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Author:

Labrado, Amanda Leane

Title:

EVIDENCE FOR DISSIMILATORY NITRATE REDUCTION TO AMMONIA BY AQUEOUS BIOFILMS IN THE SULFIDIC CAVES OF FRASASSI, ITALY

Graduate Program:

Geosciences

Keywords:

Metagenomics
Elemental sulfur
Biofilms

File:

Download LabradoMSThesis3.26.17.pdf

Committee Members:

Dr. Jennifer Macalady, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Dr. Katherine Freeman, Committee Member
Dr. Christopher House, Committee Member

Author:

Xu, Yang

Title:

Sedimentary record of the evolution of the Kumano Forearc Basin, offshore southwest Japan

Graduate Program:

Geosciences

Keywords:

Kumano
basin
forearc
sequencestratigraphy
basinanalysis
nankai
sedimentology
iodp

File:

Download YangXu_Thesis_Final.pdf

Committee Members:

Elizabeth Ann Hajek, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Demian Saffer, Committee Member
Donald Myron Fisher, Committee Member

Author:

Ajayi, Oluwaseyi Adebola

Title:

Testing the Viability of Supercritical Carbon Dioxide as a Fracking Fluid by Computing its Chemical Interaction with Illite

Graduate Program:

Geosciences

Keywords:

molecular modeling
fracking
hydraulic fracturing
marcellus shale
supercritical CO2
illite
density functional theory
molecular dynamics
DFT
DFT-MD
scCO2
interfacial tension
interfacial energy
interaction energy
VASP
energy minimization

File:

Download seyi_ajayi_ms_thesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Dr. James Kubicki, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Dr. Michael Arthur, Committee Member
Dr. Derek Elsworth, Committee Member
Dr. Demian Saffer, Committee Member

Author:

Mansor, Muammar

Title:

Isotopic and trace metal geochemistry of calcite, gypsum, and pyrite as proxies for ancient life and environments

Graduate Program:

Geosciences

Keywords:

Achromatium
pyrite
Fe isotope
biosignature
sulfur isotope
molybdenum
biofilms
reactive transport modeling
gypsum
calcite

File:

Download Final_thesis_Muammar_revised_April2017.pdf

Committee Members:

Matthew Fantle, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Jennifer Macalady, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Christopher House, Committee Member
Christopher House, Committee Member
Li Li, Outside Member

Author:

Leeman, John Robert

Title:

Laboratory Studies of Fault Stability and Slow Earthquakes

Graduate Program:

Geosciences

Keywords:

slow slip
earthquake
fault mechanics
rock mechanics
fault stability
ice stream

File:

Download dissertation_leeman.pdf

Committee Members:

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

Author:

Leon y Leon, Isabel Aurora

Title:

ECOLOGICAL CHANGES IN THE NANNOPLANKTON COMMUNITY ACROSS A SHELF TRANSECT DURING THE ONSET OF THE PALEOCENE-EOCENE THERMAL MAXIMUM

Graduate Program:

Geosciences

Keywords:

nannoplankton
PETM
Paleocene-Eocene Thermal Maximum
nearshore
paleoecology
Cambridge-Dorchester MD
shelf environment

File:

Download LeonyLeon_MS_2017.pdf

Committee Members:

Timothy Bralower, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Lee Kump, Committee Member
Mark Patzkowsky, Committee Member

Author:

Grijalva, Ashley Nichole

Title:

P AND S BODY WAVE TOMOGRAPHY OF THE NORTHERN LAKE MALAWI RIFT BASIN AND RUNGWE VOLCANIC PROVINCE

Graduate Program:

Geosciences

Keywords:

seismology
crust
mantle
east african rift zone
velocity
tomography
rift

File:

Download Grijalva_Thesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Andrew Nyblade, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Charles Ammon, Committee Member
Christelle Wauthier, Committee Member

Author:

Oakley, David Owen Smith

Title:

Fault-Propagation Fold Kinematics and Deformation Rates in the North Canterbury Fold and Thrust Belt, South Island, New Zealand

Graduate Program:

Geosciences

Keywords:

fault-propagation folding
trishear
marine terraces
North Canterbury
New Zealand

File:

Download Oakley_Dissertation_final.pdf

Committee Members:

Donald Fisher, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Donald Fisher, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Kevin Furlong, Committee Member
Roman DiBiase, Committee Member
Derek Elsworth, Outside Member

Author:

Riverman, Kiya Lihn

Title:

Flow dynamics of the NE Greenland Ice Stream with hydrological insights from englacial exploration of Larsbreen, Svalbard

Graduate Program:

Geosciences

Keywords:

glaciology
ice stream
geophysics
greenland
englacial hydrology
shear margin

File:

Download KLR-Dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

Sridhar Anandakrishnan, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Richard Alley, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Byron Parizek, Committee Member
Sridhar Anandakrishnan, Committee Member
Christopher Duffey, Outside Member

Author:

Chai, Chengping

Title:

Multi-Objective Geophysical Inversion for Earth Structure and Earthquake Parameters

Graduate Program:

Geosciences

Keywords:

Geophysical Inversion
United States
Antarctica
Sumatra
Earth Structure
Earthquakes

File:

Download ChengpingChai-Dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

Charles J. Ammon, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Charles J. Ammon, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Sridhar Anandakrishnan, Committee Member
Andrew Nyblade, Committee Member
Parisa Shokouhi, Outside Member
Derek Elsworth, Committee Member

Author:

Moore, Sarah Catherine

Title:

THE FEBRUARY 1993 KILAUEA EAST RIFT ZONE DIKE INTRUSION REVEALED THROUGH INSAR

Graduate Program:

