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Author:

Regberg, Aaron Benjamin

Title:

THE EFFECT OF DISSIMILATORY IRON REDUCTION, NITRATE REDUCTION AND MICROBIAL GROWTH ON ELECTRICAL CONDUCTIVITY

Graduate Program:

Geosciences

Keywords:

Biofilms
Kinetics
Electrical Conductivity
Reactive Transport Modeling
Dissimilatory Iron Reduction
Nitrate Reduction

File:

Download Aaron_Dissertation_Final.pdf

Committee Members:

Susan Louise Brantley, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Susan Louise Brantley, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Kamini Singha, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
James David Kubicki, Committee Member
Ming Tien, Committee Member

Author:

Herrmann, Achim Dirk

Title:

Late Ordovician ocean-climate system and paleobiogeography

Graduate Program:

Geosciences

Keywords:

Ordovician
ocean model
climate model
mass extinction
paleobiogeography

File:

Download eTDHerrmann.pdf

Committee Members:

Mark E Patzkowsky, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Rudy L Slingerland, Committee Member
Michael Allan Arthur, Committee Member
Raymond Gabriel Najjar Jr., Committee Member
David Pollard, Committee Member

Author:

Diefendorf, Aaron F.

Title:

ENVIRONMENTAL AND ECOLOGICAL CONSTRAINTS ON MOLECULAR AND ISOTOPIC SIGNATURES IN TERRESTRIAL ORGANIC CARBON

Graduate Program:

Geosciences

Keywords:

lipids
biomarker
fractionation
Carbon isotope
n-alkanes
Bighorn Basin
organic geochemistry

File:

Download Diefendorf_Dissertation_11-11-2010.pdf

Committee Members:

Katherine Haines Freeman, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Katherine Haines Freeman, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Jennifer Macalady, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Scott W Wing, Committee Member
Lee Kump, Committee Member
Jason Philip Kaye, Committee Member

Author:

Wall, Andrew James

Title:

ABIOTIC CONTROLS ON COPPER ISOTOPE FRACTIONATION DURING THE DISSOLUTION OF COPPER SULFIDE MINERALS

Graduate Program:

Geosciences

Keywords:

Cu isotopes
chalcocite
bornite
copper sulfides
isotope fractionation
synchrotron X-ray diffraction

File:

Download awall_PhD.pdf

Committee Members:

Peter J Heaney, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Peter J Heaney, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Susan Louise Brantley, Committee Member
Matthew Scott Fantle, Committee Member
William D Burgos, Committee Member

Author:

Sitchler, Alexis K

Title:

Weathering Advance Rates in Basalt: Prediction and Comparison Across Scales

Graduate Program:

Geosciences

Keywords:

chemical weathering
basalt
porosity
diffusion
scaling
reactive transport modeling
weathering rinds

File:

Download ANS_final_thesis2.pdf

Committee Members:

Susan Louise Brantley, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Eric Kirby, Committee Member
Jennifer Macalady, Committee Member
Derek Elsworth, Committee Member

Author:

Riccardi, Anthony

Title:

Carbonate-Associated Sulfate: Assessment of and Use as an Isotopic Proxy for Global Sulfur Cycling During End-Permian Mass Extinction

Graduate Program:

Geosciences

Keywords:

Sulfur Isotopes
Mass Extinction
Geochemistry

File:

Download Riccardi_Thesis_Final.pdf

Committee Members:

Lee Kump, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Michael Allan Arthur, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Katherine Haines Freeman, Committee Member
Carlo G Pantano, Committee Member

Author:

Zerkle, Aubrey L.

Title:

Microbial Trace Metal Requirements: Limiting Nutrients and Potential Biosignatures

Graduate Program:

Geosciences

Keywords:

trace metals
biogeochemistry
nitrogen fixation
metal limitation
metallomics
biogeochemical cycling

File:

Download DISS_FINAL_ZERKLE.pdf

Committee Members:

Christopher Howard House, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Susan Louise Brantley, Committee Member
Lee Kump, Committee Member
Hunter J Carrick, Committee Member
Donald E Canfield, Committee Member

Author:

Reusch, Angela Marie

Title:

Using seismic data to interpret the mechanism for Cenozoic volcanism beneath Ross Island, Antarctica and the Cameroon Volcanic Line, West Africa

Graduate Program:

Geosciences

Keywords:

Africa
tomography
body waves
plumes
hotspot

File:

Download Mouse-Dissertation-FINAL-small.pdf

Committee Members:

Andrew Arnold Nyblade, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Andrew Arnold Nyblade, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Charles James Ammon, Committee Member
Kevin Patrick Furlong, Committee Member
Victor Ward Sparrow, Committee Member

Author:

Adams, Aubreya Nicole

Title:

A SEISMIC INVESTIGATION OF CRUST AND UPPER MANTLE STRUCTURE BENEATH THE ZAGROS MOUNTAINS AND THE SOUTHERN AND EAST AFRICAN PLATEAUS

Graduate Program:

Geosciences

Keywords:

Zagros Mountains
tomography
surface waves
plume
African Superplume
Africa
seismology
southern Africa
East Africa

File:

Download aadams_dissertation_finalsmall.pdf

Committee Members:

Andrew Arnold Nyblade, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Andrew Arnold Nyblade, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Charles James Ammon, Committee Member
Sridhar Anandakrishnan, Committee Member
Derek Elsworth, Committee Member

Author:

Rathbun, Andrew Paul

Title:

AN EXPERIMENTAL INVESTIGATION OF FRICTIONAL AND HYDRAULIC PROPERTIES OF SHEAR ZONES, WITH APPLICATION TO EARTHQUAKE FAULTS AND GLACIAL TILL

Graduate Program:

Geosciences

Keywords:

Shear
Localization
Earthquakes
Friction

File:

Download ThesisFinal.pdf

Committee Members:

Chris Marone, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Sridhar Anandakrishnan, Committee Member
Chris Marone, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Richard B Alley, Committee Member
Derek Elsworth, Committee Member
Demian Saffer, Committee Member

Author:

Ennyu, Atsuhito

Title:

MIDDLE MIOCENE CLIMATE EVOLUTION IN THE PACIFIC REALM

Graduate Program:

Geosciences

Keywords:

paleoceanography
paleoclimatology
middle Miocene
oxygen and carbon stable isotopes
foraminifera
Ocean Drilling Program

File:

Download thesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Michael Allan Arthur, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Lee Kump, Committee Member
Raymond Gabriel Najjar Jr., Committee Member
Alan Walker, Committee Member

Author:

Krug, Andrew Zachary

Title:

TAXIC AND PHYLOGENETIC APPROACHES TO UNDERSTANDING THE LATE ORDOVICIAN MASS EXTINCTION AND EARLY SILURIAN RECOVERY

Graduate Program:

