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1. PRINCIPAL AXES OF STRESS AND STRAIN IN THE KUMANO FOREARC BASIN FROM INVERSION OF A NORMAL FAULT POPULATION MAPPED IN A 3D SEISMIC VOLUME, NANKAI TROUGH, SW JAPAN

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Author:: Sacks, Alison F
Title:: PRINCIPAL AXES OF STRESS AND STRAIN IN THE KUMANO FOREARC BASIN FROM INVERSION OF A NORMAL FAULT POPULATION MAPPED IN A 3D SEISMIC VOLUME, NANKAI TROUGH, SW JAPAN
Graduate Program:: Geosciences
Keywords:: Nankai
normal faults
stress
strain
subduction zones
File:: Download Alison_Sacks_Final_Thesis.pdf
Committee Members:: Demian Saffer, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Demian Saffer, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Donald Myron Fisher, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

2. UPPER MANTLE STRUCTURE BENEATH THE GAMBURTSEV SUBGLACIAL MOUNTAINS AND EAST ANTARCTICA FROM BODY-WAVE TOMOGRAPHY

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Author:: Lloyd, Andrew Jason
Title:: UPPER MANTLE STRUCTURE BENEATH THE GAMBURTSEV SUBGLACIAL MOUNTAINS AND EAST ANTARCTICA FROM BODY-WAVE TOMOGRAPHY
Graduate Program:: Geosciences
Keywords:: Antarctica
Tomography
Seismology
File:: Download Lloyd_MS_Thesis_Final.pdf
Committee Members:: Andrew Arnold Nyblade, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Andrew Arnold Nyblade, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

3. GREENHOUSE WARMING BY NITROUS OXIDE AND METHANE IN THE PROTEROZOIC EON

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Author:: Roberson, April Lynne
Title:: GREENHOUSE WARMING BY NITROUS OXIDE AND METHANE IN THE PROTEROZOIC EON
Graduate Program:: Geosciences
Keywords:: Proterozoic
Nitrous Oxide
Methane
File:: Download RobersonThesisUpdated.pdf
Committee Members:: James Kasting, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
James Kasting, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

4. CONTROLS ON FLUVIAL LONGITUDINAL PROFILE AND SEDIMENT CHARACTERISTICS: PREDICTIONS FROM A MORPHODYNAMIC MODEL

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Author:: Fambrough, Brooke Anderson
Title:: CONTROLS ON FLUVIAL LONGITUDINAL PROFILE AND SEDIMENT CHARACTERISTICS: PREDICTIONS FROM A MORPHODYNAMIC MODEL
Graduate Program:: Geosciences
Keywords:: comminution
subsidence
sediment transport
nonequilibrium transport
river
fluvial system
numerical model
variable discharge
File:: Download FambroughThesisFinal3.pdf
Committee Members:: Rudy L Slingerland, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

5. 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

6. Laboratory, Field, and Modeling Analysis of Solute Transport Behavior at the Shale Hills Critical Zone Observatory

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Author:: Kuntz, Brad W
Title:: Laboratory, Field, and Modeling Analysis of Solute Transport Behavior at the Shale Hills Critical Zone Observatory
Graduate Program:: Geosciences
Keywords:: tracer
porosity
permeability
shale
solute transport
Shale Hills
soil cores
soil weathering
anomalous tailing
mobile-immobile
continuous time random walk
MIM
CTRW
critical zone
bromide
File:: Download Kuntz_MSthesisFinal_corrected.pdf
Committee Members:: Kamini Singha, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Kamini Singha, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

7. Geochemistry of 24 Ma basalts from northeast Egypt: Implications for widespread magmatism in northern Africa

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Author:: Endress, Chira Anneli
Title:: Geochemistry of 24 Ma basalts from northeast Egypt: Implications for widespread magmatism in northern Africa
Graduate Program:: Geosciences
Keywords:: basalt
volcanism
Africa
Egypt
isotope geochemistry
mantle plumes
File:: Download EndressThesis2010.pdf
Committee Members:: Tanya Furman, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Tanya Furman, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

8. 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

9. Timing and Kinematics of Neogene Uplift of the Abukuma Massif, Northeastern Honshu, Japan

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Author:: Regalla, Christine Ann
Title:: Timing and Kinematics of Neogene Uplift of the Abukuma Massif, Northeastern Honshu, Japan
Graduate Program:: Geosciences
Keywords:: active tectonics
Japan
forearc
reverse fault
File:: Download Regalla_MS_Thesis.pdf
Committee Members:: Donald Myron Fisher, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Donald Myron Fisher, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

10. Lessons from Soggy Leaves: A Pre-Settlement Flora from White Clay Creek, Chester County, Pennsylvania

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Author:: Grettenberger, Christen Lynn
Title:: Lessons from Soggy Leaves: A Pre-Settlement Flora from White Clay Creek, Chester County, Pennsylvania
Graduate Program:: Geosciences
Keywords:: fossil leaves
Holocene
subfossil flora
paleontology
File:: Download thesis-full-July-26-2011-1.pdf
Committee Members:: Peter Daniel Wilf, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Peter Daniel Wilf, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

11. Accommodation change during bypass across a late stage fan in the shallow Auger Basin

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Author:: Bohn, Charles W
Title:: Accommodation change during bypass across a late stage fan in the shallow Auger Basin
Graduate Program:: Geosciences
Keywords:: deepwater
Auger
bypass
slope accommodation
Macaroni Field
accommodation
File:: Download CWBohnThesis_Final_ETD.pdf
Committee Members:: Peter Flemings, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Dr Peter B Flemings, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

12. 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

13. 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

14. The correlation between joint orientation and transport direction in the Sawtooth Salient, Northern Montana.

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Author:: Cannon, David L
Title:: The correlation between joint orientation and transport direction in the Sawtooth Salient, Northern Montana.
Graduate Program:: Geosciences
Keywords:: Swift Reservoir
stress field
fracturing
transport direction
joint
Sawtooth
Teton Anticline
Sun River
File:: Download 081208_Cannon_Thesis.pdf
Committee Members:: Terry Engelder, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

15. DEPOSITIONAL ENVIRONMENTS OF PALEOCENE PLANT LOCALITIES WITHIN ESTUARINE FACIES OF THE SALAMANCA FORMATION, CHUBUT PROVINCE, ARGENTINA

