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21. Laboratory, Field, and Modeling Analysis of Solute Transport Behavior at the Shale Hills Critical Zone Observatory

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Author:
Kuntz, Brad W
Title:
Laboratory, Field, and Modeling Analysis of Solute Transport Behavior at the Shale Hills Critical Zone Observatory
Graduate Program:
Geosciences
Keywords:
tracer
porosity
permeability
shale
solute transport
Shale Hills
soil cores
soil weathering
anomalous tailing
mobile-immobile
continuous time random walk
MIM
CTRW
critical zone
bromide
File:
Download Kuntz_MSthesisFinal_corrected.pdf
Committee Members:
Kamini Singha, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Kamini Singha, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

22. Geochemistry of 24 Ma basalts from northeast Egypt: Implications for widespread magmatism in northern Africa

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Author:
Endress, Chira Anneli
Title:
Geochemistry of 24 Ma basalts from northeast Egypt: Implications for widespread magmatism in northern Africa
Graduate Program:
Geosciences
Keywords:
basalt
volcanism
Africa
Egypt
isotope geochemistry
mantle plumes
File:
Download EndressThesis2010.pdf
Committee Members:
Tanya Furman, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Tanya Furman, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

23. Temporal and Spatial Variations in Deformation Across a Ridge-Transform Intersection, Northern Iceland

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Author:
O'Hara, Caroline Anne
Title:
Temporal and Spatial Variations in Deformation Across a Ridge-Transform Intersection, Northern Iceland
Graduate Program:
Geosciences
Keywords:
northern Iceland
Husavik-Flatey fault
Gudfinnugja fault
Tjornes Fracture Zone
Theistareykir fissure swarm
ridge-transform intersection
terrestrial LiDAR
displacement variation
GPS
slip rate
tensile fractures
File:
Download OHara_MSThesis_2009_final_reduced.pdf
Committee Members:
Dr Peter C La Femina, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Peter Christopher Lafemina, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

25. CO2 Emissions in Yellowstone, USA, and Solfatara Volcano, Italy: Use of Eddy Covariance and Mass Flux Modeling

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Author:
Werner, Cynthia Anne
Title:
CO2 Emissions in Yellowstone, USA, and Solfatara Volcano, Italy: Use of Eddy Covariance and Mass Flux Modeling
Graduate Program:
Geosciences
Keywords:
Yellowstone
carbon dioxide
Solfatara
volcanic degassing
diffuse fluxes
eddy covariance
File:
Download 01thesis.pdf
Committee Members:
Melissa Deines, Committee Member
Susan Louise Brantley, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Kenneth James Davis, Committee Member
David H Eggler, Committee Member
John Corry Wyngaard, Committee Member

26. MOLECULAR AND ISOTOPIC INVESTIGATIONS OF THE BIOGEOCHEMISTRY OF ARCHAEAL ETHER LIPIDS

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Author:
Turich, Courtney Hanna
Title:
MOLECULAR AND ISOTOPIC INVESTIGATIONS OF THE BIOGEOCHEMISTRY OF ARCHAEAL ETHER LIPIDS
Graduate Program:
Geosciences
Keywords:
Archaea
Lipids
TEX86
isotopes
File:
Download TurichFinalThesis.pdf
Committee Members:
Katherine Haines Freeman, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Maryann Victoria Bruns, Committee Member
Michael Allan Arthur, Committee Member
Christopher Howard House, Committee Member
Daniel Jones, Committee Member

27. Time-Resolved Structural Analyses of Cation Exchange Reactions in Synthetic Birnessite

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Author:
Lopano, Christina Lynn
Title:
Time-Resolved Structural Analyses of Cation Exchange Reactions in Synthetic Birnessite
Graduate Program:
Geosciences
Keywords:
birnessite
cation exchange
X-ray diffraction
synchrotron
manganese oxides
File:
Download CLopano_Dissertation_Full_REVISED_.pdf
Committee Members:
Peter J Heaney, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Sridhar Komarneni, Committee Member
Susan Louise Brantley, Committee Member
James David Kubicki, Committee Member
C Enid Martinez, Committee Member

