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Author:: Brewer, Ian D
Title:: DETRITAL-MINERAL THERMOCHRONOLOGY: INVESTIGATIONS OF OROGENIC DENUDATION IN THE HIMALAYA OF CENTRAL NEPAL
Graduate Program:: Geosciences
Keywords:: geodynamics
geology
tectonics
thermochronology
argon
erosion
orogenic
himalaya
marsyandi
chronology
dating
thermal modeling
File:: Download THESIS_FULL_AUG2005_FINAL_compressed_secure.pdf
Committee Members:: Douglas W. Burbank, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Rudy L Slingerland, Committee Member
Peter B Flemings, Committee Member
Derek Elsworth, Committee Member

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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

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Author:: Samuelson, Jon Erik
Title:: LABORATORY MEASUREMENT OF SHEAR INDUCED FAULT ZONE DILATANCY, AND NUMERICAL ESTIMATION OF ITS INFLUENCE ON FRICTION CONSTITUTIVE PARAMETERS IN QUASI-UNDRAINED SCENARIOS
Graduate Program:: Geosciences
Keywords:: friction
earthquake
dilatancy
fault zone
pore fluid pressure
File:: Download Jon_Samuelson_PhD_Thesis_Combined_2.0.pdf
Committee Members:: Chris Marone, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Chris Marone, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Derek Elsworth, Committee Member
Demian Saffer, Committee Member
Kamini Singha, Committee Member

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Author:: Lewicki, Jennifer Lynn
Title:: Soil Carbon Dioxide Flow Associated With The San Andreas And Calaveras Faults, California
Graduate Program:: Geosciences
Keywords:: unsaturated zone gas transport
faults
Soil gas
Carbon dioxide
File:: Download etd.pdf
Committee Members:: Katherine Haines Freeman, Committee Member
Lee Kump, Committee Member
Susan Louise Brantley, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Michael Allan Arthur, Committee Member
Derek Elsworth, Committee Member

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Author:: Taron, Joshua
Title:: Geophysical and Geochemical Analyses of Flow and Deformation in Fractured Rock
Graduate Program:: Energy and Geo-Environmental Engineering
Keywords:: permeability
rock fracture
fractured reservoir simulation
geothermal
volcanic dome
chemical creep
File:: Download Taron_PhD_Thesis_December_2009.pdf
Committee Members:: Derek Elsworth, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Derek Elsworth, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
James David Kubicki, Committee Member
Chris Marone, Committee Member
Demian Saffer, Committee Member
Barry Voight, Committee Member

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Author:: Pone, Jean Denis Nda'si
Title:: CARBON DIOXIDE SEQUESTRATION IN COAL: CHARACTERIZATION OF MATRIX DEFORMATION, SORPTION CAPACITY AND DYNAMIC PERMEABILITY AT IN-SITU STRESS CONDITIONS
Graduate Program:: Energy and Geo-Environmental Engineering
Keywords:: carbon dioxide sorption capacity in coal
coalbed methane
Sequestration
coal permeability
stress
File:: Download DPone_PSU_thesis_2009.pdf
Committee Members:: Jonathan P Mathews, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Jonathan P Mathews, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Phillip Michael Halleck, Committee Member
Derek Elsworth, Committee Member
Demian Saffer, Committee Member

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Author:: Morell, Kristin Diane
Title:: LATE MIOCENE TO RECENT ARC-FOREARC RESPONSE TO PLATE TECTONICS SURROUNDING THE PANAMA TRIPLE JUNCTION, SOUTHERN CENTRAL AMERICA
Graduate Program:: Geosciences
Keywords:: Panama Triple Junction
neotectonics
File:: Download THESIS_FINAL_MORELL.pdf
Committee Members:: Donald F Isher, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Donald Myron Fisher, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Eric Kirby, Committee Member
Derek Elsworth, Committee Member
Peter Christopher Lafemina, Committee Member

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Author:: Young, Kirby David
Title:: Deformation, Lava Dome Evolution, and Eruption Cyclicity at Merapi Volcano, Indonesia
Graduate Program:: Geosciences
Keywords:: volcano deformation monitoring
Volcanology
lava domes
extrusion rates
EDM
tiltmeters
volcano seismicity
File:: Download Thesis_kdy_finalv2.pdf
Committee Members:: Derek Elsworth, Committee Member
Donald Myron Fisher, Committee Member
Barry Voight, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Terry Engelder, Committee Chair/Co-Chair

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Author:: Jancin, Mark D.
Title:: Volcano-Tectonic Evolution of Flateyjarskagi, North Central Iceland
Graduate Program:: Geosciences
Keywords:: Iceland
plate tectonics
spreading history
paleomagnetism
Tjornes Fracture Zone
volcanic stratigraphy
File:: Download Jancin_PhD.pdf
Committee Members:: Barry Voight, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Barry Voight, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Terry Engelder, Committee Member
Derek Elsworth, Committee Member
Donald Myron Fisher, Committee Member

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Author:: Ikari, Matt
Title:: Compositional, mechanical, and hydrologic controls on fault slip behavior
Graduate Program:: Geosciences
Keywords:: faults
friction
earthquakes
clay minerals
permeability
subduction zones
File:: Download ikari_Phd_thesis.pdf
Committee Members:: Demian Saffer, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Chris Marone, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Demian Saffer, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Eliza Richardson, Committee Member
Derek Elsworth, Committee Member
Andre Niemeijer, Committee Member

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