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Author:: Labrado, Amanda Leane
Title:: EVIDENCE FOR DISSIMILATORY NITRATE REDUCTION TO AMMONIA BY AQUEOUS BIOFILMS IN THE SULFIDIC CAVES OF FRASASSI, ITALY
Graduate Program:: Geosciences
Keywords:: Metagenomics
Elemental sulfur
Biofilms
File:: Download LabradoMSThesis3.26.17.pdf
Committee Members:: Dr. Jennifer Macalady, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Dr. Katherine Freeman, Committee Member
Dr. Christopher House, Committee Member

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Author:: Xu, Yang
Title:: Sedimentary record of the evolution of the Kumano Forearc Basin, offshore southwest Japan
Graduate Program:: Geosciences
Keywords:: Kumano
basin
forearc
sequencestratigraphy
basinanalysis
nankai
sedimentology
iodp
File:: Download YangXu_Thesis_Final.pdf
Committee Members:: Elizabeth Ann Hajek, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Demian Saffer, Committee Member
Donald Myron Fisher, Committee Member

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Author:: Ajayi, Oluwaseyi Adebola
Title:: Testing the Viability of Supercritical Carbon Dioxide as a Fracking Fluid by Computing its Chemical Interaction with Illite
Graduate Program:: Geosciences
Keywords:: molecular modeling
fracking
hydraulic fracturing
marcellus shale
supercritical CO2
illite
density functional theory
molecular dynamics
DFT
DFT-MD
scCO2
interfacial tension
interfacial energy
interaction energy
VASP
energy minimization
File:: Download seyi_ajayi_ms_thesis.pdf
Committee Members:: Dr. James Kubicki, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Dr. Michael Arthur, Committee Member
Dr. Derek Elsworth, Committee Member
Dr. Demian Saffer, Committee Member

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Author:: Mansor, Muammar
Title:: Isotopic and trace metal geochemistry of calcite, gypsum, and pyrite as proxies for ancient life and environments
Graduate Program:: Geosciences
Keywords:: Achromatium
pyrite
Fe isotope
biosignature
sulfur isotope
molybdenum
biofilms
reactive transport modeling
gypsum
calcite
File:: Download Final_thesis_Muammar_revised_April2017.pdf
Committee Members:: Matthew Fantle, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Jennifer Macalady, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Christopher House, Committee Member
Christopher House, Committee Member
Li Li, Outside Member

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Author:: Leeman, John Robert
Title:: Laboratory Studies of Fault Stability and Slow Earthquakes
Graduate Program:: Geosciences
Keywords:: slow slip
earthquake
fault mechanics
rock mechanics
fault stability
ice stream
File:: Download dissertation_leeman.pdf
Committee Members:: Chris Marone, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Demian Saffer, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Sridhar Anandakrishnan, Committee Member
Richard Alley, Committee Member
Derek Elsworth, Outside Member

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Author:: Leon y Leon, Isabel Aurora
Title:: ECOLOGICAL CHANGES IN THE NANNOPLANKTON COMMUNITY ACROSS A SHELF TRANSECT DURING THE ONSET OF THE PALEOCENE-EOCENE THERMAL MAXIMUM
Graduate Program:: Geosciences
Keywords:: nannoplankton
PETM
Paleocene-Eocene Thermal Maximum
nearshore
paleoecology
Cambridge-Dorchester MD
shelf environment
File:: Download LeonyLeon_MS_2017.pdf
Committee Members:: Timothy Bralower, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Lee Kump, Committee Member
Mark Patzkowsky, Committee Member

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Author:: Grijalva, Ashley Nichole
Title:: P AND S BODY WAVE TOMOGRAPHY OF THE NORTHERN LAKE MALAWI RIFT BASIN AND RUNGWE VOLCANIC PROVINCE
Graduate Program:: Geosciences
Keywords:: seismology
crust
mantle
east african rift zone
velocity
tomography
rift
File:: Download Grijalva_Thesis.pdf
Committee Members:: Andrew Nyblade, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Charles Ammon, Committee Member
Christelle Wauthier, Committee Member

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Author:: Oakley, David Owen Smith
Title:: Fault-Propagation Fold Kinematics and Deformation Rates in the North Canterbury Fold and Thrust Belt, South Island, New Zealand
Graduate Program:: Geosciences
Keywords:: fault-propagation folding
trishear
marine terraces
North Canterbury
New Zealand
File:: Download Oakley_Dissertation_final.pdf
Committee Members:: Donald Fisher, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Donald Fisher, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Kevin Furlong, Committee Member
Roman DiBiase, Committee Member
Derek Elsworth, Outside Member

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Author:: Riverman, Kiya Lihn
Title:: Flow dynamics of the NE Greenland Ice Stream with hydrological insights from englacial exploration of Larsbreen, Svalbard
Graduate Program:: Geosciences
Keywords:: glaciology
ice stream
geophysics
greenland
englacial hydrology
shear margin
File:: Download KLR-Dissertation.pdf
Committee Members:: Sridhar Anandakrishnan, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Richard Alley, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Byron Parizek, Committee Member
Sridhar Anandakrishnan, Committee Member
Christopher Duffey, Outside Member

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Author:: Chai, Chengping
Title:: Multi-Objective Geophysical Inversion for Earth Structure and Earthquake Parameters
Graduate Program:: Geosciences
Keywords:: Geophysical Inversion
United States
Antarctica
Sumatra
Earth Structure
Earthquakes
File:: Download ChengpingChai-Dissertation.pdf
Committee Members:: Charles J. Ammon, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Charles J. Ammon, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Sridhar Anandakrishnan, Committee Member
Andrew Nyblade, Committee Member
Parisa Shokouhi, Outside Member
Derek Elsworth, Committee Member

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