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Author:

Sacks, Alison F

Title:

PRINCIPAL AXES OF STRESS AND STRAIN IN THE KUMANO FOREARC BASIN FROM INVERSION OF A NORMAL FAULT POPULATION MAPPED IN A 3D SEISMIC VOLUME, NANKAI TROUGH, SW JAPAN

Graduate Program:

Geosciences

Keywords:

Nankai
normal faults
stress
strain
subduction zones

File:

Download Alison_Sacks_Final_Thesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Demian Saffer, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Demian Saffer, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Donald Myron Fisher, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Rathbun, Andrew Paul

Title:

AN EXPERIMENTAL INVESTIGATION OF FRICTIONAL AND HYDRAULIC PROPERTIES OF SHEAR ZONES, WITH APPLICATION TO EARTHQUAKE FAULTS AND GLACIAL TILL

Graduate Program:

Geosciences

Keywords:

Shear
Localization
Earthquakes
Friction

File:

Download ThesisFinal.pdf

Committee Members:

Chris Marone, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Sridhar Anandakrishnan, Committee Member
Chris Marone, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Richard B Alley, Committee Member
Derek Elsworth, Committee Member
Demian Saffer, Committee Member

Author:

LeVay, Brian James

Title:

Pre-anatectic and anatectic processes in an eclogite from the Erzgebirge, Southeastern Germany: Implications for arc magmatism

Graduate Program:

Geosciences

Keywords:

eclogite
anatexis
melting
migmatite
Erzgebirge
Saidenbach
adakite

File:

Download Thesis_BLeVay_714U.pdf

Committee Members:

Maureen Feineman, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Maureen Feineman, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Derrill Maylon Kerrick, Committee Member
Demian Saffer, Committee Member
Derek Elsworth, Committee Member

Author:

Perez, Enrique

Title:

LABORATORY MEASUREMENTS OF PERMEABILITY REDUCTION IN NATURALLY OCCURING SHEAR BANDS FORMED IN UNLITHIFIED SANDS

Graduate Program:

Geosciences

Keywords:

Cataclasis
Permeability
Shear bands
Deformation bands

File:

Download Perez_M.S._Thesis.pdf

Committee Members:

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

Author:

Moret, Geoffrey John Maxted

Title:

ANNUAL VARIATIONS IN GROUND-WATER TEMPERATURE AS A TRACER OF RIVER-AQUIFER INTERACTIONS

Graduate Program:

Geosciences

Keywords:

hydrogeology
temperature

File:

Download moretdissertationrevised.pdf

Committee Members:

Richard Rudolph Parizek, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Charles James Ammon, Committee Member
Derek Elsworth, Committee Member
Demian Saffer, Committee Member
Kamini Singha, Committee Member

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:

Popek, Margaret Ann

Title:

Topographically Driven Groundwater Flow Through A Heterogeneous Permeability Subsurface: Implications for Surface Heat Flow Near Parkfield, California and in the Western Mojave Desert

Graduate Program:

Geosciences

Keywords:

heat flow
California
groundwater flow
tectonics

File:

Download Margaret_A_Popek_Masters_Thesis.pdfDownload Appendices_A_B_D_E_F_and_G.pdfDownload Appendix_C.pdf

Committee Members:

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

Author:

Ikari, Matt

Title:

Compositional, mechanical, and hydrologic controls on fault slip behavior

Graduate Program:

Geosciences

Keywords:

faults
friction
earthquakes
clay minerals
permeability
subduction zones

File:

Download ikari_Phd_thesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Demian Saffer, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Chris Marone, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Demian Saffer, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Eliza Richardson, Committee Member
Derek Elsworth, Committee Member
Andre Niemeijer, 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:

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:

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:

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:

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:

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:

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:

Johnston, Thomas James

Title:

The role of poroelasticity during disequilibrium compaction and hydrocarbon generation on horizontal stress in the Devonian section of the Appalachian Basin

Graduate Program:

Geosciences

Keywords:

Marcellus
poroelasticity
modeling
gas shale

File:

Download JohnstonMSThesis2015.pdf

Committee Members:

Terry Engelder, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Rudy Slingerland, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Demian Saffer, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Peterson, Kristina Marie

Title:

nucleation, growth, and phase transformation mechanisms of the iron (oxy)hydroxides

Graduate Program:

Geosciences

Keywords:

akaganeite
hematite
Rietveld
synchrotron
time-resolved X-ray diffraction

File:

Download Peterson_Dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

Peter J Heaney, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Peter J Heaney, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
James David Kubicki, Committee Member
Christopher Gorski, Committee Member
Matthew Scott Fantle, Committee Member
Demian Saffer, Special Member

Author:

Miller, Peter Kent

Title:

Experimental investigation of permeability and mechanical evolution of cataclastic deformation bands

Graduate Program:

Geosciences

Keywords:

Rock mechanics
deformation bands
sandstone
permeability
reservoir mechanics

File:

Download Miller_Thesis_final.pdf

Committee Members:

Demian Saffer, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Chris J Marone, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Baisden, Tramond Rashard

Title:

Evaluating avulsion controls on fluvial sand body architecture and connectivity

Graduate Program:

Geosciences

Keywords:

geology
fluvial
connectivity
petroleum geology
sedimentary geology
reservoir modelling
wasatch
lidar
avulsion

File:

Download Baisden_Tramond_FinalThesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Elizabeth Ann Hajek, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Demian Saffer, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Rudy Slingerland, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Huffman, Katelyn Allison

