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Author:

Fegyveresi, John Michael

Title:

Physical Properites of the West Antarctic Ice Sheet (WAIS) Divide Deep Core: Development, Evolution, and Interpretation

Graduate Program:

Geosciences

Keywords:

Glaciology
WAIS Divide
Antarctica
Ice Core
Paleoclimatology
Ice Deformation
Ice Sheet
Total Air
Bubble Number-Density

File:

Download Fegyveresi_PhD_1_5_15_FINAL.pdf

Committee Members:

Richard B Alley, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Richard B Alley, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Sridhar Anandakrishnan, Committee Member
Todd Anthony Sowers, Committee Member
Andrew Mark Carleton, Committee Member
Joan J Fitzpatrick, Special Member

Author:

Mccauley Rench, Rebecca Louise

Title:

Metabolic Potential and Diversity of the Microbial Communities in a Sulfidic Cave System

Graduate Program:

Geosciences

Keywords:

Frasassi cave system
Astrobiology
Geomicrobiology
Beggiatoa
rope-like biofilms

File:

Download McCauleyRenchDissertation_final_v1.pdf

Committee Members:

Jennifer Macalady, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Jennifer Macalady, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Maryann Victoria Bruns, Committee Member
Christopher Howard House, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Lee Kump, Committee Member

Author:

Pickard, Megan

Title:

Geochemistry of mafic Anatolian lavas: Geochemical insight on ancient continental assembly and break-up

Graduate Program:

Geosciences

Keywords:

basalt petrogenesis
Anatolian geodynamics
trace element geochemistry
radiogenic isotope geochemistry

File:

Download Pickard_Megan_Dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

Tanya Furman, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Tanya Furman, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Maureen Feineman, Committee Member
Kevin Patrick Furlong, Committee Member
Robert George Crane, Committee Member

Author:

Peterson, Kristina Marie

Title:

nucleation, growth, and phase transformation mechanisms of the iron (oxy)hydroxides

Graduate Program:

Geosciences

Keywords:

akaganeite
hematite
Rietveld
synchrotron
time-resolved X-ray diffraction

File:

Download Peterson_Dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

Peter J Heaney, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Peter J Heaney, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
James David Kubicki, Committee Member
Christopher Gorski, Committee Member
Matthew Scott Fantle, Committee Member
Demian Saffer, Special Member

Author:

Wendt, Anna Katherine

Title:

Geochemistry of the Union Springs Member, Marcellus Formation in Central Pennsylvania and Environmental Implications of hydraulic fracturing

Graduate Program:

Geosciences

Keywords:

Marcellus Formation
geochemistry
uranium
hydraulic fracturing

File:

Download Wendt_final.pdf

Committee Members:

Michael Allan Arthur, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Rudy Slingerland, Committee Member
Susan Louise Brantley, Committee Member
Gary Lee Catchen, Committee Member

Author:

Rybacki, Kyle S

Title:

Deciphering the early oxidation of Earth's surface: evidence from Fennoscandia, arctic Russia

Graduate Program:

Geosciences

Keywords:

Precambrian oxygen
paleosol
iron isotopes
chromium isotopes
Great Oxidation Event (GOE)
oxidation
U-Th-Pb geochronology

File:

Download Rybacki_Dissertation_final.pdf

Committee Members:

Lee Kump, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Lee Kump, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Hiroshi Ohmoto, Committee Member
Maureen Feineman, Committee Member
Patrick Joseph Drohan, Committee Member

Author:

Milideo, Lauren Elizabeth

Title:

Actualistic and statistical approaches to taphonomic interpretations in Quaternary environments

Graduate Program:

Geosciences

Keywords:

vertebrate paleontology
taphonomy
paleoecology
late Pleistocene
late Holocene

File:

Download MILIDEO_dissertation_FINAL3.pdf

Committee Members:

Russell W Graham, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Russell W Graham, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Richard B Alley, Committee Member
MARK E PATZKOWSKY, Committee Member
Eric S Post, Committee Member

Author:

Tan, Yunhui

Title:

Study of microseismic events: their source mechanism, spatial and temporal distribution, and the evolution of transmitting medium

Graduate Program:

Geosciences

Keywords:

microseismic
hydraulic fracturing

File:

Download Thesis_Tan_V4_with_Vita.pdf

Committee Members:

Terry Engelder, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Charles James Ammon, Committee Member
Andrew Arnold Nyblade, Committee Member
Yilin Wang, Special Member

Author:

Huffman, Katelyn Allison

Title:

Understanding tectonic stress and rock strength in the Nankai Trough accretionary prism, offshore SW Japan

Graduate Program:

Geosciences

Keywords:

Nankai Trough
in situ stress
unconfined compressive strength
borehole breakout
IODP
poroelastic FEM

File:

Download Huffman.pdf

Committee Members:

Demian Saffer, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Chris Marone, Committee Member
Donald Myron Fisher, Committee Member
Derek Elsworth, Committee Member
Maureen Feineman, Committee Member