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1. Weathering Advance Rates in Basalt: Prediction and Comparison Across Scales

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Open Access
Author:
Sitchler, Alexis K
Title:
Weathering Advance Rates in Basalt: Prediction and Comparison Across Scales
Graduate Program:
Geosciences
Keywords:
chemical weathering
basalt
porosity
diffusion
scaling
reactive transport modeling
weathering rinds
File:
Download ANS_final_thesis2.pdf
Committee Members:
Susan Louise Brantley, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Eric Kirby, Committee Member
Jennifer Macalady, Committee Member
Derek Elsworth, Committee Member

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

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Open Access
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

3. ANNUAL VARIATIONS IN GROUND-WATER TEMPERATURE AS A TRACER OF RIVER-AQUIFER INTERACTIONS

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Author:
Moret, Geoffrey John Maxted
Title:
ANNUAL VARIATIONS IN GROUND-WATER TEMPERATURE AS A TRACER OF RIVER-AQUIFER INTERACTIONS
Graduate Program:
Geosciences
Keywords:
hydrogeology
temperature
File:
Download moretdissertationrevised.pdf
Committee Members:
Richard Rudolph Parizek, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Charles James Ammon, Committee Member
Derek Elsworth, Committee Member
Demian Saffer, Committee Member
Kamini Singha, Committee Member

4. Integrating Seismological and Tectonic Studies to Constrain Lithospheric Evolution at Complex Plate Boundaries

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Open Access
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

6. Linking Paleobiological Patterns Across Geographic Scales: An Example Using Upper Mississippian Fossil Assemblages From The Illinios And Appalachian Basins, USA

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Author:
Bonelli, James Rocco
Title:
Linking Paleobiological Patterns Across Geographic Scales: An Example Using Upper Mississippian Fossil Assemblages From The Illinios And Appalachian Basins, USA
Graduate Program:
Geosciences
Keywords:
paleoecology
paleobiology
late Paleozoic Ice Age
biofacies
paleo-biodiversity
File:
Download Bonelli_Final_Thesis.pdf
Committee Members:
Mark E Patzkowsky, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Peter Daniel Wilf, Committee Member
Timothy Bralower, Committee Member
Alan Walker, Committee Member

8. Biogeochemistry of Oceanic Euxinia in Earth History: Numerical Modeling and Evaluation of Biomarkers Using Modern Analogs

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Open Access
Author:
Meyer, Katja Maria
Title:
Biogeochemistry of Oceanic Euxinia in Earth History: Numerical Modeling and Evaluation of Biomarkers Using Modern Analogs
Graduate Program:
Geosciences
Keywords:
euxinia
Earth system model
Permian-Triassic boundary
mass extinction
hydrogen sulfide
carotenoid
biomarker
File:
Download Meyer_Dissertation_eTD.pdf
Committee Members:
Lee Kump, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Lee Kump, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Katherine Haines Freeman, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Jennifer Macalady, Committee Member
John Michael Regan, Committee Member

9. LITHOSPHERIC STRUCTURE BENEATH EASTERN AFRICA FROM JOINT INVERSION OF RECEIVER FUNCTIONS AND RAYLEIGH WAVE VELOCITIES

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Author:
Dugda, Mulugeta Tuji
Title:
LITHOSPHERIC STRUCTURE BENEATH EASTERN AFRICA FROM JOINT INVERSION OF RECEIVER FUNCTIONS AND RAYLEIGH WAVE VELOCITIES
Graduate Program:
Geosciences
Keywords:
LITHOSPHERIC STRUCTURE
EASTERN AFRICA
JOINT INVERSION OF RECEIVER FUNCTIONS AND RAYLEIGH
ETHIOPIAN LITHOSPHERE
File:
Download MTDugda_PhDThesis.pdf
Committee Members:
Andrew Arnold Nyblade, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Charles James Ammon, Committee Member
Tanya Furman, Committee Member
Sridhar Anandakrishnan, Committee Member
Karl Martin Reichard, Committee Member

10. INVESTIGATIONS OF FLUID FLOW AND HEAT TRANSPORT RELATED TO THE STRENGTH OF THE SAN ANDREAS FAULT

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Author:
Fulton, Patrick Michael
Title:
INVESTIGATIONS OF FLUID FLOW AND HEAT TRANSPORT RELATED TO THE STRENGTH OF THE SAN ANDREAS FAULT
Graduate Program:
Geosciences
Keywords:
fault strength
overpressure
fluid pressure
heat flow
San Andreas Fault
fluid flow
heat trnasport
File:
Download FultonFinal.pdf
Committee Members:
Demian Saffer, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Chris J Marone, Committee Member
Kamini Singha, Committee Member
Derek Elsworth, Committee Member
Barbara A Bekins, Committee Member