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Author:

Reusch, Angela Marie

Title:

Using seismic data to interpret the mechanism for Cenozoic volcanism beneath Ross Island, Antarctica and the Cameroon Volcanic Line, West Africa

Graduate Program:

Geosciences

Keywords:

Africa
tomography
body waves
plumes
hotspot

File:

Download Mouse-Dissertation-FINAL-small.pdf

Committee Members:

Andrew Arnold Nyblade, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Andrew Arnold Nyblade, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Charles James Ammon, Committee Member
Kevin Patrick Furlong, Committee Member
Victor Ward Sparrow, Committee Member

Author:

Adams, Aubreya Nicole

Title:

A SEISMIC INVESTIGATION OF CRUST AND UPPER MANTLE STRUCTURE BENEATH THE ZAGROS MOUNTAINS AND THE SOUTHERN AND EAST AFRICAN PLATEAUS

Graduate Program:

Geosciences

Keywords:

Zagros Mountains
tomography
surface waves
plume
African Superplume
Africa
seismology
southern Africa
East Africa

File:

Download aadams_dissertation_finalsmall.pdf

Committee Members:

Andrew Arnold Nyblade, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Andrew Arnold Nyblade, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Charles James Ammon, Committee Member
Sridhar Anandakrishnan, Committee Member
Derek Elsworth, Committee Member

Author:

Moret, Geoffrey John Maxted

Title:

ANNUAL VARIATIONS IN GROUND-WATER TEMPERATURE AS A TRACER OF RIVER-AQUIFER INTERACTIONS

Graduate Program:

Geosciences

Keywords:

hydrogeology
temperature

File:

Download moretdissertationrevised.pdf

Committee Members:

Richard Rudolph Parizek, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Charles James Ammon, Committee Member
Derek Elsworth, Committee Member
Demian Saffer, Committee Member
Kamini Singha, Committee Member

Author:

Hayes, Gavin P.

Title:

Integrating Seismological and Tectonic Studies to Constrain Lithospheric Evolution at Complex Plate Boundaries

Graduate Program:

Geosciences

Keywords:

velocity ratio
tectonics
Macquarie Ridge
receiver functions
seismology
Mendocino triple junction
plate reconstructions
dike injection

File:

Download GHayes_Thesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Kevin Patrick Furlong, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Charles James Ammon, Committee Member
Robert George Crane, Committee Member
Donald Myron Fisher, Committee Member
Chris J Marone, Committee Member

Author:

Horgan, Huw Joseph

Title:

GEOPHYSICAL OBSERVATIONS OF POLAR ICE SHEETS AND ICE SHELVES

Graduate Program:

Geosciences

Keywords:

seismology
greenland
antarctica
basal melt
grounding line
ice sheet
ice shelf
glaciology
geophyscis
remote sensing

File:

Download horgan.pdf

Committee Members:

Dr Sridhar Anandakrishnan, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Sridhar Anandakrishnan, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Richard B Alley, Committee Member
Charles James Ammon, Committee Member
Chris Marone, Committee Member
Charles Holland, Committee Member

Author:

Winberry, Jeremy Paul

Title:

Geodetic and Seismic Observations of Ice-Stream Dynamics

Graduate Program:

Geosciences

Keywords:

seismology
ice sheet
ice stream

File:

Download Winberry_dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

Sridhar Anandakrishnan, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Richard B Alley, Committee Member
Charles James Ammon, Committee Member
Derrick L Lampkin, Committee Member

Author:

Barton, Jonathan Shailer

Title:

Passive Acoustic Monitoring of Coarse Bedload in Mountain Streams

Graduate Program:

Geosciences

Keywords:

Passive acoustics
bedload transport
sediment transport
bedload measurement techniques
Trinity River

File:

Download JSBarton_Dissertation_Final.pdf

Committee Members:

