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1. Fire, Climate, and Vegetation in Pleistocene East Africa: Insights from Bulk Organic and Compound Specific Indicators at Olduvai Gorge, Tanzania

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Author:
Ferland, Troy
Title:
Fire, Climate, and Vegetation in Pleistocene East Africa: Insights from Bulk Organic and Compound Specific Indicators at Olduvai Gorge, Tanzania
Graduate Program:
Geosciences (PHD)
Keywords:
organic geochemistry
PAHs
East Africa
paleoclimate
Olduvai Gorge
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Committee Members:
Erin DiMaggio, Major Field Member
Rebecca Bliege Bird, Outside Unit & Field Member
Elizabeth Hajek, Major Field Member
Kate Freeman, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Mark Patzkowsky, Program Head/Chair

2. Remote Sensing Observations and Modeling of Volcano Flank Instability

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Author:
Gonzalez Santana, Judit
Title:
Remote Sensing Observations and Modeling of Volcano Flank Instability
Graduate Program:
Geosciences (PHD)
Keywords:
InSAR
Time-series analysis
Numerical modeling
Volcano deformation
Flank instability
Satellite remote sensing
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Committee Members:
Donald Fisher, Program Head/Chair
Charles Ammon, Major Field Member
Reuben Kraft, Outside Unit & Field Member
Derek Elsworth, Major Field Member
Christelle Wauthier, Chair & Dissertation Advisor

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

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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

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

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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

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

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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

8. Geochemical Evolution of the Arabian Lithosphere and Genesis of Continental Basalts

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Author:
Bowden, Shelby
Title:
Geochemical Evolution of the Arabian Lithosphere and Genesis of Continental Basalts
Graduate Program:
Geosciences (PHD)
Keywords:
Volcanism
geochemistry
mantle
basalt
isotope
magmatism
harrat
cinder cone
Uwayrid
Ash Shaam
Arabian Peninsula
Saudi Arabia
petrogenesis
geophysics
xenolith
Red Sea
Dead Sea Fault
metasomatism
Lithospheric drip
delamination
mineral
clinopyroxene
amphibole
phlogopite
carbonatite
olivine
orthopyroxene
geodynamic
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Committee Members:
Donald Fisher, Program Head/Chair
Danny Sykes, Outside Unit Member
Andrew Nyblade, Outside Field Member
Tanya Furman, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Jesse Reimink, Major Field Member

9. The evolution of O2, O3 and CH4 and their interactions in the atmosphere–ocean system during the mid-Proterozoic

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Author:
Ji, Aoshuang
Title:
The evolution of O2, O3 and CH4 and their interactions in the atmosphere–ocean system during the mid-Proterozoic
Graduate Program:
Geosciences (PHD)
Keywords:
atmospheric chemistry
ozone layer
methane lifetime
oxygen level
mid-Proterozoic atmosphere
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Committee Members:
Donald Fisher, Program Head/Chair
Raymond Najjar, Outside Unit & Field Member
Jennifer Macalady, Major Field Member
Matthew Fantle, Major Field Member
James Kasting, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Eugene Clothiaux, Outside Field Member