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1. Using seismic data to interpret the mechanism for Cenozoic volcanism beneath Ross Island, Antarctica and the Cameroon Volcanic Line, West Africa

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Author:
Reusch, Angela Marie
Title:
Using seismic data to interpret the mechanism for Cenozoic volcanism beneath Ross Island, Antarctica and the Cameroon Volcanic Line, West Africa
Graduate Program:
Geosciences
Keywords:
Africa
tomography
body waves
plumes
hotspot
File:
Download Mouse-Dissertation-FINAL-small.pdf
Committee Members:
Andrew Arnold Nyblade, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Andrew Arnold Nyblade, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Charles James Ammon, Committee Member
Kevin Patrick Furlong, Committee Member
Victor Ward Sparrow, Committee Member

2. Biogeochemical Cycling of Copper in Acid Mine Drainage

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Author:
Kimball, Bryn Elizabeth
Title:
Biogeochemical Cycling of Copper in Acid Mine Drainage
Graduate Program:
Geosciences
Keywords:
microscopy
isotopes
iron-oxidizing microorganisms
acid mine drainage
copper
spectroscopy
File:
Download Kimball_final.pdf
Committee Members:
Susan Louise Brantley, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Susan Louise Brantley, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Jennifer Macalady, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Matthew Scott Fantle, Committee Member
Brian Dempsey, Committee Member

3. CONTROLS ON GROUNDWATER CHEMISTRY IN THE CAPE COD AQUIFER, MASSACHUSETTS: THE IMPACT OF ACCESSORY MINERAL PHASES ON SOLUTE CONCENTRATIONS, 87Sr/86Sr, AND RARE EARTH ELEMENT DISTRIBUTIONS

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Author:
Alexander, Brian W.
Title:
CONTROLS ON GROUNDWATER CHEMISTRY IN THE CAPE COD AQUIFER, MASSACHUSETTS: THE IMPACT OF ACCESSORY MINERAL PHASES ON SOLUTE CONCENTRATIONS, 87Sr/86Sr, AND RARE EARTH ELEMENT DISTRIBUTIONS
Graduate Program:
Geosciences
Keywords:
rare earth elements
groundwater
Cape Cod
strontium isotopes
File:
Download Alexander_MSc_Thesis.pdf
Committee Members:
Susan Louise Brantley, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Susan Louise Brantley, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

4. Temporal and Spatial Variations in Deformation Across a Ridge-Transform Intersection, Northern Iceland

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Author:
O'Hara, Caroline Anne
Title:
Temporal and Spatial Variations in Deformation Across a Ridge-Transform Intersection, Northern Iceland
Graduate Program:
Geosciences
Keywords:
northern Iceland
Husavik-Flatey fault
Gudfinnugja fault
Tjornes Fracture Zone
Theistareykir fissure swarm
ridge-transform intersection
terrestrial LiDAR
displacement variation
GPS
slip rate
tensile fractures
File:
Download OHara_MSThesis_2009_final_reduced.pdf
Committee Members:
Dr Peter C La Femina, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Peter Christopher Lafemina, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

5. THE GROWTH AND EVOLUTION OF RIVER-DOMINATED DELTAS AND THEIR DISTRIBUTARY NETWORKS

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Author:
Edmonds, Douglas Arthur
Title:
THE GROWTH AND EVOLUTION OF RIVER-DOMINATED DELTAS AND THEIR DISTRIBUTARY NETWORKS
Graduate Program:
Geosciences
Keywords:
bifurcation
avulsion
delta
delta stability
delta growth
File:
Download Edmonds_Dissertation_final.pdf
Committee Members:
Dr Rudy Slingerland, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Rudy Slingerland, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Eric Kirby, Committee Member
Richard B Alley, Committee Member
David N Hill, Committee Member

6. Stratigraphy and Paleoenvironments of the Red Hill Site near Hyner, Pennsylvania

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Author:
Peterson, Daniel Adam
Title:
Stratigraphy and Paleoenvironments of the Red Hill Site near Hyner, Pennsylvania
Graduate Program:
Geosciences
Keywords:
fluvial
Devonian
tetrapod
avulsion
Acadian orogeny
Pennsylvania
Red Hill
stratigraphy
floodplain
paleosol
sandstone
File:
Download Thesis_-_FINAL.pdf
Committee Members:
Mark E Patzkowsky, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
MARK E PATZKOWSKY, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

