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Author:

Leong, Zi Xian

Title:

Deep Learning in Data-limited Geophysics: Examples from GPR, Time-lapse Seismic, and Microseismic

Graduate Program:

Geosciences (PHD)

Keywords:

Deep Learning in Geophysics
Ground Penetrating Radar (GPR) Inversion
CO2 Storage Seismic Monitoring
Geothermal Microseismic Monitoring
Lunar Subsurface Imaging
Deep Learning Inversion
Seismic Inversion

File:

Download Dissertation_ZiXianLeong_Final_2023.pdf

Committee Members:

Donald Fisher, Program Head/Chair
Chris Marone, Major Field Member
Parisa Shokouhi, Outside Unit & Field Member
Alexander Sun, Special Member
Sridhar Anandakrishnan, Major Field Member
Tieyuan Zhu, Chair & Dissertation Advisor

Author:

Mckenzie, Kirsty

Title:

Studies of Upper-Plate Deformation at Subduction Zone Plate Boundaries

Graduate Program:

Geosciences (PHD)

Keywords:

Geodynamics
Active Tectonics
Subduction Zones
Upper-plate Deformation
GPS
Plate Tectonics

File:

Download McKenzie_Dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

Charles Ammon, Major Field Member
Kevin Furlong, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Diane Henderson, Outside Unit & Field Member
Donald Fisher, Major Field Member
Mark Patzkowsky, Program Head/Chair
Eric Kirby, Special Member

Author:

Lucas, Erica

Title:

Mantle Structure and Seismicity of Antarctica

Graduate Program:

Geosciences (PHD)

Keywords:

seismology
tectonics
geophysics
Antarctica
mantle

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Committee Members:

Andrew Nyblade, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Charles Ammon, Major Field Member
Sridhar Anandakrishnan, Major Field Member
Victor Sparrow, Outside Unit & Field Member
Donald Fisher, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Cipar, Jacob

Title:

Thermal evolution of the Rio Grande Rift and Basin and Range lithosphere: a petrochronologic investigation

Graduate Program:

Geosciences (PHD)

Keywords:

Geology
Geosciences
petrology
metamorphic petrology
tectonics
rio grande rift
geochronology
petrochronology
zircon
u-pb

File:

Download Cipar_Jacob_Dissertation_resubmit_11292022.pdf

Committee Members:

Donald Fisher, Program Head/Chair
Andrew Nyblade, Major Field Member
Andrew Smye, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Derek Elsworth, Outside Unit & Field Member
Jesse Reimink, Major Field Member

Author:

Shaughnessy, Andrew

Title:

Weathering Dynamics in Watersheds: Connecting River Chemistry to Subsurface Mineral Distributions

Graduate Program:

Geosciences (PHD)

Keywords:

Weathering
Watersheds Science
Hydrology
Geochemistry
Pyrite
Data Science

File:

Download Shaughnessy_Dissertation_2022_Final.pdf

Committee Members:

Donald Fisher, Program Head/Chair
Susan Brantley, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Matthew Fantle, Major Field Member
James Kasting, Major Field Member
Shujie Wang, Outside Unit & Field Member

Author:

Harris, Gabriella

Title:

Origins of Icehouse Vegetation in Southern South America: Climate Change and Turnover in Eocene and Oligocene Patagonian Fossil Floras

Graduate Program:

Geosciences (PHD)

Keywords:

Argentina
Patagonia
Río Pichileufú
Laguna del Hunco
fossil leaves
leaf architecture
Araucaria
Austrocedrus
Oligocene
Eocene
climate change
Araucariaceae
Cupressaceae
conifers
EECO
total evidence phylogeny
rainforest
Gondwana
South America
Adobe Bridge
diversity
turnover
mosaic evolution
paleoecology
morphology
vegetation
paleobotany
seasonality
Splendid Isolation

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Committee Members:

Donald Fisher, Program Head/Chair
Mark Patzkowsky, Major Field Member
Peter Wilf, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Sarah Ivory, Major Field Member
Jesse Lasky, Outside Unit & Field Member

Author:

Chen, Tsai Wei

Title:

The Record of Mass Transfer in Ancient Accretionary Prisms and Its Role in Fault Behavior

Graduate Program:

Geosciences (PHD)

Keywords:

mélange
seismogenic zone
scaly fabric
mass transfer
ancient accretionary complex

File:

Download TChen_dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

Donald Fisher, Program Head/Chair
Chris Marone, Major Field Member
Andrew Smye, Major Field Member
Derek Elsworth, Outside Unit & Field Member
Donald Fisher, Chair & Dissertation Advisor

Author:

Carr, Julia

Title:

Rock strength and sediment controls on bedrock river incision in the Taiwan Central Range

Graduate Program:

Geosciences (PHD)

Keywords:

geomorphology
river
channel width
boulder

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Committee Members:

Xiaofeng Liu, Outside Unit & Field Member
Elizabeth Hajek, Major Field Member
Donald Fisher, Major Field Member
Roman DiBiase, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Mark Patzkowsky, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Xing, Guangchi

Title:

Deciphering seismic attenuation: fractal description, wavefield modeling and Q full waveform inversion

Graduate Program:

Geosciences (PHD)

Keywords:

seismic attenuation
rock physics
fractal
forward modeling
wave propagation
full waveform inversion
critical zone

File:

Download GX_Dissertation_final.pdf

Committee Members:

Charles Ammon, Major Field Member
Derek Elsworth, Outside Unit & Field Member
Tieyuan Zhu, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Mark Patzkowsky, Program Head/Chair
Andrew Nyblade, Major Field Member

Author:

Barnes, Benjamin

Title:

The Biogeochemical Cycling of Rare Earth Elements in the Modern and Ancient Oceans

Graduate Program:

Geosciences (PHD)

Keywords:

biogeochemistry
rare earth elements
paleoceanography
paleoclimate
carbonate chemistry

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Committee Members:

Miquela Ingalls, Major Field Member
Raymond Najjar, Outside Unit & Field Member
Lee Kump, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Matthew Fantle, Major Field Member & Dissertation Advisor
Donald Fisher, Program Head/Chair