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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

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