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Author:

Applegate, Patrick J.

Title:

Estimating the ages of glacial landforms from the statistical distributions of cosmogenic exposure dates

Graduate Program:

Geosciences

Keywords:

moraine
cosmogenic
geomorphology
geochronology
hillslope

File:

Download dissertation_v6.pdf

Committee Members:

Richard B Alley, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Richard B Alley, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Michael Mann, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
David Pollard, Committee Member
Andrew Mark Carleton, Committee Member
Thomas V Lowell, Committee Member

Author:

Fulton, Patrick Michael

Title:

INVESTIGATIONS OF FLUID FLOW AND HEAT TRANSPORT RELATED TO THE STRENGTH OF THE SAN ANDREAS FAULT

Graduate Program:

Geosciences

Keywords:

fault strength
overpressure
fluid pressure
heat flow
San Andreas Fault
fluid flow
heat trnasport

File:

Download FultonFinal.pdf

Committee Members:

Demian Saffer, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Chris J Marone, Committee Member
Kamini Singha, Committee Member
Derek Elsworth, Committee Member
Barbara A Bekins, Committee Member

Author:

Thomas IV, Randal Burton

Title:

Intramolecular Isotopic Variation in Acetate from Soils and Sediments

Graduate Program:

Geosciences

Keywords:

intramolecular isotopic analysis
wetland biogeochemistry

File:

Download RBT2008Dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

Michael Allan Arthur, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Michael Allan Arthur, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Christopher Howard House, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Katherine Haines Freeman, Committee Member
Jennifer Macalady, Committee Member
Robert David Shannon, Committee Member

Author:

Piotraschke, Rachel

Title:

Thermal and geologic constraints on the Cretaceous-to-neogene tectonic development of the Klamath Mountains, Northern California

Graduate Program:

Geosciences

Keywords:

western U.S. tectonics
low-temperature thermochronology
detachment fault
Klamath Mountains
apatite (U-Th)/He

File:

Download thesis_final_Mar17_ALL.pdf

Committee Members:

Kevin Patrick Furlong, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Campen, Richard Kramer

Title:

From Angstroms to Microns: Studies of Interfaces and Macromolecules with Geochemical Implications Using Computational and Nonlinear Optical Tools

Graduate Program:

Geosciences

Keywords:

carbohydrate
colloid chemistry
second harmonic generation
density functional theory

File:

Download Campen_Dissertation_070701.pdf

Committee Members:

James David Kubicki, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Eric Borguet, Committee Member
William Blaine White, Committee Member
Janna Kay Maranas, Committee Member
Christopher Howard House, Committee Member

Author:

Skarbek, Robert Maurice

Title:

PORE PRESSURE DEVELOPMENT IN UNDERTHRUST SEDIMENTS AT THE NANKAI SUBDUCTION ZONE: IMPLICATIONS FOR DECOLLEMENT MECHANICS AND SEDIMENT DEWATERING

Graduate Program:

Geosciences

Keywords:

marine hydrogeology
marine geology and geophysics
subduction zone processes

File:

Download Robert.M.Skarbek__Final_Thesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Demian Saffer, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Demian Saffer, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Bracht, Reed Owen

Title:

Geochemistry and Depositional Environment of the Union Springs Member of the Marcellus Shale in Pennsylvania

Graduate Program:

Geosciences

Keywords:

trace metals
Union Springs
Marcellus Shale
black shales

File:

Download Bracht_Thesis_2010.pdf

Committee Members:

James Terry Engelder, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Michael Allan Arthur, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Terry Engelder, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Olson, Roman

Title:

WHAT IS THE SKILL OF CLIMATE PARAMETER ESTIMATION METHODS? A CASE STUDY WITH GLOBAL AVERAGE OBSERVATIONAL CONSTRAINTS.

Graduate Program:

Geosciences

Keywords:

Climate sensitivity
Bayesian methods
climate models
ocean diffusivity
climate change

File:

Download RT_Thesis_Form_Rev.pdf

Committee Members:

Klaus Keller, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Klaus Keller, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Barrett, Sarah Anne

Title:

Observations and Analysis of Repeating Earthquakes beneath the Aceh Basin, Northern Sumatra

Graduate Program:

Geosciences

Keywords:

Earthquakes
seismology
Sumatra
subduction
repeating earthquakes

File:

Download sarahbarrett.pdf

Committee Members:

Charles James Ammon, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Charles James Ammon, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Domagal-Goldman, Shawn David

Title:

Modeling isotopic proxies for the oxygenation of the earths surface

Graduate Program:

Geosciences

Keywords:

Archean
Isotope Geochemistry
Atmospheric Models
Molecular Models

File:

Download Domagal-Goldman.pdf

Committee Members:

James David Kubicki, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
James Kasting, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Michael Allan Arthur, Committee Member
Jorge Osvaldo Sofo, Committee Member

Author:

Rouse, Stewart Desmond

Title:

Uppermost mantle P-wave velocity structure of the Main Ethiopian Rift

Graduate Program:

Geosciences

Keywords:

Ethiopia
Main Ethiopian Rift
East Africa
Pn tomography

File:

Download Stewart_Rouse_MS_Thesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Andrew Arnold Nyblade, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Andrew Arnold Nyblade, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Bier, Sara Elizabeth

Title:

STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY AND KINEMATICS ASSOCIATED WITH THE COLLISION OF THE WRANGELLIA COMPOSITE TERRANE AND NORTH AMERICA, SOUTH-CENTRAL ALASKA

Graduate Program:

Geosciences

Keywords:

terrane
alaska
tectonics
structural geology

File:

Download sarabier_thesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Donald Myron Fisher, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Rudy Lynn Slingerland, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Donald Myron Fisher, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Eric Kirby, Committee Member
Cynthia Ann Brewer, Committee Member

Author:

Miller, Scott Ruthardt

Title:

GEOMORPHOLOGY OF LATERALLY ADVECTED FAULT BLOCKS IN CONVERGENT OROGENS

Graduate Program:

