1. Local and broad scale changes in North American small mammal community structure: the late Pleistocene through the late Holocene Open Access Author: Pardi, Melissa Irene Title: Local and broad scale changes in North American small mammal community structure: the late Pleistocene through the late Holocene Graduate Program: Geosciences Keywords: multivariate analysispaleoecologyHolocenePleistoceneglacialsmall mammalsnon-analog File: Download Completed_Thesis_04_11_2_2010.pdf Committee Members: Russell W Graham, Thesis Advisor/Co-AdvisorRussell W Graham, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
2. Novel insect leaf-mining at Mexican Hat, Montana (early Paleocene) and the demise of Cretaceous leaf miners Open Access Author: Donovan, Michael Philip Title: Novel insect leaf-mining at Mexican Hat, Montana (early Paleocene) and the demise of Cretaceous leaf miners Graduate Program: Geosciences Keywords: plant-insect interactionsCretaceous-Paleogene extinctionherbivorypaleoecologyFort Union FormationPowder River Basin File: Download Donovan_Thesis_Final.pdf Committee Members: Peter Daniel Wilf, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
3. Australian analogs for an Eocene Patagonian Paleorainforest Open Access Author: Merkhofer, Lisa Marie Title: Australian analogs for an Eocene Patagonian Paleorainforest Graduate Program: Geosciences Keywords: leaf sizepaleoecologyLaguna del Huncopaleorainforest File: Download Final_Merkhofer_thesis.pdf Committee Members: Peter Daniel Wilf, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
4. ECOLOGICAL CHANGES IN THE NANNOPLANKTON COMMUNITY ACROSS A SHELF TRANSECT DURING THE ONSET OF THE PALEOCENE-EOCENE THERMAL MAXIMUM Open Access 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: nannoplanktonPETMPaleocene-Eocene Thermal MaximumnearshorepaleoecologyCambridge-Dorchester MDshelf environment File: Download LeonyLeon_MS_2017.pdf Committee Members: Timothy Bralower, Thesis Advisor/Co-AdvisorLee Kump, Committee MemberMark Patzkowsky, Committee Member
5. Changes in calcareous nannoplankton assemblages during the recovery of the Paleocene Eocene Thermal Maximum (PETM) Open Access Author: Grey, Jacqueline Ashley Title: Changes in calcareous nannoplankton assemblages during the recovery of the Paleocene Eocene Thermal Maximum (PETM) Graduate Program: Geosciences Keywords: nannoplanktonPaleocene Eocene Thermal MaximumPETM recoverypaleoecologyglobal warming File: Download Grey_MS_Thesis_Aug_2017_FINAL.pdf Committee Members: Timothy Bralower, Thesis Advisor/Co-AdvisorMark E Patzkowsky, Committee MemberPeter Daniel Wilf, Committee Member
6. OCEAN ECOSYSTEM TRANSFORMATION CAUSED BY RAPID WARMING AND SEA LEVEL RISE IN THE PLEISTOCENE CARIACO BASIN (MIS 9-7) Open Access Author: Rizzo, Adriana Title: OCEAN ECOSYSTEM TRANSFORMATION CAUSED BY RAPID WARMING AND SEA LEVEL RISE IN THE PLEISTOCENE CARIACO BASIN (MIS 9-7) Graduate Program: Geosciences Keywords: paleoceanographycoccolithophoresphytoplanktonpaleoecologyorganic geochemistryPleistoceneClimate Changeharmful algae bloomproductivitysea levelITCZCariaco BasinmicropaleontologyUK37nutrientsEmiliania huxleyiFlorisphaera profundadinoflagellatesMargalef's MandalaMIS 8 File: Download Rizzo_Thesis_PostDefense_tosubmit2.pdf Committee Members: Timothy Bralower, Thesis Advisor/Co-AdvisorKatherine Haines Freeman, Thesis Advisor/Co-AdvisorMark E Patzkowsky, Committee Member