Geosciences

Keywords:

recovery
mass extinction
Late Ordovician
diversity

File:

Download Andrew_Z._Krug_Dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

Mark E Patzkowsky, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Timothy Bralower, Committee Member
Christopher Howard House, Committee Member
Peter Daniel Wilf, Committee Member
Alan Walker, Committee Member

Author:

Kimball, Bryn Elizabeth

Title:

Biogeochemical Cycling of Copper in Acid Mine Drainage

Graduate Program:

Geosciences

Keywords:

microscopy
isotopes
iron-oxidizing microorganisms
acid mine drainage
copper
spectroscopy

File:

Download Kimball_final.pdf

Committee Members:

Susan Louise Brantley, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Susan Louise Brantley, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Jennifer Macalady, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Matthew Scott Fantle, Committee Member
Brian Dempsey, Committee Member

Author:

LeVay, Brian James

Title:

Pre-anatectic and anatectic processes in an eclogite from the Erzgebirge, Southeastern Germany: Implications for arc magmatism

Graduate Program:

Geosciences

Keywords:

eclogite
anatexis
melting
migmatite
Erzgebirge
Saidenbach
adakite

File:

Download Thesis_BLeVay_714U.pdf

Committee Members:

Maureen Feineman, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Maureen Feineman, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Derrill Maylon Kerrick, Committee Member
Demian Saffer, Committee Member
Derek Elsworth, Committee Member

Author:

Lamptey, Benjamin Lantei

Title:

The Role of Land Cover Change in Long-Term Climate Change

Graduate Program:

Geosciences

Keywords:

urbanization
global and regional climate modeling
climate change
vegetation
land-use/land-cover change

File:

Download Lamptey-Dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

Eric James Barron, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Richard B Alley, Committee Member
David Pollard, Committee Member
Toby Nahum Carlson, Committee Member
Paul Plassmann, Committee Member

Author:

Werner, Cynthia Anne

Title:

CO2 Emissions in Yellowstone, USA, and Solfatara Volcano, Italy: Use of Eddy Covariance and Mass Flux Modeling

Graduate Program:

Geosciences

Keywords:

Yellowstone
carbon dioxide
Solfatara
volcanic degassing
diffuse fluxes
eddy covariance

File:

Download 01thesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Melissa Deines, Committee Member
Susan Louise Brantley, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Kenneth James Davis, Committee Member
David H Eggler, Committee Member
John Corry Wyngaard, Committee Member

Author:

Turich, Courtney Hanna

Title:

MOLECULAR AND ISOTOPIC INVESTIGATIONS OF THE BIOGEOCHEMISTRY OF ARCHAEAL ETHER LIPIDS

Graduate Program:

Geosciences

Keywords:

Archaea
Lipids
TEX86
isotopes

File:

Download TurichFinalThesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Katherine Haines Freeman, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Maryann Victoria Bruns, Committee Member
Michael Allan Arthur, Committee Member
Christopher Howard House, Committee Member
Daniel Jones, Committee Member

Author:

Lopano, Christina Lynn

Title:

Time-Resolved Structural Analyses of Cation Exchange Reactions in Synthetic Birnessite

Graduate Program:

Geosciences

Keywords:

birnessite
cation exchange
X-ray diffraction
synchrotron
manganese oxides

File:

Download CLopano_Dissertation_Full_REVISED_.pdf

Committee Members:

Peter J Heaney, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Sridhar Komarneni, Committee Member
Susan Louise Brantley, Committee Member
James David Kubicki, Committee Member
C Enid Martinez, Committee Member

Author:

Junium, Christopher Kendall

Title:

Nitrogen biogeochemistry and ancient oceanic anoxia

Graduate Program:

Geosciences

Keywords:

nitrogen cycle
nitrogen isotopes
black shale
porphyrins

File:

Download Junium_PhD_eTD.pdf

Committee Members:

Michael Allan Arthur, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Michael Allan Arthur, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Katherine Haines Freeman, Committee Member
Lee Kump, Committee Member
Jason Philip Kaye, Committee Member

Author:

Edmonds, Douglas Arthur

Title:

THE GROWTH AND EVOLUTION OF RIVER-DOMINATED DELTAS AND THEIR DISTRIBUTARY NETWORKS

Graduate Program:

Geosciences

Keywords:

bifurcation
avulsion
delta
delta stability
delta growth

File:

Download Edmonds_Dissertation_final.pdf

Committee Members:

Dr Rudy Slingerland, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Rudy Slingerland, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Eric Kirby, Committee Member
Richard B Alley, Committee Member
David N Hill, Committee Member

Author:

Hummer, Daniel Robert

Title:

Mechanisms of Aqueous Crystallization and Phase Transformation in Titanium Oxide Minerals

Graduate Program:

Geosciences

Keywords:

anatase
rutile
titanium oxide
titanium dioxide
crystallization
precipitation
time-resolved X-ray diffraction
time-resolved small angle X-ray scattering
nanoparticles
phase stability reversal
surface energy
nucleation
crystal growth
hydrolysis
global optimization
kinetic fitting
kinetic modeling

File:

Download Hummer_dissertation_final.pdf

Committee Members:

Peter J Heaney, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Peter J Heaney, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
James David Kubicki, Committee Member
Lee Kump, Committee Member
Kwadwo Osseo Asare, Committee Member

Author:

Jones, Daniel Seth

Title:

MICROBIAL ECOLOGY AND BIOGEOCHEMISTRY OF SULFIDIC KARST ECOSYSTEMS

Graduate Program:

Geosciences

Keywords:

biogeography
sulfide oxidation
acidophile
karst
Hydrogen sulfide
Acidithiobacillus

File:

Download Jones_dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

Jennifer Macalady, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Jennifer Macalady, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Matthew Scott Fantle, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Mark E Patzkowsky, Committee Member
Christopher Howard House, Committee Member
Brian Dempsey, Committee Member

Author:

Currano, Ellen Diane

Title:

VARIATIONS IN INSECT HERBIVORY ON ANGIOSPERM LEAVES THROUGH THE LATE PALEOCENE AND EARLY EOCENE IN THE BIGHORN BASIN, WYOMING, USA

Graduate Program:

Geosciences

Keywords:

Paleocene-Eocene Thermal Maximum
insect herbivory
plant-insect interactions
Bighorn Basin
global warming

File:

Download Thesis_Currano_final.pdf

Committee Members:

Peter Daniel Wilf, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Mark E Patzkowsky, Committee Member
Scott W Wing, Committee Member
Conrad C Labandeira, Committee Member
Russell W Graham, Committee Member
Lee Ann Newsom, Committee Member

Author:

Beal, Emily J

Title:

Geochemical Requirements of the anaerobic oxidation of methane in the Eel River Basin

Graduate Program:

Geosciences

Keywords:

thermal history
Anaerobic Methane Oxidation
early Earth
ferrihydrite
birnessite
sulfate

File:

Download Beal_Dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

Christopher Howard House, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Christopher Howard House, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Kevin Patrick Furlong, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Charles Raymond Fisher Jr., Committee Member
Katherine Haines Freeman, Committee Member

Author:

Herman, Ellen K

Title:

Quantitative studies of suspended sediment in karst aquifers

Graduate Program:

Geosciences

Keywords:

sediment
springs
karst
time series

File:

Download ekh_thesis_master_submitted.pdf

Committee Members:

Rudy L Slingerland, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
William Blaine White, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Derek Elsworth, Committee Member
Kamini Singha, Committee Member

Author:

Hausrath, Elisabeth M.