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Author:: Comer, Emily Elizabeth
Title:: DEPOSITIONAL ENVIRONMENTS OF PALEOCENE PLANT LOCALITIES WITHIN ESTUARINE FACIES OF THE SALAMANCA FORMATION, CHUBUT PROVINCE, ARGENTINA
Graduate Program:: Geosciences
Keywords:: sedimentology
depositional environments
paleobotany
File:: Download EC_finalMastersThesis.pdf
Committee Members:: Rudy Slingerland, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Rudy Slingerland, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

16. Anisotropy beneath the Tibetan Plateau: A survey of shear wave splitting analyses

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Author:: Desser, Elizabeth M
Title:: Anisotropy beneath the Tibetan Plateau: A survey of shear wave splitting analyses
Graduate Program:: Geosciences
Keywords:: Tibet
anisotropy
shear wave splitting
File:: Download Desser-MS-Thesis.pdf
Committee Members:: Charles James Ammon, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Charles James Ammon, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

17. LABORATORY MEASUREMENTS OF PERMEABILITY REDUCTION IN NATURALLY OCCURING SHEAR BANDS FORMED IN UNLITHIFIED SANDS

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Author:: Perez, Enrique
Title:: LABORATORY MEASUREMENTS OF PERMEABILITY REDUCTION IN NATURALLY OCCURING SHEAR BANDS FORMED IN UNLITHIFIED SANDS
Graduate Program:: Geosciences
Keywords:: Cataclasis
Permeability
Shear bands
Deformation bands
File:: Download Perez_M.S._Thesis.pdf
Committee Members:: Demian Saffer, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Demian Saffer, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

18. 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

19. THE ORIGIN OF EARTHQUAKE SWARMS ALONG THE EASTERN BRANCH OF THE EAST AFRICAN RIFT SYSTEM IN TANZANIA

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Author:: Mulibo, Gabriel Daudi
Title:: THE ORIGIN OF EARTHQUAKE SWARMS ALONG THE EASTERN BRANCH OF THE EAST AFRICAN RIFT SYSTEM IN TANZANIA
Graduate Program:: Geosciences
Keywords:: East African Rift System
Earthquake swarm
diking
faulting
File:: Download Gabriel_thesis_final.pdf
Committee Members:: Andrew Arnold Nyblade, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Andrew Arnold Nyblade, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

20. AN EXPERIMENTAL INVESTIGATION OF MULTIPLE SULFUR ISOTOPE FRACTIONATIONS DURING HETEROGENEOUS REACTIONS BETWEEN SO2 AND ACTIVATED CARBON

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Author:: Hamasaki, Hiroshi
Title:: AN EXPERIMENTAL INVESTIGATION OF MULTIPLE SULFUR ISOTOPE FRACTIONATIONS DURING HETEROGENEOUS REACTIONS BETWEEN SO2 AND ACTIVATED CARBON
Graduate Program:: Geosciences
Keywords:: Sulfur isotopes
adsorption
activated carbon
sulfur dioxide
File:: Download Hama_MS_thesis_final.pdf
Committee Members:: Hiroshi Ohmoto, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Hiroshi Ohmoto, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Dr Yumiko Watanabe, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

21. 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

22. CARBON AND HYDROGEN ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION OF METHANE OVER THE LAST 1000 YEARS

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Author:: Mischler, John Anthony
Title:: CARBON AND HYDROGEN ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION OF METHANE OVER THE LAST 1000 YEARS
Graduate Program:: Geosciences
Keywords:: ice core
hydrogen
carbon
isotopes
methane
File:: Download MischlerThesisFinal.pdf
Committee Members:: Todd Anthony Sowers, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Todd Anthony Sowers, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Richard B Alley, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

23. POROSITY PREDICTION FROM SEISMIC DATA USING MULTIATTRIBUTE TRANSFORMATIONS, N SAND, AUGER FIELD, GULF OF MEXICO

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Author:: Valenti, Joseph Christian Adam Frank
Title:: POROSITY PREDICTION FROM SEISMIC DATA USING MULTIATTRIBUTE TRANSFORMATIONS, N SAND, AUGER FIELD, GULF OF MEXICO
Graduate Program:: Geosciences
Keywords:: neural network
porosity
seismic
File:: Download Valenti.Thesis.pdf
Committee Members:: Charles James Ammon, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Charles James Ammon, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

24. 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

25. An experimental study of lithium partitioning between olivine and diopside at upper mantle conditions

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Author:: Yakob, Jessica L
Title:: An experimental study of lithium partitioning between olivine and diopside at upper mantle conditions
Graduate Program:: Geosciences
Keywords:: olivine
lithium partitioning
diopside
File:: Download Yakob_MS_Thesis_Final.pdf
Committee Members:: Maureen Feineman, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Maureen Feineman, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

26. Reconstructing Paleoclimates on West Antarctic Ice Sheet Using Ice Core Bubble Number-Density

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Author:: Fegyveresi, John Michael
Title:: Reconstructing Paleoclimates on West Antarctic Ice Sheet Using Ice Core Bubble Number-Density
Graduate Program:: Geosciences
Keywords:: climate
paleoclimate
ice core
bubble number-density
reconstruction
West Antarctica
modeling
File:: Download Fegyveresi-MSThesis.pdf
Committee Members:: Richard B Alley, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Richard B Alley, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

27. Detecting ENSO Period Changes in a Proxy Record Spanning the Last Millennium

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Author:: Dorin, Joshua N
Title:: Detecting ENSO Period Changes in a Proxy Record Spanning the Last Millennium
Graduate Program:: Geosciences
Keywords:: anthropogenic climate change
ENSO
El Nino - Southern Oscillation
climate change detection
File:: Download Dorin_finalthesis.pdf
Committee Members:: Klaus Keller, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

28. The Effect of Temperature and Precipitation on Sodium Depletion Fronts in Soils Developed on Peoria Loess

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Author:: Williams, Jennifer Zan
Title:: The Effect of Temperature and Precipitation on Sodium Depletion Fronts in Soils Developed on Peoria Loess
Graduate Program:: Geosciences
Keywords:: mathematical modeling
sodium depletion
activation energy of dissolution
albite weathering
climosequence
soils
Global Climate Model
File:: Download WilliamsMS2008.pdf
Committee Members:: Susan Louise Brantley, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

