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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:

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:

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:

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

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

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:

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:

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

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:

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:

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

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

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:

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:

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

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

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

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

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

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:

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:

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

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