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Author:

Hayes, Gavin P.

Title:

Integrating Seismological and Tectonic Studies to Constrain Lithospheric Evolution at Complex Plate Boundaries

Graduate Program:

Geosciences

Keywords:

velocity ratio
tectonics
Macquarie Ridge
receiver functions
seismology
Mendocino triple junction
plate reconstructions
dike injection

File:

Download GHayes_Thesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Kevin Patrick Furlong, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Charles James Ammon, Committee Member
Robert George Crane, Committee Member
Donald Myron Fisher, Committee Member
Chris J Marone, Committee Member

Author:

Maceira, Monica

Title:

SURFACE WAVES, EARTH STRUCTURE, AND SEISMIC DISCRIMINATION

Graduate Program:

Geosciences

Keywords:

Rayleigh waves
tomography
Earth structure
joint inversion
seismic discrimination
central Asia

File:

Download Monica-Dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

Charles James Ammon, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Kevin Patrick Furlong, Committee Member
Chris J Marone, Committee Member
Derek Elsworth, Committee Member
Katherine Haines Freeman, Committee Member

Author:

Fulton, Patrick Michael

Title:

INVESTIGATIONS OF FLUID FLOW AND HEAT TRANSPORT RELATED TO THE STRENGTH OF THE SAN ANDREAS FAULT

Graduate Program:

Geosciences

Keywords:

fault strength
overpressure
fluid pressure
heat flow
San Andreas Fault
fluid flow
heat trnasport

File:

Download FultonFinal.pdf

Committee Members:

Demian Saffer, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Chris J Marone, Committee Member
Kamini Singha, Committee Member
Derek Elsworth, Committee Member
Barbara A Bekins, Committee Member

Author:

Call, Travis T

Title:

Geomechanical Properties of Marcellus Shale Core Samples within a Sequence Stratigraphic Framework

Graduate Program:

Geosciences

Keywords:

geomechanical properties
fracture toughness
tensile strength
elastic modulus
Brinell hardness
Marcellus shale

File:

Download Call_thesis_final.pdf

Committee Members:

James Terry Engelder, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Dr Rudy Slingerland, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Chris J Marone, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

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

Author:

Scuderi, Marco Maria

Title:

Mechanical properties of the seismogenic zone

Graduate Program:

Geosciences

Keywords:

earthquakes
friction
granular physics

File:

Download Scuderi_Thesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Chris J Marone, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Chris Marone, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Demian Saffer, Committee Member
Derek Elsworth, Committee Member
Peter Christopher Lafemina, Committee Member
Eliza Richardson Marone, Committee Member

Author:

Miller, Peter Kent

Title:

Experimental investigation of permeability and mechanical evolution of cataclastic deformation bands

Graduate Program:

Geosciences

Keywords:

Rock mechanics
deformation bands
sandstone
permeability
reservoir mechanics

File:

Download Miller_Thesis_final.pdf

Committee Members:

Demian Saffer, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Chris J Marone, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Valdez, Robert Dennis

Title:

MECHANICAL BEHAVIOR OF MAJOR PLATE BOUNDARY FAULT SYSTEMS: INSIGHTS INTO THE STRESS STATE OF THE NANKAI SUBDUCTION-ACCRETION COMPLEX OFFSHORE SW JAPAN AND SLIP STABILITY OF THE ALPINE FAULT ZONE IN NEW ZEALAND

Graduate Program:

Geosciences

Keywords:

Consolidation state
Nankai Trough
In situ stress state
Friction
Slip stability
Scientific drilling
Alpine Fault
Accretionary prism
Rate and state friction

File:

Download RD_Valdez_thesis_final.pdf

Committee Members:

Demian Saffer, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Demian Saffer, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Chris J Marone, Committee Member
Donald Myron Fisher, Committee Member
Jonathan P Mathews, Outside Member

Author:

Madara, Benjamin James

Title:

Laboratory Studies of Permeability Evolution: Roles of Fracture, Shear, Dynamic Stressing, and Reservoir Rock Properties

Graduate Program:

Geosciences

Keywords:

permeability evolution
permeability
dynamic stressing
fracture
shear
permeability enhancement

File:

Download Dissertation_Madara.pdf

Committee Members:

Chris Marone, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Chris J Marone, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Derek Elsworth, Committee Member
Sridhar Anandakrishnan, Committee Member
Shimin Liu, Outside Member

Author:

Ryan, Kerry

Title:

LABORATORY STUDIES OF FAULT RESTRENGTHENING: The Role of Shear Stress and Mineralogy Inferred from Mechanical and Ultrasonic Amplitude Measurements

Graduate Program:

Geosciences

Keywords:

fault healing
frictional healing
earthquakes

File:

Download Ryan_Kerry_DissertationFINAL.pdf

Committee Members:

Chris Marone, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Chris J Marone, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Demian Saffer, Committee Member
Charles James Ammon, Committee Member
Parisa Shokouhi, Outside Member

Author:

Ramirez, Gabrielle Elizabeth

Title:

SCALY FABRICS AND VEINS OF THE SHIMANTO BELT: A RECORD OF SILICA REDISTRIBUTION IN SUBDUCTION FAULT ZONES

Graduate Program:

Geosciences

Keywords:

Shimanto Belt
structural geology
melange
ancient accretionary complex
earthquakes
mineral redistribution

File:

Download MastersThesis_G_Ramirez_Fall2018.pdf

Committee Members:

Donald Myron Fisher, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Chris J Marone, Committee Member
Andrew James Smye, Committee Member

Author:

Witham, Timothy

Title:

Ultrasonic Monitoring of Laboratory Scale Hydraulic Fracturing

Graduate Program:

Geosciences

Keywords:

Fracturing
Fractures
Hydraulic Fracturing

File:

Download TWitham_MastersThesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Chris J Marone, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Parisa Shokouhi, Committee Member
Sridhar Anandakrishnan, Committee Member

Author:

Kenigsberg, Abby

Title:

Elastodynamic and Mechanical Properties of Smectite-Rich Fault Gouge

Graduate Program:

Geosciences

Keywords:

smectite
fault gouge
velocities
fabric
permeability

File:

Download kenigsberg_dissertation_091619.pdf

Committee Members:

Demian Saffer, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Demian Saffer, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Chris J Marone, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Charles James Ammon, Committee Member
Parisa Shokouhi, Outside Member
Jacques Riviere, Outside Member
Mark E Patzkowsky, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Shreedharan, Srisharan

Title:

Frictional mechanics of stable and unstable fault slip: Insights from ultrasonic imaging of experimental fault zones

Graduate Program:

Geosciences

Keywords:

Fault mechanics
fault friction
slow slip events
machine learning
asperity stiffness
lab earthquakes

File:

Download Srisharan_Dissertation_V25.01.21.pdf

Committee Members:

Chris J Marone, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Chris J Marone, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Charles James Ammon, Committee Member
Donald Myron Fisher, Committee Member
Jacques Riviere, Outside Member
Demian Saffer, Special Member
Mark E Patzkowsky, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Santos, Dorivaldo

Title:

Focused Flow Along Faults and Heat Advection in the Northern Hikurangi Accretionary Prism

Graduate Program:

Geosciences

Keywords:

Hikurangi
Numerical Model
Heat Flow
Fluid Flow
Faults

File:

Download Thesis_Santos-converted.pdf

Committee Members:

Demian Saffer, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Chris J Marone, Committee Member
Kevin Patrick Furlong, Committee Member
Mark E Patzkowsky, Program Head/Chair