7. INVESTIGATING THE IMPACT OF ADVECTIVE AND DIFFUSIVE CONTROLS IN SOLUTE TRANSPORT ON GEOELECTRICAL DATA

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Author:
Wheaton, Daniel Devin
Title:
INVESTIGATING THE IMPACT OF ADVECTIVE AND DIFFUSIVE CONTROLS IN SOLUTE TRANSPORT ON GEOELECTRICAL DATA
Graduate Program:
Geosciences
Keywords:
electrical resistivity
dual-domain mass transfer
solute transport
mobile-immobile domain model
COMSOL
File:
Download thesis_draft_71609.pdf
Committee Members:
Kamini Singha, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Kamini Singha, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

9. Geochemical Requirements of the anaerobic oxidation of methane in the Eel River Basin

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Author:
Beal, Emily J
Title:
Geochemical Requirements of the anaerobic oxidation of methane in the Eel River Basin
Graduate Program:
Geosciences
Keywords:
thermal history
Anaerobic Methane Oxidation
early Earth
ferrihydrite
birnessite
sulfate
File:
Download Beal_Dissertation.pdf
Committee Members:
Christopher Howard House, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Christopher Howard House, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Kevin Patrick Furlong, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Charles Raymond Fisher Jr., Committee Member
Katherine Haines Freeman, Committee Member

10. THE DEPTH DISTRIBUTION OF SEISMICITY AT THE NORTHERN END OF THE RWENZORI MOUNTAINS: IMPLICATIONS FOR HEAT FLOW IN THE WESTERN RIFT, UGANDA

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Author:
Tugume, Fred Alex
Title:
THE DEPTH DISTRIBUTION OF SEISMICITY AT THE NORTHERN END OF THE RWENZORI MOUNTAINS: IMPLICATIONS FOR HEAT FLOW IN THE WESTERN RIFT, UGANDA
Graduate Program:
Geosciences
Keywords:
Heat flow
seismicty
File:
Download Fred_MSthesis1.pdf
Committee Members:
Andrew Arnold Nyblade, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Andrew Arnold Nyblade, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

11. GEOPHYSICAL OBSERVATIONS OF POLAR ICE SHEETS AND ICE SHELVES

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Author:
Horgan, Huw Joseph
Title:
GEOPHYSICAL OBSERVATIONS OF POLAR ICE SHEETS AND ICE SHELVES
Graduate Program:
Geosciences
Keywords:
seismology
greenland
antarctica
basal melt
grounding line
ice sheet
ice shelf
glaciology
geophyscis
remote sensing
File:
Download horgan.pdf
Committee Members:
Dr Sridhar Anandakrishnan, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Sridhar Anandakrishnan, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Richard B Alley, Committee Member
Charles James Ammon, Committee Member
Chris Marone, Committee Member
Charles Holland, Committee Member

12. THE EARTH’S OLDEST (~3.4 GA) PALEOSOL AT TRENDALL RIDGE IN THE NORTH POLE DOME REGION OF THE EAST PILBARA CRATON, WESTERN AUSTRALIA.

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Author:
Johnson, Ian Matthew
Title:
THE EARTH’S OLDEST (~3.4 GA) PALEOSOL AT TRENDALL RIDGE IN THE NORTH POLE DOME REGION OF THE EAST PILBARA CRATON, WESTERN AUSTRALIA.
Graduate Program:
Geosciences
Keywords:
Paleosol
Archean
Pilbara
Iron and Aluminum Mobility
File:
Download IJohnson_thesis.pdf
Committee Members:
Hiroshi Ohmoto, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Hiroshi Ohmoto, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

14. THE DIVERSITY, ECOLOGY, CLIMATE, AND PRESERVATION OF MARINE COMMUNITIES IN THE TWENTY MILLION YEARS FOLLOWING THE END CRETACEOUS MASS EXTINCTION