Title:

Understanding tectonic stress and rock strength in the Nankai Trough accretionary prism, offshore SW Japan

Graduate Program:

Geosciences

Keywords:

Nankai Trough
in situ stress
unconfined compressive strength
borehole breakout
IODP
poroelastic FEM

File:

Download Huffman.pdf

Committee Members:

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

Author:

Hagedorn, Jacob Gerrit

Title:

THE LIVING FILTER: MONITORING NITRATE ACCUMULATION AFTER 50 YEARS OF WASTEWATER IRRIGATION

Graduate Program:

Geosciences

Keywords:

Living Filter
Nitrogen

File:

Download Hagedorn_Thesis_Final2.pdf

Committee Members:

Demian Saffer, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Michael Allan Arthur, Committee Member
Susan Louise Brantley, Committee Member

Author:

Xu, Yang

Title:

Sedimentary record of the evolution of the Kumano Forearc Basin, offshore southwest Japan

Graduate Program:

Geosciences

Keywords:

Kumano
basin
forearc
sequencestratigraphy
basinanalysis
nankai
sedimentology
iodp

File:

Download YangXu_Thesis_Final.pdf

Committee Members:

Elizabeth Ann Hajek, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Demian Saffer, Committee Member
Donald Myron Fisher, Committee Member

Author:

Leeman, John Robert

Title:

Laboratory Studies of Fault Stability and Slow Earthquakes

Graduate Program:

Geosciences

Keywords:

slow slip
earthquake
fault mechanics
rock mechanics
fault stability
ice stream

File:

Download dissertation_leeman.pdf

Committee Members:

Chris Marone, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Demian Saffer, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Sridhar Anandakrishnan, Committee Member
Richard Alley, Committee Member
Derek Elsworth, Outside Member

Author:

Valdez, Robert Dennis

Title:

MECHANICAL BEHAVIOR OF MAJOR PLATE BOUNDARY FAULT SYSTEMS: INSIGHTS INTO THE STRESS STATE OF THE NANKAI SUBDUCTION-ACCRETION COMPLEX OFFSHORE SW JAPAN AND SLIP STABILITY OF THE ALPINE FAULT ZONE IN NEW ZEALAND

Graduate Program:

Geosciences

Keywords:

Consolidation state
Nankai Trough
In situ stress state
Friction
Slip stability
Scientific drilling
Alpine Fault
Accretionary prism
Rate and state friction

File:

Download RD_Valdez_thesis_final.pdf

Committee Members:

Demian Saffer, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Demian Saffer, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Chris J Marone, Committee Member
Donald Myron Fisher, Committee Member
Jonathan P Mathews, Outside Member

Author:

Hoagland, Nell E

Title:

Surface water-sediment interactions: Examples from pristine and contaminated catchments

Graduate Program:

Geosciences

Keywords:

arsenic
nitrogen
critical zone
floodplains
gold mining
groundwater-surface water interactions
hyporheic zone
aqueous geochemistry
hydrology
water contamination

File:

Download Dissertation_Hoagland_181121b.pdf

Committee Members:

Susan Louise Brantley, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Susan Louise Brantley, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Matthew S Fantle, Committee Member
Demian Saffer, Committee Member
Jason Philip Kaye, Outside Member
Tess Alethea Russo, Special Member

Author:

Ryan, Kerry

Title:

LABORATORY STUDIES OF FAULT RESTRENGTHENING: The Role of Shear Stress and Mineralogy Inferred from Mechanical and Ultrasonic Amplitude Measurements

Graduate Program:

Geosciences

Keywords:

fault healing
frictional healing
earthquakes

File:

Download Ryan_Kerry_DissertationFINAL.pdf

Committee Members:

Chris Marone, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Chris J Marone, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Demian Saffer, Committee Member
Charles James Ammon, Committee Member
Parisa Shokouhi, Outside Member

Author:

Woda, Joshua

Title:

WORKING WITH CITIZEN SCIENTISTS AND HOMEOWNERS IN PENNSYLVANIA TO UNDERSTAND HYDROCARBON-RELATED CONTAMINATION OF WATER RESOURCES

Graduate Program:

Geosciences

Keywords:

Shale gas
water quality
methane
hydraulic fracturing
oil and gas
contamination
citizen science

File:

Download Woda_thesis_.pdf

Committee Members:

Susan Louise Brantley, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Katherine Haines Freeman, Committee Member
Demian Saffer, Committee Member

Author:

Kenigsberg, Abby

Title:

Elastodynamic and Mechanical Properties of Smectite-Rich Fault Gouge

Graduate Program:

Geosciences

Keywords:

smectite
fault gouge
velocities
fabric
permeability

File:

Download kenigsberg_dissertation_091619.pdf

Committee Members:

Demian Saffer, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Demian Saffer, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Chris J Marone, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Charles James Ammon, Committee Member
Parisa Shokouhi, Outside Member
Jacques Riviere, 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:

Santos, Dorivaldo

Title:

Focused Flow Along Faults and Heat Advection in the Northern Hikurangi Accretionary Prism

Graduate Program:

Geosciences

Keywords:

Hikurangi
Numerical Model
Heat Flow
Fluid Flow
Faults

File:

Download Thesis_Santos-converted.pdf

Committee Members:

Demian Saffer, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Chris J Marone, Committee Member
Kevin Patrick Furlong, Committee Member
Mark E Patzkowsky, Program Head/Chair