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Author:

Diefendorf, Aaron F.

Title:

ENVIRONMENTAL AND ECOLOGICAL CONSTRAINTS ON MOLECULAR AND ISOTOPIC SIGNATURES IN TERRESTRIAL ORGANIC CARBON

Graduate Program:

Geosciences

Keywords:

lipids
biomarker
fractionation
Carbon isotope
n-alkanes
Bighorn Basin
organic geochemistry

File:

Download Diefendorf_Dissertation_11-11-2010.pdf

Committee Members:

Katherine Haines Freeman, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Katherine Haines Freeman, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Jennifer Macalady, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Scott W Wing, Committee Member
Lee Kump, Committee Member
Jason Philip Kaye, Committee Member

Author:

Albrecht, Heidi Lynn

Title:

Bacteriohopanepoyols Across Environmental Gradients

Graduate Program:

Geosciences

Keywords:

bacteriohopanepolyols
hopanoid
geochemistry
biogeochemistry
organic geochemistry

File:

Download Thesis_3262011.pdf

Committee Members:

Jennifer Macalady, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Christopher Howard House, Committee Member
John Michael Regan, Committee Member
Jennifer Macalady, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Katherine Haines Freeman, Committee Chair/Co-Chair

Author:

Rizzo, Adriana

Title:

OCEAN ECOSYSTEM TRANSFORMATION CAUSED BY RAPID WARMING AND SEA LEVEL RISE IN THE PLEISTOCENE CARIACO BASIN (MIS 9-7)

Graduate Program:

Geosciences

Keywords:

paleoceanography
coccolithophores
phytoplankton
paleoecology
organic geochemistry
Pleistocene
Climate Change
harmful algae bloom
productivity
sea level
ITCZ
Cariaco Basin
micropaleontology
UK37
nutrients
Emiliania huxleyi
Florisphaera profunda
dinoflagellates
Margalef's Mandala
MIS 8

File:

Download Rizzo_Thesis_PostDefense_tosubmit2.pdf

Committee Members:

Timothy Bralower, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Katherine Haines Freeman, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Mark E Patzkowsky, Committee Member

Author:

Karp, Allison

Title:

The role of fire ecology in vegetation change during the Neogene: New applications of molecular and isotopic proxies for vegetation burning in the paleorecord

Graduate Program:

Geosciences

Keywords:

paleofire
paleoecology
stable isotope geochemistry
organic geochemistry
C4 grassland expnasion
Neogene
Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs)
leaf waxes
biogeochemistry

File:

Download CertificateOfCompletion_Karp.pdfDownload Proquest_UMI_Agreement_Karp_Disseration.pdfDownload Karp_Dissertation_2020_Final.pdf

Committee Members:

Katherine Haines Freeman, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Katherine Haines Freeman, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Elizabeth Ann Hajek, Committee Member
Sarah J Ivory, Committee Member
Erica A H Smithwick, Outside Member
Mark E Patzkowsky, Committee Member
Mark E Patzkowsky, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Lyons, Shelby

Title:

The Role of Petrogenic Carbon in Cenozoic Climate Events

Graduate Program:

Geosciences

Keywords:

paleoclimate
paleoceanography
Paleocene-Eocene Thermal Maximum
PETM
geochemistry
thermal maturity
carbon cycle
Cretaceous-Paleogene
K-Pg
mass extinction
polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons
PAH
hopanoids
biomarkers
organic geochemistry
stable isotopes
alkanes
petroleum
thermal maturation

File:

Download Lyons_Dissertation_2020_final_approval.pdf

Committee Members:

Katherine Haines Freeman, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Katherine Haines Freeman, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Lee Kump, Committee Member
Timothy Bralower, Committee Member
Raymond Gabriel Najjar, Jr., Outside Member
Mark E Patzkowsky, Program Head/Chair