28. Lessons from Soggy Leaves: A Pre-Settlement Flora from White Clay Creek, Chester County, Pennsylvania

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Author:
Grettenberger, Christen Lynn
Title:
Lessons from Soggy Leaves: A Pre-Settlement Flora from White Clay Creek, Chester County, Pennsylvania
Graduate Program:
Geosciences
Keywords:
fossil leaves
Holocene
subfossil flora
paleontology
File:
Download thesis-full-July-26-2011-1.pdf
Committee Members:
Peter Daniel Wilf, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Peter Daniel Wilf, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

30. Nitrogen biogeochemistry and ancient oceanic anoxia

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Author:
Junium, Christopher Kendall
Title:
Nitrogen biogeochemistry and ancient oceanic anoxia
Graduate Program:
Geosciences
Keywords:
nitrogen cycle
nitrogen isotopes
black shale
porphyrins
File:
Download Junium_PhD_eTD.pdf
Committee Members:
Michael Allan Arthur, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Michael Allan Arthur, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Katherine Haines Freeman, Committee Member
Lee Kump, Committee Member
Jason Philip Kaye, Committee Member

31. THE GROWTH AND EVOLUTION OF RIVER-DOMINATED DELTAS AND THEIR DISTRIBUTARY NETWORKS

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Author:
Edmonds, Douglas Arthur
Title:
THE GROWTH AND EVOLUTION OF RIVER-DOMINATED DELTAS AND THEIR DISTRIBUTARY NETWORKS
Graduate Program:
Geosciences
Keywords:
bifurcation
avulsion
delta
delta stability
delta growth
File:
Download Edmonds_Dissertation_final.pdf
Committee Members:
Dr Rudy Slingerland, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Rudy Slingerland, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Eric Kirby, Committee Member
Richard B Alley, Committee Member
David N Hill, Committee Member

32. Stratigraphy and Paleoenvironments of the Red Hill Site near Hyner, Pennsylvania

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Author:
Peterson, Daniel Adam
Title:
Stratigraphy and Paleoenvironments of the Red Hill Site near Hyner, Pennsylvania
Graduate Program:
Geosciences
Keywords:
fluvial
Devonian
tetrapod
avulsion
Acadian orogeny
Pennsylvania
Red Hill
stratigraphy
floodplain
paleosol
sandstone
File:
Download Thesis_-_FINAL.pdf
Committee Members:
Mark E Patzkowsky, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
MARK E PATZKOWSKY, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

33. INVESTIGATING THE IMPACT OF ADVECTIVE AND DIFFUSIVE CONTROLS IN SOLUTE TRANSPORT ON GEOELECTRICAL DATA

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Author:
Wheaton, Daniel Devin
Title:
INVESTIGATING THE IMPACT OF ADVECTIVE AND DIFFUSIVE CONTROLS IN SOLUTE TRANSPORT ON GEOELECTRICAL DATA
Graduate Program:
Geosciences
Keywords:
electrical resistivity
dual-domain mass transfer
solute transport
mobile-immobile domain model
COMSOL
File:
Download thesis_draft_71609.pdf
Committee Members:
Kamini Singha, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Kamini Singha, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

34. The correlation between joint orientation and transport direction in the Sawtooth Salient, Northern Montana.

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Author:
Cannon, David L
Title:
The correlation between joint orientation and transport direction in the Sawtooth Salient, Northern Montana.
Graduate Program:
Geosciences
Keywords:
Swift Reservoir
stress field
fracturing
transport direction
joint
Sawtooth
Teton Anticline
Sun River
File:
Download 081208_Cannon_Thesis.pdf
Committee Members:
Terry Engelder, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

