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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

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Author:: Riccardi, Anthony
Title:: Carbonate-Associated Sulfate: Assessment of and Use as an Isotopic Proxy for Global Sulfur Cycling During End-Permian Mass Extinction
Graduate Program:: Geosciences
Keywords:: Sulfur Isotopes
Mass Extinction
Geochemistry
File:: Download Riccardi_Thesis_Final.pdf
Committee Members:: Lee Kump, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Michael Allan Arthur, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Katherine Haines Freeman, Committee Member
Carlo G Pantano, Committee Member

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Author:: Zerkle, Aubrey L.
Title:: Microbial Trace Metal Requirements: Limiting Nutrients and Potential Biosignatures
Graduate Program:: Geosciences
Keywords:: trace metals
biogeochemistry
nitrogen fixation
metal limitation
metallomics
biogeochemical cycling
File:: Download DISS_FINAL_ZERKLE.pdf
Committee Members:: Christopher Howard House, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Susan Louise Brantley, Committee Member
Lee Kump, Committee Member
Hunter J Carrick, Committee Member
Donald E Canfield, Committee Member

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Author:: Ennyu, Atsuhito
Title:: MIDDLE MIOCENE CLIMATE EVOLUTION IN THE PACIFIC REALM
Graduate Program:: Geosciences
Keywords:: paleoceanography
paleoclimatology
middle Miocene
oxygen and carbon stable isotopes
foraminifera
Ocean Drilling Program
File:: Download thesis.pdf
Committee Members:: Michael Allan Arthur, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Lee Kump, Committee Member
Raymond Gabriel Najjar Jr., Committee Member
Alan Walker, Committee Member

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Author:: Junium, Christopher Kendall
Title:: Nitrogen biogeochemistry and ancient oceanic anoxia
Graduate Program:: Geosciences
Keywords:: nitrogen cycle
nitrogen isotopes
black shale
porphyrins
File:: Download Junium_PhD_eTD.pdf
Committee Members:: Michael Allan Arthur, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Michael Allan Arthur, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Katherine Haines Freeman, Committee Member
Lee Kump, Committee Member
Jason Philip Kaye, Committee Member

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Author:: Hummer, Daniel Robert
Title:: Mechanisms of Aqueous Crystallization and Phase Transformation in Titanium Oxide Minerals
Graduate Program:: Geosciences
Keywords:: anatase
rutile
titanium oxide
titanium dioxide
crystallization
precipitation
time-resolved X-ray diffraction
time-resolved small angle X-ray scattering
nanoparticles
phase stability reversal
surface energy
nucleation
crystal growth
hydrolysis
global optimization
kinetic fitting
kinetic modeling
File:: Download Hummer_dissertation_final.pdf
Committee Members:: Peter J Heaney, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Peter J Heaney, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
James David Kubicki, Committee Member
Lee Kump, Committee Member
Kwadwo Osseo Asare, Committee Member

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Author:: Buss, Heather L.
Title:: Biogeochemical Weathering of Iron-Silicate Minerals
Graduate Program:: Geosciences
Keywords:: spheroidal weathering
biotite
hornblende
iron cycling
siderophores
etch pits
File:: Download BussThesisFinal.pdf
Committee Members:: Susan Louise Brantley, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Maryann Victoria Bruns, Committee Member
Lee Kump, Committee Member
Christopher Howard House, Committee Member

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Author:: Hotinski, Roberta Michelle
Title:: Life's Influence on the Sedimentary Record: The Interplay of Ocean Chemistry, Circulation, and the Biological Pump
Graduate Program:: Geosciences
Keywords:: ocean stagnation
Pethei
Permian
Precambrian
carbon isotopes
anoxia
biogeochemical cycles
File:: Download Thesis.pdf
Committee Members:: Hiroshi Ohmoto, Committee Member
Lee Kump, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Michael Allan Arthur, Committee Member
Raymond Gabriel Najjar Jr., 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:: Fulton, James Mark
Title:: Interpreting Nitrogen Isotope Excursions in the Sedimentary Record
Graduate Program:: Geosciences
Keywords:: purple sulfur bacteria
cyanobacteria
nitrogen cycle
Black Sea
Green Lake
File:: Download J_Fulton_dissertation_2010.pdf
Committee Members:: Michael Allan Arthur, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Michael Allan Arthur, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Katherine Haines Freeman, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Lee Kump, Committee Member
John Michael Regan, Committee Member

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