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Author:

Adams, Aubreya Nicole

Title:

A SEISMIC INVESTIGATION OF CRUST AND UPPER MANTLE STRUCTURE BENEATH THE ZAGROS MOUNTAINS AND THE SOUTHERN AND EAST AFRICAN PLATEAUS

Graduate Program:

Geosciences

Keywords:

Zagros Mountains
tomography
surface waves
plume
African Superplume
Africa
seismology
southern Africa
East Africa

File:

Download aadams_dissertation_finalsmall.pdf

Committee Members:

Andrew Arnold Nyblade, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Andrew Arnold Nyblade, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Charles James Ammon, Committee Member
Sridhar Anandakrishnan, Committee Member
Derek Elsworth, Committee Member

Author:

Moret, Geoffrey John Maxted

Title:

ANNUAL VARIATIONS IN GROUND-WATER TEMPERATURE AS A TRACER OF RIVER-AQUIFER INTERACTIONS

Graduate Program:

Geosciences

Keywords:

hydrogeology
temperature

File:

Download moretdissertationrevised.pdf

Committee Members:

Richard Rudolph Parizek, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Charles James Ammon, Committee Member
Derek Elsworth, Committee Member
Demian Saffer, Committee Member
Kamini Singha, Committee Member

Author:

Faoro, Igor

Title:

CONTROL OF THE PERMEABILITY OF FRACTURES IN GEOTHERMAL ROCKS

Graduate Program:

Energy and Geo-Environmental Engineering

Keywords:

TCHM properties of fractures
permeability

File:

Download Igor_Faoro_thesis_PhD.pdf

Committee Members:

Derek Elsworth, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Derek Elsworth, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Chris Marone, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Charles James Ammon, Committee Member
Demian Saffer, Committee Member

Author:

Kosarian, Minoo

Title:

Lithospheric Structure of North Africa and Western Eurasia

Graduate Program:

Geosciences

Keywords:

Crustal thickness
Shear velocity structure
Surface wave dispersion
Receiver functions
Poisson`s ratio

File:

Download Minoo-Kosarian-Dissertation-2006.pdf

Committee Members:

Charles James Ammon, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Sridhar Anandakrishnan, Committee Member
Kevin Patrick Furlong, Committee Member
Derek Elsworth, 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:

Miller, Victoria Louise

Title:

Crustal Response to Changes in the Magmatic System at the Soufrière Hills Volcano, Montserrat

Graduate Program:

Geosciences

Keywords:

locations
earthquake
volcano-tectonic
Montserrat
volcano
Soufrière Hills
focal mechanism
stress
VT-string

File:

Download VictoriaLMiller-PhD-Dissertation-2011.pdfDownload 9596-EarthquakeLocationsAnimation.movDownload 9596-EarthquakeLocationsTable.pdf

Committee Members:

Barry Voight, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Barry Voight, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Charles James Ammon, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Sridhar Anandakrishnan, Committee Member
Derek Elsworth, Committee Member

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

Author:

Park, Yongcheol

Title:

Upper Mantle Seismic Velocity Structure Beneath the Kenya Rift and the Arabian Shield

Graduate Program:

Geosciences

Keywords:

surface wave
body wave
seismic tomography
plume

File:

Download YP_Thesis_final_high2.pdf

Committee Members:

Andrew Arnold Nyblade, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Charles James Ammon, Committee Member
Sridhar Anandakrishnan, Committee Member
Derek Elsworth, Committee Member

Author:

Carpenter, Brett Matthew

Title:

Fault strength and stability: Lessons learned from the San Andreas Fault in central California

Graduate Program:

Geosciences

Keywords:

friction
fault mechanics
San Andreas Fault

File:

Download Carpenter_PhD_All.pdf

Committee Members:

Chris Marone, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Demian Saffer, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Charles James Ammon, Committee Member
Derek Elsworth, Committee Member
Andre Niemeijer, Special Member

Author:

Zoet, Lucas Keith

Title:

A Study of Discrete Glacier Motion

Graduate Program:

Geosciences

Keywords:

Glaciology
glacial erosion
glacial sliding
unstable sliding
seismology

File:

Download lzoet-Dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

Sridhar Anandakrishnan, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Richard B Alley, Committee Member
Chris Marone, Committee Member
Charles James Ammon, Committee Member
Derek Elsworth, Committee Member

Author:

Mulibo, Gabriel Daudi

Title:

Investigation of Mantle Structure beneath Eastern Africa: Implications for the Origin Of the Cenozoic tectonism and propagation of the Rift System

Graduate Program:

Geosciences

Keywords:

Tomography
Receiver function
Superplume
East African Rift System
Cenozoic Tectonism

File:

Download Mulibo_Gabriel_Dissertation_Final.pdf

Committee Members:

Andrew Arnold Nyblade, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Andrew Arnold Nyblade, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Charles James Ammon, Committee Member
Sridhar Anandakrishnan, Committee Member
Derek Elsworth, Special Member

Author:

Kaproth, Bryan Michael

Title:

The evolution of fault strength, permeability, and acoustic properties in experimental studies from fault initiation through the seismic cycle

Graduate Program:

Geosciences

Keywords:

Fault mechanics
Slow slip
Permeability
Fault strength
Fault fabric
Active seismic

File:

Download Kaproth_Thesis_July_13.pdf

Committee Members:

Chris Marone, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Demian Saffer, Committee Member
Eliza Richardson Marone, Committee Member
Derek Elsworth, Committee Member
Charles James Ammon, Committee Member

Author:

Cleveland, Kenneth Michael

Title:

Fault Rupture Segmentation

Graduate Program:

Geosciences

Keywords:

seismology
surface waves
earthquake location
oceanic transform faults

File:

Download 1-KMCleveland-Dissertation-Final.pdf

Committee Members:

Charles James Ammon, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Kevin Patrick Furlong, Committee Member
Andrew Arnold Nyblade, Committee Member
Derek Elsworth, Special Member

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:

Geirsson, Halldor

Title:

Crustal deformation and volcanism at active plate boundaries

Graduate Program:

Geosciences

Keywords:

crustal deformation
GPS
magma movements
eruption
volcanoes
earthquakes
hydrothermal systems
fault mechanics

File:

Download HalldorGeirsson_DissertationAug2014_Final.pdf

Committee Members:

Peter Christopher Lafemina, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Peter Christopher Lafemina, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Kevin Patrick Furlong, Committee Member
Charles James Ammon, Committee Member
Barry Voight, Committee Member
Derek Elsworth, Committee Member