29. An Investigation of the Mechanisms of Calcium Isotopic Fractionation in Gypsum

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Author:: Harouaka, Khadouja
Title:: An Investigation of the Mechanisms of Calcium Isotopic Fractionation in Gypsum
Graduate Program:: Geosciences
Keywords:: isotopic fractionation
calcium
gypsum
File:: Download KH_112811_msthesis.pdf
Committee Members:: Matthew Scott Fantle, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Matthew Scott Fantle, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

30. REGIONAL DEPOSITIONAL TRENDS IN THE DEVONIAN GENESEO/BURKET BLACK SHALE BASED ON GAMMA RAY-DENSITY TRENDS

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Author:: Arnold, LaMichelle Andrea
Title:: REGIONAL DEPOSITIONAL TRENDS IN THE DEVONIAN GENESEO/BURKET BLACK SHALE BASED ON GAMMA RAY-DENSITY TRENDS
Graduate Program:: Geosciences
Keywords:: organic matter
black shale
Geneseo
Burket
gamma ray
bulk density
thickness
File:: Download LaMichelle_Final_Thesis2.pdf
Committee Members:: James Terry Engelder, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Terry Engelder, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

31. 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

32. 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

33. 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

34. The tectonic and thermal evolution of Hawke's Bay Basin, New Zealand

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Author:: Legg, Matthew James
Title:: The tectonic and thermal evolution of Hawke's Bay Basin, New Zealand
Graduate Program:: Geosciences
Keywords:: tectonics
petroleum exploration
hydrocarbon maturation
apatite fission track
File:: Download Legg_MSThesis.pdf
Committee Members:: Kevin Patrick Furlong, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Kevin Patrick Furlong, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

35. Deep Pore Pressures and Seafloor Venting in the Auger Basin, Gulf of Mexico

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Author:: Reilly, Matthew James
Title:: Deep Pore Pressures and Seafloor Venting in the Auger Basin, Gulf of Mexico
Graduate Program:: Geosciences
Keywords:: stratigraphy
fluid dynamics
fluid venting
porepressure
File:: Download M.Reilly_MS_Thesis.pdf
Committee Members:: Dr Peter Flemings, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Dr Peter Flemings, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

36. TROPICAL CANOPY INSECTS LINK LEAF DAMAGE IN FOSSIL AND LIVING FORESTS

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Author:: Ramirez Carvalho, Monica
Title:: TROPICAL CANOPY INSECTS LINK LEAF DAMAGE IN FOSSIL AND LIVING FORESTS
Graduate Program:: Geosciences
Keywords:: herbivory
fossil
canopy crane
paleoherbivory
panama
File:: Download Carvalho-MS_thesis.pdf
Committee Members:: Peter Daniel Wilf, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Peter Daniel Wilf, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

37. Revisiting the Hubbert-rubey Hypothesis for overthrust faulting: Inferences from progressive mineralization on bedding slip surfaces during flexural slip folding of Devonian Shale, the Appalachian Basin, Usa

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Author:: Aydin, Murat Gorkem
Title:: Revisiting the Hubbert-rubey Hypothesis for overthrust faulting: Inferences from progressive mineralization on bedding slip surfaces during flexural slip folding of Devonian Shale, the Appalachian Basin, Usa
Graduate Program:: Geosciences
Keywords:: flexural slip folding
slickensides
cleavage
mirror-like surfaces
File:: Download Murat_Thesis_Final.pdf
Committee Members:: Terry Engelder, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

38. 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

39. Thermal and geologic constraints on the Cretaceous-to-neogene tectonic development of the Klamath Mountains, Northern California

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Author:: Piotraschke, Rachel
Title:: Thermal and geologic constraints on the Cretaceous-to-neogene tectonic development of the Klamath Mountains, Northern California
Graduate Program:: Geosciences
Keywords:: western U.S. tectonics
low-temperature thermochronology
detachment fault
Klamath Mountains
apatite (U-Th)/He
File:: Download thesis_final_Mar17_ALL.pdf
Committee Members:: Kevin Patrick Furlong, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

40. PORE PRESSURE DEVELOPMENT IN UNDERTHRUST SEDIMENTS AT THE NANKAI SUBDUCTION ZONE: IMPLICATIONS FOR DECOLLEMENT MECHANICS AND SEDIMENT DEWATERING

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Author:: Skarbek, Robert Maurice
Title:: PORE PRESSURE DEVELOPMENT IN UNDERTHRUST SEDIMENTS AT THE NANKAI SUBDUCTION ZONE: IMPLICATIONS FOR DECOLLEMENT MECHANICS AND SEDIMENT DEWATERING
Graduate Program:: Geosciences
Keywords:: marine hydrogeology
marine geology and geophysics
subduction zone processes
File:: Download Robert.M.Skarbek__Final_Thesis.pdf
Committee Members:: Demian Saffer, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Demian Saffer, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

41. Geochemistry and Depositional Environment of the Union Springs Member of the Marcellus Shale in Pennsylvania

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Author:: Bracht, Reed Owen
Title:: Geochemistry and Depositional Environment of the Union Springs Member of the Marcellus Shale in Pennsylvania
Graduate Program:: Geosciences
Keywords:: trace metals
Union Springs
Marcellus Shale
black shales
File:: Download Bracht_Thesis_2010.pdf
Committee Members:: James Terry Engelder, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Michael Allan Arthur, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Terry Engelder, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

42. WHAT IS THE SKILL OF CLIMATE PARAMETER ESTIMATION METHODS? A CASE STUDY WITH GLOBAL AVERAGE OBSERVATIONAL CONSTRAINTS.

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Author:: Olson, Roman
Title:: WHAT IS THE SKILL OF CLIMATE PARAMETER ESTIMATION METHODS? A CASE STUDY WITH GLOBAL AVERAGE OBSERVATIONAL CONSTRAINTS.
Graduate Program:: Geosciences
Keywords:: Climate sensitivity
Bayesian methods
climate models
ocean diffusivity
climate change
File:: Download RT_Thesis_Form_Rev.pdf
Committee Members:: Klaus Keller, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Klaus Keller, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

43. Observations and Analysis of Repeating Earthquakes beneath the Aceh Basin, Northern Sumatra

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Author:: Barrett, Sarah Anne
Title:: Observations and Analysis of Repeating Earthquakes beneath the Aceh Basin, Northern Sumatra
Graduate Program:: Geosciences
Keywords:: Earthquakes
seismology
Sumatra
subduction
repeating earthquakes
File:: Download sarahbarrett.pdf
Committee Members:: Charles James Ammon, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Charles James Ammon, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

44. Uppermost mantle P-wave velocity structure of the Main Ethiopian Rift

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Author:: Rouse, Stewart Desmond
Title:: Uppermost mantle P-wave velocity structure of the Main Ethiopian Rift
Graduate Program:: Geosciences
Keywords:: Ethiopia
Main Ethiopian Rift
East Africa
Pn tomography
File:: Download Stewart_Rouse_MS_Thesis.pdf
Committee Members:: Andrew Arnold Nyblade, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Andrew Arnold Nyblade, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

45. LATE PLEISTOCENE SLIP RATES ALONG THE PANAMINT VALLEY FAULT ZONE, EASTERN CALIFORNIA

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Author:: Hoffman, William Robert
Title:: LATE PLEISTOCENE SLIP RATES ALONG THE PANAMINT VALLEY FAULT ZONE, EASTERN CALIFORNIA
Graduate Program:: Geosciences
Keywords:: Panamint Valley
slip rate
faults
eastern california
cosmogenic radionuclides
LiDAR
File:: Download Hoffman_Thesis_Upload.pdf
Committee Members:: Dr Eric Kirby, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Dr Eric Kirby, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

46. Basal Roughness at Upper Thwaites Glacier

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Author:: Boon, Xiang Ying Rebecca
Title:: Basal Roughness at Upper Thwaites Glacier
Graduate Program:: Geosciences
Keywords:: Thwaites Glacier
wavelets
spectral analysis
roughness
melt
glaciers
ice
geophysics
glaciology
geoscience
roughness
File:: Download boon_thesis_2011.pdf
Committee Members:: Sridhar Anandakrishnan, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Sridhar Anandakrishnan, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

47. Transient channel incision in response to the Mendocino triple junction migration, northern California

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Author:: Shi, Xuhua
Title:: Transient channel incision in response to the Mendocino triple junction migration, northern California
Graduate Program:: Geosciences
Keywords:: northern California
Mendocino Triple Junction
Transient channel incision
Coast Ranges
File:: Download Shi_X_MS_thesis.pdf
Committee Members:: Eric Kirby, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Eric Kirby, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Kevin Patrick Furlong, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

48. CARBON ADDITION DURING THE PALEOCENE-EOCENE THERMAL MAXIMUM: MODEL INVERSION OF A NEW, HIGH-RESOLUTION CARBON ISOTOPE RECORD FROM SVALBARD

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Author:: Cui, Ying
Title:: CARBON ADDITION DURING THE PALEOCENE-EOCENE THERMAL MAXIMUM: MODEL INVERSION OF A NEW, HIGH-RESOLUTION CARBON ISOTOPE RECORD FROM SVALBARD
Graduate Program:: Geosciences
Keywords:: earth system model
Paleocene-Eocene thermal maximum
ä13Corg
carbonate dissolution
File:: Download MS_Thesis_Ying_Cui_final.pdf
Committee Members:: Lee Kump, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Lee Kump, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

49. Sequence Stratigraphy and Depositional Environments of the Shamokin (Union Springs) Mbr., Marcellus Fm. and Associated Strata in the Middle Appalachian Basin

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Author:: Kohl, Daniel Raymond
Title:: Sequence Stratigraphy and Depositional Environments of the Shamokin (Union Springs) Mbr., Marcellus Fm. and Associated Strata in the Middle Appalachian Basin
Graduate Program:: Geosciences
Keywords:: Marcellus
Mudrock
Shale
Sequence Stratigraphy
Appalachian Basin
Middle Devonian Stratigraphy
Mudstone deposition
File:: Download Kohl_Thesis_Final2.pdf
Committee Members:: Rudy Slingerland, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

50. Spatio-temporal Variability in the Phototrophic Chemocline Community at Fayetteville Green Lake (new York)

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Author:: Hunter, Stamatina Elizabeth
Title:: Spatio-temporal Variability in the Phototrophic Chemocline Community at Fayetteville Green Lake (new York)
Graduate Program:: Geosciences
Keywords:: Green Lake
Meromictic
anoxia
euxinia
biomarkers
pigments
carotenoids.
File:: Download Hunter_Stamatina_M.S.FinalThesis.pdf
Committee Members:: Lee Kump, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

51. Spatial Variation of Chemical Constituents in Natural Waters and Their Relation to Incidence of Buruli Ulcer in Gold-mining Regions of Ghana

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Author:: Hagarty, Julianne
Title:: Spatial Variation of Chemical Constituents in Natural Waters and Their Relation to Incidence of Buruli Ulcer in Gold-mining Regions of Ghana
Graduate Program:: Geosciences
Keywords:: Buruli ulcer
Mycobacterium ulcerans
Ghana
water chemistry
File:: Download Julianne_Hagarty_MS_thesis.pdf
Committee Members:: Kamini Singha, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

52. Characterizing Differing Modes of Supraglacial Lake Drainage Events along the Western Margin of the Greenland Ice Sheet using GPS, Passive Seismic, and MODIS Satellite Data

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Author:: Justin, Randy Michael
Title:: Characterizing Differing Modes of Supraglacial Lake Drainage Events along the Western Margin of the Greenland Ice Sheet using GPS, Passive Seismic, and MODIS Satellite Data
Graduate Program:: Geosciences
Keywords:: Greenland
Ice sheet
seismic
microseismic
GPS
MODIS
glaciology
glacial
supra-glacial lake
supraglacial lake
File:: Download R_JustinThesisFinal.pdf
Committee Members:: Sridhar Anadakrishnan, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Richard B Alley, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Derrick Lampkin, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

53. Late Miocene Erosion and Evolution of Topography along the Western Slope of the Colorado Rockies

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Author:: Rosenberg, Russell Harris
Title:: Late Miocene Erosion and Evolution of Topography along the Western Slope of the Colorado Rockies
Graduate Program:: Geosciences
Keywords:: Rocky Mountains
Colorado
incision
uplift
dynamic topography
mantle
Late Miocene
Yampa River
White River
File:: Download Rosenberg_MS_Thesis_Final.pdf
Committee Members:: Dr Eric Kirby, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

54. Effects of Cocos Ridge Collision on the Western Caribbean: Is There a Panama Block?

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Author:: Kobayashi, Daisuke
Title:: Effects of Cocos Ridge Collision on the Western Caribbean: Is There a Panama Block?
Graduate Program:: Geosciences
Keywords:: Tectonics
Neotectonics
Geodynamics
GPS Geodesy
Seismic Hazard
File:: Download Daisuke_Kobayashi_MS_Thesis.pdf
Committee Members:: Peter Christopher Lafemina, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

55. Weathering responses to rapid climate change: analysis of a high resolution osmium isotope record at the Paleocene-Eocene Thermal Maximum

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Author:: Wieczorek, Rebecca A.
Title:: Weathering responses to rapid climate change: analysis of a high resolution osmium isotope record at the Paleocene-Eocene Thermal Maximum
Graduate Program:: Geosciences
Keywords:: PETM
osmium
Spitsbergen
Arctic
weathering
File:: Download Thesis_final_draft6.pdf
Committee Members:: Matthew Scott Fantle, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Lee Kump, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

56. Regional Moment Tensors from the 2010-2012 Canterbury Earthquake Sequence, South Island, New Zealand

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Author:: Herman, Matthew William
Title:: Regional Moment Tensors from the 2010-2012 Canterbury Earthquake Sequence, South Island, New Zealand
Graduate Program:: Geosciences
Keywords:: Earthquake
New Zealand
Moment tensor
File:: Download MWHerman_MScThesis.pdf
Committee Members:: Kevin Patrick Furlong, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

57. Subfossil Leaves from Lancaster County, Pennsylvania Reveal a New Upland Floral Component of the Pre-European Piedmont Landscape.

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Author:: Elliott, Sara Jean
Title:: Subfossil Leaves from Lancaster County, Pennsylvania Reveal a New Upland Floral Component of the Pre-European Piedmont Landscape.
Graduate Program:: Geosciences
Keywords:: Plant Macrofossils
Piedmont
Stream Restoration
Paleontology
Paleoecology
File:: Download Elliott.S_MSThesis_8.6.12.pdf
Committee Members:: Peter Daniel Wilf, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

58. Organization and Distribution of Middle Devonian Biofacies Within a Sequence Stratigraphic Framework, Huntingdon County, Pennsylvania, USA

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Author:: Deptola, Travis Joseph
Title:: Organization and Distribution of Middle Devonian Biofacies Within a Sequence Stratigraphic Framework, Huntingdon County, Pennsylvania, USA
Graduate Program:: Geosciences
Keywords:: biofacies
gradients
niche
Devonian
Hamilton
Mahantango
spatial variability
File:: Download DEPTOLA_TJ_FINAL_redo.pdf
Committee Members:: MARK E PATZKOWSKY, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

59. Geomechanical Properties of Marcellus Shale Core Samples within a Sequence Stratigraphic Framework

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Author:: Call, Travis T
Title:: Geomechanical Properties of Marcellus Shale Core Samples within a Sequence Stratigraphic Framework
Graduate Program:: Geosciences
Keywords:: geomechanical properties
fracture toughness
tensile strength
elastic modulus
Brinell hardness
Marcellus shale
File:: Download Call_thesis_final.pdf
Committee Members:: James Terry Engelder, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Dr Rudy Slingerland, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Chris J Marone, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

60. The Contribution of Regional Variability to Beta Diversity: A Case Study of the Deep-water Marine Communities of the Middle Upper Ordovician of Eastern Laurentia

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Author:: Perkons, Eriks
Title:: The Contribution of Regional Variability to Beta Diversity: A Case Study of the Deep-water Marine Communities of the Middle Upper Ordovician of Eastern Laurentia
Graduate Program:: Geosciences
Keywords:: Paleontology
Paleoecology
Geobiology
Ordovician
Trenton
Gradient
Biofacies
Beta diversity
Salona
Coburn
File:: Download Perkons_Thesis_Upload_2.pdf
Committee Members:: MARK E PATZKOWSKY, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Peter Daniel Wilf, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Michael Allan Arthur, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

61. Rare leaf fossils of Monimiaceae and Atherospermataceae (Laurales) from Eocene Patagonian rainforests and their biogeographic significance.

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Author:: Knight, Cassandra
Title:: Rare leaf fossils of Monimiaceae and Atherospermataceae (Laurales) from Eocene Patagonian rainforests and their biogeographic significance.
Graduate Program:: Geosciences
Keywords:: Eocene
Patagonia
Monimiaceae
Atherospermataceae
Paleobiogeography
File:: Download Knight_MS_thesis.pdf
Committee Members:: Peter Daniel Wilf, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

62. Crustal Structure of Southeastern Tanzania

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Author:: Young, Alysa Joann
Title:: Crustal Structure of Southeastern Tanzania
Graduate Program:: Geosciences
Keywords:: Southeastern Tanzania
Karoo
Ruvu Basin
Mandawa Basin
Ruvuma Basin
P-wave receiver functions
Joint Inversion
File:: Download AlysaJYoung_MSthesis.pdf
Committee Members:: Andrew Arnold Nyblade, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

63. Crustal shear wave velocity structure of Tanzania from ambient seismic noise tomography and the thicknesses of Karoo and younger basins in Southeastern Tanzania

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Author:: Boyle, Katie Rose
Title:: Crustal shear wave velocity structure of Tanzania from ambient seismic noise tomography and the thicknesses of Karoo and younger basins in Southeastern Tanzania
Graduate Program:: Geosciences
Keywords:: ambient seismic noise
tomography
East Africa
shear wave
crustal structure
Karoo
Southeastern Tanzania
sedimentary
basin
File:: Download ThesisvFinal.pdf
Committee Members:: Andrew Arnold Nyblade, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Charles James Ammon, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Peter Christopher Lafemina, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

64. Inter-rifting and Inter-seismic Strain Accumulation in a Propagating Ridge System: A Study From South Iceland

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Author:: Travis, Matthew Edward
Title:: Inter-rifting and Inter-seismic Strain Accumulation in a Propagating Ridge System: A Study From South Iceland
Graduate Program:: Geosciences
Keywords:: Mid-Atlantic Ridge
Iceland
Strain Accumulation
Propagating Ridge
File:: Download MT_thesis_final.pdf
Committee Members:: Peter Christopher Lafemina, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

65. Shallow water redox conditions from Permian-triassic boundary microbialites: the rare earth element and iodine geochemistry of carbonates from Turkey and South China

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Author:: Loope, Garrison Richard
Title:: Shallow water redox conditions from Permian-triassic boundary microbialites: the rare earth element and iodine geochemistry of carbonates from Turkey and South China
Graduate Program:: Geosciences
Keywords:: Mass extinction
Permian
Triassic
REE
rare earth elements
anoxia
iodine
File:: Download Thesis_Final__2_.pdf
Committee Members:: Lee Kump, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

66. Evaluating controls on crevasse-splay growth in modern and ancient fluvial systems

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Author:: Millard, Craig Louis
Title:: Evaluating controls on crevasse-splay growth in modern and ancient fluvial systems
Graduate Program:: Geosciences
Keywords:: Crevasse-splay
Splay
River
Fluvial
Avulsion
Sedimentology
File:: Download Craig_Millard_Thesis_whole_011013.pdf
Committee Members:: Elizabeth Ann Hajek, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

67. strain history of the taiwan orogenic belt, measured from syntectonic pressure shadows

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Author:: Mondro, Claire A
Title:: strain history of the taiwan orogenic belt, measured from syntectonic pressure shadows
Graduate Program:: Geosciences
Keywords:: taiwan
tectonics
pressure shadows
strain history
File:: Download Mondro_MSthesis.pdf
Committee Members:: Donald Myron Fisher, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

68. Grain size controls on planform morphology and stratigraphy of river-dominated deltas

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Author:: Burpee, Alexander Paul
Title:: Grain size controls on planform morphology and stratigraphy of river-dominated deltas
Graduate Program:: Geosciences
Keywords:: delta
clinoform
stratigrpahy
Ferron
File:: Download 1-Burpee_Alex_Thesis.pdf
Committee Members:: Rudy Slingerland, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

69. The Influence of Fluid Properties on Geometric Complexity and Breakdown Pressure of Hydraulic Fracture

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Author:: Alpern, Jennifer Staci
Title:: The Influence of Fluid Properties on Geometric Complexity and Breakdown Pressure of Hydraulic Fracture
Graduate Program:: Geosciences
Keywords:: hydraulic fracture
unconventional
hydrocarbon
geology
File:: Download Alpern_MSThesis_all.pdf
Committee Members:: Chris Marone, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

70. Quantifying the areal extent and dissolved oxygen concentrations of Archean oxygen oases

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Author:: Olson, Stephanie Leigh
Title:: Quantifying the areal extent and dissolved oxygen concentrations of Archean oxygen oases
Graduate Program:: Geosciences
Keywords:: oxygen oases
redox evolution
oxygenic photosynthesis
Archean
earth system model
File:: Download SLO_MSthesis.pdf
Committee Members:: Lee Kump, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

71. Electron Transfer and the Roles of Flavins during Iron(III) Reduction by Shewanella Oneidensis

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Author:: Puls, Brendan William
Title:: Electron Transfer and the Roles of Flavins during Iron(III) Reduction by Shewanella Oneidensis
Graduate Program:: Geosciences
Keywords:: electron transfer
flavins
Shewanella oneidensis
File:: Download Brendan_Puls_-_Masters_Thesis.pdf
Committee Members:: James David Kubicki, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

72. The Atmospheric Production of Glycolaldehyde Under Hazy, Prebiotic Conditions

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Author:: Harman, Chester Ervin
Title:: The Atmospheric Production of Glycolaldehyde Under Hazy, Prebiotic Conditions
Graduate Program:: Geosciences
Keywords:: glycolaldehyde
prebiotic
chemistry
atmosphere
RNA precursor
hydrocarbon haze
File:: Download Harman_MS_Thesis_-_Final.pdf
Committee Members:: James Kasting, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

73. Novel insect leaf-mining at Mexican Hat, Montana (early Paleocene) and the demise of Cretaceous leaf miners

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Author:: Donovan, Michael Philip
Title:: Novel insect leaf-mining at Mexican Hat, Montana (early Paleocene) and the demise of Cretaceous leaf miners
Graduate Program:: Geosciences
Keywords:: plant-insect interactions
Cretaceous-Paleogene extinction
herbivory
paleoecology
Fort Union Formation
Powder River Basin
File:: Download Donovan_Thesis_Final.pdf
Committee Members:: Peter Daniel Wilf, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

74. The effect of oxygen fugacity on the equilibrium partitioning of lithium between olivine and clinopyroxene

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Author:: Deane, James Anthony
Title:: The effect of oxygen fugacity on the equilibrium partitioning of lithium between olivine and clinopyroxene
Graduate Program:: Geosciences
Keywords:: Lithium
Petrology
Experimental petrology
oxygen fugacity
equilibrium partitioning
mantle chemistry
xenolith
File:: Download Deane_M.S._Thesis.pdf
Committee Members:: Maureen Feineman, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

75. Exploring a 60-year record of manganese deposition in Marietta Ohio using soil chemistry and atmospheric dispersion modeling

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Author:: Carter, Megan Rene
Title:: Exploring a 60-year record of manganese deposition in Marietta Ohio using soil chemistry and atmospheric dispersion modeling
Graduate Program:: Geosciences
Keywords:: soil
manganese
heavy metal contamination
atmospheric deposition
File:: Download Megan_Carter_Thesis_8_13.pdf
Committee Members:: Susan Louise Brantley, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