Thomas B Gabrielson, Committee Member
Richard B Alley, Committee Member
Charles James Ammon, Committee Member
Rudy L Slingerland, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Peggy Ann Johnson, Committee Member

Author:

Peters, Leo Everett

Title:

A seismic investigation of basal conditions in glaciated regions

Graduate Program:

Geosciences

Keywords:

glaciology
AVO analysis
basal conditions
seismology

File:

Download LEP_PhD_diss_2009_final.pdf

Committee Members:

Sridhar Anandakrishnan, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Sridhar Anandakrishnan, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Richard B Alley, Committee Member
Charles James Ammon, Committee Member
Charles Holland, Committee Member

Author:

Dugda, Mulugeta Tuji

Title:

LITHOSPHERIC STRUCTURE BENEATH EASTERN AFRICA FROM JOINT INVERSION OF RECEIVER FUNCTIONS AND RAYLEIGH WAVE VELOCITIES

Graduate Program:

Geosciences

Keywords:

LITHOSPHERIC STRUCTURE
EASTERN AFRICA
JOINT INVERSION OF RECEIVER FUNCTIONS AND RAYLEIGH
ETHIOPIAN LITHOSPHERE

File:

Download MTDugda_PhDThesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Andrew Arnold Nyblade, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Charles James Ammon, Committee Member
Tanya Furman, Committee Member
Sridhar Anandakrishnan, Committee Member
Karl Martin Reichard, Committee Member

Author:

Kosarian, Minoo

Title:

Lithospheric Structure of North Africa and Western Eurasia

Graduate Program:

Geosciences

Keywords:

Crustal thickness
Shear velocity structure
Surface wave dispersion
Receiver functions
Poisson`s ratio

File:

Download Minoo-Kosarian-Dissertation-2006.pdf

Committee Members:

Charles James Ammon, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Sridhar Anandakrishnan, Committee Member
Kevin Patrick Furlong, Committee Member
Derek Elsworth, Committee Member

Author:

Maceira, Monica

Title:

SURFACE WAVES, EARTH STRUCTURE, AND SEISMIC DISCRIMINATION

Graduate Program:

Geosciences

Keywords:

Rayleigh waves
tomography
Earth structure
joint inversion
seismic discrimination
central Asia

File:

Download Monica-Dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

Charles James Ammon, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Kevin Patrick Furlong, Committee Member
Chris J Marone, Committee Member
Derek Elsworth, Committee Member
Katherine Haines Freeman, Committee Member

Author:

Miller, Victoria Louise

Title:

Crustal Response to Changes in the Magmatic System at the Soufrière Hills Volcano, Montserrat

Graduate Program:

Geosciences

Keywords:

locations
earthquake
volcano-tectonic
Montserrat
volcano
Soufrière Hills
focal mechanism
stress
VT-string

File:

Download VictoriaLMiller-PhD-Dissertation-2011.pdfDownload 9596-EarthquakeLocationsAnimation.movDownload 9596-EarthquakeLocationsTable.pdf

Committee Members:

Barry Voight, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Barry Voight, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Charles James Ammon, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Sridhar Anandakrishnan, Committee Member
Derek Elsworth, Committee Member

Author:

Sevilla, Winchelle Ian

Title:

Seismic velocity variations under island arcs: examples from the Philippines and Montserrat (Lesser Antilles)

Graduate Program:

Geosciences

Keywords:

subduction zones
Philippines
Montserrat
tomography
receiver functions
island arcs

File:

Download Sevilla-Dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

Charles James Ammon, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Charles James Ammon, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Maureen Feineman, Committee Member
Barry Voight, Committee Member
Derek Elsworth, Committee Member

Author:

Park, Yongcheol

Title:

Upper Mantle Seismic Velocity Structure Beneath the Kenya Rift and the Arabian Shield

Graduate Program:

Geosciences

Keywords:

surface wave
body wave
seismic tomography
plume

File:

Download YP_Thesis_final_high2.pdf

Committee Members:

Andrew Arnold Nyblade, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Charles James Ammon, Committee Member
Sridhar Anandakrishnan, Committee Member
Derek Elsworth, Committee Member

Author:

Carpenter, Brett Matthew

Title:

Fault strength and stability: Lessons learned from the San Andreas Fault in central California

Graduate Program:

Geosciences

Keywords:

friction
fault mechanics
San Andreas Fault

File:

Download Carpenter_PhD_All.pdf

Committee Members:

Chris Marone, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Demian Saffer, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Charles James Ammon, Committee Member
Derek Elsworth, Committee Member
Andre Niemeijer, Special Member

Author:

Zoet, Lucas Keith

Title:

A Study of Discrete Glacier Motion

Graduate Program:

Geosciences

Keywords:

Glaciology
glacial erosion
glacial sliding
unstable sliding
seismology

File:

Download lzoet-Dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

Sridhar Anandakrishnan, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Richard B Alley, Committee Member
Chris Marone, Committee Member
Charles James Ammon, Committee Member
Derek Elsworth, Committee Member

Author:

Mulibo, Gabriel Daudi

Title:

Investigation of Mantle Structure beneath Eastern Africa: Implications for the Origin Of the Cenozoic tectonism and propagation of the Rift System

Graduate Program:

Geosciences

Keywords:

Tomography
Receiver function
Superplume
East African Rift System
Cenozoic Tectonism

File:

Download Mulibo_Gabriel_Dissertation_Final.pdf

Committee Members:

Andrew Arnold Nyblade, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Andrew Arnold Nyblade, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Charles James Ammon, Committee Member
Sridhar Anandakrishnan, Committee Member
Derek Elsworth, Special Member

Author:

Kaproth, Bryan Michael

Title:

The evolution of fault strength, permeability, and acoustic properties in experimental studies from fault initiation through the seismic cycle

Graduate Program:

Geosciences

Keywords:

Fault mechanics
Slow slip
Permeability
Fault strength
Fault fabric
Active seismic

File:

Download Kaproth_Thesis_July_13.pdf

Committee Members:

Chris Marone, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Demian Saffer, Committee Member
Eliza Richardson Marone, Committee Member
Derek Elsworth, Committee Member
Charles James Ammon, Committee Member

Author:

Cleveland, Kenneth Michael

Title:

Fault Rupture Segmentation

Graduate Program:

Geosciences

Keywords:

seismology
surface waves
earthquake location
oceanic transform faults

File:

Download 1-KMCleveland-Dissertation-Final.pdf

Committee Members:

Charles James Ammon, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Kevin Patrick Furlong, Committee Member
Andrew Arnold Nyblade, Committee Member
Derek Elsworth, Special Member

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

Author:

Tan, Yunhui

Title:

Study of microseismic events: their source mechanism, spatial and temporal distribution, and the evolution of transmitting medium

Graduate Program:

Geosciences

Keywords:

microseismic
hydraulic fracturing

File:

Download Thesis_Tan_V4_with_Vita.pdf

Committee Members:

Terry Engelder, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Charles James Ammon, Committee Member
Andrew Arnold Nyblade, Committee Member
Yilin Wang, Special Member

Author:

Holschuh, Nicholas Donald

Title:

Methods and applications of radio frequency geophysics in glaciology

Graduate Program:

Geosciences

Keywords:

Glaciology
Geophysics
Radar
Antarctica
Greenland

File:

Download Holschuh_Dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

Richard B Alley, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Richard B Alley, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Sridhar Anandakrishnan, Committee Member
Charles James Ammon, Committee Member
Byron Richard Parizek, Outside Member

Author:

Herman, Matthew William

Title:

Deformation Processes Throughout the Earthquake Cycle

Graduate Program:

Geosciences

Keywords:

Geodynamics
Geophysics
Earthquakes
Finite Element Modeling
Subduction Zones
Rheology

File:

Download Herman_Dissertation_final.pdf

Committee Members:

Kevin Patrick Furlong, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Kevin Patrick Furlong, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Charles James Ammon, Committee Member
Donald Myron Fisher, Committee Member
Karl Martin Reichard, Outside Member
Christelle Wauthier, Committee Member
Rob Govers, Special Member

Author:

Ryan, Kerry

Title:

LABORATORY STUDIES OF FAULT RESTRENGTHENING: The Role of Shear Stress and Mineralogy Inferred from Mechanical and Ultrasonic Amplitude Measurements

Graduate Program:

Geosciences

Keywords:

fault healing
frictional healing
earthquakes

File:

Download Ryan_Kerry_DissertationFINAL.pdf

Committee Members:

Chris Marone, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Chris J Marone, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Demian Saffer, Committee Member
Charles James Ammon, Committee Member
Parisa Shokouhi, Outside Member

Author:

Kintner, Jonas

Title:

Relative Seismic Event Location and Size Estimation, Contributions to Earthquake Analysis and Seismic Discrimination at Local Distances

Graduate Program:

Geosciences

Keywords:

Geophysics
Seismology
Iran
Caribbean
Pennsylvania
Wyoming

File:

Download JonasKintner-DissertationFinal.pdf

Committee Members:

Charles James Ammon, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Charles James Ammon, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Andrew Arnold Nyblade, Committee Member
Christelle Wauthier, Committee Member
Parisa Shokouhi, Outside Member

Author:

Kenigsberg, Abby

Title:

Elastodynamic and Mechanical Properties of Smectite-Rich Fault Gouge

Graduate Program:

Geosciences

Keywords:

smectite
fault gouge
velocities
fabric
permeability

File:

Download kenigsberg_dissertation_091619.pdf

Committee Members:

Demian Saffer, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Demian Saffer, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Chris J Marone, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Charles James Ammon, Committee Member
Parisa Shokouhi, Outside Member
Jacques Riviere, Outside Member
Mark E Patzkowsky, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Alotaibi, Thamer

Title:

Lithospheric Geodynamics of the Arabian Margin

Graduate Program:

Geosciences

Keywords:

Lithospheric geodyanmics
Arabian Margin deformation
Red Sea rifting evolution

File:

Download PhD_thesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Kevin Patrick Furlong, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Kevin Patrick Furlong, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Charles James Ammon, Committee Member
Tanya Furman, Committee Member
Francesco Costanzo, Outside Member
Andrew Arnold Nyblade, Committee Member
Rocco Malservisi, Special Member
Mark E Patzkowsky, Program Head/Chair

Author:

White-Gaynor, Austin Laurent

Title:

Body and Surface Wave Tomography of West Antarctica and Southern Africa: Implications for Lithospheric Architecture, Tectonic Development, and Geodynamics

Graduate Program:

Geosciences

Keywords:

Seismic Tomography
Upper Mantle Seismic Velocity Structure
West Antarctica
Southern Africa

File:

Download White-Gaynor_Thesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Andrew Arnold Nyblade, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Sridhar Anandakrishnan, Committee Member
Charles James Ammon, Committee Member
Andrew Arnold Nyblade, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Victor Ward Sparrow, Outside Member
Mark E Patzkowsky, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Shreedharan, Srisharan

Title:

Frictional mechanics of stable and unstable fault slip: Insights from ultrasonic imaging of experimental fault zones

Graduate Program:

Geosciences

Keywords:

Fault mechanics
fault friction
slow slip events
machine learning
asperity stiffness
lab earthquakes

File:

Download Srisharan_Dissertation_V25.01.21.pdf

Committee Members:

Chris J Marone, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Chris J Marone, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Charles James Ammon, Committee Member
Donald Myron Fisher, Committee Member
Jacques Riviere, Outside Member
Demian Saffer, Special Member
Mark E Patzkowsky, Program Head/Chair