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2. CATCHMENT-SCALE SOIL WATER RETENTION CHARACTERISTICS AND DELINEATION OF HYDROPEDOLOGICAL FUNCTIONAL UNITS IN THE SHALE HILLS CATCHMENT

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Author:
Baldwin, Douglas C
Title:
CATCHMENT-SCALE SOIL WATER RETENTION CHARACTERISTICS AND DELINEATION OF HYDROPEDOLOGICAL FUNCTIONAL UNITS IN THE SHALE HILLS CATCHMENT
Graduate Program:
Soil Science
Keywords:
soil water retention
functional units
catchment-scale
File:
Download Thesis_final.pdf
Committee Members:
Henry Lin, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Hangsheng Lin, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

3. PEDOGENIC FATE AND TRANSPORT OF TOTAL MERCURY ACROSS SUBAERIAL AND SUBAQUEOUS SOILS IN AN APPALACHIAN PLATEAU IMPOUNDMENT

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Author:
Erich, Emilie Luise
Title:
PEDOGENIC FATE AND TRANSPORT OF TOTAL MERCURY ACROSS SUBAERIAL AND SUBAQUEOUS SOILS IN AN APPALACHIAN PLATEAU IMPOUNDMENT
Graduate Program:
Soil Science
Keywords:
subaqueous
soil
management
mercury
File:
Download Erich_MS_Thesis_2010.pdf
Committee Members:
Patrick Joseph Drohan, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Patrick Joseph Drohan, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

6. STATIC AND DYNAMIC CONTROLS OF SOIL MOISTURE VARIABILITY IN THE SHALE HILLS CATCHMENT

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Author:
Takagi, Kenneth
Title:
STATIC AND DYNAMIC CONTROLS OF SOIL MOISTURE VARIABILITY IN THE SHALE HILLS CATCHMENT
Graduate Program:
Soil Science
Keywords:
hydropedology
soil moisture
File:
Download 120309_thesis_formatted.pdf
Committee Members:
Henry Lin, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Henry Lin, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Patrick Joseph Drohan, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Elizabeth Weeks Boyer, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

9. Revegetation of an Acid Mine Drainage - Impacted Soil Using Low Rates of Lime and Compost

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Author:
Lupton, Mary Kay
Title:
Revegetation of an Acid Mine Drainage - Impacted Soil Using Low Rates of Lime and Compost
Graduate Program:
Soil Science
Keywords:
Compost
Acid Mine Drainage
Revegetation
Lime
File:
Download MaryKay_MS_Thesis.pdf
Committee Members:
Maryann Victoria Bruns, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Maryann Victoria Bruns, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Curtis James Dell, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Herschel Adams Elliott, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

15. Long-term Treated Wastewater Irrigation Effects on Hydraulic Conductivity and Soil Quality at Penn State's Living Filter

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Author:
Larson, Zachary Marcus
Title:
Long-term Treated Wastewater Irrigation Effects on Hydraulic Conductivity and Soil Quality at Penn State's Living Filter
Graduate Program:
Soil Science
Keywords:
Living Filter
Treated wastewater irrigation
Effluent irrigation
File:
Download Zachary_Larson_-_MS_thesis.pdf
Committee Members:
John Earl Watson, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
John Earl Watson, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

17. Characterizing estrogen behavior in effluent irrigated soils at Penn State's "living Filter" site

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Author:
Woodward, Emily Elizabeth
Title:
Characterizing estrogen behavior in effluent irrigated soils at Penn State's "living Filter" site
Graduate Program:
Soil Science
Keywords:
Estrogen transport
Effluent irrigation
Sorption
Estrogen extraction methodology
File:
Download Woodward_Thesis.pdf
Committee Members:
John Earl Watson, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Patrick Joseph Drohan, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Herschel Adams Elliott, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

18. Soil-plant System Response to Lime and Phosphorus Amendments of an Andisol of the Andean Highlands of Ecuador

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Author:
Webber, Kathleen Ann
Title:
Soil-plant System Response to Lime and Phosphorus Amendments of an Andisol of the Andean Highlands of Ecuador
Graduate Program:
Soil Science
Keywords:
phosphorus
Andisol
Andic
volcanic
Ecuador
Andes
lime
amendment
soil
soil fertility
barley
P
sorption
adsorption
File:
Download K_Webber__MSThesis.pdf
Committee Members:
Richard Charles Stehouwer, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Carmen Enid Martinez, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Jonathan Paul Lynch, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

20. Analysis of four human antibiotics and antibiotic resistant bacteria in water and soils impacted by wastewater treatment plant effluent.

