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Author:

Herman, Matthew William

Title:

Deformation Processes Throughout the Earthquake Cycle

Graduate Program:

Geosciences

Keywords:

Geodynamics
Geophysics
Earthquakes
Finite Element Modeling
Subduction Zones
Rheology

File:

Download Herman_Dissertation_final.pdf

Committee Members:

Kevin Patrick Furlong, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Kevin Patrick Furlong, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Charles James Ammon, Committee Member
Donald Myron Fisher, Committee Member
Karl Martin Reichard, Outside Member
Christelle Wauthier, Committee Member
Rob Govers, Special Member

Author:

Marten, Jacob Patrick

Title:

Analysis of Subglacial Sediment Properties in West Antarctica Using Seismic Amplitude Data

Graduate Program:

Geosciences

Keywords:

AVO
Seismic
West Antarctic Ice Sheet
Antarctica
Reflection seismology

File:

Download Marten_Jacob_Thesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Sridhar Anandakrishnan, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Richard B Alley, Committee Member
Charles James Ammon, Committee Member

Author:

Clark, Christian Evan

Title:

FATE OF ELEMENTAL SULFUR IN A SULFIDIC CAVE AQUIFER MIXING ZONE

Graduate Program:

Geosciences

Keywords:

Caves
sulfur cycling
biogeochemistry
microbiology
Iron cycling
Frasassi Caves
disproportionation
Desulfocapsa
dark biosphere
subsurface
sediment geochemistry
high-throughput

File:

Download Thesis_Clark_2017.pdf

Committee Members:

Jennifer Macalady, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Katherine Freeman, Committee Member
Christopher House, Committee Member

Author:

Donovan, Michael Philip

Title:

RECOVERY OF PLANT-INSECT ASSOCIATIONS IN PATAGONIA, ARGENTINA AFTER THE END-CRETACEOUS EXTINCTION

Graduate Program:

Geosciences

Keywords:

plant-insect associations
herbivory
Gondwana
paleobotany

File:

Download Donovan_Dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

Peter Wilf, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Peter Wilf, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Mark E Patzkowsky, Committee Member
Timothy Bralower, Committee Member
David Peter Hughes, Outside Member
Conrad Labandeira, Special Member

Author:

Del Vecchio, Joanmarie

Title:

A record of coupled hlllslope and channel response to Pleistocene periglacial erosion in a sandstone headwater valley, central Pennsylvania

Graduate Program:

Geosciences

Keywords:

geomorphology
periglacial
cosmogenic nuclides
paleoclimate
critical zone

File:

Download Del_Vecchio_MS_thesis_final_August_v2.pdf

Committee Members:

Roman A. DiBiase, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Susan L. Brantley, Committee Member
Li Li, Committee Member

Author:

Kong, Kyeong Pil

Title:

MINERALOGICAL AND GEOCHEMICAL CONSTRAINTS OF CHROMIUM OXIDATION INDUCED BY BIRNESSITE

Graduate Program:

Geosciences

Keywords:

Manganese Oxides
Birnessite
Chromium
Oxidation
XANES
X-ray
Diffraction

File:

Download Kong_thesis_final.pdf

Committee Members:

Peter J Heaney, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Matthew S Fantle, Committee Member
Lee Kump, Committee Member

Author:

Greenberg, Evan Bennett

Title:

Reconstructing river mobility from ancient deposits: an example from the Willwood Formation (Bighorn Basin, WY)

Graduate Program:

Geosciences

Keywords:

Geology
Sedimentology
Fluvial
Climate Change
Stratigraphy
Rivers

File:

Download Greenberg_Thesis_full_10_2017.pdf

Committee Members:

Elizabeth Hajek, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Mark Patzkowsky, Committee Member
Roman DiBiase, Committee Member

Author:

Boettger, Jason Daniel

Title:

CO2 Hydration and Hydroxylation: The Origin of Carbonate Kinetic Isotope Effects

Graduate Program:

Geosciences

Keywords:

isotopes
computational chemistry
isotope fractionation
carbonate
coral

File:

Download Boettger_Full_Dissertation_Final.pdf

Committee Members:

Susan Louise Brantley, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Susan Louise Brantley, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Matthew S Fantle, Committee Member
Katherine Haines Freeman, Committee Member
Lasse Jensen, Outside Member

Author:

Wilpiszeski, Regina Leila

Title:

Extremophiles in Built Environments

Graduate Program:

Geosciences

Keywords:

Extremophiles
Built environment
Subsurface
Astrobiology
Microbial ecology
Thermus scotoductus

File:

Download Wilpiszeski_dissertation_final_11.20.2017.pdf

Committee Members:

Christopher Howard House, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Christopher Howard House, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Jennifer Macalady, Committee Member
Julie Genevieve Cosmidis, Committee Member
Istvan Albert, Outside Member

Author:

Hantsoo, Kalev Griffin

Title:

Tracking the Paleocene-Eocene Thermal Maximum in the North Atlantic: A shelf-to-basin analysis with a terrain-following ocean model

Graduate Program:

Geosciences

Keywords:

biogeochemistry
Paleocene Eocene Thermal Maximum
ROMS
Regional Ocean Modeling System
Paleogene
Salisbury Embayment
ocean acidification
calcite saturation
paleoceanography
paleoclimatology

File:

Download hantsoo_pennstate_thesis_dec2017.pdf

Committee Members:

Lee Kump, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
James Kasting, Committee Member
Timothy Bralower, Committee Member
Bernd Haupt, Committee Member