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Author:

Higgins, Machel

Title:

Geodetic Exploration of the Kinematics and Fault Slip Rates of the Southeastern and Western Caribbean Plate Boundaries and the Caldera Dynamics of the Sierra Negra Volcano.

Graduate Program:

Geosciences (PHD)

Keywords:

Geodesy
Fault Slip Rate
Strain Partitioning
GPS
InSAR
Trapdoor faulting

File:

Download Machel_Higgins_Dissertation_Final.pdf

Committee Members:

Charles Ammon, Major Field Member
Peter La Femina, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Douglas Miller, Outside Unit & Field Member
Derek Elsworth, Major Field Member
Mark Patzkowsky, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Gonzalez Santana, Judit

Title:

Remote Sensing Observations and Modeling of Volcano Flank Instability

Graduate Program:

Geosciences (PHD)

Keywords:

InSAR
Time-series analysis
Numerical modeling
Volcano deformation
Flank instability
Satellite remote sensing

File:

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Committee Members:

Donald Fisher, Program Head/Chair
Charles Ammon, Major Field Member
Reuben Kraft, Outside Unit & Field Member
Derek Elsworth, Major Field Member
Christelle Wauthier, Chair & Dissertation Advisor

Author:

Homman, Kyle A

Title:

Crustal Structure and Stress Regime of the Appalachian Basin and Surrounding Areas

Graduate Program:

Geosciences (PHD)

Keywords:

Crustal Structure
Receiver Functions
Seismology
Geophysics
Precambrian Structure
Appalachian Basin

File:

Download Homman_CrustalStructureAndStressRegimeAcrosstheAppBasinandSurroundingRegions_Final.pdf

Committee Members:

Andrew Nyblade, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Charles Ammon, Major Field Member
Derek Elsworth, Outside Unit & Field Member
Sridhar Anandakrishnan, Major Field Member
Donald Fisher, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Cipar, Jacob

Title:

Thermal evolution of the Rio Grande Rift and Basin and Range lithosphere: a petrochronologic investigation

Graduate Program:

Geosciences (PHD)

Keywords:

Geology
Geosciences
petrology
metamorphic petrology
tectonics
rio grande rift
geochronology
petrochronology
zircon
u-pb

File:

Download Cipar_Jacob_Dissertation_resubmit_11292022.pdf

Committee Members:

Donald Fisher, Program Head/Chair
Andrew Nyblade, Major Field Member
Andrew Smye, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Derek Elsworth, Outside Unit & Field Member
Jesse Reimink, Major Field Member

Author:

Chen, Tsai Wei

Title:

The Record of Mass Transfer in Ancient Accretionary Prisms and Its Role in Fault Behavior

Graduate Program:

Geosciences (PHD)

Keywords:

mélange
seismogenic zone
scaly fabric
mass transfer
ancient accretionary complex

File:

Download TChen_dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

Donald Fisher, Program Head/Chair
Chris Marone, Major Field Member
Andrew Smye, Major Field Member
Derek Elsworth, Outside Unit & Field Member
Donald Fisher, Chair & Dissertation Advisor

Author:

Xing, Guangchi

Title:

Deciphering seismic attenuation: fractal description, wavefield modeling and Q full waveform inversion

Graduate Program:

Geosciences (PHD)

Keywords:

seismic attenuation
rock physics
fractal
forward modeling
wave propagation
full waveform inversion
critical zone

File:

Download GX_Dissertation_final.pdf

Committee Members:

Charles Ammon, Major Field Member
Derek Elsworth, Outside Unit & Field Member
Tieyuan Zhu, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Mark Patzkowsky, Program Head/Chair
Andrew Nyblade, Major Field Member