Title:

Basalt weathering on Earth and on Mars

Graduate Program:

Geosciences

Keywords:

basalt
weathering
Mars
biosignature
Svalbard
astrobiology

File:

Download HausrathThesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Susan Louise Brantley, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Christopher Howard House, Committee Member
David H Eggler, Committee Member
Peter J Heaney, Committee Member
Ming Tien, Committee Member

Author:

YEH, EN-CHAO

Title:

Structural evolution of slate belts: examples from Tawain and eastern Pennsylvania

Graduate Program:

Geosciences

Keywords:

Taiwan
tectonics
thermochronology
inclusion
kinematics
fold

File:

Download PhD_dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

Donald Myron Fisher, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Derek Elsworth, Committee Member
Terry Engelder, Committee Member
Chris Marone, Committee Member
Derrill Maylon Kerrick, Committee Member

Author:

Moret, Geoffrey John Maxted

Title:

ANNUAL VARIATIONS IN GROUND-WATER TEMPERATURE AS A TRACER OF RIVER-AQUIFER INTERACTIONS

Graduate Program:

Geosciences

Keywords:

hydrogeology
temperature

File:

Download moretdissertationrevised.pdf

Committee Members:

Richard Rudolph Parizek, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Charles James Ammon, Committee Member
Derek Elsworth, Committee Member
Demian Saffer, Committee Member
Kamini Singha, Committee Member

Author:

Hayes, Gavin P.

Title:

Integrating Seismological and Tectonic Studies to Constrain Lithospheric Evolution at Complex Plate Boundaries

Graduate Program:

Geosciences

Keywords:

velocity ratio
tectonics
Macquarie Ridge
receiver functions
seismology
Mendocino triple junction
plate reconstructions
dike injection

File:

Download GHayes_Thesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Kevin Patrick Furlong, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Charles James Ammon, Committee Member
Robert George Crane, Committee Member
Donald Myron Fisher, Committee Member
Chris J Marone, Committee Member

Author:

Horgan, Huw Joseph

Title:

GEOPHYSICAL OBSERVATIONS OF POLAR ICE SHEETS AND ICE SHELVES

Graduate Program:

Geosciences

Keywords:

seismology
greenland
antarctica
basal melt
grounding line
ice sheet
ice shelf
glaciology
geophyscis
remote sensing

File:

Download horgan.pdf

Committee Members:

Dr Sridhar Anandakrishnan, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Sridhar Anandakrishnan, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Richard B Alley, Committee Member
Charles James Ammon, Committee Member
Chris Marone, Committee Member
Charles Holland, Committee Member

Author:

Albrecht, Heidi Lynn

Title:

Bacteriohopanepoyols Across Environmental Gradients

Graduate Program:

Geosciences

Keywords:

bacteriohopanepolyols
hopanoid
geochemistry
biogeochemistry
organic geochemistry

File:

Download Thesis_3262011.pdf

Committee Members:

Jennifer Macalady, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Christopher Howard House, Committee Member
John Michael Regan, Committee Member
Jennifer Macalady, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Katherine Haines Freeman, Committee Chair/Co-Chair

Author:

Buss, Heather L.

Title:

Biogeochemical Weathering of Iron-Silicate Minerals

Graduate Program:

Geosciences

Keywords:

spheroidal weathering
biotite
hornblende
iron cycling
siderophores
etch pits

File:

Download BussThesisFinal.pdf

Committee Members:

Susan Louise Brantley, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Maryann Victoria Bruns, Committee Member
Lee Kump, Committee Member
Christopher Howard House, Committee Member

Author:

Savage, Heather M.

Title:

The effects of friction on earthquake triggering and fault zone evolution

Graduate Program:

Geosciences

Keywords:

friction experiments
earthquake triggering
transient stress
fault damage zone
fracture

File:

Download savage_dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

Chris Marone, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Sridhar Anandakrisnan, Committee Member
Terry Engelder, Committee Member
Michele Cooke, Committee Member
Peter E Schiffer, Committee Member

Author:

Hotinski, Roberta Michelle

Title:

Life's Influence on the Sedimentary Record: The Interplay of Ocean Chemistry, Circulation, and the Biological Pump

Graduate Program:

Geosciences

Keywords:

ocean stagnation
Pethei
Permian
Precambrian
carbon isotopes
anoxia
biogeochemical cycles

File:

Download Thesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Hiroshi Ohmoto, Committee Member
Lee Kump, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Michael Allan Arthur, Committee Member
Raymond Gabriel Najjar Jr., Committee Member

Author:

Brewer, Ian D

Title:

DETRITAL-MINERAL THERMOCHRONOLOGY: INVESTIGATIONS OF OROGENIC DENUDATION IN THE HIMALAYA OF CENTRAL NEPAL

Graduate Program:

Geosciences

Keywords:

geodynamics
geology
tectonics
thermochronology
argon
erosion
orogenic
himalaya
marsyandi
chronology
dating
thermal modeling

File:

Download THESIS_FULL_AUG2005_FINAL_compressed_secure.pdf

Committee Members:

Douglas W. Burbank, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Rudy L Slingerland, Committee Member
Peter B Flemings, Committee Member
Derek Elsworth, Committee Member

Author:

Sessa, Jocelyn Anne

Title:

THE DIVERSITY, ECOLOGY, CLIMATE, AND PRESERVATION OF MARINE COMMUNITIES IN THE TWENTY MILLION YEARS FOLLOWING THE END CRETACEOUS MASS EXTINCTION

Graduate Program:

Geosciences

Keywords:

end Cretaceous mass extinction
diversity recovery
mollusc
Paleocene-Eocene Thermal Maximum
Paleogene
Gulf Coastal Plain

File:

Download Sessa_dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

Mark Patzkowsky, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Mark Patzkowsky, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Timothy J. Bralower, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Linda Ivany, Committee Member
Eric S Post, Committee Member
Peter Daniel Wilf, Committee Member
Michael Allan Arthur, Committee Member

Author:

Samuelson, Jon Erik

Title:

