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Author:

Labrado, Amanda Leane

Title:

EVIDENCE FOR DISSIMILATORY NITRATE REDUCTION TO AMMONIA BY AQUEOUS BIOFILMS IN THE SULFIDIC CAVES OF FRASASSI, ITALY

Graduate Program:

Geosciences

Keywords:

Metagenomics
Elemental sulfur
Biofilms

File:

Download LabradoMSThesis3.26.17.pdf

Committee Members:

Dr. Jennifer Macalady, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Dr. Katherine Freeman, Committee Member
Dr. Christopher House, Committee Member

Author:

Xu, Yang

Title:

Sedimentary record of the evolution of the Kumano Forearc Basin, offshore southwest Japan

Graduate Program:

Geosciences

Keywords:

Kumano
basin
forearc
sequencestratigraphy
basinanalysis
nankai
sedimentology
iodp

File:

Download YangXu_Thesis_Final.pdf

Committee Members:

Elizabeth Ann Hajek, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Demian Saffer, Committee Member
Donald Myron Fisher, Committee Member

Author:

Ajayi, Oluwaseyi Adebola

Title:

Testing the Viability of Supercritical Carbon Dioxide as a Fracking Fluid by Computing its Chemical Interaction with Illite

Graduate Program:

Geosciences

Keywords:

molecular modeling
fracking
hydraulic fracturing
marcellus shale
supercritical CO2
illite
density functional theory
molecular dynamics
DFT
DFT-MD
scCO2
interfacial tension
interfacial energy
interaction energy
VASP
energy minimization

File:

Download seyi_ajayi_ms_thesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Dr. James Kubicki, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Dr. Michael Arthur, Committee Member
Dr. Derek Elsworth, Committee Member
Dr. Demian Saffer, Committee Member

Author:

Leon y Leon, Isabel Aurora

Title:

ECOLOGICAL CHANGES IN THE NANNOPLANKTON COMMUNITY ACROSS A SHELF TRANSECT DURING THE ONSET OF THE PALEOCENE-EOCENE THERMAL MAXIMUM

Graduate Program:

Geosciences

Keywords:

nannoplankton
PETM
Paleocene-Eocene Thermal Maximum
nearshore
paleoecology
Cambridge-Dorchester MD
shelf environment

File:

Download LeonyLeon_MS_2017.pdf

Committee Members:

Timothy Bralower, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Lee Kump, Committee Member
Mark Patzkowsky, Committee Member

Author:

Grijalva, Ashley Nichole

Title:

P AND S BODY WAVE TOMOGRAPHY OF THE NORTHERN LAKE MALAWI RIFT BASIN AND RUNGWE VOLCANIC PROVINCE

Graduate Program:

Geosciences

Keywords:

seismology
crust
mantle
east african rift zone
velocity
tomography
rift

File:

Download Grijalva_Thesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Andrew Nyblade, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Charles Ammon, Committee Member
Christelle Wauthier, Committee Member

Author:

Moore, Sarah Catherine

Title:

THE FEBRUARY 1993 KILAUEA EAST RIFT ZONE DIKE INTRUSION REVEALED THROUGH INSAR

Graduate Program:

Geosciences

Keywords:

Boundary Element Method
Inversion
Static Stress Change
Nonlinear Inversion

File:

Download SarahMoore_FinalThesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Christelle Wauthier, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Peter LaFemina, Committee Member
Charles Ammon, Committee Member

Author:

Doyle, Emily Ann

Title:

Correcting δ13CH4 Analyses for Krypton Interference: The Potential Impact on Methane Budget Studies

Graduate Program:

Geosciences

Keywords:

Methane Budget
Krypton Interference
continuous-flow mass spectrometry
carbon isotope
gas chromatography

File:

Download Doyle_MastersThesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Richard Alley, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Katherine Freeman, Committee Member
Lee Kump, Committee Member

Author:

Kennedy, Curtis Ross

Title:

Near-Surface Geophysical Investigation of Karstic Controls on Localized Hillslope Hydrology

Graduate Program:

Geosciences

Keywords:

Hydrogeophysics
Hydrogeology
Hydrology
Geology
Karst
Resistivity
Agronomy
Agriculture
Lysimetry
Carbonate

File:

Download Kennedy_Thesis_-_May_2017.pdf

Committee Members:

Tess Russo, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Anthony Buda, Committee Member
Andrew Nyblade, Committee Member
Casey Kennedy, Committee Member

Author:

Grey, Jacqueline Ashley

Title:

Changes in calcareous nannoplankton assemblages during the recovery of the Paleocene Eocene Thermal Maximum (PETM)

Graduate Program:

Geosciences

Keywords:

nannoplankton
Paleocene Eocene Thermal Maximum
PETM recovery
paleoecology
global warming

File:

Download Grey_MS_Thesis_Aug_2017_FINAL.pdf

Committee Members:

Timothy Bralower, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Mark E Patzkowsky, Committee Member
Peter Daniel Wilf, Committee Member

Author:

Richard, Zachary David

Title:

Anomalously Low δ18O Values of High-Latitude Permo-Triassic Paleosol Siderite: Implications for the Hydrologic Cycle during Warm Climate Intervals

Graduate Program:

Geosciences

Keywords:

Siderite
Isotopes
Hydrology
Paleoclimate
Permian
Triassic
Paleosol

File:

Download FINAL_THESIS_.pdf

Committee Members:

Timothy Stapler White, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Lee Kump, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
David Pollard, Committee Member