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Author:

Walker, Jasmine

Title:

Backwater Hydrodynamic Influence on Avulsion Style and Floodplain Character: Case Study From Mungaroo Formation, Northern Carnarvon Basin

Graduate Program:

Geosciences (MS)

Keywords:

Seismic
Geomorphology
Channel
Interpretation
Floodplain
Paleo
Delta
Paleo-Deltaic
3D Seismic Data

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Committee Members:

Mark Patzkowsky, Program Head/Chair
Elizabeth Ann Hajek, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Roman Di Biase, Committee Member

Author:

Giraldo Ceron, Luis

Title:

Insect-feeding traces in Eucalyptus leaves from the Eocene of Patagonia and their biogeographic connections to modern-day Australia

Graduate Program:

Geosciences (MS)

Keywords:

biogeography
Gondwana
paleoecology
host-specialized interactions
host-tracking
biogeography
Gondwana
paleoecology
host-specialized interactions
host-tracking
leaf mining
Patagonia
Myrtaceae

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Committee Members:

Donald Fisher, Program Head/Chair
Peter Daniel Wilf, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Mark E Patzkowsky, Committee Member
Sarah J Ivory, Committee Member

Author:

Stoian, Cristy

Title:

A New Eoarchean Terrane in Arctic Canada: How Extensive is Acasta-like Crust?

Graduate Program:

Geosciences (MS)

Keywords:

Slave Province
Eokuk Uplift
U-Pb-Hf
Zircon
Crustal Evolution
Hadean
Archean
Acasta Gneiss Complex

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Committee Members:

Donald Fisher, Program Head/Chair
Jesse R Reimink, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Andrew James Smye, Committee Member
Tanya Furman, Committee Member

Author:

Smith, Hillary

Title:

Exploring the Grayness at the Origin of Life and a Perspective on the Potential Use of Wastewater in Anaerobic Cultivation of Microbial Biomass for Astronaut Nutrition During Long-Term Space Flight

Graduate Program:

Geosciences (MS)

Keywords:

Origin of life
Astrobiology
Prebiotic evolution
Meteoritic organics
pre-RNAs
Metalloenzymes
Thioesters
Lipids
Evolutionary transitions
Space exploration
Astronaut nutrition
Single cell protein
Microbial co-culture
Wastewater recycling
Agnostic biosignatures

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Committee Members:

Christopher Howard House, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Jennifer Macalady, Committee Member
Donald Fisher, Program Head/Chair
Matthew S Fantle, Committee Member
Amie Kathleen Boal, Committee Member

Author:

Saucier, Emilie

Title:

Observations and Modeling of the Transition from an Open to Closed System at Telica Volcano, Nicaragua

Graduate Program:

Geosciences (MS)

Keywords:

Volcano
Volcanology
Geoscience
Geology
Sealing
Phreatic Eruptions
Phreatic
Telica
Nicaragua
Deformation
Modeling
Machine Learning
Geodesy
Remote Sensing
Gas Flux
Hydrothermal Mineralisation
Magmatic Plug
Seal

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Committee Members:

Maureen Feineman, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Derek Elsworth, Committee Member
Donald Fisher, Program Head/Chair
Peter LaFemina, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Meyers, Kate

Title:

Phase Identification of Phosphorus Uptake onto Carbonate Minerals in Coastal Wastewater Injection Zones

Graduate Program:

Geosciences (MS)

Keywords:

wastewater remediation
carbonate geochemistry
phosphate
water quality

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Committee Members:

Miquela Ingalls, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Lee Kump, Committee Member
Donald Fisher, Program Head/Chair
Kimberly Lau, Committee Member

Author:

Taylor, Kaitlin

Title:

EARLY TRIASSIC WEATHERING INTENSITY AND CLIMATE RECOVERY AFTER THE END-PERMIAN EXTINCTION

Graduate Program:

Geosciences (MS)

Keywords:

global warming
weathering
permian triassic extinction
lithium
isotopes
modeling
diagenesis
climate
climate stability

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Committee Members:

Mark Patzkowsky, Program Head/Chair
Kimberly Lau, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Matthew S Fantle, Committee Member
Max Lloyd, Committee Member

Author:

Shepherd, Garrett

Title:

Tropical Temperatures during the Late Paleozoic Ice Age: Proxy Fidelity in Pennsylvanian to Permian Carbonates of the US Midcontinent Sea, Eastern Kansas

Graduate Program:

Geosciences (MS)

Keywords:

Late Paleozoic Ice Age
Oxygen Isotope Paleothermometry
Clumped Isotope Paleothermometry
US Midcontinent
Midcontinent Sea
Eastern Kansas

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Committee Members:

Mark Patzkowsky, Program Head/Chair
Brian Kelley, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Miquela Ingalls, Committee Member
Mark E Patzkowsky, Committee Member

Author:

Aquino, Carl Fredrick

Title:

Greenland Ice Sheet drives sea-level rise differences between model and expert projections

Graduate Program:

Geosciences (MS)

Keywords:

sea-level rise
sea level
probabilistic inversion
Bayesian inversion
Greenland Ice Sheet
Antarctic Ice Sheet
climate risk
climate risk management
coastal hazards

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Committee Members:

Mark Patzkowsky, Program Head/Chair
Richard B Alley, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Murali Haran, Committee Member
Klaus Keller, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Vivek Srikrishnan, Committee Member

Author:

Hartke, Emma

Title:

Lipid Biomarker Records of Environmental Conditions and Habitation During the Mid-Neolithic (Dalmatia Coast, Croatia)

Graduate Program:

Geosciences (MS)

Keywords:

geology
geoscience
paleoclimate
human history
archaeology
lipid biomarkers
biomarkers
alkanes
n-alkanes
pahs
isotopes
paleolake
human habitation
climate change
dalmatia coast
holocene
neolithic

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Committee Members:

Mark Patzkowsky, Program Head/Chair
Kate Freeman, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Sarah J Ivory, Committee Member
Max Lloyd, Committee Member