76. A Monogenetic Alkali Basalt Field East of the Andean Arc Between 34° and 35° S: Implications for Mantle Composition

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Author:: Murray, Timothy Talmadge
Title:: A Monogenetic Alkali Basalt Field East of the Andean Arc Between 34° and 35° S: Implications for Mantle Composition
Graduate Program:: Geosciences
Keywords:: Northern Southern Volcanic Zone
NSVZ
retro-arc basalts
Sr isotopes
Nd isotopes
Hf isotopes
Pb isotopes
Payenia
Andes
File:: Download 1-Murray_MS_Thesis_Spring2013.pdf
Committee Members:: Maureen Feineman, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Tanya Furman, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Peter Christopher Lafemina, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

77. THE EFFECT OF ARCHEAN OCEANS ON CYANOBACTERIA, GREEN SULFUR BACTERIA AND THE RISE OF OXYGEN

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Author:: Baumann, Beth Anne
Title:: THE EFFECT OF ARCHEAN OCEANS ON CYANOBACTERIA, GREEN SULFUR BACTERIA AND THE RISE OF OXYGEN
Graduate Program:: Geosciences
Keywords:: Archean
early earth
anoxic atmosphere
rise of oxygen
early atmsophere
File:: Download BethBaumann.MS.thesis.pdf
Committee Members:: Christopher Howard House, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

78. Crustal structure in eastern and southern Africa with implications for secular variation in Precambrian crustal genesis

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Author:: Kachingwe, Marsella Kashenya
Title:: Crustal structure in eastern and southern Africa with implications for secular variation in Precambrian crustal genesis
Graduate Program:: Geosciences
Keywords:: crustal structure
eastern and southern africa
receiver functions
File:: Download MS_Thesis_Kachingwe_r.pdf
Committee Members:: Andrew Arnold Nyblade, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

79. Culture-dependent and independent studies of sulfur oxidizing bacteria from the Frasassi Caves

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Author:: Tsao, Leah Emily
Title:: Culture-dependent and independent studies of sulfur oxidizing bacteria from the Frasassi Caves
Graduate Program:: Geosciences
Keywords:: sulfur oxidizing bacteria
Thiobacillus baregensis
Sulfuricurvum kujiense
sulfuric acid speleogenesis
Frasassi Caves
File:: Download Tsao2014_Thesis.pdf
Committee Members:: Jennifer Macalady, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Christopher Howard House, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Demian Saffer, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Katherine Haines Freeman, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

80. Impact Of Co2 On Fracture Complexity When Used As A Fracture Fluid In Rock

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Author:: Culp, Brian Michael
Title:: Impact Of Co2 On Fracture Complexity When Used As A Fracture Fluid In Rock
Graduate Program:: Geosciences
Keywords:: Rock Mechanics
Fracturing
Unconventional
Bluestone
PMMA
hydraulic fracture
hydrocarbon
geology
File:: Download MSThesis_BrianCulp.pdf
Committee Members:: Chris J Marone, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Derek Elsworth, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Charles James Ammon, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

81. In-situ observation of calcium carbonate phase heterogeneity during mineral precipitation: Implications for the interpretation of calcium carbonate based proxies

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Author:: Gonzales, Matthew Scott
Title:: In-situ observation of calcium carbonate phase heterogeneity during mineral precipitation: Implications for the interpretation of calcium carbonate based proxies
Graduate Program:: Geosciences
Keywords:: Calcite
vaterite
calcium isotopes
paleoproxy development
File:: Download MSGonzales_MastersThesis_0814.pdf
Committee Members:: Matthew Scott Fantle, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Michael Allan Arthur, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Peter J Heaney, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
James David Kubicki, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

82. Australian analogs for an Eocene Patagonian Paleorainforest

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Author:: Merkhofer, Lisa Marie
Title:: Australian analogs for an Eocene Patagonian Paleorainforest
Graduate Program:: Geosciences
Keywords:: leaf size
paleoecology
Laguna del Hunco
paleorainforest
File:: Download Final_Merkhofer_thesis.pdf
Committee Members:: Peter Daniel Wilf, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

83. analyzing the state of lithospheric stress in greater thailand through finite element modeling

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Author:: Meyers, Beth Sarah
Title:: analyzing the state of lithospheric stress in greater thailand through finite element modeling
Graduate Program:: Geosciences
Keywords:: thailand
active faults
earthquakes
modeling
finite element
tectonics
geodynamics
shear stress
stress
File:: Download Meyers_thesis2.pdf
Committee Members:: Kevin Patrick Furlong, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

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

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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

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

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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

86. STABLE ISOTOPE AND LIPID SIGNATURES OF PLANTS ACROSS A CLIMATE GRADIENT: IMPLICATIONS FOR BIOMARKER-BASED PALEOCLIMATE RECONSTRUCTIONS

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Author:: Doman, Christine Elizabeth
Title:: STABLE ISOTOPE AND LIPID SIGNATURES OF PLANTS ACROSS A CLIMATE GRADIENT: IMPLICATIONS FOR BIOMARKER-BASED PALEOCLIMATE RECONSTRUCTIONS
Graduate Program:: Geosciences
Keywords:: Isotpe fractionation
n-alkanes
C4
Kohala
Kikuyu grass
File:: Download Doman_MS_Thesis.pdf
Committee Members:: Katherine Haines Freeman, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

87. mechanisms of sulfur isotope fractionation during thermochemical sulfate reduction by amino acids: implications for the Mif-s record in archean rocks

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Author:: Chorney, Andrew Philip
Title:: mechanisms of sulfur isotope fractionation during thermochemical sulfate reduction by amino acids: implications for the Mif-s record in archean rocks
Graduate Program:: Geosciences
Keywords:: sulfur
isotopes
TSR
Archean
MIF-S
mass independent
atmosphere evolution
oxygenation
File:: Download Masters_Thesis-Andrew_Chorney-edit1.pdf
Committee Members:: Hiroshi Ohmoto, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Matthew Scott Fantle, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Christopher Howard House, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

88. A Quantitative Assesment of the Effects of Base Level Fall and basin Depth on River-dominated Deltas

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Author:: Cederberg, James Andrew
Title:: A Quantitative Assesment of the Effects of Base Level Fall and basin Depth on River-dominated Deltas
Graduate Program:: Geosciences
Keywords:: deltas
rivers
base level fall
sea level fall
sequence stratigraphy
sedimentology
modeling
Delft3D
morphodynamics
File:: Download FINAL_CEDERBERG_THESIS_Nov_17_2014.pdf
Committee Members:: Rudy Slingerland, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