Geosciences

Keywords:

tectonic geomorphology
fault-bend fold
lateral advection
fluvial
hillslope
South Tibetan fault system
Main Frontal thrust
Siwalik Hills
landscape evolution model
asymmetry

File:

Download ThesisMaster_v5.pdf

Committee Members:

Rudy L Slingerland, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Donald Myron Fisher, Committee Member
Mark N Gahegan, Committee Member

Author:

Innocenti, Sabrina

Title:

LAVAS AND TEPHRAS OF MERAPI VOLCANO, JAVA, INDONESIA:INSIGHTS FROM TEXTURAL ANALYSES AND GEOCHEMISTRY

Graduate Program:

Geosciences

Keywords:

Merapi Volcano
Crystal Size Distributions
K-affinity
Sunda arc
eruptive styles

File:

Download ThesisMaster_V6.pdf

Committee Members:

Tanya Furman, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Derek Elsworth, Committee Member
Peter J Heaney, Committee Member
Maureen Feineman, Committee Member
Barry Voight, Committee Member

Author:

Ono, Shuhei

Title:

Detrital uraninite and the early Earth's atmosphere: SIMS analyses of uraninite in the Elliot Lake district and the dissolution kinetics of natural uraninite

Graduate Program:

Geosciences

Keywords:

Proterozoic
atmosphere
oxygen
dissolution kinetics
quartz-pebble conglomerate
SIMS
Archean
detrital
uraninite

File:

Download S.Ono_PhD_Thesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Hiroshi Ohmoto, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Kwadwo Asare Osseo Asare, Committee Member
Peter J Heaney, Committee Member
Lee Kump, Committee Member

Author:

Fischer, Timothy B

Title:

STRUCTURAL TRANSFORMATIONS OF BIRNESSITE (δ-MnO2) DURING BIOLOGICAL AND ABIOLOGICAL REDUCTION

Graduate Program:

Geosciences

Keywords:

birnessite
bioreduction
manganese oxides
chromium
shewanella
time-resolved XRD
siderophores

File:

Download Tim_Dissertation_final3.pdf

Committee Members:

Peter J Heaney, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Peter J Heaney, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Maryann Victoria Bruns, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
James David Kubicki, Committee Member
Christopher Howard House, Committee Member
William D Burgos, Committee Member

Author:

Olszewski, Thomas D.

Title:

Testing for a relationship between paleocommunity recurrence and taxonomic turnover using a sequence stratigraphic framework

Graduate Program:

Geosciences

Keywords:

paleoecology
bivalve
brachiopod
sequence stratigraphy
Permian
Pennsylvanian

File:

Download etd.pdf

Committee Members:

Andrew Sluyter, Committee Member
Roger J Cuffey, Committee Member
Rudy L Slingerland, Committee Member
Charles Raymond Fisher Jr., Committee Member
Mark E Patzkowsky, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Michael Allan Arthur, Committee Member

Author:

Dupont, Todd K

Title:

ABRUPT CHANGES IN ICE SHELVES AND ICE STREAMS: MODEL STUDIES

Graduate Program:

Geosciences

Keywords:

ice shelf
ice stream
abrupt change
sea level
theoretical glaciology

File:

Download tkd_eTD_phd.pdf

Committee Members:

Richard B Alley, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Derek Elsworth, Committee Member
Raymond Gabriel Najjar Jr., Committee Member
James Kasting, Committee Member

Author:

Rooney, Tyrone O.

Title:

CONTINENTAL RIFTING IN CENTRAL ETHIOPIA: GEOCHEMICAL AND ISOTOPIC CONSTRAINTS FROM LAVAS AND XENOLITHS

Graduate Program:

Geosciences

Keywords:

Ethiopia
continental rift
Debre Zeyit
Butajira
Wonjii
geochemistry
fault belt
cinder cone
basalt
xenolith
crustal structure

File:

Download Rooney_dissertation_upload.pdf

Committee Members:

Richard Rudolph Parizek, Committee Member
Tanya Furman, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Andrew Arnold Nyblade, Committee Member
David H Eggler, Committee Member
Derek Elsworth, Committee Member
Barry B Hanan, Committee Member

Author:

Otake, Tsubasa

Title:

Understanding Redox Processes in Surface Environments from Iron Oxide Transformations and Multiple Sulfur Isotope Fractionations

Graduate Program:

Geosciences

Keywords:

mass-independent fractionation
sulfur isotope
banded iron formation
transformation
iron oxide
ab initio calculation

File:

Download Otake_thesis_2008.pdf

Committee Members:

Hiroshi Ohmoto, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Hubert Lloyd Barnes, Committee Member
Susan Louise Brantley, Committee Member
Peter J Heaney, Committee Member
Kwadwo Osseo Asare, Committee Member
David J Wesolowski, Committee Member

Author:

Miller, Victoria Louise

Title:

Crustal Response to Changes in the Magmatic System at the Soufrière Hills Volcano, Montserrat

Graduate Program:

Geosciences

Keywords:

locations
earthquake
volcano-tectonic
Montserrat
volcano
Soufrière Hills
focal mechanism
stress
VT-string

File:

Download VictoriaLMiller-PhD-Dissertation-2011.pdfDownload 9596-EarthquakeLocationsAnimation.movDownload 9596-EarthquakeLocationsTable.pdf

Committee Members:

Barry Voight, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Barry Voight, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Charles James Ammon, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Sridhar Anandakrishnan, Committee Member
Derek Elsworth, Committee Member

Author:

Cameron, Vyllinniskii

Title:

Trace Metal Biosignatures

Graduate Program:

Geosciences

Keywords:

Trace metals
Biosignatures
Nickel Stable Isotopes
Hyperthermophiles
Methanogen
Tungsten

File:

Download VCThesisFinal.pdf

Committee Members:

Christopher Howard House, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Susan Louise Brantley, Committee Member
Lee Kump, Committee Member
Caryl Ann Gronwall, Committee Member

Author:

