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Author:

Brandt, Leah Danielle

Title:

A molecular analysis of subsurface microbial communities across a hydrothermal gradient in Okinawa Trough sediments

Graduate Program:

Geosciences

Keywords:

subsurface
hydrothermal
diversity
sequencing
microbial

File:

Download Brandt_Dissertation_revised2_2016.pdf

Committee Members:

Christopher Howard House, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Ilhardt, Peter Donald

Title:

Micro-Scale Sulfur and Carbon Isotope and Trace Metal Analysis of a Neoarchean Stromatolite: Evidence for a Redox Transition in Epeiric Platform Carbonates Prior to the Great Oxidation Event

Graduate Program:

Geosciences

Keywords:

Neoarchean
Stromatolite
Geochemistry
Sulfur Isotopes
Carbon Isotopes
Trace Metals
Great Oxidation Event
Pyrite
Microanalysis
Mass-Independent Fractionation

File:

Download Ilhardt_PSU_Thesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Christopher Howard House, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Peter J Heaney, Committee Member
Michael Allan Arthur, Committee Member

Author:

Worth, Rachel J

Title:

Dynamics of Life: Large-Scale Simulations of the Behavior of Small Bodies in Systems of Multiple Large Bodies

Graduate Program:

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Keywords:

astrophysics
astronomy
astrodynamics
n-body simulations
Alpha Centauri
lithopanspermia
astrobiology
planet formation

File:

Download Worth-Dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

Steinn Sigurdsson, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Steinn Sigurdsson, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Jason Thomas Wright, Committee Member
Eric B Ford, Committee Member
Christopher Howard House, Outside Member