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Author:

West, Nicole R

Title:

Topographic fingerprints of hillslope erosion in the central Appalachians as revealed by meteoric 10be: Toward understanding the evolution of critical zone architecture

Graduate Program:

Geosciences

Keywords:

critical zone
beryllium-10
hillslope erosion

File:

Download NWest_Dissertation_Revisions_Jul18.pdf

Committee Members:

Eric Kirby, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Rudy Slingerland, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Susan Louise Brantley, Committee Member
Douglas Miller, Committee Member

Author:

Dere, Ashlee Laura

Title:

Shale weathering across a latitudinal climosequence

Graduate Program:

Geosciences

Keywords:

geochemistry
soils
Critical Zone
erosion
mineralogy
weathering rates

File:

Download Dere_PhD_Dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

Susan Louise Brantley, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Timothy Stapler White, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Lee Kump, Committee Member
Jason Philip Kaye, Committee Member

Author:

Grieve, Paul Luke

Title:

Measuring concentrations of natural gas in three streams in Pennsylvania to estimate methane fluxes from the subsurface

Graduate Program:

Geosciences

Keywords:

Methane
Carbon isotopes
Stream monitoring
water chemistry
Groundwater
Northeastern Pennsylvania
Mass balance

File:

Download Grieve_MS_Thesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Susan Louise Brantley, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Orlando, Joseph James

Title:

The anatomy of weathering profiles on different lithologies in the tropical forest of northeastern Puerto Rico: from bedrock to clouds

Graduate Program:

Geosciences

Keywords:

deep weathering
Luquillo Critical Zone Observatory
drilling
ground penetrating radar
metavolcaniclastic
hornfels
corestone

File:

Download Orlando_Thesis_Final.pdf

Committee Members:

Susan Louise Brantley, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Wendt, Anna Katherine

Title:

Geochemistry of the Union Springs Member, Marcellus Formation in Central Pennsylvania and Environmental Implications of hydraulic fracturing

Graduate Program:

Geosciences

Keywords:

Marcellus Formation
geochemistry
uranium
hydraulic fracturing

File:

Download Wendt_final.pdf

Committee Members:

Michael Allan Arthur, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Rudy Slingerland, Committee Member
Susan Louise Brantley, Committee Member
Gary Lee Catchen, Committee Member

Author:

Hagedorn, Jacob Gerrit

Title:

THE LIVING FILTER: MONITORING NITRATE ACCUMULATION AFTER 50 YEARS OF WASTEWATER IRRIGATION

Graduate Program:

Geosciences

Keywords:

Living Filter
Nitrogen

File:

Download Hagedorn_Thesis_Final2.pdf

Committee Members:

Demian Saffer, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Michael Allan Arthur, Committee Member
Susan Louise Brantley, Committee Member

Author:

Boettger, Jason Daniel

Title:

CO2 Hydration and Hydroxylation: The Origin of Carbonate Kinetic Isotope Effects

Graduate Program:

Geosciences

Keywords:

isotopes
computational chemistry
isotope fractionation
carbonate
coral

File:

Download Boettger_Full_Dissertation_Final.pdf

Committee Members:

Susan Louise Brantley, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Susan Louise Brantley, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Matthew S Fantle, Committee Member
Katherine Haines Freeman, Committee Member
Lasse Jensen, Outside Member

Author:

Hoagland, Nell E

Title:

Surface water-sediment interactions: Examples from pristine and contaminated catchments

Graduate Program:

Geosciences

Keywords:

arsenic
nitrogen
critical zone
floodplains
gold mining
groundwater-surface water interactions
hyporheic zone
aqueous geochemistry
hydrology
water contamination

File:

Download Dissertation_Hoagland_181121b.pdf

Committee Members:

Susan Louise Brantley, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Susan Louise Brantley, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Matthew S Fantle, Committee Member
Demian Saffer, Committee Member
Jason Philip Kaye, Outside Member
Tess Alethea Russo, Special Member

Author:

Wayman, Callum Richard

Title:

UNDERSTANDING THE EFFECTS OF HYDROLOGIC CONNECTIVITY, LAND USE, AND LITHOLOGY ON WATER QUALITY ACROSS SCALES: FROM A ZEROTH ORDER CATCHMENT TO A HUC 10 WATERSHED IN THE SUSQUEHANNA RIVER BASIN

Graduate Program:

Geosciences

Keywords:

synoptic
hydrology
agriculture

File:

Download Wayman_Thesis_FinalforSubmission.pdf

Committee Members:

Susan Louise Brantley, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Tess Alethea Russo, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Jonathan M Duncan, Committee Member
Roman Alexander Dibiase, Committee Member

Author:

Woda, Joshua

Title:

WORKING WITH CITIZEN SCIENTISTS AND HOMEOWNERS IN PENNSYLVANIA TO UNDERSTAND HYDROCARBON-RELATED CONTAMINATION OF WATER RESOURCES

Graduate Program:

Geosciences

Keywords:

Shale gas
water quality
methane
hydraulic fracturing
oil and gas
contamination
citizen science

File:

Download Woda_thesis_.pdf

Committee Members:

Susan Louise Brantley, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Katherine Haines Freeman, Committee Member
Demian Saffer, Committee Member

Author:

Silverhart, Perri

Title:

Land use versus climate controls on hillslope erosion at a farmed headwater catchment in central Pennsylvania

Graduate Program:

Geosciences

Keywords:

erosion
agricultural erosion
critical zone
czo
cesium-137

File:

Download silverhart_thesis_final3.pdf

Committee Members:

Roman Alexander Dibiase, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Susan Louise Brantley, Committee Member
Jason Philip Kaye, Committee Member
Mark E Patzkowsky, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Marcon, Virginia Margaret

Title:

THE EFFECT OF LITHOLOGY ON (BIO)GEOCHEMICAL WEATHERING: SANDSTONE TO SERPENTINITE

Graduate Program:

Geosciences

Keywords:

biogeochemical weathering
critical zone
Shale Hills
87Sr/86Sr
mineral biosignatures
δ13C
porosity

File:

Download MarconDissertation_Formatted_Nov2019b.pdf

Committee Members:

Susan Louise Brantley, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Susan Louise Brantley, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Maureen Feineman, Committee Member
Roman Alexander Dibiase, Committee Member
Li Li, Outside Member
Mark E Patzkowsky, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Ma, Lisa

Title:

P-wave Velocity Structure of the Shale Hills Watershed, Pennsylvania

Graduate Program:

Geosciences

Keywords:

critical zone observatory
critical zone
czo
Susquehanna
Shale Hills
P-wave
velocity structure
shallow subsurface
geophysics
tomography
velocity
2D
two dimensional
seismic refraction
FAST
regolith
sonic logs
boreholes
frost-cracking
dissolution of chlorite
pyrite oxidation

File:

Download LM_ms_thesis_0914.pdf

Committee Members:

Andrew Arnold Nyblade, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Susan Louise Brantley, Committee Member
Charles James Ammon, Committee Member
Mark E Patzkowsky, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Forgeng, Michael

Title:

Investigating nitrate transport and denitrification in hilly terrain from the scale of a single farm field to a HUC-10 watershed

Graduate Program:

Geosciences

Keywords:

Agriculture
hydrology
hydrogeology
nutrient pollution
geochemistry
hydrogeochemistry

File:

Download Forgeng_MastersThesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Susan Louise Brantley, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Jonathan M Duncan, Committee Member
Mark E Patzkowsky, Program Head/Chair
Kimberly Lau, Committee Member

Author:

Reinthal, Mary

Title:

Utilizing 234U/238U and 87Sr/86Sr to understand the provenance and fate of uranium in Shaver’s Creek, Pennsylvania

Graduate Program:

Geosciences

Keywords:

radiogenic isotopes
uranium
fertilizer
agronomy
CZO
critical zone
Shale Hills
Cole Farm
hydrogeology

File:

Download Thesis_Reinthal.pdf

Committee Members:

Susan Louise Brantley, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Christopher Howard House, Committee Member
Timothy Bralower, Committee Member
Lin Ma, Special Signatory
Mark E Patzkowsky, Program Head/Chair