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Author:
Sessa, Jocelyn Anne
Title:
THE DIVERSITY, ECOLOGY, CLIMATE, AND PRESERVATION OF MARINE COMMUNITIES IN THE TWENTY MILLION YEARS FOLLOWING THE END CRETACEOUS MASS EXTINCTION
Graduate Program:
Geosciences
Keywords:
end Cretaceous mass extinction
diversity recovery
mollusc
Paleocene-Eocene Thermal Maximum
Paleogene
Gulf Coastal Plain
File:
Download Sessa_dissertation.pdf
Committee Members:
Mark Patzkowsky, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Mark Patzkowsky, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Timothy J. Bralower, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Linda Ivany, Committee Member
Eric S Post, Committee Member
Peter Daniel Wilf, Committee Member
Michael Allan Arthur, Committee Member

15. A MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS OF THE RECOVERY OF CALCAREOUS NANNOPLANKTON AND PLANKTONIC FORAMINIFERA FROM THE CRETACEOUS/PALEOGENE (K/P) MASS EXTINCTION

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Author:
Schueth, Jonathan Douglas
Title:
A MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS OF THE RECOVERY OF CALCAREOUS NANNOPLANKTON AND PLANKTONIC FORAMINIFERA FROM THE CRETACEOUS/PALEOGENE (K/P) MASS EXTINCTION
Graduate Program:
Geosciences
Keywords:
Cretaceous/Paleogene mass extinction
planktonic foraminifera
nannoplankton
ecosystem recovery
File:
Download Schueth_MS_Thesis.pdf
Committee Members:
Timothy Bralower, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Timothy Bralower, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

16. A seismic investigation of basal conditions in glaciated regions

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Author:
Peters, Leo Everett
Title:
A seismic investigation of basal conditions in glaciated regions
Graduate Program:
Geosciences
Keywords:
glaciology
AVO analysis
basal conditions
seismology
File:
Download LEP_PhD_diss_2009_final.pdf
Committee Members:
Sridhar Anandakrishnan, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Sridhar Anandakrishnan, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Richard B Alley, Committee Member
Charles James Ammon, Committee Member
Charles Holland, Committee Member

17. ANALYZING TAMSEIS DATA FOR SEISMIC EVENTS OF HIGH TEMPORAL REGULARITY AND LARGE MAGNITUDE (Mw=1.8) BENEATH DAVID GLACIER, AND FOR LONG-PERIOD PLATE-MARGIN EVENTS

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Author:
Zoet, Lucas Keith
Title:
ANALYZING TAMSEIS DATA FOR SEISMIC EVENTS OF HIGH TEMPORAL REGULARITY AND LARGE MAGNITUDE (Mw=1.8) BENEATH DAVID GLACIER, AND FOR LONG-PERIOD PLATE-MARGIN EVENTS
Graduate Program:
Geosciences
Keywords:
ice quake
TAMSEIS
Seismic
Antarctica
File:
Download lkz_thesis.pdf
Committee Members:
Sridhar Anandakrishnan, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Sridhar Anandakrishnan, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

18. Topographically Driven Groundwater Flow Through A Heterogeneous Permeability Subsurface: Implications for Surface Heat Flow Near Parkfield, California and in the Western Mojave Desert

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Author:
Popek, Margaret Ann
Title:
Topographically Driven Groundwater Flow Through A Heterogeneous Permeability Subsurface: Implications for Surface Heat Flow Near Parkfield, California and in the Western Mojave Desert
Graduate Program:
Geosciences
Keywords:
heat flow
California
groundwater flow
tectonics
File:
Download Margaret_A_Popek_Masters_Thesis.pdfDownload Appendices_A_B_D_E_F_and_G.pdfDownload Appendix_C.pdf
Committee Members:
Demian Saffer, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Demian Saffer, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

19. Local and broad scale changes in North American small mammal community structure: the late Pleistocene through the late Holocene

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Author:
Pardi, Melissa Irene
Title:
Local and broad scale changes in North American small mammal community structure: the late Pleistocene through the late Holocene
Graduate Program:
Geosciences
Keywords:
multivariate analysis
paleoecology
Holocene
Pleistocene
glacial
small mammals
non-analog
File:
Download Completed_Thesis_04_11_2_2010.pdf
Committee Members:
Russell W Graham, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Russell W Graham, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

20. CRUSTAL STRUCTURE ALONG THE TRANSANTARCTIC MOUNTAIN FRONT USING RECEIVER FUNCTIONS

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Author:
Finotello, Marco
Title:
CRUSTAL STRUCTURE ALONG THE TRANSANTARCTIC MOUNTAIN FRONT USING RECEIVER FUNCTIONS
Graduate Program:
Geosciences
Keywords:
TAMSEIS
Receiver Functions
Crustal Structure
Transantarctic Mountains
File:
Download FinalThesis_15_Complete.pdf
Committee Members:
Andrew Arnold Nyblade, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Andrew Arnold Nyblade, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Jordi Julia, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

21. MILLENNIAL SLIP-RATES ALONG THE EASTERN KUNLUN FAULT AND RAPID EVOLUTION OF CHANNEL MORPHOLOGY IN THE YELLOW RIVER HEADWATERS, NORTHEASTERN TIBET, CHINA

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Author:
Harkins, Nathan Ward
Title:
MILLENNIAL SLIP-RATES ALONG THE EASTERN KUNLUN FAULT AND RAPID EVOLUTION OF CHANNEL MORPHOLOGY IN THE YELLOW RIVER HEADWATERS, NORTHEASTERN TIBET, CHINA
Graduate Program:
Geosciences
Keywords:
fluvial geomorphology
strike-slip faulting
tibet
active tectonics
Geomorphology
Yellow River
File:
Download harkins_text809.pdf
Committee Members:
Eric Kirby, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Eric Kirby, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Donald Myron Fisher, Committee Member
Kevin Patrick Furlong, Committee Member
Douglas Miller, Committee Member

22. Estimating the ages of glacial landforms from the statistical distributions of cosmogenic exposure dates

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Author:
Applegate, Patrick J.
Title:
Estimating the ages of glacial landforms from the statistical distributions of cosmogenic exposure dates
Graduate Program:
Geosciences
Keywords:
moraine
cosmogenic
geomorphology
geochronology
hillslope
File:
Download dissertation_v6.pdf
Committee Members:
Richard B Alley, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Richard B Alley, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Michael Mann, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
David Pollard, Committee Member
Andrew Mark Carleton, Committee Member
Thomas V Lowell, Committee Member

23. Understanding Redox Processes in Surface Environments from Iron Oxide Transformations and Multiple Sulfur Isotope Fractionations

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Author:
Otake, Tsubasa
Title:
Understanding Redox Processes in Surface Environments from Iron Oxide Transformations and Multiple Sulfur Isotope Fractionations
Graduate Program:
Geosciences
Keywords:
mass-independent fractionation
sulfur isotope
banded iron formation
transformation
iron oxide
ab initio calculation
File:
Download Otake_thesis_2008.pdf
Committee Members:
Hiroshi Ohmoto, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Hubert Lloyd Barnes, Committee Member
Susan Louise Brantley, Committee Member
Peter J Heaney, Committee Member
Kwadwo Osseo Asare, Committee Member
David J Wesolowski, Committee Member

24. Seismic velocity variations under island arcs: examples from the Philippines and Montserrat (Lesser Antilles)

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Author:
Sevilla, Winchelle Ian
Title:
Seismic velocity variations under island arcs: examples from the Philippines and Montserrat (Lesser Antilles)
Graduate Program:
Geosciences
Keywords:
subduction zones
Philippines
Montserrat
tomography
receiver functions
island arcs
File:
Download Sevilla-Dissertation.pdf
Committee Members:
Charles James Ammon, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Charles James Ammon, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Maureen Feineman, Committee Member
Barry Voight, Committee Member
Derek Elsworth, Committee Member

26. Two-plume Dynamics beneath the East African Rift System: a Geochemical Perspective

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Author:
Nelson, Wendy Rae
Title:
Two-plume Dynamics beneath the East African Rift System: a Geochemical Perspective
Graduate Program:
Geosciences
Keywords:
HIMU
mantle plume
Afar
East African Rift
basalt
File:
Download Nelson_Dissertation_2009_1.pdf
Committee Members:
Tanya Furman, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Tanya Furman, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Maureen Feineman, Committee Member
Andrew Arnold Nyblade, Committee Member
Derek Elsworth, Committee Member