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Author:

Neely, Alexander

Title:

bedrock fracture spacing controls on hillslope and channel erosion in steep landscapes

Graduate Program:

Geosciences

Keywords:

steep
bedrock fracture
erosion
mountain
river
hillslope
sediment
grain size

File:

Download PhD_dissertation_ABN_7-7_20.pdf

Committee Members:

Roman Alexander Dibiase, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Roman Alexander Dibiase, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Donald Myron Fisher, Committee Member
Elizabeth Ann Hajek, Committee Member
Xiaofeng Liu, Outside Member
Mark E Patzkowsky, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Jones, Heather Louise

Title:

The recovery of calcareous nannoplankton following the Cretaceous-Paleogene (K-Pg) mass extinction event 66.0 million years ago

Graduate Program:

Geosciences

Keywords:

geology
geosciences
paleobiology
paleontology
micropaleontology
oceanography
paleoceanography
extinction
evolution
paleoecology
K-Pg
plankton
phytoplankton
calcareous nannoplankton
coccolithophores
morphometrics
fossils

File:

Download Dissertation_final_HLJ.pdf

Committee Members:

Timothy Bralower, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Timothy Bralower, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Mark E Patzkowsky, Committee Member
Lee Kump, Committee Member
Todd C Lajeunesse, Outside Member
Mark E Patzkowsky, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Ajayi, Oluwaseyi Adebola

Title:

Examining the Fidelity of Carbon Isotope Records in the Paleocene-Eocene Thermal Maximum

Graduate Program:

Geosciences

Keywords:

PETM
DTW
dynamic time warping
CIE
carbon isotope excursion

File:

Download seyi_ajayi_phd_thesis_12-1.pdf

Committee Members:

Lee Kump, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Lee Kump, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Timothy Bralower, Committee Member
Elizabeth Ann Hajek, Committee Member
Murali Haran, Outside Member
Mark E Patzkowsky, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Payne, Rebecca

Title:

CO2, O2, and the History of the Greenhouse Effect: Select Problems in the Evolution of Earth's Atmosphere and Climate

Graduate Program:

Geosciences

Keywords:

geoscience
climate
paleoclimate
astrobiology
photochemistry
climate modeling
Archean
Phanerozoic
Earth history
Earth climate
geology

File:

Download RCPayne_PhDdissertation_final.pdf

Committee Members:

James Kasting, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
James Kasting, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Christopher Howard House, Committee Member
Julie Genevieve Cosmidis, Committee Member
Raymond Gabriel Najjar, Jr., Outside Member
Mark E Patzkowsky, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Shreedharan, Srisharan

Title:

Frictional mechanics of stable and unstable fault slip: Insights from ultrasonic imaging of experimental fault zones

Graduate Program:

Geosciences

Keywords:

Fault mechanics
fault friction
slow slip events
machine learning
asperity stiffness
lab earthquakes

File:

Download Srisharan_Dissertation_V25.01.21.pdf

Committee Members:

Chris J Marone, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Chris J Marone, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Charles James Ammon, Committee Member
Donald Myron Fisher, Committee Member
Jacques Riviere, Outside Member
Demian Saffer, Special Member
Mark E Patzkowsky, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Fox, Allison

Title:

Post-depositional Alteration of Organic Material: Implications for Interpreting Molecular Biosignatures

Graduate Program:

Geosciences

Keywords:

Biosignatures
organic matter preservation
carbon isotopes

File:

Download Fox_Thesis_Final.pdf

Committee Members:

Katherine Haines Freeman, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Katherine Haines Freeman, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Christopher Howard House, Committee Member
Julie Genevieve Cosmidis, Committee Member
Kristen Fichthorn, Outside Member
Mark E Patzkowsky, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Lyons, Shelby

Title:

The Role of Petrogenic Carbon in Cenozoic Climate Events

Graduate Program:

Geosciences

Keywords:

paleoclimate
paleoceanography
Paleocene-Eocene Thermal Maximum
PETM
geochemistry
thermal maturity
carbon cycle
Cretaceous-Paleogene
K-Pg
mass extinction
polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons
PAH
hopanoids
biomarkers
organic geochemistry
stable isotopes
alkanes
petroleum
thermal maturation

File:

Download Lyons_Dissertation_2020_final_approval.pdf

Committee Members:

Katherine Haines Freeman, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Katherine Haines Freeman, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Lee Kump, Committee Member
Timothy Bralower, Committee Member
Raymond Gabriel Najjar, Jr., Outside Member
Mark E Patzkowsky, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Wong, Gregory

Title:

Enhanced Evaluation of Martian Habitability in the Past and Present: The Search for Viable Electron Donors

Graduate Program:

Geosciences

Keywords:

Mars
Astrobiology
Habitability
Geochemistry
Microbiology
Planetary Science

File:

Download Wong_Dissertation_Final.pdf

Committee Members:

Christopher Howard House, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Christopher Howard House, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
James Kasting, Committee Member
Julie Genevieve Cosmidis, Committee Member
Suvrath Mahadevan, Outside Member
Mark E Patzkowsky, Program Head/Chair