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

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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

13. Mechanical properties of the seismogenic zone

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Open Access
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

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

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Open Access
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

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

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Open Access
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

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

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Open Access
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

19. Crustal deformation and volcanism at active plate boundaries

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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

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

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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