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Author:
Franklin, Alison Mary
Title:
Analysis of four human antibiotics and antibiotic resistant bacteria in water and soils impacted by wastewater treatment plant effluent.
Graduate Program:
Soil Science
Keywords:
Antibiotics
Antibiotic Resistance
Soil
Water
Sulfamethoxazole
Trimethoprim
Ofloxacin
Lincomycin
Sorption
Living Filter
File:
Download Alison_Franklin_MS_Thesis.pdf
Committee Members:
John Earl Watson, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

21. Quantifying the Persistence of a Set of Biomolecules in Three Temperate Forest Surface Soils

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Author:
Fine, Aubrey Katherine
Title:
Quantifying the Persistence of a Set of Biomolecules in Three Temperate Forest Surface Soils
Graduate Program:
Soil Science
Keywords:
forest soil biogeochemistry
O horizon
soil organic matter persistence
decomposition sequence
biomolecules
UV-Vis
File:
Download Aubrey_Fine_MS_Thesis_Final_2015.pdf
Committee Members:
Carmen Enid Martinez, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

22. Soil hydrology at the Living Filter: Analysis of preferential flow and moisture-temperature dynamics under wastewater irrigation

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Author:
Hopkins, Isaac E
Title:
Soil hydrology at the Living Filter: Analysis of preferential flow and moisture-temperature dynamics under wastewater irrigation
Graduate Program:
Soil Science
Keywords:
VWC
soil temperature
preferential flow
thermal
diffusivity
living filter
soil hydrology
hydrology
soil physics
soil
File:
Download Hopkins_Thesis_Final.pdf
Committee Members:
Hangsheng Lin, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

23. Anion Uptake By Clays Intercalated With Poly (diallydimethyl Ammonium) (pdda) Cations

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Author:
Zhang, Huaibin
Title:
Anion Uptake By Clays Intercalated With Poly (diallydimethyl Ammonium) (pdda) Cations
Graduate Program:
Soil Science
Keywords:
PDDA
anion uptake
intercalation
nanocomposite
montmorillonites
File:
Download Huaibin_Zhang_dissertation_modified.pdf
Committee Members:
Sridhar Komarneni, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Fred Scott Cannon, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
John Earl Watson, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

26. Using soil chemical properties and white-tailed deer (Odocoileus virginianus) forage nutrients to refine forested, northern Appalachian Ecological Sites

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Author:
Navarro, Nicolas R
Title:
Using soil chemical properties and white-tailed deer (Odocoileus virginianus) forage nutrients to refine forested, northern Appalachian Ecological Sites
Graduate Program:
Soil Science
Keywords:
Soil
White-tailed deer
Forage nutrients
Ecological Sites
File:
Download THESIS_NAVARRO_final.pdf
Committee Members:
Patrick Joseph Drohan, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Duane Diefenbach, Committee Member
Marc Eric Mcdill, Committee Member
Richard Charles Stehouwer, Committee Member

27. ROOT TRAITS OF COVER CROPS AND THEIR INFLUENCE ON SOIL ORGANIC CARBON STABILIZATION

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Author:
Amsili, Joseph Pierre
Title:
ROOT TRAITS OF COVER CROPS AND THEIR INFLUENCE ON SOIL ORGANIC CARBON STABILIZATION
Graduate Program:
Soil Science
Keywords:
cover crops
root traits
root biomass
root distribution
carbon inputs
organic agriculture
rhizodeposition
SOC stabilization
File:
Download Fall_2018_Joseph_Amsili_MS_thesis-Cover_crop_root_traits_and_SOC.pdf
Committee Members:
Jason Philip Kaye, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Armen R. Kemanian, Committee Member
Charles Macaulay White, Committee Member
Jonathan Paul Lynch, Committee Member

28. The importance of intra-management practice variability in phosphorus and total solids losses from agricultural fields

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Author:
Miller, Melissa Danielle
Title:
The importance of intra-management practice variability in phosphorus and total solids losses from agricultural fields
Graduate Program:
Soil Science
Keywords:
Dairy manure
Load-discharge relationships
Phosphorus
Shallow-disk injection
Water quality
File:
Download MS_thesis_Melissa_Miller_final_new.pdf
Committee Members:
John E. Watson, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Heather E. Gall, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Charles M. White, Committee Member

