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42. CONTINENTAL RIFTING IN CENTRAL ETHIOPIA: GEOCHEMICAL AND ISOTOPIC CONSTRAINTS FROM LAVAS AND XENOLITHS

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Author:
Rooney, Tyrone O.
Title:
CONTINENTAL RIFTING IN CENTRAL ETHIOPIA: GEOCHEMICAL AND ISOTOPIC CONSTRAINTS FROM LAVAS AND XENOLITHS
Graduate Program:
Geosciences
Keywords:
Ethiopia
continental rift
Debre Zeyit
Butajira
Wonjii
geochemistry
fault belt
cinder cone
basalt
xenolith
crustal structure
File:
Download Rooney_dissertation_upload.pdf
Committee Members:
Richard Rudolph Parizek, Committee Member
Tanya Furman, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Andrew Arnold Nyblade, Committee Member
David H Eggler, Committee Member
Derek Elsworth, Committee Member
Barry B Hanan, Committee Member

43. NUMERICAL STUDY OF FRACTURE APERTURE CHARACTERISTICS AND THEIR IMPACT ON SINGLE-PHASE FLOW AND CAPILLARY-DOMINATED DISPLACEMENT

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Author:
Petchsingto, Tawatchai
Title:
NUMERICAL STUDY OF FRACTURE APERTURE CHARACTERISTICS AND THEIR IMPACT ON SINGLE-PHASE FLOW AND CAPILLARY-DOMINATED DISPLACEMENT
Graduate Program:
Petroleum and Natural Gas Engineering
Keywords:
Young-Laplace equation
aperture distribution
geostatistical parameter
fractured rock
invasion percolation theory
File:
Download TPetchsingto.pdf
Committee Members:
Zuleima T Karpyn, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Turgay Ertekin, Committee Member
Abraham S Grader, Committee Member
Derek Elsworth, Committee Member
Maira Lopez De Murphy, Committee Member

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

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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

45. ELECTROPHORESIS OF NANOPARTICLES IN HIGH TEMPERATURE AQUEOUS SOLUTIONS

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Open Access
Author:
Rodriguez Santiago, Victor
Title:
ELECTROPHORESIS OF NANOPARTICLES IN HIGH TEMPERATURE AQUEOUS SOLUTIONS
Graduate Program:
Energy and Geo-Environmental Engineering
Keywords:
electrokinetics
zeta potential
high temperature
protonation reactions
nanoelectrophoresis
File:
Download Victor_thesis_final_073109.pdf
Committee Members:
Serguei Lvov, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Serguei Lvov, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Derek Elsworth, Committee Member
Jonathan P Mathews, Committee Member

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

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Open Access
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

47. Structural and geomorphic evolution of the Gonghe basin complex, northeastern Tibet: Implications for the timing of plateau growth

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Open Access
Author:
Craddock, William Howard
Title:
Structural and geomorphic evolution of the Gonghe basin complex, northeastern Tibet: Implications for the timing of plateau growth
Graduate Program:
Geosciences
Keywords:
tectonics
geology
geomorphology
geochronology
Tibetan plateau
Gonghe basin complex
Jungong basin
Yellow River
geodynamics
stratigraphy
structural geology
File:
Download WHC_Dissertation_4_8_2011_v2.pdf
Committee Members:
Eric Kirby, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Eric Kirby, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Rudy L Slingerland, Committee Member
Donald Myron Fisher, Committee Member
Derek Elsworth, Committee Member

48. 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

49. LOAD TRANSFER MECHANISM OF PIER-SUPPORTED-RAFT FOUNDATION SUBJECTED TO VERTICAL LOAD

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Author:
Wu, Xinli
Title:
LOAD TRANSFER MECHANISM OF PIER-SUPPORTED-RAFT FOUNDATION SUBJECTED TO VERTICAL LOAD
Graduate Program:
Civil Engineering
Keywords:
settlement behavior
load transfer mechanism
foundation design
pile-supported-raft foundation
Pier-supported-raft foundation
raft load ratio
pile load ratio
File:
Download DissertationFinal_WU_2011.pdf
Committee Members:
Mian C Wang, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Mian C Wang, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Derek Elsworth, Committee Member
Virendra Puri, Committee Member
Andrew Scanlon, Committee Member

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

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Open Access
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