89. Thermal Maturity of Gas Shales in the Appalachian Plateau of Pennsylvania

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Author:: Modlich, Mitchell Andrew
Title:: Thermal Maturity of Gas Shales in the Appalachian Plateau of Pennsylvania
Graduate Program:: Geosciences
Keywords:: Appalachian Basin
Thermal Maturity
Gas Shale
Thermal Modeling
Devonian
File:: Download Modlich_MS_Thesis.pdf
Committee Members:: Rudy Slingerland, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

90. The origin of a basin-scale thin limestone: the Middle Devonian Cherry Valley Member, Marcellus Formation

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Author:: Wang, Jiuyuan
Title:: The origin of a basin-scale thin limestone: the Middle Devonian Cherry Valley Member, Marcellus Formation
Graduate Program:: Geosciences
Keywords:: Depositional environment
Redox condition
Marcellus shale
File:: Download Wang_Jiuyuan_Thesis.pdf
Committee Members:: Michael Allan Arthur, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Lee Kump, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Mark E Patzkowsky, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

91. In situ pE-pH Analysis on the oxidation kinetics of manganese bearing solution

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Author:: Ethier Colon, William Camilo
Title:: In situ pE-pH Analysis on the oxidation kinetics of manganese bearing solution
Graduate Program:: Geosciences
Keywords:: kinetics
manganese oxidation
rate equation
feitknechtite
groutite
hausmannite
pH
pE
File:: Download WEC_MS_THESIS_FINAL_DRAFT.pdf
Committee Members:: Hiroshi Ohmoto, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

92. Evaluation of Variability in Soil Organic Carbon Isotope Record and Implications for Organic Matter Preservation

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Author:: Chung, Angela Hsien
Title:: Evaluation of Variability in Soil Organic Carbon Isotope Record and Implications for Organic Matter Preservation
Graduate Program:: Geosciences
Keywords:: Organic carbon
isotopes
residence time
PETM
File:: Download Chung_Thesis_final.pdf
Committee Members:: Katherine Haines Freeman, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

93. The role of poroelasticity during disequilibrium compaction and hydrocarbon generation on horizontal stress in the Devonian section of the Appalachian Basin

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Author:: Johnston, Thomas James
Title:: The role of poroelasticity during disequilibrium compaction and hydrocarbon generation on horizontal stress in the Devonian section of the Appalachian Basin
Graduate Program:: Geosciences
Keywords:: Marcellus
poroelasticity
modeling
gas shale
File:: Download JohnstonMSThesis2015.pdf
Committee Members:: Terry Engelder, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Rudy Slingerland, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Demian Saffer, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

94. Uplift and shortening in the Nepalese and Indian Sub-himalaya determined with quantitative geomorphology

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Author:: Meghani, Nooreen Amina
Title:: Uplift and shortening in the Nepalese and Indian Sub-himalaya determined with quantitative geomorphology
Graduate Program:: Geosciences
Keywords:: geomorphology
stream channel incision
Sub-Himalaya
Main Frontal Thrust Fault
Siwalik Hills
File:: Download Meghani_thesis_compiled_final.pdf
Committee Members:: Eric Kirby, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

95. Fine Sediment Deposition and Storage in Sandy-Fluvial Systems

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Author:: Wysocki, Nathaniel P
Title:: Fine Sediment Deposition and Storage in Sandy-Fluvial Systems
Graduate Program:: Geosciences
Keywords:: fluvial sedimentology
fine sediment
sandy fluvial systems
sedimentology
surface processes
fluvial
File:: Download Wysocki_thesis.pdf
Committee Members:: Elizabeth Ann Hajek, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

96. Experimental investigation of permeability and mechanical evolution of cataclastic deformation bands

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Author:: Miller, Peter Kent
Title:: Experimental investigation of permeability and mechanical evolution of cataclastic deformation bands
Graduate Program:: Geosciences
Keywords:: Rock mechanics
deformation bands
sandstone
permeability
reservoir mechanics
File:: Download Miller_Thesis_final.pdf
Committee Members:: Demian Saffer, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Chris J Marone, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

97. Lithofacies and Transport of Clastic Sediments in Kartsic Aquifers

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Author:: Bosch, Rachel Frances
Title:: Lithofacies and Transport of Clastic Sediments in Kartsic Aquifers
Graduate Program:: Geosciences
Keywords:: karst
cave
sediment
clastic sediment transport
channel facies
slackwater facies
backswamp facies
thalweg
diamicton
File:: Download R_Bosch_MS_Thesis.pdf
Committee Members:: William Blaine White, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

98. Sequence Stratigraphy and Depostional Environments of the Burkett Mbr., Harrell Fm. and Associated Strata in the Northern Appalachian Basin

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Author:: Swanson, Courtney E
Title:: Sequence Stratigraphy and Depostional Environments of the Burkett Mbr., Harrell Fm. and Associated Strata in the Northern Appalachian Basin
Graduate Program:: Geosciences
Keywords:: Burkett
stratigraphy
sequence
Tully
Appalachian
black shale
shale
File:: Download Swanson_Thesis_Final_rev.pdf
Committee Members:: Rudy Slingerland, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

99. Investigation of fold growth in North Canterbury, South Island, New Zealand

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Author:: Vanderleest, Rebecca Anne
Title:: Investigation of fold growth in North Canterbury, South Island, New Zealand
Graduate Program:: Geosciences
Keywords:: terraces
fold
trishear
File:: Download VanderLeest_R_Thesis.pdf
Committee Members:: Donald Myron Fisher, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Roman Alexander Dibiase, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Kevin Patrick Furlong, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Michael Allan Arthur, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

100. Taxonomic and ecologic implications of mammoth molar morphology as measured via computed tomography (CT)

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Author:: Smith, Gregory James
Title:: Taxonomic and ecologic implications of mammoth molar morphology as measured via computed tomography (CT)
Graduate Program:: Geosciences
Keywords:: Mammoth
taxonomy
ecology
teeth
molar
morphology
computed tomography
CT
paleontology
geology
quaternary
pleistocene
File:: Download Thesis_Final_v2.pdf
Committee Members:: Russell W Graham, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Eric S Post, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
MARK E PATZKOWSKY, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Timothy Michael Ryan, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

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