LABORATORY MEASUREMENT OF SHEAR INDUCED FAULT ZONE DILATANCY, AND NUMERICAL ESTIMATION OF ITS INFLUENCE ON FRICTION CONSTITUTIVE PARAMETERS IN QUASI-UNDRAINED SCENARIOS

Graduate Program:

Geosciences

Keywords:

friction
earthquake
dilatancy
fault zone
pore fluid pressure

File:

Download Jon_Samuelson_PhD_Thesis_Combined_2.0.pdf

Committee Members:

Chris Marone, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Chris Marone, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Derek Elsworth, Committee Member
Demian Saffer, Committee Member
Kamini Singha, Committee Member

Author:

Moran, James Joseph

Title:

Methanosarcinales biogeochemistry, implications for methane cycling

Graduate Program:

Geosciences

Keywords:

anaerobic methane oxidation
dimethyl sulfide
methanogens
RNA selection
stable isotope analysis

File:

Download Thesis_Moran.pdf

Committee Members:

Katherine Haines Freeman, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Christopher Howard House, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
James Kasting, Committee Member
Kenneth James Davis, Committee Member

Author:

Lewicki, Jennifer Lynn

Title:

Soil Carbon Dioxide Flow Associated With The San Andreas And Calaveras Faults, California

Graduate Program:

Geosciences

Keywords:

unsaturated zone gas transport
faults
Soil gas
Carbon dioxide

File:

Download etd.pdf

Committee Members:

Katherine Haines Freeman, Committee Member
Lee Kump, Committee Member
Susan Louise Brantley, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Michael Allan Arthur, Committee Member
Derek Elsworth, Committee Member

Author:

Fulton, James Mark

Title:

Interpreting Nitrogen Isotope Excursions in the Sedimentary Record

Graduate Program:

Geosciences

Keywords:

purple sulfur bacteria
cyanobacteria
nitrogen cycle
Black Sea
Green Lake

File:

Download J_Fulton_dissertation_2010.pdf

Committee Members:

Michael Allan Arthur, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Michael Allan Arthur, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Katherine Haines Freeman, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Lee Kump, Committee Member
John Michael Regan, Committee Member

Author:

Winberry, Jeremy Paul

Title:

Geodetic and Seismic Observations of Ice-Stream Dynamics

Graduate Program:

Geosciences

Keywords:

seismology
ice sheet
ice stream

File:

Download Winberry_dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

Sridhar Anandakrishnan, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Richard B Alley, Committee Member
Charles James Ammon, Committee Member
Derrick L Lampkin, Committee Member

Author:

Bonelli, James Rocco

Title:

Linking Paleobiological Patterns Across Geographic Scales: An Example Using Upper Mississippian Fossil Assemblages From The Illinios And Appalachian Basins, USA

Graduate Program:

Geosciences

Keywords:

paleoecology
paleobiology
late Paleozoic Ice Age
biofacies
paleo-biodiversity

File:

Download Bonelli_Final_Thesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Mark E Patzkowsky, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Peter Daniel Wilf, Committee Member
Timothy Bralower, Committee Member
Alan Walker, Committee Member

Author:

Barton, Jonathan Shailer

Title:

Passive Acoustic Monitoring of Coarse Bedload in Mountain Streams

Graduate Program:

Geosciences

Keywords:

Passive acoustics
bedload transport
sediment transport
bedload measurement techniques
Trinity River

File:

Download JSBarton_Dissertation_Final.pdf

Committee Members:

Thomas B Gabrielson, Committee Member
Richard B Alley, Committee Member
Charles James Ammon, Committee Member
Rudy L Slingerland, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Peggy Ann Johnson, Committee Member

Author:

Moore, Joel

Title:

Biogeochemistry of granitic weathering

Graduate Program:

Geosciences

Keywords:

granite
chronosequence
mineral
weathering
soil

File:

Download 7_moore_dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

Susan Louise Brantley, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Jennifer Macalady, Committee Member
Maryann Victoria Bruns, Committee Member
Lee Kump, Committee Member

Author:

Morell, Kristin Diane

Title:

LATE MIOCENE TO RECENT ARC-FOREARC RESPONSE TO PLATE TECTONICS SURROUNDING THE PANAMA TRIPLE JUNCTION, SOUTHERN CENTRAL AMERICA

Graduate Program:

Geosciences

Keywords:

Panama Triple Junction
neotectonics

File:

Download THESIS_FINAL_MORELL.pdf

Committee Members:

Donald F Isher, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Donald Myron Fisher, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Eric Kirby, Committee Member
Derek Elsworth, Committee Member
Peter Christopher Lafemina, Committee Member

Author:

Young, Kirby David

Title:

Deformation, Lava Dome Evolution, and Eruption Cyclicity at Merapi Volcano, Indonesia

Graduate Program:

Geosciences

Keywords:

volcano deformation monitoring
Volcanology
lava domes
extrusion rates
EDM
tiltmeters
volcano seismicity

File:

Download Thesis_kdy_finalv2.pdf

Committee Members:

Derek Elsworth, Committee Member
Donald Myron Fisher, Committee Member
Barry Voight, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Terry Engelder, Committee Chair/Co-Chair

Author:

Meyer, Katja Maria

Title:

Biogeochemistry of Oceanic Euxinia in Earth History: Numerical Modeling and Evaluation of Biomarkers Using Modern Analogs

Graduate Program:

Geosciences

Keywords:

euxinia
Earth system model
Permian-Triassic boundary
mass extinction
hydrogen sulfide
carotenoid
biomarker

File:

Download Meyer_Dissertation_eTD.pdf

Committee Members:

Lee Kump, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Lee Kump, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Katherine Haines Freeman, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Jennifer Macalady, Committee Member
John Michael Regan, Committee Member

Author:

Panchuk, Karla Michelle

Title:

INVESTIGATING THE PALEOCENE-EOCENE CARBON CYCLE PERTURBATION: AN EARTH SYSTEM MODEL APPROACH

Graduate Program:

Geosciences

Keywords:

Earth system model
global warming

File:

Download ThesisMaster.pdf

Committee Members:

Lee Kump, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Timothy Bralower, Committee Member
Klaus Keller, Committee Member
Raymond Gabriel Najjar Jr., Committee Member

Author:

Dawson, Katherine Strigari

Title:

Biogeochemistry of Isoprenoid Production and Anaerobic Hydrocarbon Biodgeradation

Graduate Program:

Geosciences

Keywords:

archaeal lipids
halophilic archaea
coal bed methane
hydrocarbon biodegradation
anaerobic
isoprenoids

File:

Download thesis_17may2011.pdf

Committee Members:

Jennifer Macalady, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Jennifer Macalady, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Katherine Haines Freeman, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Christopher Howard House, Committee Member
John Michael Regan, Committee Member

Author:

Yamaguchi, Kosei

Title:

Geochemistry of Archean–Paleoproterozoic Black Shales: The Early Evolution of the Atmosphere, Oceans, and Biosphere