Sevilla, Winchelle Ian

Title:

Seismic velocity variations under island arcs: examples from the Philippines and Montserrat (Lesser Antilles)

Graduate Program:

Geosciences

Keywords:

subduction zones
Philippines
Montserrat
tomography
receiver functions
island arcs

File:

Download Sevilla-Dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

Charles James Ammon, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Charles James Ammon, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Maureen Feineman, Committee Member
Barry Voight, Committee Member
Derek Elsworth, Committee Member

Author:

Craddock, William Howard

Title:

Structural and geomorphic evolution of the Gonghe basin complex, northeastern Tibet: Implications for the timing of plateau growth

Graduate Program:

Geosciences

Keywords:

tectonics
geology
geomorphology
geochronology
Tibetan plateau
Gonghe basin complex
Jungong basin
Yellow River
geodynamics
stratigraphy
structural geology

File:

Download WHC_Dissertation_4_8_2011_v2.pdf

Committee Members:

Eric Kirby, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Eric Kirby, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Rudy L Slingerland, Committee Member
Donald Myron Fisher, Committee Member
Derek Elsworth, Committee Member

Author:

Hoffman, William Robert

Title:

LATE PLEISTOCENE SLIP RATES ALONG THE PANAMINT VALLEY FAULT ZONE, EASTERN CALIFORNIA

Graduate Program:

Geosciences

Keywords:

Panamint Valley
slip rate
faults
eastern california
cosmogenic radionuclides
LiDAR

File:

Download Hoffman_Thesis_Upload.pdf

Committee Members:

Dr Eric Kirby, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Dr Eric Kirby, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Nelson, Wendy Rae

Title:

Two-plume Dynamics beneath the East African Rift System: a Geochemical Perspective

Graduate Program:

Geosciences

Keywords:

HIMU
mantle plume
Afar
East African Rift
basalt

File:

Download Nelson_Dissertation_2009_1.pdf

Committee Members:

Tanya Furman, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Tanya Furman, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Maureen Feineman, Committee Member
Andrew Arnold Nyblade, Committee Member
Derek Elsworth, Committee Member

Author:

Boon, Xiang Ying Rebecca

Title:

Basal Roughness at Upper Thwaites Glacier

Graduate Program:

Geosciences

Keywords:

Thwaites Glacier
wavelets
spectral analysis
roughness
melt
glaciers
ice
geophysics
glaciology
geoscience
roughness

File:

Download boon_thesis_2011.pdf

Committee Members:

Sridhar Anandakrishnan, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Sridhar Anandakrishnan, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Shi, Xuhua

Title:

Transient channel incision in response to the Mendocino triple junction migration, northern California

Graduate Program:

Geosciences

Keywords:

northern California
Mendocino Triple Junction
Transient channel incision
Coast Ranges

File:

Download Shi_X_MS_thesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Eric Kirby, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Eric Kirby, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Kevin Patrick Furlong, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Park, Yongcheol

Title:

Upper Mantle Seismic Velocity Structure Beneath the Kenya Rift and the Arabian Shield

Graduate Program:

Geosciences

Keywords:

surface wave
body wave
seismic tomography
plume

File:

Download YP_Thesis_final_high2.pdf

Committee Members:

Andrew Arnold Nyblade, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Charles James Ammon, Committee Member
Sridhar Anandakrishnan, Committee Member
Derek Elsworth, Committee Member

Author:

Watanabe, Yumiko

Title:

The Late Archean biosphere: Implications of organic and inorganic geochemistry of marine shales and terrestrial paleosols

Graduate Program:

Geosciences

Keywords:

geochemistry
biosphere
organic matter
shale
Archean
paleosol

File:

Download YumikoWatanabethesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Blair Hedges, Committee Member
Hiroshi Ohmoto, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Katherine Haines Freeman, Committee Member
Michael Allan Arthur, Committee Member

Author:

Cui, Ying

Title:

CARBON ADDITION DURING THE PALEOCENE-EOCENE THERMAL MAXIMUM: MODEL INVERSION OF A NEW, HIGH-RESOLUTION CARBON ISOTOPE RECORD FROM SVALBARD

Graduate Program:

Geosciences

Keywords:

earth system model
Paleocene-Eocene thermal maximum
ä13Corg
carbonate dissolution

File:

Download MS_Thesis_Ying_Cui_final.pdf

Committee Members:

Lee Kump, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Lee Kump, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Fleeger, Claire Rene

Title:

Contaminant sequestration and phase transformation properties of birnessite-like phases (delta-mno2)

Graduate Program:

Geosciences

Keywords:

birnessite
cesium sequestration
phase transformation
manganese oxide

File:

Download FleegerCR_dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

Peter J Heaney, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
James David Kubicki, Committee Member
Matthew Scott Fantle, Committee Member
William D Burgos, Committee Member

Author:

Watts, Heath Donald

Title:

Application of density functional theory calculations to elucidate the structure of lignin linkages and the intermolecular interactions among proxies of lignin, hemicellulose, and cellulose

Graduate Program:

Geosciences

Keywords:

lignin
DFT
density functional theory
GIAO
NMR
coniferyl alcohol
biofuels

File:

Download HWatts_dissertation_complete.pdf

Committee Members:

James David Kubicki, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Katherine Haines Freeman, Committee Member
Jennifer Macalady, Committee Member
Ming Tien, Committee Member

Author:

Carpenter, Brett Matthew

Title:

Fault strength and stability: Lessons learned from the San Andreas Fault in central California

Graduate Program:

Geosciences

Keywords:

friction
fault mechanics
San Andreas Fault

File:

Download Carpenter_PhD_All.pdf

Committee Members:

Chris Marone, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Demian Saffer, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Charles James Ammon, Committee Member
Derek Elsworth, Committee Member
Andre Niemeijer, Special Member

Author:

Christianson, Knut Andrew

Title:

Geophysical Exploration of Glacier Basal Processes and Grounding Line Dynamics

Graduate Program:

Geosciences

Keywords:

glaciers
ice sheets
geophysics
ice-penetrating radar
GPS

File:

Download christianson_knut_thesis_2012.pdf

Committee Members:

Sridhar Anandakrishnan, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Richard B Alley, Committee Member
Peter Christopher Lafemina, Committee Member
Derrick J Lampkin, Committee Member
Derek Elsworth, Committee Member

Author:

Kohl, Daniel Raymond

Title:

Sequence Stratigraphy and Depositional Environments of the Shamokin (Union Springs) Mbr., Marcellus Fm. and Associated Strata in the Middle Appalachian Basin

Graduate Program:

Geosciences

Keywords:

Marcellus
Mudrock
Shale
Sequence Stratigraphy
Appalachian Basin
Middle Devonian Stratigraphy
Mudstone deposition

File:

Download Kohl_Thesis_Final2.pdf

Committee Members:

Rudy Slingerland, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Hunter, Stamatina Elizabeth

Title:

Spatio-temporal Variability in the Phototrophic Chemocline Community at Fayetteville Green Lake (new York)

Graduate Program:

Geosciences

Keywords:

Green Lake
Meromictic
anoxia
euxinia
biomarkers
pigments
carotenoids.

File:

Download Hunter_Stamatina_M.S.FinalThesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Lee Kump, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Hagarty, Julianne

Title:

Spatial Variation of Chemical Constituents in Natural Waters and Their Relation to Incidence of Buruli Ulcer in Gold-mining Regions of Ghana

Graduate Program:

Geosciences

Keywords:

Buruli ulcer
Mycobacterium ulcerans
Ghana
water chemistry

File:

Download Julianne_Hagarty_MS_thesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Kamini Singha, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Justin, Randy Michael

Title:

Characterizing Differing Modes of Supraglacial Lake Drainage Events along the Western Margin of the Greenland Ice Sheet using GPS, Passive Seismic, and MODIS Satellite Data

Graduate Program:

Geosciences

Keywords:

Greenland
Ice sheet
seismic
microseismic
GPS
MODIS
glaciology
glacial
supra-glacial lake
supraglacial lake

File:

Download R_JustinThesisFinal.pdf

Committee Members:

Sridhar Anadakrishnan, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Richard B Alley, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Derrick Lampkin, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Rosenberg, Russell Harris

Title:

Late Miocene Erosion and Evolution of Topography along the Western Slope of the Colorado Rockies

Graduate Program:

Geosciences

Keywords:

Rocky Mountains
Colorado
incision
uplift
dynamic topography
mantle
Late Miocene
Yampa River
White River

File:

Download Rosenberg_MS_Thesis_Final.pdf

Committee Members:

Dr Eric Kirby, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Kobayashi, Daisuke

Title:

Effects of Cocos Ridge Collision on the Western Caribbean: Is There a Panama Block?

Graduate Program:

Geosciences

Keywords:

Tectonics
Neotectonics
Geodynamics
GPS Geodesy
Seismic Hazard

File:

Download Daisuke_Kobayashi_MS_Thesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Peter Christopher Lafemina, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Wieczorek, Rebecca A.

Title:

Weathering responses to rapid climate change: analysis of a high resolution osmium isotope record at the Paleocene-Eocene Thermal Maximum

Graduate Program:

Geosciences

Keywords:

PETM
osmium
Spitsbergen
Arctic
weathering

File:

Download Thesis_final_draft6.pdf

Committee Members:

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

Author:

Herman, Matthew William

Title:

Regional Moment Tensors from the 2010-2012 Canterbury Earthquake Sequence, South Island, New Zealand

Graduate Program:

Geosciences

Keywords:

Earthquake
New Zealand
Moment tensor

File:

Download MWHerman_MScThesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Kevin Patrick Furlong, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Elliott, Sara Jean

Title:

Subfossil Leaves from Lancaster County, Pennsylvania Reveal a New Upland Floral Component of the Pre-European Piedmont Landscape.

Graduate Program:

Geosciences

Keywords:

Plant Macrofossils
Piedmont
Stream Restoration
Paleontology
Paleoecology

File:

Download Elliott.S_MSThesis_8.6.12.pdf

Committee Members:

Peter Daniel Wilf, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Deptola, Travis Joseph

Title:

Organization and Distribution of Middle Devonian Biofacies Within a Sequence Stratigraphic Framework, Huntingdon County, Pennsylvania, USA

Graduate Program:

Geosciences

Keywords:

biofacies
gradients
niche
Devonian
Hamilton
Mahantango
spatial variability

File:

Download DEPTOLA_TJ_FINAL_redo.pdf

Committee Members:

MARK E PATZKOWSKY, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Call, Travis T

Title:

Geomechanical Properties of Marcellus Shale Core Samples within a Sequence Stratigraphic Framework

Graduate Program:

Geosciences

Keywords:

geomechanical properties
fracture toughness
tensile strength
elastic modulus
Brinell hardness
Marcellus shale

File:

Download Call_thesis_final.pdf

Committee Members:

James Terry Engelder, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Dr Rudy Slingerland, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Chris J Marone, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Perkons, Eriks

Title:

The Contribution of Regional Variability to Beta Diversity: A Case Study of the Deep-water Marine Communities of the Middle Upper Ordovician of Eastern Laurentia

Graduate Program:

Geosciences

Keywords:

Paleontology
Paleoecology
Geobiology
Ordovician
Trenton
Gradient
Biofacies
Beta diversity
Salona
Coburn

File:

Download Perkons_Thesis_Upload_2.pdf

Committee Members:

MARK E PATZKOWSKY, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Peter Daniel Wilf, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Michael Allan Arthur, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Knight, Cassandra

Title:

Rare leaf fossils of Monimiaceae and Atherospermataceae (Laurales) from Eocene Patagonian rainforests and their biogeographic significance.

