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Author:

Karp, Allison

Title:

The role of fire ecology in vegetation change during the Neogene: New applications of molecular and isotopic proxies for vegetation burning in the paleorecord

Graduate Program:

Geosciences

Keywords:

paleofire
paleoecology
stable isotope geochemistry
organic geochemistry
C4 grassland expnasion
Neogene
Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs)
leaf waxes
biogeochemistry

File:

Download CertificateOfCompletion_Karp.pdfDownload Proquest_UMI_Agreement_Karp_Disseration.pdfDownload Karp_Dissertation_2020_Final.pdf

Committee Members:

Katherine Haines Freeman, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Katherine Haines Freeman, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Elizabeth Ann Hajek, Committee Member
Sarah J Ivory, Committee Member
Erica A H Smithwick, Outside Member
Mark E Patzkowsky, Committee Member
Mark E Patzkowsky, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Lyons, Shelby

Title:

The Role of Petrogenic Carbon in Cenozoic Climate Events

Graduate Program:

Geosciences

Keywords:

paleoclimate
paleoceanography
Paleocene-Eocene Thermal Maximum
PETM
geochemistry
thermal maturity
carbon cycle
Cretaceous-Paleogene
K-Pg
mass extinction
polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons
PAH
hopanoids
biomarkers
organic geochemistry
stable isotopes
alkanes
petroleum
thermal maturation

File:

Download Lyons_Dissertation_2020_final_approval.pdf

Committee Members:

Katherine Haines Freeman, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Katherine Haines Freeman, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Lee Kump, Committee Member
Timothy Bralower, Committee Member
Raymond Gabriel Najjar, Jr., Outside Member
Mark E Patzkowsky, Program Head/Chair