51. Reactive Chemical Transport under Multiphase System

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Open Access
Author:
Fang, Yilin
Title:
Reactive Chemical Transport under Multiphase System
Graduate Program:
Civil Engineering
Keywords:
Conservative Form
Multiphase System
Reactive Chemical Transport
Matrix Decomposition
Reaction Network
Biogeochemical Modeling
Advective Form
File:
Download thesis.pdf
Committee Members:
Dr Gour Tsyh Yeh, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
William D Burgos, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Christopher J Duffy, Committee Member
Derek Elsworth, Committee Member
Andrew Scanlon, Committee Member

52. Capillary-Driven Flow in Fractured Sandstone

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Open Access
Author:
Karpyn, Zuleima Tharays
Title:
Capillary-Driven Flow in Fractured Sandstone
Graduate Program:
Petroleum and Natural Gas Engineering
Keywords:
Capillarity
flow in fractures
imbibition
experiment
fracture aperture
File:
Download eTD_KARPYN_May2005.pdf
Committee Members:
Abraham S Grader, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Phillip Michael Halleck, Committee Member
Turgay Ertekin, Committee Member
Derek Elsworth, Committee Member
Chris Marone, Committee Member

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

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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

54. Geophysical Exploration of Glacier Basal Processes and Grounding Line Dynamics

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Author:
Christianson, Knut Andrew
Title:
Geophysical Exploration of Glacier Basal Processes and Grounding Line Dynamics
Graduate Program:
Geosciences
Keywords:
glaciers
ice sheets
geophysics
ice-penetrating radar
GPS
File:
Download christianson_knut_thesis_2012.pdf
Committee Members:
Sridhar Anandakrishnan, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Richard B Alley, Committee Member
Peter Christopher Lafemina, Committee Member
Derrick J Lampkin, Committee Member
Derek Elsworth, Committee Member

55. Interaction of Fracture Fluid With Formation Rock and Proppant on Fracture Fluid Clean-up and Long-term Gas Recovery in Marcellus Shale Reservoirs

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Author:
Yue, Wenting
Title:
Interaction of Fracture Fluid With Formation Rock and Proppant on Fracture Fluid Clean-up and Long-term Gas Recovery in Marcellus Shale Reservoirs
Graduate Program:
Petroleum and Natural Gas Engineering
Keywords:
fracture damage
formation damage
clay swell
proppant scaling
proppant diagenesis.
File:
Download Wentings_Master_thesis.pdf
Committee Members:
Yilin Wang, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Turgay Ertekin, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Derek Elsworth, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

56. Gas transport, sorption, and mechanical response of fractured coal

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Author:
Wang, Shugang
Title:
Gas transport, sorption, and mechanical response of fractured coal
Graduate Program:
Energy and Mineral Engineering
Keywords:
Gas transport
sorption
desorption
poromechanical
coal
File:
Download Shugang_Wang_PhD_Dissertation_Final.pdf
Committee Members:
Derek Elsworth, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Derek Elsworth, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Chris Marone, Committee Member
Jonathan P Mathews, Committee Member
Jamal Rostami, Committee Member

58. Permeabilities of coal-biomass mixtures for high pressure gasifier feeds

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Author:
Belvalkar, Rohan Anirrudha
Title:
Permeabilities of coal-biomass mixtures for high pressure gasifier feeds
Graduate Program:
Petroleum and Natural Gas Engineering
Keywords:
permeability
porosity
kozeny-carmen
coal
biomass
gasifier
feed
particle size
stress
strain
isotropic
pulse decay
File:
Download thesis_r.pdf
Committee Members:
Derek Elsworth, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Chris Marone, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Jonathan P Mathews, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

59. Permeability Evolution of Stressed Fractures Permeated by Reactive Fluids

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Author:
McGuire, Thomas Patrick
Title:
Permeability Evolution of Stressed Fractures Permeated by Reactive Fluids
Graduate Program:
Energy and Mineral Engineering
Keywords:
fracture permeability evolution
pressure solution
stress corrosion cracking
carbon dioxide sequestration
fracture strain
fracture dissolution
File:
Download thomas_mcguire_dissertation_final.pdf
Committee Members:
Derek Elsworth, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Chris Marone, Committee Member
Zuleima T Karpyn, Committee Member
Li Li, Committee Member