Graduate Program:

Geosciences

Keywords:

N2 fixation
Carbon
Photosynthesis
Sulfur
Sulfate reduction
Stable Isotopes
Proterozoic
Continental Crust
Black Shales
Paleoproterozoic
Anoxic
Pilbara
Hamersley
Iron
Australia
Nitrogen
Archean
Oxic
Pyrite
Thorium
Nitrification
Denitrification
Uranium
Molybdenum
Methanogenesis
Griqualand West
Witwatersrand
Barberton
South Africa

File:

Download Kosei.pdf

Committee Members:

Lee Kump, Committee Member
Raymond Gabriel Najjar Jr., Committee Member
Hiroshi Ohmoto, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Michael Allan Arthur, Committee Member

Author:

Peters, Leo Everett

Title:

A seismic investigation of basal conditions in glaciated regions

Graduate Program:

Geosciences

Keywords:

glaciology
AVO analysis
basal conditions
seismology

File:

Download LEP_PhD_diss_2009_final.pdf

Committee Members:

Sridhar Anandakrishnan, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Sridhar Anandakrishnan, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Richard B Alley, Committee Member
Charles James Ammon, Committee Member
Charles Holland, Committee Member

Author:

Schneider, Leah Jill

Title:

Response of calcareous nannoplankton to climatic perturbations and the long-term impact on communities

Graduate Program:

Geosciences

Keywords:

calcareous nannoplankton
geosciences
paleoceanography
Cenozoic

File:

Download LSchneiderDissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

Lee Kump, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Timothy Bralower, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Lee Kump, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Timothy Bralower, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
MARK E PATZKOWSKY, Committee Member
Raymond Gabriel Najjar Jr., Special Member

Author:

Jancin, Mark D.

Title:

Volcano-Tectonic Evolution of Flateyjarskagi, North Central Iceland

Graduate Program:

Geosciences

Keywords:

Iceland
plate tectonics
spreading history
paleomagnetism
Tjornes Fracture Zone
volcanic stratigraphy

File:

Download Jancin_PhD.pdf

Committee Members:

Barry Voight, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Barry Voight, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Terry Engelder, Committee Member
Derek Elsworth, Committee Member
Donald Myron Fisher, Committee Member

Author:

Rhodes, Matthew E

Title:

The Diversity and Coping Mechanisms of Life Inhabiting the Hypersaline Dead Sea

Graduate Program:

Geosciences

Keywords:

Lateral Gene Transfer
Haloarchaea
Halophile
Dead Sea
Metagenomics

File:

Download Dissertation_Final.pdf

Committee Members:

Christopher Howard House, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Christopher Howard House, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Jennifer Macalady, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Mark E Patzkowsky, Committee Member
Ming Tien, Committee Member

Author:

Ikari, Matt

Title:

Compositional, mechanical, and hydrologic controls on fault slip behavior

Graduate Program:

Geosciences

Keywords:

faults
friction
earthquakes
clay minerals
permeability
subduction zones

File:

Download ikari_Phd_thesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Demian Saffer, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Chris Marone, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Demian Saffer, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Eliza Richardson, Committee Member
Derek Elsworth, Committee Member
Andre Niemeijer, Committee Member

Author:

Bachmann, Matthew

Title:

Quantifying Subsurface Nitrate Transport and Remediation Using Gene Expression and Finite Element Models

Graduate Program:

Geosciences

Keywords:

florida keys
wastewater
denitrification
nirS
q-rt-pcr
tidal pumping

File:

Download Bachmann_Thesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Lee Kump, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
John Michael Regan, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Susan Louise Brantley, Committee Member
Christopher Howard House, Committee Member

Author:

Dugda, Mulugeta Tuji

Title:

LITHOSPHERIC STRUCTURE BENEATH EASTERN AFRICA FROM JOINT INVERSION OF RECEIVER FUNCTIONS AND RAYLEIGH WAVE VELOCITIES

Graduate Program:

Geosciences

Keywords:

LITHOSPHERIC STRUCTURE
EASTERN AFRICA
JOINT INVERSION OF RECEIVER FUNCTIONS AND RAYLEIGH
ETHIOPIAN LITHOSPHERE

File:

Download MTDugda_PhDThesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Andrew Arnold Nyblade, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Charles James Ammon, Committee Member
Tanya Furman, Committee Member
Sridhar Anandakrishnan, Committee Member
Karl Martin Reichard, Committee Member

Author:

Hurtgen, Matthew T.

Title:

Neoproterozoic Sulfur Isotopes, Snowball Earth Events and the Evolution of Microbial Sulfur Species

Graduate Program:

Geosciences

Keywords:

sulfur isotopes
Neoproterozoic
snowball Earth
sulfate concentrations
Precambrian
Namibia

File:

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Committee Members:

Michael Allan Arthur, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Lee Kump, Committee Member
Hiroshi Ohmoto, Committee Member
Charles Raymond Fisher Jr., Committee Member

Author:

Kosarian, Minoo

Title:

Lithospheric Structure of North Africa and Western Eurasia

Graduate Program:

Geosciences

Keywords:

Crustal thickness
Shear velocity structure
Surface wave dispersion
Receiver functions
Poisson`s ratio

File:

Download Minoo-Kosarian-Dissertation-2006.pdf

Committee Members:

Charles James Ammon, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Sridhar Anandakrishnan, Committee Member
Kevin Patrick Furlong, Committee Member
Derek Elsworth, Committee Member

Author:

Maceira, Monica

Title:

SURFACE WAVES, EARTH STRUCTURE, AND SEISMIC DISCRIMINATION

Graduate Program:

Geosciences

Keywords:

Rayleigh waves
tomography
Earth structure
joint inversion
seismic discrimination
central Asia

File:

Download Monica-Dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

Charles James Ammon, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Kevin Patrick Furlong, Committee Member
Chris J Marone, Committee Member
Derek Elsworth, Committee Member
Katherine Haines Freeman, Committee Member

Author:

Harkins, Nathan Ward

Title:

MILLENNIAL SLIP-RATES ALONG THE EASTERN KUNLUN FAULT AND RAPID EVOLUTION OF CHANNEL MORPHOLOGY IN THE YELLOW RIVER HEADWATERS, NORTHEASTERN TIBET, CHINA

Graduate Program:

Geosciences

Keywords:

fluvial geomorphology
strike-slip faulting
tibet
active tectonics
Geomorphology
Yellow River

File:

Download harkins_text809.pdf

Committee Members:

Eric Kirby, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Eric Kirby, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Donald Myron Fisher, Committee Member
Kevin Patrick Furlong, Committee Member
Douglas Miller, Committee Member

Author:

Kharecha, Pushker A

Title:

A Coupled Atmosphere-Ecosystem Model of the Early Archean Biosphere

Graduate Program:

Geosciences

Keywords:

Archean
methane
early Earth
atmospheric evolution
anaerobic ecosystem

File:

Download Thesis.pdf

Committee Members:

James Kasting, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Lee Kump, Committee Member
Christopher Howard House, Committee Member
S Blair Hedges, Committee Member

Author:

Applegate, Patrick J.

