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1. CONTROLS ON GROUNDWATER CHEMISTRY IN THE CAPE COD AQUIFER, MASSACHUSETTS: THE IMPACT OF ACCESSORY MINERAL PHASES ON SOLUTE CONCENTRATIONS, 87Sr/86Sr, AND RARE EARTH ELEMENT DISTRIBUTIONS

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Author:
Alexander, Brian W.
Title:
CONTROLS ON GROUNDWATER CHEMISTRY IN THE CAPE COD AQUIFER, MASSACHUSETTS: THE IMPACT OF ACCESSORY MINERAL PHASES ON SOLUTE CONCENTRATIONS, 87Sr/86Sr, AND RARE EARTH ELEMENT DISTRIBUTIONS
Graduate Program:
Geosciences
Keywords:
rare earth elements
groundwater
Cape Cod
strontium isotopes
File:
Download Alexander_MSc_Thesis.pdf
Committee Members:
Susan Louise Brantley, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Susan Louise Brantley, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

2. Temporal and Spatial Variations in Deformation Across a Ridge-Transform Intersection, Northern Iceland

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Author:
O'Hara, Caroline Anne
Title:
Temporal and Spatial Variations in Deformation Across a Ridge-Transform Intersection, Northern Iceland
Graduate Program:
Geosciences
Keywords:
northern Iceland
Husavik-Flatey fault
Gudfinnugja fault
Tjornes Fracture Zone
Theistareykir fissure swarm
ridge-transform intersection
terrestrial LiDAR
displacement variation
GPS
slip rate
tensile fractures
File:
Download OHara_MSThesis_2009_final_reduced.pdf
Committee Members:
Dr Peter C La Femina, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Peter Christopher Lafemina, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

3. Stratigraphy and Paleoenvironments of the Red Hill Site near Hyner, Pennsylvania

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Author:
Peterson, Daniel Adam
Title:
Stratigraphy and Paleoenvironments of the Red Hill Site near Hyner, Pennsylvania
Graduate Program:
Geosciences
Keywords:
fluvial
Devonian
tetrapod
avulsion
Acadian orogeny
Pennsylvania
Red Hill
stratigraphy
floodplain
paleosol
sandstone
File:
Download Thesis_-_FINAL.pdf
Committee Members:
Mark E Patzkowsky, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
MARK E PATZKOWSKY, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

4. INVESTIGATING THE IMPACT OF ADVECTIVE AND DIFFUSIVE CONTROLS IN SOLUTE TRANSPORT ON GEOELECTRICAL DATA

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Author:
Wheaton, Daniel Devin
Title:
INVESTIGATING THE IMPACT OF ADVECTIVE AND DIFFUSIVE CONTROLS IN SOLUTE TRANSPORT ON GEOELECTRICAL DATA
Graduate Program:
Geosciences
Keywords:
electrical resistivity
dual-domain mass transfer
solute transport
mobile-immobile domain model
COMSOL
File:
Download thesis_draft_71609.pdf
Committee Members:
Kamini Singha, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Kamini Singha, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

6. THE DEPTH DISTRIBUTION OF SEISMICITY AT THE NORTHERN END OF THE RWENZORI MOUNTAINS: IMPLICATIONS FOR HEAT FLOW IN THE WESTERN RIFT, UGANDA

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Author:
Tugume, Fred Alex
Title:
THE DEPTH DISTRIBUTION OF SEISMICITY AT THE NORTHERN END OF THE RWENZORI MOUNTAINS: IMPLICATIONS FOR HEAT FLOW IN THE WESTERN RIFT, UGANDA
Graduate Program:
Geosciences
Keywords:
Heat flow
seismicty
File:
Download Fred_MSthesis1.pdf
Committee Members:
Andrew Arnold Nyblade, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Andrew Arnold Nyblade, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

7. THE EARTH’S OLDEST (~3.4 GA) PALEOSOL AT TRENDALL RIDGE IN THE NORTH POLE DOME REGION OF THE EAST PILBARA CRATON, WESTERN AUSTRALIA.