35. Mechanisms of Aqueous Crystallization and Phase Transformation in Titanium Oxide Minerals

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Author:
Hummer, Daniel Robert
Title:
Mechanisms of Aqueous Crystallization and Phase Transformation in Titanium Oxide Minerals
Graduate Program:
Geosciences
Keywords:
anatase
rutile
titanium oxide
titanium dioxide
crystallization
precipitation
time-resolved X-ray diffraction
time-resolved small angle X-ray scattering
nanoparticles
phase stability reversal
surface energy
nucleation
crystal growth
hydrolysis
global optimization
kinetic fitting
kinetic modeling
File:
Download Hummer_dissertation_final.pdf
Committee Members:
Peter J Heaney, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Peter J Heaney, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
James David Kubicki, Committee Member
Lee Kump, Committee Member
Kwadwo Osseo Asare, Committee Member

36. MICROBIAL ECOLOGY AND BIOGEOCHEMISTRY OF SULFIDIC KARST ECOSYSTEMS

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Author:
Jones, Daniel Seth
Title:
MICROBIAL ECOLOGY AND BIOGEOCHEMISTRY OF SULFIDIC KARST ECOSYSTEMS
Graduate Program:
Geosciences
Keywords:
biogeography
sulfide oxidation
acidophile
karst
Hydrogen sulfide
Acidithiobacillus
File:
Download Jones_dissertation.pdf
Committee Members:
Jennifer Macalady, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Jennifer Macalady, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Matthew Scott Fantle, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Mark E Patzkowsky, Committee Member
Christopher Howard House, Committee Member
Brian Dempsey, Committee Member

37. VARIATIONS IN INSECT HERBIVORY ON ANGIOSPERM LEAVES THROUGH THE LATE PALEOCENE AND EARLY EOCENE IN THE BIGHORN BASIN, WYOMING, USA

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Author:
Currano, Ellen Diane
Title:
VARIATIONS IN INSECT HERBIVORY ON ANGIOSPERM LEAVES THROUGH THE LATE PALEOCENE AND EARLY EOCENE IN THE BIGHORN BASIN, WYOMING, USA
Graduate Program:
Geosciences
Keywords:
Paleocene-Eocene Thermal Maximum
insect herbivory
plant-insect interactions
Bighorn Basin
global warming
File:
Download Thesis_Currano_final.pdf
Committee Members:
Peter Daniel Wilf, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Mark E Patzkowsky, Committee Member
Scott W Wing, Committee Member
Conrad C Labandeira, Committee Member
Russell W Graham, Committee Member
Lee Ann Newsom, Committee Member

38. DEPOSITIONAL ENVIRONMENTS OF PALEOCENE PLANT LOCALITIES WITHIN ESTUARINE FACIES OF THE SALAMANCA FORMATION, CHUBUT PROVINCE, ARGENTINA

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Author:
Comer, Emily Elizabeth
Title:
DEPOSITIONAL ENVIRONMENTS OF PALEOCENE PLANT LOCALITIES WITHIN ESTUARINE FACIES OF THE SALAMANCA FORMATION, CHUBUT PROVINCE, ARGENTINA
Graduate Program:
Geosciences
Keywords:
sedimentology
depositional environments
paleobotany
File:
Download EC_finalMastersThesis.pdf
Committee Members:
Rudy Slingerland, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Rudy Slingerland, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

39. Geochemical Requirements of the anaerobic oxidation of methane in the Eel River Basin

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Author:
Beal, Emily J
Title:
Geochemical Requirements of the anaerobic oxidation of methane in the Eel River Basin
Graduate Program:
Geosciences
Keywords:
thermal history
Anaerobic Methane Oxidation
early Earth
ferrihydrite
birnessite
sulfate
File:
Download Beal_Dissertation.pdf
Committee Members:
Christopher Howard House, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Christopher Howard House, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Kevin Patrick Furlong, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Charles Raymond Fisher Jr., Committee Member
Katherine Haines Freeman, Committee Member