Graduate Program:

Geosciences

Keywords:

Eocene
Patagonia
Monimiaceae
Atherospermataceae
Paleobiogeography

File:

Download Knight_MS_thesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Peter Daniel Wilf, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Zoet, Lucas Keith

Title:

A Study of Discrete Glacier Motion

Graduate Program:

Geosciences

Keywords:

Glaciology
glacial erosion
glacial sliding
unstable sliding
seismology

File:

Download lzoet-Dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

Sridhar Anandakrishnan, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Richard B Alley, Committee Member
Chris Marone, Committee Member
Charles James Ammon, Committee Member
Derek Elsworth, Committee Member

Author:

Young, Alysa Joann

Title:

Crustal Structure of Southeastern Tanzania

Graduate Program:

Geosciences

Keywords:

Southeastern Tanzania
Karoo
Ruvu Basin
Mandawa Basin
Ruvuma Basin
P-wave receiver functions
Joint Inversion

File:

Download AlysaJYoung_MSthesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Andrew Arnold Nyblade, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Boyle, Katie Rose

Title:

Crustal shear wave velocity structure of Tanzania from ambient seismic noise tomography and the thicknesses of Karoo and younger basins in Southeastern Tanzania

Graduate Program:

Geosciences

Keywords:

ambient seismic noise
tomography
East Africa
shear wave
crustal structure
Karoo
Southeastern Tanzania
sedimentary
basin

File:

Download ThesisvFinal.pdf

Committee Members:

Andrew Arnold Nyblade, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Charles James Ammon, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Peter Christopher Lafemina, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Travis, Matthew Edward

Title:

Inter-rifting and Inter-seismic Strain Accumulation in a Propagating Ridge System: A Study From South Iceland

Graduate Program:

Geosciences

Keywords:

Mid-Atlantic Ridge
Iceland
Strain Accumulation
Propagating Ridge

File:

Download MT_thesis_final.pdf

Committee Members:

Peter Christopher Lafemina, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Mulibo, Gabriel Daudi

Title:

Investigation of Mantle Structure beneath Eastern Africa: Implications for the Origin Of the Cenozoic tectonism and propagation of the Rift System

Graduate Program:

Geosciences

Keywords:

Tomography
Receiver function
Superplume
East African Rift System
Cenozoic Tectonism

File:

Download Mulibo_Gabriel_Dissertation_Final.pdf

Committee Members:

Andrew Arnold Nyblade, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Andrew Arnold Nyblade, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Charles James Ammon, Committee Member
Sridhar Anandakrishnan, Committee Member
Derek Elsworth, Special Member

Author:

Loope, Garrison Richard

Title:

Shallow water redox conditions from Permian-triassic boundary microbialites: the rare earth element and iodine geochemistry of carbonates from Turkey and South China

Graduate Program:

Geosciences

Keywords:

Mass extinction
Permian
Triassic
REE
rare earth elements
anoxia
iodine

File:

Download Thesis_Final__2_.pdf

Committee Members:

Lee Kump, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Herndon, Elizabeth Maureen

Title:

Biogeochemistry of manganese contamination in a temperate forested watershed

Graduate Program:

Geosciences

Keywords:

Biogeochemistry
Shale Hills
Critical Zone
manganese

File:

Download Herndon_PhD_Dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

Susan Louise Brantley, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
David Eissenstat, Committee Member
Jennifer Macalady, Committee Member
Peter J Heaney, Committee Member
Carmen Martinez, Committee Member

Author:

Millard, Craig Louis

Title:

Evaluating controls on crevasse-splay growth in modern and ancient fluvial systems

Graduate Program:

Geosciences

Keywords:

Crevasse-splay
Splay
River
Fluvial
Avulsion
Sedimentology

File:

Download Craig_Millard_Thesis_whole_011013.pdf

Committee Members:

Elizabeth Ann Hajek, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Mondro, Claire A

Title:

strain history of the taiwan orogenic belt, measured from syntectonic pressure shadows

Graduate Program:

Geosciences

Keywords:

taiwan
tectonics
pressure shadows
strain history

File:

Download Mondro_MSthesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Donald Myron Fisher, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Burpee, Alexander Paul

Title:

Grain size controls on planform morphology and stratigraphy of river-dominated deltas

Graduate Program:

Geosciences

Keywords:

delta
clinoform
stratigrpahy
Ferron

File:

Download 1-Burpee_Alex_Thesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Rudy Slingerland, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Magill, Clayton R

Title:

Molecular and isotopic perspectives on early human habitats at Olduvai Gorge, Tanzania

Graduate Program:

Geosciences

Keywords:

biomarker
isotope
evolution
Africa
biogeochemistry

File:

Download Magill2013_FinalDissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

Katherine Haines Freeman, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Katherine Haines Freeman, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Lee Kump, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
MARK E PATZKOWSKY, Committee Member
Nina G Jablonski, Committee Member

Author:

Alpern, Jennifer Staci

Title:

The Influence of Fluid Properties on Geometric Complexity and Breakdown Pressure of Hydraulic Fracture

Graduate Program:

Geosciences

Keywords:

hydraulic fracture
unconventional
hydrocarbon
geology

File:

Download Alpern_MSThesis_all.pdf

Committee Members:

Chris Marone, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Olson, Stephanie Leigh

Title:

Quantifying the areal extent and dissolved oxygen concentrations of Archean oxygen oases

Graduate Program:

Geosciences

Keywords:

oxygen oases
redox evolution
oxygenic photosynthesis
Archean
earth system model

File:

Download SLO_MSthesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Lee Kump, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Puls, Brendan William

Title:

Electron Transfer and the Roles of Flavins during Iron(III) Reduction by Shewanella Oneidensis

Graduate Program:

Geosciences

Keywords:

electron transfer
flavins
Shewanella oneidensis

File:

Download Brendan_Puls_-_Masters_Thesis.pdf

Committee Members:

James David Kubicki, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Harman, Chester Ervin

Title:

The Atmospheric Production of Glycolaldehyde Under Hazy, Prebiotic Conditions

Graduate Program:

Geosciences

Keywords:

glycolaldehyde
prebiotic
chemistry
atmosphere
RNA precursor
hydrocarbon haze

File:

Download Harman_MS_Thesis_-_Final.pdf

Committee Members:

James Kasting, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Donovan, Michael Philip

Title:

Novel insect leaf-mining at Mexican Hat, Montana (early Paleocene) and the demise of Cretaceous leaf miners

Graduate Program:

Geosciences

Keywords:

plant-insect interactions
Cretaceous-Paleogene extinction
herbivory
paleoecology
Fort Union Formation
Powder River Basin

File:

Download Donovan_Thesis_Final.pdf

Committee Members:

Peter Daniel Wilf, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Kaproth, Bryan Michael

Title:

The evolution of fault strength, permeability, and acoustic properties in experimental studies from fault initiation through the seismic cycle

Graduate Program:

Geosciences

Keywords:

Fault mechanics
Slow slip
Permeability
Fault strength
Fault fabric
Active seismic

File:

Download Kaproth_Thesis_July_13.pdf

Committee Members:

Chris Marone, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Demian Saffer, Committee Member
Eliza Richardson Marone, Committee Member
Derek Elsworth, Committee Member
Charles James Ammon, Committee Member

Author:

Deane, James Anthony

Title:

The effect of oxygen fugacity on the equilibrium partitioning of lithium between olivine and clinopyroxene

Graduate Program:

Geosciences

Keywords:

Lithium
Petrology
Experimental petrology
oxygen fugacity
equilibrium partitioning
mantle chemistry
xenolith

File:

Download Deane_M.S._Thesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Maureen Feineman, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Regalla, Christine Ann

Title:

Cenozoic forearc tectonics in northeastern Japan: Relationships between outer forearc subsidence and plate boundary kinematics

Graduate Program:

Geosciences

Keywords:

Japan trench
subduction zone
forearc tectonics
erosive margins

File:

Download Regalla_PhD_Thesis_Final.pdf

Committee Members:

Donald Myron Fisher, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Eric Kirby, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Kevin Patrick Furlong, Committee Member
Douglas Miller, Committee Member

Author:

Carter, Megan Rene

Title:

Exploring a 60-year record of manganese deposition in Marietta Ohio using soil chemistry and atmospheric dispersion modeling

Graduate Program:

Geosciences

Keywords:

soil
manganese
heavy metal contamination
atmospheric deposition

File:

Download Megan_Carter_Thesis_8_13.pdf

Committee Members:

Susan Louise Brantley, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Lauer, Rachel Mollie

Title:

Subduction zone hydrogeology: quantifying fluid sources, pathways and pressure

Graduate Program:

Geosciences

Keywords:

subduction zone
hydrogeology
earthquake mechanics

File:

Download RMLauer_dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

Demian Saffer, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Demian Saffer, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Chris Marone, Committee Member
Donald Myron Fisher, Committee Member
Derek Elsworth, Special Member

Author:

Olson, Roman

Title:

How Well Can Historical Temperature Observations Constrain Climate Sensitivity

Graduate Program:

Geosciences

Keywords:

Climate sensitivity
internal climate variability
Gaussian Process
climate model
Markov chain Monte Carlo

File:

Download RO_Dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

Klaus Keller, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Klaus Keller, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Chris Eliot Forest, Committee Member
James Kasting, Committee Member
Murali Haran, Committee Member

Author:

Murray, Timothy Talmadge

Title:

A Monogenetic Alkali Basalt Field East of the Andean Arc Between 34° and 35° S: Implications for Mantle Composition

Graduate Program:

Geosciences

Keywords:

Northern Southern Volcanic Zone
NSVZ
retro-arc basalts
Sr isotopes
Nd isotopes
Hf isotopes
Pb isotopes
Payenia
Andes

File:

Download 1-Murray_MS_Thesis_Spring2013.pdf

Committee Members:

Maureen Feineman, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Tanya Furman, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Peter Christopher Lafemina, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Graham, Heather Valeah

Title:

Molecular and isotopic indicators of canopy closure in ancient forests and the effects of environmental gradients on leaf alkane expression

Graduate Program:

Geosciences

Keywords:

n-alkanes
canopy
isotope fractionation
Cerrejon
Guaduas

File:

Download DissPdfCombined.pdf

Committee Members:

Katherine Haines Freeman, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Lee Kump, Committee Member
MARK E PATZKOWSKY, Committee Member
Peter Daniel Wilf, Committee Member
Erica A H Smithwick, Committee Member
Scott W Wing, Special Member

Author:

Baumann, Beth Anne

Title:

THE EFFECT OF ARCHEAN OCEANS ON CYANOBACTERIA, GREEN SULFUR BACTERIA AND THE RISE OF OXYGEN

Graduate Program:

Geosciences

Keywords:

Archean
early earth
anoxic atmosphere
rise of oxygen
early atmsophere

File:

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Committee Members:

Christopher Howard House, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Cleveland, Kenneth Michael

Title:

Fault Rupture Segmentation

Graduate Program:

Geosciences

Keywords:

seismology
surface waves
earthquake location
oceanic transform faults

File:

Download 1-KMCleveland-Dissertation-Final.pdf

Committee Members:

Charles James Ammon, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Kevin Patrick Furlong, Committee Member
Andrew Arnold Nyblade, Committee Member
Derek Elsworth, Special Member

Author:

Smith, Karen Elizabeth

Title:

Exogenous and Endogenous Sources of Organic Compounds on the Early Earth: Investigating Carbonaceous Meteorites and Plausibly Prebiotic Complex Mixtures by Liquid Chromatography-mass Spectrometry

Graduate Program:

Geosciences

Keywords:

analytical chemistry
meteorites
mass spectrometry
liquid chromatography
geochemistry

File:

Download Smith_FINAL_Dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

Christopher Howard House, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
James David Kubicki, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
James Kasting, Committee Member
Philip C. Bevilacqua, Special Member

Author:

Schueth, Jonathan Douglas

Title:

Investigating the response of calcareous nannoplankton to significant environmental disturbance: Links between extinction and environmental change and the role of incumbency in recovery

Graduate Program:

Geosciences

Keywords:

nannoplankton
extinction
recovery
incumbency
datum

File:

Download Schueth_dissertation_final.pdf

Committee Members:

Timothy Bralower, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Klaus Keller, Committee Member
MARK E PATZKOWSKY, Committee Member
Eric S Post, Committee Member

Author:

Ramirez, Ramses Mario

Title:

Terrestrial planets under extreme radiative forcings: applications to habitable zones, early Mars, and a high-co2 Earth

Graduate Program:

Geosciences

Keywords:

habitable zones
habitability
Mars
collision-induced absorption
hydrogen
runaway greenhouse
carbon dioxide

File:

Download Ramirez_thesis_2014.pdf

Committee Members:

James Kasting, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Christopher Howard House, Committee Member
Eugene Edmund Clothiaux, Committee Member
Steinn Sigurdsson, Committee Member

Author:

Kachingwe, Marsella Kashenya

Title:

Crustal structure in eastern and southern Africa with implications for secular variation in Precambrian crustal genesis

Graduate Program:

Geosciences

Keywords:

crustal structure
eastern and southern africa
receiver functions

File:

Download MS_Thesis_Kachingwe_r.pdf

Committee Members:

Andrew Arnold Nyblade, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Tollerud, Heather Joy

Title:

The role of water in the development of surface roughness and mineralogical variability on playa surface sediments: implications for aeolian erodibility and dust emission

Graduate Program:

Geosciences

Keywords:

Aeolian erodibility
Atm. dust emission
Synthetic aperture radar
Remote sensing
Surface roughness
Black Rock Desert playa

File:

Download HeatherTollerudDissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

Matthew Scott Fantle, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Susan Louise Brantley, Committee Member
James Kasting, Committee Member
Timothy Joseph Kane, Special Member

Author:

Tsao, Leah Emily

Title:

Culture-dependent and independent studies of sulfur oxidizing bacteria from the Frasassi Caves

Graduate Program:

Geosciences

Keywords:

sulfur oxidizing bacteria
Thiobacillus baregensis
Sulfuricurvum kujiense
sulfuric acid speleogenesis
Frasassi Caves

File:

Download Tsao2014_Thesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Jennifer Macalady, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Christopher Howard House, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Demian Saffer, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Katherine Haines Freeman, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Culp, Brian Michael

Title:

Impact Of Co2 On Fracture Complexity When Used As A Fracture Fluid In Rock

Graduate Program:

Geosciences

Keywords:

Rock Mechanics
Fracturing
Unconventional
Bluestone
PMMA
hydraulic fracture
hydrocarbon
geology

File:

Download MSThesis_BrianCulp.pdf

Committee Members:

Chris J Marone, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Derek Elsworth, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Charles James Ammon, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Gonzales, Matthew Scott

Title:

In-situ observation of calcium carbonate phase heterogeneity during mineral precipitation: Implications for the interpretation of calcium carbonate based proxies

Graduate Program:

Geosciences

Keywords:

Calcite
vaterite
calcium isotopes
paleoproxy development

File:

Download MSGonzales_MastersThesis_0814.pdf

Committee Members:

Matthew Scott Fantle, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Michael Allan Arthur, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Peter J Heaney, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
James David Kubicki, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Yesavage, Tiffany Ann

Title:

Chemical and Physical Weathering in Regolith: An Investigation of Three Different Fe-rich Sites of Varying Climate and Lithology

Graduate Program:

Geosciences

Keywords:

chemical weathering
regolith
soils
Fe isotopes
geochemistry
Fe cycling

File:

Download Yesavage_final.pdf

Committee Members:

Susan Louise Brantley, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Maryann Victoria Bruns, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Matthew Scott Fantle, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Peter J Heaney, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

West, Nicole R

Title:

Topographic fingerprints of hillslope erosion in the central Appalachians as revealed by meteoric 10be: Toward understanding the evolution of critical zone architecture

Graduate Program:

Geosciences

Keywords:

critical zone
beryllium-10
hillslope erosion

File:

Download NWest_Dissertation_Revisions_Jul18.pdf

Committee Members:

Eric Kirby, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Rudy Slingerland, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Susan Louise Brantley, Committee Member
Douglas Miller, Committee Member

Author:

Merkhofer, Lisa Marie

Title:

Australian analogs for an Eocene Patagonian Paleorainforest

Graduate Program:

Geosciences

Keywords:

leaf size
paleoecology
Laguna del Hunco
paleorainforest

File:

Download Final_Merkhofer_thesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Peter Daniel Wilf, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Scuderi, Marco Maria

Title:

Mechanical properties of the seismogenic zone

Graduate Program:

Geosciences

Keywords:

earthquakes
friction
granular physics

File:

Download Scuderi_Thesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Chris J Marone, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Chris Marone, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Demian Saffer, Committee Member
Derek Elsworth, Committee Member
Peter Christopher Lafemina, Committee Member
Eliza Richardson Marone, Committee Member

Author:

Shi, Xuhua

Title:

Deformation of lacustrine shorelines in central Tibet: Implications for lake level history, fault kinematics, and crustal rheology

Graduate Program:

Geosciences

Keywords:

Deformation
Shorelines
Central Tibet
Siling Co
Lake Level
Elastic thickness
Viscosity
Rheology
Gyaring Co
Slip rate

File:

Download Shi_PhD_dissertation_final.pdf

Committee Members:

Eric Kirby, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Kevin Patrick Furlong, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Donald Myron Fisher, Committee Member
Robert George Crane, Committee Member

Author:

Meyers, Beth Sarah

Title:

analyzing the state of lithospheric stress in greater thailand through finite element modeling

Graduate Program:

Geosciences

Keywords:

thailand
active faults
earthquakes
modeling
finite element
tectonics
geodynamics
shear stress
stress

File:

Download Meyers_thesis2.pdf

Committee Members:

Kevin Patrick Furlong, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Dere, Ashlee Laura

Title:

Shale weathering across a latitudinal climosequence

Graduate Program:

Geosciences

Keywords:

geochemistry
soils
Critical Zone
erosion
mineralogy
weathering rates

File:

Download Dere_PhD_Dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

Susan Louise Brantley, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Timothy Stapler White, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Lee Kump, Committee Member
Jason Philip Kaye, Committee Member

Author:

Grieve, Paul Luke

Title:

Measuring concentrations of natural gas in three streams in Pennsylvania to estimate methane fluxes from the subsurface

Graduate Program:

Geosciences

Keywords:

Methane
Carbon isotopes
Stream monitoring
water chemistry
Groundwater
Northeastern Pennsylvania
Mass balance

File:

Download Grieve_MS_Thesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Susan Louise Brantley, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Orlando, Joseph James

Title:

The anatomy of weathering profiles on different lithologies in the tropical forest of northeastern Puerto Rico: from bedrock to clouds

Graduate Program:

Geosciences

Keywords:

deep weathering
Luquillo Critical Zone Observatory
drilling
ground penetrating radar
metavolcaniclastic
hornfels
corestone

File:

Download Orlando_Thesis_Final.pdf

Committee Members:

Susan Louise Brantley, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Geirsson, Halldor

Title:

Crustal deformation and volcanism at active plate boundaries

Graduate Program:

Geosciences

Keywords:

crustal deformation
GPS
magma movements
eruption
volcanoes
earthquakes
hydrothermal systems
fault mechanics

File:

Download HalldorGeirsson_DissertationAug2014_Final.pdf

Committee Members:

Peter Christopher Lafemina, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Peter Christopher Lafemina, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Kevin Patrick Furlong, Committee Member
Charles James Ammon, Committee Member
Barry Voight, Committee Member
Derek Elsworth, Committee Member

Author:

Doman, Christine Elizabeth

Title:

STABLE ISOTOPE AND LIPID SIGNATURES OF PLANTS ACROSS A CLIMATE GRADIENT: IMPLICATIONS FOR BIOMARKER-BASED PALEOCLIMATE RECONSTRUCTIONS

Graduate Program:

Geosciences

Keywords:

Isotpe fractionation
n-alkanes
C4
Kohala
Kikuyu grass

File:

Download Doman_MS_Thesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Katherine Haines Freeman, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Chorney, Andrew Philip

Title:

mechanisms of sulfur isotope fractionation during thermochemical sulfate reduction by amino acids: implications for the Mif-s record in archean rocks

Graduate Program:

Geosciences

Keywords:

sulfur
isotopes
TSR
Archean
MIF-S
mass independent
atmosphere evolution
oxygenation

File:

Download Masters_Thesis-Andrew_Chorney-edit1.pdf

Committee Members:

Hiroshi Ohmoto, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Matthew Scott Fantle, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Christopher Howard House, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Martino, Amanda Jean

Title:

Assessment and advancement of approaches for the study of subseafloor microbial communities

Graduate Program:

Geosciences

Keywords:

whole genome amplification
costa rica margin
nankai trough
metagenomics
biogeography
archaea

File:

Download Martino_Dissertation_2014.pdf

Committee Members:

Christopher Howard House, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Christopher Howard House, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Maryann Victoria Bruns, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Jennifer Macalady, Committee Member
Jason Philip Kaye, Committee Member
Jennifer Biddle, Special Member

Author:

Cederberg, James Andrew

Title:

A Quantitative Assesment of the Effects of Base Level Fall and basin Depth on River-dominated Deltas

Graduate Program:

Geosciences

Keywords:

deltas
rivers
base level fall
sea level fall
sequence stratigraphy
sedimentology
modeling
Delft3D
morphodynamics

File:

Download FINAL_CEDERBERG_THESIS_Nov_17_2014.pdf

Committee Members:

Rudy Slingerland, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Cruz-uribe, Alicia Marie

Title:

Assessment and implications of (dis)equilibrium in metamorphic rocks

Graduate Program:

Geosciences

Keywords:

metamorphism
kinetics

File:

Download Dissertation_Final.pdf

Committee Members:

Maureen Feineman, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
James David Kubicki, Committee Member
David H Eggler, Committee Member
John Richard Hellmann Jr., Committee Member

Author:

Fegyveresi, John Michael

Title:

Physical Properites of the West Antarctic Ice Sheet (WAIS) Divide Deep Core: Development, Evolution, and Interpretation

Graduate Program:

Geosciences

Keywords:

Glaciology
WAIS Divide
Antarctica
Ice Core
Paleoclimatology
Ice Deformation
Ice Sheet
Total Air
Bubble Number-Density

File:

Download Fegyveresi_PhD_1_5_15_FINAL.pdf

Committee Members:

Richard B Alley, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Richard B Alley, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Sridhar Anandakrishnan, Committee Member
Todd Anthony Sowers, Committee Member
Andrew Mark Carleton, Committee Member
Joan J Fitzpatrick, Special Member

Author:

Cui, Ying

Title:

ASSESSMENT OF CLIMATE CHANGE AND GLOBAL CARBON CYCLE PERTURBATION DURING THE END-PERMIAN MASS EXTINCTION

Graduate Program:

Geosciences

Keywords:

end-Permian mass extinction
climate change
global warming
earth system model
carbon isotopes.

File:

Download Dissertation_CUI_Ying_Final.pdf

Committee Members:

Lee Kump, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Katherine Haines Freeman, Committee Member
Michael Allan Arthur, Committee Member
Raymond Gabriel Najjar Jr., Committee Member

Author:

Modlich, Mitchell Andrew

Title:

Thermal Maturity of Gas Shales in the Appalachian Plateau of Pennsylvania

Graduate Program:

Geosciences

Keywords:

Appalachian Basin
Thermal Maturity
Gas Shale
Thermal Modeling
Devonian

File:

Download Modlich_MS_Thesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Rudy Slingerland, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor