords:

unsaturated zone gas transport
faults
Soil gas
Carbon dioxide

File:

Download etd.pdf

Committee Members:

Katherine Haines Freeman, Committee Member
Lee Kump, Committee Member
Susan Louise Brantley, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Michael Allan Arthur, Committee Member
Derek Elsworth, Committee Member

Author:

Yakob, Jessica L

Title:

An experimental study of lithium partitioning between olivine and diopside at upper mantle conditions

Graduate Program:

Geosciences

Keywords:

olivine
lithium partitioning
diopside

File:

Download Yakob_MS_Thesis_Final.pdf

Committee Members:

Maureen Feineman, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Maureen Feineman, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Fulton, James Mark

Title:

Interpreting Nitrogen Isotope Excursions in the Sedimentary Record

Graduate Program:

Geosciences

Keywords:

purple sulfur bacteria
cyanobacteria
nitrogen cycle
Black Sea
Green Lake

File:

Download J_Fulton_dissertation_2010.pdf

Committee Members:

Michael Allan Arthur, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Michael Allan Arthur, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Katherine Haines Freeman, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Lee Kump, Committee Member
John Michael Regan, Committee Member

Author:

Fegyveresi, John Michael

Title:

Reconstructing Paleoclimates on West Antarctic Ice Sheet Using Ice Core Bubble Number-Density

Graduate Program:

Geosciences

Keywords:

climate
paleoclimate
ice core
bubble number-density
reconstruction
West Antarctica
modeling

File:

Download Fegyveresi-MSThesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Richard B Alley, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Richard B Alley, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Dorin, Joshua N

Title:

Detecting ENSO Period Changes in a Proxy Record Spanning the Last Millennium

Graduate Program:

Geosciences

Keywords:

anthropogenic climate change
ENSO
El Nino - Southern Oscillation
climate change detection

File:

Download Dorin_finalthesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Klaus Keller, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Winberry, Jeremy Paul

Title:

Geodetic and Seismic Observations of Ice-Stream Dynamics

Graduate Program:

Geosciences

Keywords:

seismology
ice sheet
ice stream

File:

Download Winberry_dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

Sridhar Anandakrishnan, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Richard B Alley, Committee Member
Charles James Ammon, Committee Member
Derrick L Lampkin, Committee Member

Author:

Bonelli, James Rocco

Title:

Linking Paleobiological Patterns Across Geographic Scales: An Example Using Upper Mississippian Fossil Assemblages From The Illinios And Appalachian Basins, USA

Graduate Program:

Geosciences

Keywords:

paleoecology
paleobiology
late Paleozoic Ice Age
biofacies
paleo-biodiversity

File:

Download Bonelli_Final_Thesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Mark E Patzkowsky, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Peter Daniel Wilf, Committee Member
Timothy Bralower, Committee Member
Alan Walker, Committee Member

Author:

Barton, Jonathan Shailer

Title:

Passive Acoustic Monitoring of Coarse Bedload in Mountain Streams

Graduate Program:

Geosciences

Keywords:

Passive acoustics
bedload transport
sediment transport
bedload measurement techniques
Trinity River

File:

Download JSBarton_Dissertation_Final.pdf

Committee Members:

Thomas B Gabrielson, Committee Member
Richard B Alley, Committee Member
Charles James Ammon, Committee Member
Rudy L Slingerland, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Peggy Ann Johnson, Committee Member

Author:

Moore, Joel

Title:

Biogeochemistry of granitic weathering

Graduate Program:

Geosciences

Keywords:

granite
chronosequence
mineral
weathering
soil

File:

Download 7_moore_dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

Susan Louise Brantley, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Jennifer Macalady, Committee Member
Maryann Victoria Bruns, Committee Member
Lee Kump, Committee Member

Author:

Williams, Jennifer Zan

Title:

The Effect of Temperature and Precipitation on Sodium Depletion Fronts in Soils Developed on Peoria Loess

Graduate Program:

Geosciences

Keywords:

mathematical modeling
sodium depletion
activation energy of dissolution
albite weathering
climosequence
soils
Global Climate Model

File:

Download WilliamsMS2008.pdf

Committee Members:

Susan Louise Brantley, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

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:

Young, Kirby David

Title:

Deformation, Lava Dome Evolution, and Eruption Cyclicity at Merapi Volcano, Indonesia

Graduate Program:

Geosciences

Keywords:

volcano deformation monitoring
Volcanology
lava domes
extrusion rates
EDM
tiltmeters
volcano seismicity

File:

Download Thesis_kdy_finalv2.pdf

Committee Members:

Derek Elsworth, Committee Member
Donald Myron Fisher, Committee Member
Barry Voight, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Terry Engelder, Committee Chair/Co-Chair

Author:

Meyer, Katja Maria

Title:

Biogeochemistry of Oceanic Euxinia in Earth History: Numerical Modeling and Evaluation of Biomarkers Using Modern Analogs

Graduate Program:

Geosciences

Keywords:

euxinia
Earth system model
Permian-Triassic boundary
mass extinction
hydrogen sulfide
carotenoid
biomarker

File:

Download Meyer_Dissertation_eTD.pdf

Committee Members:

Lee Kump, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Lee Kump, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Katherine Haines Freeman, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Jennifer Macalady, Committee Member
John Michael Regan, Committee Member

Author:

Panchuk, Karla Michelle

Title:

INVESTIGATING THE PALEOCENE-EOCENE CARBON CYCLE PERTURBATION: AN EARTH SYSTEM MODEL APPROACH

Graduate Program:

Geosciences

Keywords:

Earth system model
global warming

File:

Download ThesisMaster.pdf

Committee Members:

Lee Kump, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Timothy Bralower, Committee Member
Klaus Keller, Committee Member
Raymond Gabriel Najjar Jr., Committee Member

Author:

Dawson, Katherine Strigari

Title:

Biogeochemistry of Isoprenoid Production and Anaerobic Hydrocarbon Biodgeradation

Graduate Program:

Geosciences

Keywords:

archaeal lipids
halophilic archaea
coal bed methane
hydrocarbon biodegradation
anaerobic
isoprenoids

File:

Download thesis_17may2011.pdf

Committee Members:

Jennifer Macalady, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Jennifer Macalady, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Katherine Haines Freeman, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Christopher Howard House, Committee Member
John Michael Regan, Committee Member

Author:

Harouaka, Khadouja

Title:

An Investigation of the Mechanisms of Calcium Isotopic Fractionation in Gypsum

Graduate Program:

Geosciences

Keywords:

isotopic fractionation
calcium
gypsum

File:

Download KH_112811_msthesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Matthew Scott Fantle, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Matthew Scott Fantle, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Yamaguchi, Kosei

Title:

Geochemistry of Archean–Paleoproterozoic Black Shales: The Early Evolution of the Atmosphere, Oceans, and Biosphere

Graduate Program:

Geosciences

Keywords:

N2 fixation
Carbon
Photosynthesis
Sulfur
Sulfate reduction
Stable Isotopes
Proterozoic
Continental Crust
Black Shales
Paleoproterozoic
Anoxic
Pilbara
Hamersley
Iron
Australia
Nitrogen
Archean
Oxic
Pyrite
Thorium
Nitrification
Denitrification
Uranium
Molybdenum
Methanogenesis
Griqualand West
Witwatersrand
Barberton
South Africa

File:

Download Kosei.pdf

Committee Members:

Lee Kump, Committee Member
Raymond Gabriel Najjar Jr., Committee Member
Hiroshi Ohmoto, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Michael Allan Arthur, Committee Member

Author:

Arnold, LaMichelle Andrea

Title:

REGIONAL DEPOSITIONAL TRENDS IN THE DEVONIAN GENESEO/BURKET BLACK SHALE BASED ON GAMMA RAY-DENSITY TRENDS

Graduate Program:

Geosciences

Keywords:

organic matter
black shale
Geneseo
Burket
gamma ray
bulk density
thickness

File:

Download LaMichelle_Final_Thesis2.pdf

Committee Members:

James Terry Engelder, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Terry Engelder, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor