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Author:: Brewer, Ian D
Title:: DETRITAL-MINERAL THERMOCHRONOLOGY: INVESTIGATIONS OF OROGENIC DENUDATION IN THE HIMALAYA OF CENTRAL NEPAL
Graduate Program:: Geosciences
Keywords:: geodynamics
geology
tectonics
thermochronology
argon
erosion
orogenic
himalaya
marsyandi
chronology
dating
thermal modeling
File:: Download THESIS_FULL_AUG2005_FINAL_compressed_secure.pdf
Committee Members:: Douglas W. Burbank, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Rudy L Slingerland, Committee Member
Peter B Flemings, Committee Member
Derek Elsworth, Committee Member

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Author:: Craddock, William Howard
Title:: Structural and geomorphic evolution of the Gonghe basin complex, northeastern Tibet: Implications for the timing of plateau growth
Graduate Program:: Geosciences
Keywords:: tectonics
geology
geomorphology
geochronology
Tibetan plateau
Gonghe basin complex
Jungong basin
Yellow River
geodynamics
stratigraphy
structural geology
File:: Download WHC_Dissertation_4_8_2011_v2.pdf
Committee Members:: Eric Kirby, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Eric Kirby, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Rudy L Slingerland, Committee Member
Donald Myron Fisher, Committee Member
Derek Elsworth, Committee Member

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Author:: Alpern, Jennifer Staci
Title:: The Influence of Fluid Properties on Geometric Complexity and Breakdown Pressure of Hydraulic Fracture
Graduate Program:: Geosciences
Keywords:: hydraulic fracture
unconventional
hydrocarbon
geology
File:: Download Alpern_MSThesis_all.pdf
Committee Members:: Chris Marone, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

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Author:: Culp, Brian Michael
Title:: Impact Of Co2 On Fracture Complexity When Used As A Fracture Fluid In Rock
Graduate Program:: Geosciences
Keywords:: Rock Mechanics
Fracturing
Unconventional
Bluestone
PMMA
hydraulic fracture
hydrocarbon
geology
File:: Download MSThesis_BrianCulp.pdf
Committee Members:: Chris J Marone, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Derek Elsworth, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Charles James Ammon, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

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Author:: Smith, Gregory James
Title:: Taxonomic and ecologic implications of mammoth molar morphology as measured via computed tomography (CT)
Graduate Program:: Geosciences
Keywords:: Mammoth
taxonomy
ecology
teeth
molar
morphology
computed tomography
CT
paleontology
geology
quaternary
pleistocene
File:: Download Thesis_Final_v2.pdf
Committee Members:: Russell W Graham, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Eric S Post, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
MARK E PATZKOWSKY, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Timothy Michael Ryan, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

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Author:: Baisden, Tramond Rashard
Title:: Evaluating avulsion controls on fluvial sand body architecture and connectivity
Graduate Program:: Geosciences
Keywords:: geology
fluvial
connectivity
petroleum geology
sedimentary geology
reservoir modelling
wasatch
lidar
avulsion
File:: Download Baisden_Tramond_FinalThesis.pdf
Committee Members:: Elizabeth Ann Hajek, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Demian Saffer, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Rudy Slingerland, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

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Author:: Trampush, Sheila Marie
Title:: HOW LANDSCAPE DYNAMICS CAN ALTER THE PRESERVATION AND INTERPRETATION OF PALEOENVIRONMENTAL SIGNALS IN FLUVIODELTAIC ENVIRONMENTS
Graduate Program:: Geosciences
Keywords:: stratigraphy
geology
Paleocene-Eocene Thermal Maximum
autogenic sedimentation
File:: Download Trampush_dissertation_final_draft_2017_11_21.pdf
Committee Members:: Elizabeth Ann Hajek, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Elizabeth Ann Hajek, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Mark E Patzkowsky, Committee Member
Lee Kump, Committee Member
Benjamin Adam Shaby, Outside Member

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Author:: Jones, Heather Louise
Title:: The recovery of calcareous nannoplankton following the Cretaceous-Paleogene (K-Pg) mass extinction event 66.0 million years ago
Graduate Program:: Geosciences
Keywords:: geology
geosciences
paleobiology
paleontology
micropaleontology
oceanography
paleoceanography
extinction
evolution
paleoecology
K-Pg
plankton
phytoplankton
calcareous nannoplankton
coccolithophores
morphometrics
fossils
File:: Download Dissertation_final_HLJ.pdf
Committee Members:: Timothy Bralower, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Timothy Bralower, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Mark E Patzkowsky, Committee Member
Lee Kump, Committee Member
Todd C Lajeunesse, Outside Member
Mark E Patzkowsky, Program Head/Chair

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Author:: Payne, Rebecca
Title:: CO2, O2, and the History of the Greenhouse Effect: Select Problems in the Evolution of Earth's Atmosphere and Climate
Graduate Program:: Geosciences
Keywords:: geoscience
climate
paleoclimate
astrobiology
photochemistry
climate modeling
Archean
Phanerozoic
Earth history
Earth climate
geology
File:: Download RCPayne_PhDdissertation_final.pdf
Committee Members:: James Kasting, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
James Kasting, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Christopher Howard House, Committee Member
Julie Genevieve Cosmidis, Committee Member
Raymond Gabriel Najjar, Jr., Outside Member
Mark E Patzkowsky, Program Head/Chair

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Author:: Hartke, Emma
Title:: Lipid Biomarker Records of Environmental Conditions and Habitation During the Mid-Neolithic (Dalmatia Coast, Croatia)
Graduate Program:: Geosciences
Keywords:: geology
geoscience
paleoclimate
human history
archaeology
lipid biomarkers
biomarkers
alkanes
n-alkanes
pahs
isotopes
paleolake
human habitation
climate change
dalmatia coast
holocene
neolithic
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Committee Members:: Mark Patzkowsky, Program Head/Chair
Kate Freeman, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Sarah J Ivory, Committee Member
Max Lloyd, Committee Member

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