Title:

Estimating the ages of glacial landforms from the statistical distributions of cosmogenic exposure dates

Graduate Program:

Geosciences

Keywords:

moraine
cosmogenic
geomorphology
geochronology
hillslope

File:

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Committee Members:

Richard B Alley, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Richard B Alley, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Michael Mann, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
David Pollard, Committee Member
Andrew Mark Carleton, Committee Member
Thomas V Lowell, Committee Member

Author:

Fulton, Patrick Michael

Title:

INVESTIGATIONS OF FLUID FLOW AND HEAT TRANSPORT RELATED TO THE STRENGTH OF THE SAN ANDREAS FAULT

Graduate Program:

Geosciences

Keywords:

fault strength
overpressure
fluid pressure
heat flow
San Andreas Fault
fluid flow
heat trnasport

File:

Download FultonFinal.pdf

Committee Members:

Demian Saffer, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Chris J Marone, Committee Member
Kamini Singha, Committee Member
Derek Elsworth, Committee Member
Barbara A Bekins, Committee Member

Author:

Thomas IV, Randal Burton

Title:

Intramolecular Isotopic Variation in Acetate from Soils and Sediments

Graduate Program:

Geosciences

Keywords:

intramolecular isotopic analysis
wetland biogeochemistry

File:

Download RBT2008Dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

Michael Allan Arthur, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Michael Allan Arthur, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Christopher Howard House, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Katherine Haines Freeman, Committee Member
Jennifer Macalady, Committee Member
Robert David Shannon, Committee Member

Author:

Campen, Richard Kramer

Title:

From Angstroms to Microns: Studies of Interfaces and Macromolecules with Geochemical Implications Using Computational and Nonlinear Optical Tools

Graduate Program:

Geosciences

Keywords:

carbohydrate
colloid chemistry
second harmonic generation
density functional theory

File:

Download Campen_Dissertation_070701.pdf

Committee Members:

James David Kubicki, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Eric Borguet, Committee Member
William Blaine White, Committee Member
Janna Kay Maranas, Committee Member
Christopher Howard House, Committee Member

Author:

Domagal-Goldman, Shawn David

Title:

Modeling isotopic proxies for the oxygenation of the earths surface

Graduate Program:

Geosciences

Keywords:

Archean
Isotope Geochemistry
Atmospheric Models
Molecular Models

File:

Download Domagal-Goldman.pdf

Committee Members:

James David Kubicki, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
James Kasting, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Michael Allan Arthur, Committee Member
Jorge Osvaldo Sofo, Committee Member

Author:

Bier, Sara Elizabeth

Title:

STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY AND KINEMATICS ASSOCIATED WITH THE COLLISION OF THE WRANGELLIA COMPOSITE TERRANE AND NORTH AMERICA, SOUTH-CENTRAL ALASKA

Graduate Program:

Geosciences

Keywords:

terrane
alaska
tectonics
structural geology

File:

Download sarabier_thesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Donald Myron Fisher, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Rudy Lynn Slingerland, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Donald Myron Fisher, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Eric Kirby, Committee Member
Cynthia Ann Brewer, Committee Member

Author:

Miller, Scott Ruthardt

Title:

GEOMORPHOLOGY OF LATERALLY ADVECTED FAULT BLOCKS IN CONVERGENT OROGENS

Graduate Program:

Geosciences

Keywords:

tectonic geomorphology
fault-bend fold
lateral advection
fluvial
hillslope
South Tibetan fault system
Main Frontal thrust
Siwalik Hills
landscape evolution model
asymmetry

File:

Download ThesisMaster_v5.pdf

Committee Members:

Rudy L Slingerland, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Donald Myron Fisher, Committee Member
Mark N Gahegan, Committee Member

Author:

Innocenti, Sabrina

Title:

LAVAS AND TEPHRAS OF MERAPI VOLCANO, JAVA, INDONESIA:INSIGHTS FROM TEXTURAL ANALYSES AND GEOCHEMISTRY

Graduate Program:

Geosciences

Keywords:

Merapi Volcano
Crystal Size Distributions
K-affinity
Sunda arc
eruptive styles

File:

Download ThesisMaster_V6.pdf

Committee Members:

Tanya Furman, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Derek Elsworth, Committee Member
Peter J Heaney, Committee Member
Maureen Feineman, Committee Member
Barry Voight, Committee Member

Author:

Ono, Shuhei

Title:

Detrital uraninite and the early Earth's atmosphere: SIMS analyses of uraninite in the Elliot Lake district and the dissolution kinetics of natural uraninite

Graduate Program:

Geosciences

Keywords:

Proterozoic
atmosphere
oxygen
dissolution kinetics
quartz-pebble conglomerate
SIMS
Archean
detrital
uraninite

File:

Download S.Ono_PhD_Thesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Hiroshi Ohmoto, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Kwadwo Asare Osseo Asare, Committee Member
Peter J Heaney, Committee Member
Lee Kump, Committee Member

Author:

Fischer, Timothy B

Title:

STRUCTURAL TRANSFORMATIONS OF BIRNESSITE (δ-MnO2) DURING BIOLOGICAL AND ABIOLOGICAL REDUCTION

Graduate Program:

Geosciences

Keywords:

birnessite
bioreduction
manganese oxides
chromium
shewanella
time-resolved XRD
siderophores

File:

Download Tim_Dissertation_final3.pdf

Committee Members:

Peter J Heaney, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Peter J Heaney, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Maryann Victoria Bruns, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
James David Kubicki, Committee Member
Christopher Howard House, Committee Member
William D Burgos, Committee Member

Author:

Olszewski, Thomas D.

Title:

Testing for a relationship between paleocommunity recurrence and taxonomic turnover using a sequence stratigraphic framework

Graduate Program:

Geosciences

Keywords:

paleoecology
bivalve
brachiopod
sequence stratigraphy
Permian
Pennsylvanian

File:

Download etd.pdf

Committee Members:

Andrew Sluyter, Committee Member
Roger J Cuffey, Committee Member
Rudy L Slingerland, Committee Member
Charles Raymond Fisher Jr., Committee Member
Mark E Patzkowsky, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Michael Allan Arthur, Committee Member

Author:

Dupont, Todd K

Title:

ABRUPT CHANGES IN ICE SHELVES AND ICE STREAMS: MODEL STUDIES

Graduate Program:

Geosciences

Keywords:

ice shelf
ice stream
abrupt change
sea level
theoretical glaciology

File:

Download tkd_eTD_phd.pdf

Committee Members:

Richard B Alley, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Derek Elsworth, Committee Member
Raymond Gabriel Najjar Jr., Committee Member
James Kasting, Committee Member

Author:

Rooney, Tyrone O.