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Author:
Johnson, Ian Matthew
Title:
THE EARTH’S OLDEST (~3.4 GA) PALEOSOL AT TRENDALL RIDGE IN THE NORTH POLE DOME REGION OF THE EAST PILBARA CRATON, WESTERN AUSTRALIA.
Graduate Program:
Geosciences
Keywords:
Paleosol
Archean
Pilbara
Iron and Aluminum Mobility
File:
Download IJohnson_thesis.pdf
Committee Members:
Hiroshi Ohmoto, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Hiroshi Ohmoto, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

9. A MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS OF THE RECOVERY OF CALCAREOUS NANNOPLANKTON AND PLANKTONIC FORAMINIFERA FROM THE CRETACEOUS/PALEOGENE (K/P) MASS EXTINCTION

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Author:
Schueth, Jonathan Douglas
Title:
A MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS OF THE RECOVERY OF CALCAREOUS NANNOPLANKTON AND PLANKTONIC FORAMINIFERA FROM THE CRETACEOUS/PALEOGENE (K/P) MASS EXTINCTION
Graduate Program:
Geosciences
Keywords:
Cretaceous/Paleogene mass extinction
planktonic foraminifera
nannoplankton
ecosystem recovery
File:
Download Schueth_MS_Thesis.pdf
Committee Members:
Timothy Bralower, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Timothy Bralower, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

10. ANALYZING TAMSEIS DATA FOR SEISMIC EVENTS OF HIGH TEMPORAL REGULARITY AND LARGE MAGNITUDE (Mw=1.8) BENEATH DAVID GLACIER, AND FOR LONG-PERIOD PLATE-MARGIN EVENTS

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Author:
Zoet, Lucas Keith
Title:
ANALYZING TAMSEIS DATA FOR SEISMIC EVENTS OF HIGH TEMPORAL REGULARITY AND LARGE MAGNITUDE (Mw=1.8) BENEATH DAVID GLACIER, AND FOR LONG-PERIOD PLATE-MARGIN EVENTS
Graduate Program:
Geosciences
Keywords:
ice quake
TAMSEIS
Seismic
Antarctica
File:
Download lkz_thesis.pdf
Committee Members:
Sridhar Anandakrishnan, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Sridhar Anandakrishnan, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

11. Topographically Driven Groundwater Flow Through A Heterogeneous Permeability Subsurface: Implications for Surface Heat Flow Near Parkfield, California and in the Western Mojave Desert

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Author:
Popek, Margaret Ann
Title:
Topographically Driven Groundwater Flow Through A Heterogeneous Permeability Subsurface: Implications for Surface Heat Flow Near Parkfield, California and in the Western Mojave Desert
Graduate Program:
Geosciences
Keywords:
heat flow
California
groundwater flow
tectonics
File:
Download Margaret_A_Popek_Masters_Thesis.pdfDownload Appendices_A_B_D_E_F_and_G.pdfDownload Appendix_C.pdf
Committee Members:
Demian Saffer, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Demian Saffer, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

12. Local and broad scale changes in North American small mammal community structure: the late Pleistocene through the late Holocene

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Author:
Pardi, Melissa Irene
Title:
Local and broad scale changes in North American small mammal community structure: the late Pleistocene through the late Holocene
Graduate Program:
Geosciences
Keywords:
multivariate analysis
paleoecology
Holocene
Pleistocene
glacial
small mammals
non-analog
File:
Download Completed_Thesis_04_11_2_2010.pdf
Committee Members:
Russell W Graham, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Russell W Graham, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

13. CRUSTAL STRUCTURE ALONG THE TRANSANTARCTIC MOUNTAIN FRONT USING RECEIVER FUNCTIONS

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Author:
Finotello, Marco
Title:
CRUSTAL STRUCTURE ALONG THE TRANSANTARCTIC MOUNTAIN FRONT USING RECEIVER FUNCTIONS
Graduate Program:
Geosciences
Keywords:
TAMSEIS
Receiver Functions
Crustal Structure
Transantarctic Mountains
File:
Download FinalThesis_15_Complete.pdf
Committee Members:
Andrew Arnold Nyblade, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Andrew Arnold Nyblade, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Jordi Julia, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor