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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:

Whitehead, Jessica Chenault

Title:

Building Scenarios of Adaptive Capacity: A Case Study of Community Water Systems in Central Pennsylvania

Graduate Program:

Geography

Keywords:

mediated modeling
drinking water management
adaptive capacity
community water systems
climate change
system dynamics

File:

Download Whitehead_dissertation_06-21-09.pdf

Committee Members:

Brenton Yarnal, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Brenton Yarnal, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
C Gregory Knight, Committee Member
Robert George Crane, Committee Member
James Samuel Shortle, Committee Member

Author:

Banchuen, Tawan

Title:

The Geographical Analog Engine: Hybrid Numeric and Semantic Similarity Measures for U.S. Cities

Graduate Program:

Geography

Keywords:

analog
analogy
search
Euclidean
semantic
similarity

File:

Download TawanDist.pdf

Committee Members:

C Gregory Knight, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Mark N Gahegan, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Robert George Crane, Committee Member
Dennis W Thomson, Committee Member

Author:

Ning, Liang

Title:

Probabilistic Estimation And Validation Of Regional Climate Change Using Statistical Downscaling Methods

Graduate Program:

Meteorology

Keywords:

regional climate change
statistical downscaling
probabilistic esitmation

File:

Download dissertation_v11.pdf

Committee Members:

Michael Mann, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Robert George Crane, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Raymond Gabriel Najjar Jr., Committee Member
Thorsten Wagener, Committee Member

Author:

Singh, Riddhi

Title:

An uncertainty framework for hydrologic projections in gauged and ungauged basins under non-stationary climate conditions

Graduate Program:

Civil Engineering

Keywords:

Climate change impact on water resources
uncertainty
decision making
vulnerability
hydrologic modelling
space-for-time

File:

Download Singh_Thesis_FinalSubmission.pdf

Committee Members:

Prof Thorsten Wagener, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Peggy Ann Johnson, Committee Member
Prof Michael Gooseff, Committee Member
Christopher J Duffy, Committee Member
Robert George Crane, Committee Member

Author:

Sawicz, Keith Alexander

Title:

Catchment classification - Understanding hydrologic similarity through catchment function

Graduate Program:

Civil Engineering

Keywords:

Catchment Classification
Hydrology
Watershed
Hydrologic Function
Hydrologic Modeling
Hydrologic Signatures

File:

Download Sawicz_PhDDissertation_Final.pdf

Committee Members:

Thorsten Wagener, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Christopher J Duffy, Committee Member
Alfonso Ignacio Mejia, Committee Member
Robert George Crane, Committee Member
Murugesu Sivapalan, Special Member

Author:

Dietrich, Kathleen Ann

Title:

Envisioning an Uncertain Climate Future: Space, Learning, and Resources in a Participatory Scenario Building Activity

Graduate Program:

Geography

Keywords:

Scenario building
climate change adaptation
space
learning
envisioning
Ghana
participatory action research

File:

Download Dietrich_Dissertation_2013.pdf

Committee Members:

Petra Tschakert, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Robert George Crane, Committee Member
Brian King, Committee Member
Esther Susana Prins, Committee Member

Author:

Amador, Nathan S

Title:

Mapping Greenland Supraglacial Melt Lakes and the Role of Local- and Synoptic- scale Climates in Their Variations

Graduate Program:

Geography

Keywords:

Greenland
supraglacial melt lake
climate
atmospheric circulation

File:

Download AMADOR_DISSERTATION.pdf

Committee Members:

Andrew Mark Carleton, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Richard B Alley, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Robert George Crane, Committee Member
Dr Rudy Slingerland, Committee Member
Byron Richard Parizek, Special Member

Author:

Shi, Xuhua

Title:

Deformation of lacustrine shorelines in central Tibet: Implications for lake level history, fault kinematics, and crustal rheology

Graduate Program:

Geosciences

Keywords:

Deformation
Shorelines
Central Tibet
Siling Co
Lake Level
Elastic thickness
Viscosity
Rheology
Gyaring Co
Slip rate

File:

Download Shi_PhD_dissertation_final.pdf

Committee Members:

Eric Kirby, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Kevin Patrick Furlong, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Donald Myron Fisher, Committee Member
Robert George Crane, Committee Member

Author:

Pickard, Megan

Title:

Geochemistry of mafic Anatolian lavas: Geochemical insight on ancient continental assembly and break-up

Graduate Program:

Geosciences

Keywords:

basalt petrogenesis
Anatolian geodynamics
trace element geochemistry
radiogenic isotope geochemistry

File:

Download Pickard_Megan_Dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

Tanya Furman, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Tanya Furman, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Maureen Feineman, Committee Member
Kevin Patrick Furlong, Committee Member
Robert George Crane, Committee Member