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Author:: Rathbun, Andrew Paul
Title:: AN EXPERIMENTAL INVESTIGATION OF FRICTIONAL AND HYDRAULIC PROPERTIES OF SHEAR ZONES, WITH APPLICATION TO EARTHQUAKE FAULTS AND GLACIAL TILL
Graduate Program:: Geosciences
Keywords:: Shear
Localization
Earthquakes
Friction
File:: Download ThesisFinal.pdf
Committee Members:: Chris Marone, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Sridhar Anandakrishnan, Committee Member
Chris Marone, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Richard B Alley, Committee Member
Derek Elsworth, Committee Member
Demian Saffer, Committee Member

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Author:: YEH, EN-CHAO
Title:: Structural evolution of slate belts: examples from Tawain and eastern Pennsylvania
Graduate Program:: Geosciences
Keywords:: Taiwan
tectonics
thermochronology
inclusion
kinematics
fold
File:: Download PhD_dissertation.pdf
Committee Members:: Donald Myron Fisher, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Derek Elsworth, Committee Member
Terry Engelder, Committee Member
Chris Marone, Committee Member
Derrill Maylon Kerrick, Committee Member

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Author:: Alvarado, Freddy
Title:: DETERMINATION OF MECHANICAL AND HYDRAULIC BEHAVIOR OF TENSILE FRACTURES UNDER MULTIPHASE FLOW USING X-RAY COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY
Graduate Program:: Petroleum and Natural Gas Engineering
Keywords:: fracture aperture
Multiphase flow in fractures
confining stress
File:: Download Alvarado.pdf
Committee Members:: Abraham S Grader, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Phillip Michael Halleck, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Turgay Ertekin, Committee Member
Derek Elsworth, Committee Member
Chris Marone, Committee Member

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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

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Author:: Savage, Heather M.
Title:: The effects of friction on earthquake triggering and fault zone evolution
Graduate Program:: Geosciences
Keywords:: friction experiments
earthquake triggering
transient stress
fault damage zone
fracture
File:: Download savage_dissertation.pdf
Committee Members:: Chris Marone, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Sridhar Anandakrisnan, Committee Member
Terry Engelder, Committee Member
Michele Cooke, Committee Member
Peter E Schiffer, Committee Member

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Author:: Faoro, Igor
Title:: CONTROL OF THE PERMEABILITY OF FRACTURES IN GEOTHERMAL ROCKS
Graduate Program:: Energy and Geo-Environmental Engineering
Keywords:: TCHM properties of fractures
permeability
File:: Download Igor_Faoro_thesis_PhD.pdf
Committee Members:: Derek Elsworth, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Derek Elsworth, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Chris Marone, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Charles James Ammon, Committee Member
Demian Saffer, Committee Member

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Author:: Samuelson, Jon Erik
Title:: LABORATORY MEASUREMENT OF SHEAR INDUCED FAULT ZONE DILATANCY, AND NUMERICAL ESTIMATION OF ITS INFLUENCE ON FRICTION CONSTITUTIVE PARAMETERS IN QUASI-UNDRAINED SCENARIOS
Graduate Program:: Geosciences
Keywords:: friction
earthquake
dilatancy
fault zone
pore fluid pressure
File:: Download Jon_Samuelson_PhD_Thesis_Combined_2.0.pdf
Committee Members:: Chris Marone, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Chris Marone, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Derek Elsworth, Committee Member
Demian Saffer, Committee Member
Kamini Singha, Committee Member

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Author:: Taron, Joshua
Title:: Geophysical and Geochemical Analyses of Flow and Deformation in Fractured Rock
Graduate Program:: Energy and Geo-Environmental Engineering
Keywords:: permeability
rock fracture
fractured reservoir simulation
geothermal
volcanic dome
chemical creep
File:: Download Taron_PhD_Thesis_December_2009.pdf
Committee Members:: Derek Elsworth, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Derek Elsworth, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
James David Kubicki, Committee Member
Chris Marone, Committee Member
Demian Saffer, Committee Member
Barry Voight, Committee Member

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Author:: Ikari, Matt
Title:: Compositional, mechanical, and hydrologic controls on fault slip behavior
Graduate Program:: Geosciences
Keywords:: faults
friction
earthquakes
clay minerals
permeability
subduction zones
File:: Download ikari_Phd_thesis.pdf
Committee Members:: Demian Saffer, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Chris Marone, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Demian Saffer, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Eliza Richardson, Committee Member
Derek Elsworth, Committee Member
Andre Niemeijer, Committee Member

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Author:: Foroozan, Roozbeh
Title:: TRANSPORT AND DEFORMATIONAL SIGNATURES IN COUPLED GEOLOGICAL SYSTEMS: INSIGHTS FROM FOREWARD AND BACKWARD MODELING
Graduate Program:: Energy and Geo-Environmental Engineering
Keywords:: Fluid dynamics
Volcano
Basin
Fault
Geodesy
Back Analysis
GPS
File:: Download Final.pdf
Committee Members:: Derek Elsworth, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Derek Elsworth, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Barry Voight, Committee Member
Jamal Rostami, Committee Member
Chris Marone, Committee Member

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