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Author:: Diefendorf, Aaron F.
Title:: ENVIRONMENTAL AND ECOLOGICAL CONSTRAINTS ON MOLECULAR AND ISOTOPIC SIGNATURES IN TERRESTRIAL ORGANIC CARBON
Graduate Program:: Geosciences
Keywords:: lipids
biomarker
fractionation
Carbon isotope
n-alkanes
Bighorn Basin
organic geochemistry
File:: Download Diefendorf_Dissertation_11-11-2010.pdf
Committee Members:: Katherine Haines Freeman, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Katherine Haines Freeman, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Jennifer Macalady, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Scott W Wing, Committee Member
Lee Kump, Committee Member
Jason Philip Kaye, Committee Member

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Author:: Sitchler, Alexis K
Title:: Weathering Advance Rates in Basalt: Prediction and Comparison Across Scales
Graduate Program:: Geosciences
Keywords:: chemical weathering
basalt
porosity
diffusion
scaling
reactive transport modeling
weathering rinds
File:: Download ANS_final_thesis2.pdf
Committee Members:: Susan Louise Brantley, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Eric Kirby, Committee Member
Jennifer Macalady, Committee Member
Derek Elsworth, Committee Member

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Author:: Kimball, Bryn Elizabeth
Title:: Biogeochemical Cycling of Copper in Acid Mine Drainage
Graduate Program:: Geosciences
Keywords:: microscopy
isotopes
iron-oxidizing microorganisms
acid mine drainage
copper
spectroscopy
File:: Download Kimball_final.pdf
Committee Members:: Susan Louise Brantley, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Susan Louise Brantley, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Jennifer Macalady, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Matthew Scott Fantle, Committee Member
Brian Dempsey, Committee Member

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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

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Author:: Albrecht, Heidi Lynn
Title:: Bacteriohopanepoyols Across Environmental Gradients
Graduate Program:: Geosciences
Keywords:: bacteriohopanepolyols
hopanoid
geochemistry
biogeochemistry
organic geochemistry
File:: Download Thesis_3262011.pdf
Committee Members:: Jennifer Macalady, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Christopher Howard House, Committee Member
John Michael Regan, Committee Member
Jennifer Macalady, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Katherine Haines Freeman, Committee Chair/Co-Chair

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Author:: Moore, Joel
Title:: Biogeochemistry of granitic weathering
Graduate Program:: Geosciences
Keywords:: granite
chronosequence
mineral
weathering
soil
File:: Download 7_moore_dissertation.pdf
Committee Members:: Susan Louise Brantley, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Jennifer Macalady, Committee Member
Maryann Victoria Bruns, Committee Member
Lee Kump, Committee Member

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Author:: Meyer, Katja Maria
Title:: Biogeochemistry of Oceanic Euxinia in Earth History: Numerical Modeling and Evaluation of Biomarkers Using Modern Analogs
Graduate Program:: Geosciences
Keywords:: euxinia
Earth system model
Permian-Triassic boundary
mass extinction
hydrogen sulfide
carotenoid
biomarker
File:: Download Meyer_Dissertation_eTD.pdf
Committee Members:: Lee Kump, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Lee Kump, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Katherine Haines Freeman, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Jennifer Macalady, Committee Member
John Michael Regan, Committee Member

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Author:: Dawson, Katherine Strigari
Title:: Biogeochemistry of Isoprenoid Production and Anaerobic Hydrocarbon Biodgeradation
Graduate Program:: Geosciences
Keywords:: archaeal lipids
halophilic archaea
coal bed methane
hydrocarbon biodegradation
anaerobic
isoprenoids
File:: Download thesis_17may2011.pdf
Committee Members:: Jennifer Macalady, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Jennifer Macalady, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Katherine Haines Freeman, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Christopher Howard House, Committee Member
John Michael Regan, Committee Member

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Author:: Rhodes, Matthew E
Title:: The Diversity and Coping Mechanisms of Life Inhabiting the Hypersaline Dead Sea
Graduate Program:: Geosciences
Keywords:: Lateral Gene Transfer
Haloarchaea
Halophile
Dead Sea
Metagenomics
File:: Download Dissertation_Final.pdf
Committee Members:: Christopher Howard House, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Christopher Howard House, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Jennifer Macalady, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Mark E Patzkowsky, Committee Member
Ming Tien, Committee Member

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Author:: Thomas IV, Randal Burton
Title:: Intramolecular Isotopic Variation in Acetate from Soils and Sediments
Graduate Program:: Geosciences
Keywords:: intramolecular isotopic analysis
wetland biogeochemistry
File:: Download RBT2008Dissertation.pdf
Committee Members:: Michael Allan Arthur, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Michael Allan Arthur, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Christopher Howard House, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Katherine Haines Freeman, Committee Member
Jennifer Macalady, Committee Member
Robert David Shannon, Committee Member

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