Title:

CONTINENTAL RIFTING IN CENTRAL ETHIOPIA: GEOCHEMICAL AND ISOTOPIC CONSTRAINTS FROM LAVAS AND XENOLITHS

Graduate Program:

Geosciences

Keywords:

Ethiopia
continental rift
Debre Zeyit
Butajira
Wonjii
geochemistry
fault belt
cinder cone
basalt
xenolith
crustal structure

File:

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Committee Members:

Richard Rudolph Parizek, Committee Member
Tanya Furman, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Andrew Arnold Nyblade, Committee Member
David H Eggler, Committee Member
Derek Elsworth, Committee Member
Barry B Hanan, Committee Member

Author:

Otake, Tsubasa

Title:

Understanding Redox Processes in Surface Environments from Iron Oxide Transformations and Multiple Sulfur Isotope Fractionations

Graduate Program:

Geosciences

Keywords:

mass-independent fractionation
sulfur isotope
banded iron formation
transformation
iron oxide
ab initio calculation

File:

Download Otake_thesis_2008.pdf

Committee Members:

Hiroshi Ohmoto, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Hubert Lloyd Barnes, Committee Member
Susan Louise Brantley, Committee Member
Peter J Heaney, Committee Member
Kwadwo Osseo Asare, Committee Member
David J Wesolowski, Committee Member

Author:

Miller, Victoria Louise

Title:

Crustal Response to Changes in the Magmatic System at the Soufrière Hills Volcano, Montserrat

Graduate Program:

Geosciences

Keywords:

locations
earthquake
volcano-tectonic
Montserrat
volcano
Soufrière Hills
focal mechanism
stress
VT-string

File:

Download VictoriaLMiller-PhD-Dissertation-2011.pdfDownload 9596-EarthquakeLocationsAnimation.movDownload 9596-EarthquakeLocationsTable.pdf

Committee Members:

Barry Voight, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Barry Voight, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Charles James Ammon, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Sridhar Anandakrishnan, Committee Member
Derek Elsworth, Committee Member

Author:

Cameron, Vyllinniskii

Title:

Trace Metal Biosignatures

Graduate Program:

Geosciences

Keywords:

Trace metals
Biosignatures
Nickel Stable Isotopes
Hyperthermophiles
Methanogen
Tungsten

File:

Download VCThesisFinal.pdf

Committee Members:

Christopher Howard House, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Susan Louise Brantley, Committee Member
Lee Kump, Committee Member
Caryl Ann Gronwall, Committee Member

Author:

Sevilla, Winchelle Ian

Title:

Seismic velocity variations under island arcs: examples from the Philippines and Montserrat (Lesser Antilles)

Graduate Program:

Geosciences

Keywords:

subduction zones
Philippines
Montserrat
tomography
receiver functions
island arcs

File:

Download Sevilla-Dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

Charles James Ammon, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Charles James Ammon, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Maureen Feineman, Committee Member
Barry Voight, Committee Member
Derek Elsworth, Committee Member

Author:

Craddock, William Howard

Title:

Structural and geomorphic evolution of the Gonghe basin complex, northeastern Tibet: Implications for the timing of plateau growth

Graduate Program:

Geosciences

Keywords:

tectonics
geology
geomorphology
geochronology
Tibetan plateau
Gonghe basin complex
Jungong basin
Yellow River
geodynamics
stratigraphy
structural geology

File:

Download WHC_Dissertation_4_8_2011_v2.pdf

Committee Members:

Eric Kirby, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Eric Kirby, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Rudy L Slingerland, Committee Member
Donald Myron Fisher, Committee Member
Derek Elsworth, Committee Member

Author:

Nelson, Wendy Rae

Title:

Two-plume Dynamics beneath the East African Rift System: a Geochemical Perspective

Graduate Program:

Geosciences

Keywords:

HIMU
mantle plume
Afar
East African Rift
basalt

File:

Download Nelson_Dissertation_2009_1.pdf

Committee Members:

Tanya Furman, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Tanya Furman, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Maureen Feineman, Committee Member
Andrew Arnold Nyblade, Committee Member
Derek Elsworth, Committee Member

Author:

Park, Yongcheol

Title:

Upper Mantle Seismic Velocity Structure Beneath the Kenya Rift and the Arabian Shield

Graduate Program:

Geosciences

Keywords:

surface wave
body wave
seismic tomography
plume

File:

Download YP_Thesis_final_high2.pdf

Committee Members:

Andrew Arnold Nyblade, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Charles James Ammon, Committee Member
Sridhar Anandakrishnan, Committee Member
Derek Elsworth, Committee Member

Author:

Watanabe, Yumiko

Title:

The Late Archean biosphere: Implications of organic and inorganic geochemistry of marine shales and terrestrial paleosols

Graduate Program:

Geosciences

Keywords:

geochemistry
biosphere
organic matter
shale
Archean
paleosol

File:

Download YumikoWatanabethesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Blair Hedges, Committee Member
Hiroshi Ohmoto, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Katherine Haines Freeman, Committee Member
Michael Allan Arthur, Committee Member

Author:

Fleeger, Claire Rene

Title:

Contaminant sequestration and phase transformation properties of birnessite-like phases (delta-mno2)

Graduate Program:

Geosciences

Keywords:

birnessite
cesium sequestration
phase transformation
manganese oxide

File:

Download FleegerCR_dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

Peter J Heaney, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
James David Kubicki, Committee Member
Matthew Scott Fantle, Committee Member
William D Burgos, Committee Member

Author:

Watts, Heath Donald

Title:

Application of density functional theory calculations to elucidate the structure of lignin linkages and the intermolecular interactions among proxies of lignin, hemicellulose, and cellulose

Graduate Program:

Geosciences

Keywords:

lignin
DFT
density functional theory
GIAO
NMR
coniferyl alcohol
biofuels

File:

Download HWatts_dissertation_complete.pdf

Committee Members:

James David Kubicki, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Katherine Haines Freeman, Committee Member
Jennifer Macalady, Committee Member
Ming Tien, Committee Member

Author:

Carpenter, Brett Matthew

Title:

Fault strength and stability: Lessons learned from the San Andreas Fault in central California

Graduate Program:

Geosciences

Keywords:

friction
fault mechanics
San Andreas Fault

File:

Download Carpenter_PhD_All.pdf

Committee Members:

Chris Marone, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Demian Saffer, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Charles James Ammon, Committee Member
Derek Elsworth, Committee Member
Andre Niemeijer, Special Member

Author:

Christianson, Knut Andrew

Title:

Geophysical Exploration of Glacier Basal Processes and Grounding Line Dynamics

Graduate Program:

Geosciences

Keywords:

glaciers
ice sheets
geophysics
ice-penetrating radar
GPS

File:

Download christianson_knut_thesis_2012.pdf

Committee Members:

Sridhar Anandakrishnan, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Richard B Alley, Committee Member
Peter Christopher Lafemina, Committee Member
Derrick J Lampkin, Committee Member
Derek Elsworth, Committee Member

Author:

Zoet, Lucas Keith

Title:

A Study of Discrete Glacier Motion

Graduate Program:

Geosciences

Keywords:

Glaciology
glacial erosion
glacial sliding
unstable sliding
seismology

File:

Download lzoet-Dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

Sridhar Anandakrishnan, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Richard B Alley, Committee Member
Chris Marone, Committee Member
Charles James Ammon, Committee Member
Derek Elsworth, Committee Member

Author:

Mulibo, Gabriel Daudi

Title:

Investigation of Mantle Structure beneath Eastern Africa: Implications for the Origin Of the Cenozoic tectonism and propagation of the Rift System

Graduate Program:

Geosciences

Keywords:

Tomography
Receiver function
Superplume
East African Rift System
Cenozoic Tectonism

File:

Download Mulibo_Gabriel_Dissertation_Final.pdf

Committee Members:

Andrew Arnold Nyblade, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Andrew Arnold Nyblade, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Charles James Ammon, Committee Member
Sridhar Anandakrishnan, Committee Member
Derek Elsworth, Special Member

Author:

Herndon, Elizabeth Maureen

Title:

Biogeochemistry of manganese contamination in a temperate forested watershed

Graduate Program:

Geosciences

Keywords:

Biogeochemistry
Shale Hills
Critical Zone
manganese

File:

Download Herndon_PhD_Dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

Susan Louise Brantley, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
David Eissenstat, Committee Member
Jennifer Macalady, Committee Member
Peter J Heaney, Committee Member
Carmen Martinez, Committee Member

Author:

Magill, Clayton R

Title:

Molecular and isotopic perspectives on early human habitats at Olduvai Gorge, Tanzania

Graduate Program:

Geosciences

Keywords:

biomarker
isotope
evolution
Africa
biogeochemistry

File:

Download Magill2013_FinalDissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

Katherine Haines Freeman, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Katherine Haines Freeman, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Lee Kump, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
MARK E PATZKOWSKY, Committee Member
Nina G Jablonski, Committee Member

Author:

Kaproth, Bryan Michael

Title:

The evolution of fault strength, permeability, and acoustic properties in experimental studies from fault initiation through the seismic cycle

Graduate Program:

Geosciences

Keywords:

Fault mechanics
Slow slip
Permeability
Fault strength
Fault fabric
Active seismic

File:

Download Kaproth_Thesis_July_13.pdf

Committee Members:

Chris Marone, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Demian Saffer, Committee Member
Eliza Richardson Marone, Committee Member
Derek Elsworth, Committee Member
Charles James Ammon, Committee Member

Author:

Regalla, Christine Ann

Title:

Cenozoic forearc tectonics in northeastern Japan: Relationships between outer forearc subsidence and plate boundary kinematics

Graduate Program:

Geosciences

Keywords:

Japan trench
subduction zone
forearc tectonics
erosive margins

File:

Download Regalla_PhD_Thesis_Final.pdf

Committee Members:

Donald Myron Fisher, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Eric Kirby, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Kevin Patrick Furlong, Committee Member
Douglas Miller, Committee Member

Author:

Lauer, Rachel Mollie

Title:

Subduction zone hydrogeology: quantifying fluid sources, pathways and pressure

Graduate Program:

Geosciences

Keywords:

subduction zone
hydrogeology
earthquake mechanics

File:

Download RMLauer_dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

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

Author:

Olson, Roman

Title:

How Well Can Historical Temperature Observations Constrain Climate Sensitivity

Graduate Program:

Geosciences

Keywords:

Climate sensitivity
internal climate variability
Gaussian Process
climate model
Markov chain Monte Carlo

File:

Download RO_Dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

Klaus Keller, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Klaus Keller, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Chris Eliot Forest, Committee Member
James Kasting, Committee Member
Murali Haran, Committee Member

Author:

Graham, Heather Valeah

Title:

Molecular and isotopic indicators of canopy closure in ancient forests and the effects of environmental gradients on leaf alkane expression

Graduate Program:

Geosciences

Keywords:

n-alkanes
canopy
isotope fractionation
Cerrejon
Guaduas

File:

Download DissPdfCombined.pdf

Committee Members:

Katherine Haines Freeman, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Lee Kump, Committee Member
MARK E PATZKOWSKY, Committee Member
Peter Daniel Wilf, Committee Member
Erica A H Smithwick, Committee Member
Scott W Wing, Special Member

Author:

Cleveland, Kenneth Michael

Title:

Fault Rupture Segmentation

Graduate Program:

Geosciences

Keywords:

seismology
surface waves
earthquake location
oceanic transform faults

File:

Download 1-KMCleveland-Dissertation-Final.pdf

Committee Members:

Charles James Ammon, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Kevin Patrick Furlong, Committee Member
Andrew Arnold Nyblade, Committee Member
Derek Elsworth, Special Member

Author:

Smith, Karen Elizabeth

Title:

Exogenous and Endogenous Sources of Organic Compounds on the Early Earth: Investigating Carbonaceous Meteorites and Plausibly Prebiotic Complex Mixtures by Liquid Chromatography-mass Spectrometry

Graduate Program:

Geosciences

Keywords:

analytical chemistry
meteorites
mass spectrometry
liquid chromatography
geochemistry

File:

Download Smith_FINAL_Dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

Christopher Howard House, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
James David Kubicki, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
James Kasting, Committee Member
Philip C. Bevilacqua, Special Member

Author:

Schueth, Jonathan Douglas

Title:

Investigating the response of calcareous nannoplankton to significant environmental disturbance: Links between extinction and environmental change and the role of incumbency in recovery

Graduate Program:

Geosciences

Keywords:

nannoplankton
extinction
recovery
incumbency
datum

File:

Download Schueth_dissertation_final.pdf

Committee Members:

Timothy Bralower, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Klaus Keller, Committee Member
MARK E PATZKOWSKY, Committee Member
Eric S Post, Committee Member

Author:

Ramirez, Ramses Mario

Title:

Terrestrial planets under extreme radiative forcings: applications to habitable zones, early Mars, and a high-co2 Earth

Graduate Program:

Geosciences

Keywords:

habitable zones
habitability
Mars
collision-induced absorption
hydrogen
runaway greenhouse
carbon dioxide

File:

Download Ramirez_thesis_2014.pdf

Committee Members:

James Kasting, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Christopher Howard House, Committee Member
Eugene Edmund Clothiaux, Committee Member
Steinn Sigurdsson, Committee Member