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Start Over Graduate Program Geosciences Degree PHD Year 2013

1. Molecular and isotopic perspectives on early human habitats at Olduvai Gorge, Tanzania

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Open Access
Author:
Magill, Clayton R
Title:
Molecular and isotopic perspectives on early human habitats at Olduvai Gorge, Tanzania
Graduate Program:
Geosciences
Keywords:
biomarker
isotope
evolution
Africa
biogeochemistry
File:
Download Magill2013_FinalDissertation.pdf
Committee Members:
Katherine Haines Freeman, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Katherine Haines Freeman, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Lee Kump, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
MARK E PATZKOWSKY, Committee Member
Nina G Jablonski, Committee Member

2. The evolution of fault strength, permeability, and acoustic properties in experimental studies from fault initiation through the seismic cycle

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Open Access
Author:
Kaproth, Bryan Michael
Title:
The evolution of fault strength, permeability, and acoustic properties in experimental studies from fault initiation through the seismic cycle
Graduate Program:
Geosciences
Keywords:
Fault mechanics
Slow slip
Permeability
Fault strength
Fault fabric
Active seismic
File:
Download Kaproth_Thesis_July_13.pdf
Committee Members:
Chris Marone, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Demian Saffer, Committee Member
Eliza Richardson Marone, Committee Member
Derek Elsworth, Committee Member
Charles James Ammon, Committee Member

3. Cenozoic forearc tectonics in northeastern Japan: Relationships between outer forearc subsidence and plate boundary kinematics

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Open Access
Author:
Regalla, Christine Ann
Title:
Cenozoic forearc tectonics in northeastern Japan: Relationships between outer forearc subsidence and plate boundary kinematics
Graduate Program:
Geosciences
Keywords:
Japan trench
subduction zone
forearc tectonics
erosive margins
File:
Download Regalla_PhD_Thesis_Final.pdf
Committee Members:
Donald Myron Fisher, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Eric Kirby, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Kevin Patrick Furlong, Committee Member
Douglas Miller, Committee Member

4. Subduction zone hydrogeology: quantifying fluid sources, pathways and pressure

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Author:
Lauer, Rachel Mollie
Title:
Subduction zone hydrogeology: quantifying fluid sources, pathways and pressure
Graduate Program:
Geosciences
Keywords:
subduction zone
hydrogeology
earthquake mechanics
File:
Download RMLauer_dissertation.pdf
Committee Members:
Demian Saffer, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Demian Saffer, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Chris Marone, Committee Member
Donald Myron Fisher, Committee Member
Derek Elsworth, Special Member

5. How Well Can Historical Temperature Observations Constrain Climate Sensitivity

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Open Access
Author:
Olson, Roman
Title:
How Well Can Historical Temperature Observations Constrain Climate Sensitivity
Graduate Program:
Geosciences
Keywords:
Climate sensitivity
internal climate variability
Gaussian Process
climate model
Markov chain Monte Carlo
File:
Download RO_Dissertation.pdf
Committee Members:
Klaus Keller, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Klaus Keller, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Chris Eliot Forest, Committee Member
James Kasting, Committee Member
Murali Haran, Committee Member