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Author:

Leon y Leon, Isabel Aurora

Title:

ECOLOGICAL CHANGES IN THE NANNOPLANKTON COMMUNITY ACROSS A SHELF TRANSECT DURING THE ONSET OF THE PALEOCENE-EOCENE THERMAL MAXIMUM

Graduate Program:

Geosciences

Keywords:

nannoplankton
PETM
Paleocene-Eocene Thermal Maximum
nearshore
paleoecology
Cambridge-Dorchester MD
shelf environment

File:

Download LeonyLeon_MS_2017.pdf

Committee Members:

Timothy Bralower, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Lee Kump, Committee Member
Mark Patzkowsky, Committee Member

Author:

Oakes, Rosemary Louise

Title:

Towards understanding the impact of ocean acidification on the shell condition of thecosome pteropods

Graduate Program:

Geosciences

Keywords:

Pteropods
Ocean acidification
Micro-CT
Nano-SEM
Taphonomy
Plankton
Preservation
Biological oceanography
Chemical oceanography
Climate change

File:

Download ROakes_phddissertation_final_micdrop.pdf

Committee Members:

Timothy Bralower, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Timothy Bralower, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Michael Allan Arthur, Committee Member
Lee Kump, Committee Member
Timothy Michael Ryan, Outside Member
Matthew S Fantle, Committee Member

Author:

Grey, Jacqueline Ashley

Title:

Changes in calcareous nannoplankton assemblages during the recovery of the Paleocene Eocene Thermal Maximum (PETM)

Graduate Program:

Geosciences

Keywords:

nannoplankton
Paleocene Eocene Thermal Maximum
PETM recovery
paleoecology
global warming

File:

Download Grey_MS_Thesis_Aug_2017_FINAL.pdf

Committee Members:

Timothy Bralower, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Mark E Patzkowsky, Committee Member
Peter Daniel Wilf, Committee Member

Author:

Christie, Max Lawrence

Title:

Biogeographic, Functional, and Phylogenetic Consequences of the Pliocene to Modern in the Western Atlantic

Graduate Program:

Geosciences

Keywords:

Pliocene
Pleistocene
Mollusk
Coastal Plain
Plio-Pleistocene Extinction
Phylogenetics
Functional Ecology
Biogeography

File:

Download Christie_Dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

Mark E Patzkowsky, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Mark E Patzkowsky, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Peter Daniel Wilf, Committee Member
Timothy Bralower, Committee Member
Todd C Lajeunesse, Outside 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:

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