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Author:

Diefendorf, Aaron F.

Title:

ENVIRONMENTAL AND ECOLOGICAL CONSTRAINTS ON MOLECULAR AND ISOTOPIC SIGNATURES IN TERRESTRIAL ORGANIC CARBON

Graduate Program:

Geosciences

Keywords:

lipids
biomarker
fractionation
Carbon isotope
n-alkanes
Bighorn Basin
organic geochemistry

File:

Download Diefendorf_Dissertation_11-11-2010.pdf

Committee Members:

Katherine Haines Freeman, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Katherine Haines Freeman, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Jennifer Macalady, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Scott W Wing, Committee Member
Lee Kump, Committee Member
Jason Philip Kaye, Committee Member

Author:

Currano, Ellen Diane

Title:

VARIATIONS IN INSECT HERBIVORY ON ANGIOSPERM LEAVES THROUGH THE LATE PALEOCENE AND EARLY EOCENE IN THE BIGHORN BASIN, WYOMING, USA

Graduate Program:

Geosciences

Keywords:

Paleocene-Eocene Thermal Maximum
insect herbivory
plant-insect interactions
Bighorn Basin
global warming

File:

Download Thesis_Currano_final.pdf

Committee Members:

Peter Daniel Wilf, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Mark E Patzkowsky, Committee Member
Scott W Wing, Committee Member
Conrad C Labandeira, Committee Member
Russell W Graham, Committee Member
Lee Ann Newsom, Committee Member

Author:

Graham, Heather Valeah

Title:

Molecular and isotopic indicators of canopy closure in ancient forests and the effects of environmental gradients on leaf alkane expression

Graduate Program:

Geosciences

Keywords:

n-alkanes
canopy
isotope fractionation
Cerrejon
Guaduas

File:

Download DissPdfCombined.pdf

Committee Members:

Katherine Haines Freeman, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Lee Kump, Committee Member
MARK E PATZKOWSKY, Committee Member
Peter Daniel Wilf, Committee Member
Erica A H Smithwick, Committee Member
Scott W Wing, Special Member