29. Effects of Management on Selected Soil Properties and Nitrous Oxide Fluxes in Dairy Cropping Systems

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Author:
Ball, Emily Paige
Title:
Effects of Management on Selected Soil Properties and Nitrous Oxide Fluxes in Dairy Cropping Systems
Graduate Program:
Soil Science
Keywords:
Nitrous Oxide
N2O
Redox Potential
Redox
Eh
Agricultural Management
Soil Properties
No-Till
Manure
Cover Crops
File:
Download Emily_Ball_Thesis_Final.pdf
Committee Members:
Mary Ann Bruns, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Heather D Karsten, Committee Member
Curtis Dell, Committee Member

30. Evaluation of phytoextractor plants and dolomite lime as strategies to manage Cd in soils growing cacao (Theobroma cacao L.) and spinach (Spinacia oleracea)

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Author:
Benavides Bolanos, Jhony Armando
Title:
Evaluation of phytoextractor plants and dolomite lime as strategies to manage Cd in soils growing cacao (Theobroma cacao L.) and spinach (Spinacia oleracea)
Graduate Program:
Soil Science
Keywords:
Phytoextraction
sunflower
cacao
cadmium
soil
File:
Download Thesis_JhonyBenavides_MS_SoilScience_Aug2019.pdf
Committee Members:
Patrick Drohan, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Douglas Miller, Committee Member
John Thomas Spargo, Committee Member
Siela N. Maximova, Committee Member

31. Assessing and Extending Geospatial Best Management Practice Placement Tools for Agricultural Watersheds

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Author:
Respess, Zachary
Title:
Assessing and Extending Geospatial Best Management Practice Placement Tools for Agricultural Watersheds
Graduate Program:
Soil Science
Keywords:
Water Quality
Agricultural Best Management Practices
Best Management Practices
BMPs
Watershed Planning
ACPF
Agricultural Conservation and Planning Framework
Hydrology
File:
Download Respess_thesis_final.pdf
Committee Members:
Jonathan M Duncan, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Anthony Robert Buda, Committee Member
Peter J A Kleinman, Committee Member
Douglas Alan Miller, Committee Member
David Eissenstat, Program Head/Chair

32. APPLICATION OF SPENT MUSHROOM COMPOST TO ANTHRACITE MINE SOILS: BIOMASS PRODUCTION, SOIL FERTILITY, AND SPATIAL INVENTORY OF SUITABLE MINE SITES

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Author:
Banfill, James Steven
Title:
APPLICATION OF SPENT MUSHROOM COMPOST TO ANTHRACITE MINE SOILS: BIOMASS PRODUCTION, SOIL FERTILITY, AND SPATIAL INVENTORY OF SUITABLE MINE SITES
Graduate Program:
Soil Science
Keywords:
coal mine reclamation
spent mushroom compost
warm-season grass
biomass
switchgrass
landscape fragmentation
File:
Download Final_thesis.pdf
Committee Members:
Richard Charles Stehouwer, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Douglas Alan Miller, Committee Member
Douglas Brian Beegle, Committee Member
David Eissenstat, Program Head/Chair

33. effects of treated wastewater irrigation on a forest ecosystem

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Author:
Wray, Shannon
Title:
effects of treated wastewater irrigation on a forest ecosystem
Graduate Program:
Soil Science
Keywords:
Irrigated Forest
Living Filter
soil chemistry
Forest Biomass
tree leaf chemistry
File:
Download ShannonWray_FinalThesis_3_31.pdf
Committee Members:
Jason Philip Kaye, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Margot Wilkinson Kaye, Committee Member
John Earl Watson, Committee Member
Bradley Cardinale, Program Head/Chair

34. Erosion Protection Potential of Three Cover Crops Under High-Intensity Rain

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Author:
Mejia, Catalina
Title:
Erosion Protection Potential of Three Cover Crops Under High-Intensity Rain
Graduate Program:
Soil Science
Keywords:
Cover crops
Soil erosion
Phosphorus losses
climate change
File:
Download CMejia_Thesis_FinalDraft_08.04_cm.pdf
Committee Members:
Jason Philip Kaye, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Charlie White, Committee Member
Peter J A Kleinman, Committee Member
David Eissenstat, Program Head/Chair