Geosciences

Keywords:

Boundary Element Method
Inversion
Static Stress Change
Nonlinear Inversion

File:

Download SarahMoore_FinalThesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Christelle Wauthier, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Peter LaFemina, Committee Member
Charles Ammon, Committee Member

Author:

Doyle, Emily Ann

Title:

Correcting δ13CH4 Analyses for Krypton Interference: The Potential Impact on Methane Budget Studies

Graduate Program:

Geosciences

Keywords:

Methane Budget
Krypton Interference
continuous-flow mass spectrometry
carbon isotope
gas chromatography

File:

Download Doyle_MastersThesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Richard Alley, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Katherine Freeman, Committee Member
Lee Kump, Committee Member

Author:

Ramirez, Cristo

Title:

Seismic investigations of the crust and upper mantle structure in Antarctica and Madagascar

Graduate Program:

Geosciences

Keywords:

Antarctica
Receiver functions
Crustal structure
Madagascar
Shear wave splitting
Mantle dynamics

File:

Download Ramirez_Dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

Dr. Andrew Nyblade, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Dr. Andrew Nyblade, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Dr. Charles Ammon, Committee Member
Dr. Sridhar Anandakrishnan, Committee Member
Dr. Victor Sparrow, Outside Member

Author:

Kennedy, Curtis Ross

Title:

Near-Surface Geophysical Investigation of Karstic Controls on Localized Hillslope Hydrology

Graduate Program:

Geosciences

Keywords:

Hydrogeophysics
Hydrogeology
Hydrology
Geology
Karst
Resistivity
Agronomy
Agriculture
Lysimetry
Carbonate

File:

Download Kennedy_Thesis_-_May_2017.pdf

Committee Members:

Tess Russo, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Anthony Buda, Committee Member
Andrew Nyblade, Committee Member
Casey Kennedy, Committee Member

Author:

Harman, Chester Ervin

Title:

Oxygen as a Biosignature on Terrestrial Planets

Graduate Program:

Geosciences

Keywords:

oxygen
sulfur
mass independent fractionation
false positive
Archean
atmospheric chemistry
planetary science

File:

Download Harman_dissertation_05312017.pdf

Committee Members:

James F. Kasting, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
James F. Kasting, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Christelle Wauthier, Committee Member
Christopher Howard House, Committee Member
Steinn Sigurdsson, Outside Member

Author:

Oakes, Rosemary Louise

Title:

Towards understanding the impact of ocean acidification on the shell condition of thecosome pteropods

Graduate Program:

Geosciences

Keywords:

Pteropods
Ocean acidification
Micro-CT
Nano-SEM
Taphonomy
Plankton
Preservation
Biological oceanography
Chemical oceanography
Climate change

File:

Download ROakes_phddissertation_final_micdrop.pdf

Committee Members:

Timothy Bralower, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Timothy Bralower, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Michael Allan Arthur, Committee Member
Lee Kump, Committee Member
Timothy Michael Ryan, Outside Member
Matthew S Fantle, Committee Member

Author:

Grey, Jacqueline Ashley

Title:

Changes in calcareous nannoplankton assemblages during the recovery of the Paleocene Eocene Thermal Maximum (PETM)

Graduate Program:

Geosciences

Keywords:

nannoplankton
Paleocene Eocene Thermal Maximum
PETM recovery
paleoecology
global warming

File:

Download Grey_MS_Thesis_Aug_2017_FINAL.pdf

Committee Members:

Timothy Bralower, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Mark E Patzkowsky, Committee Member
Peter Daniel Wilf, Committee Member

Author:

Richard, Zachary David

Title:

Anomalously Low δ18O Values of High-Latitude Permo-Triassic Paleosol Siderite: Implications for the Hydrologic Cycle during Warm Climate Intervals

Graduate Program:

Geosciences

Keywords:

Siderite
Isotopes
Hydrology
Paleoclimate
Permian
Triassic
Paleosol

File:

Download FINAL_THESIS_.pdf

Committee Members:

Timothy Stapler White, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Lee Kump, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
David Pollard, Committee Member

Author:

Fuller, Robert William

Title:

PROBABILISTIC INVERSION OF EXPERT ASSESSMENTS TO INFORM PROJECTIONS ABOUT ANTARCTIC ICE SHEET RESPONSES

Graduate Program:

Geosciences

Keywords:

ice sheet
sea ice
antarctica
paleooceanography
ice shelf
ocean temperature
melting
cliffs
sea-level rise
calibration methods
overconfidence
uncertainty
deep uncertainty
bayesian
probabilistic inversion
markov chain
monte carlo

File:

Download Fuller_Robert_William-MS_thesis-Probabilistic_Inversion.pdf

Committee Members:

Klaus Keller, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
James F. Kasting, Committee Member
Sridhar Anadakrishnan, Committee Member

Author:

Christie, Max Lawrence

Title:

Biogeographic, Functional, and Phylogenetic Consequences of the Pliocene to Modern in the Western Atlantic

Graduate Program:

Geosciences

Keywords:

Pliocene
Pleistocene
Mollusk
Coastal Plain
Plio-Pleistocene Extinction
Phylogenetics
Functional Ecology
Biogeography

File:

Download Christie_Dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

Mark E Patzkowsky, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Mark E Patzkowsky, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Peter Daniel Wilf, Committee Member
Timothy Bralower, Committee Member
Todd C Lajeunesse, Outside Member

Author:

Herman, Matthew William

Title:

Deformation Processes Throughout the Earthquake Cycle

Graduate Program:

Geosciences

Keywords:

Geodynamics
Geophysics
Earthquakes
Finite Element Modeling
Subduction Zones
Rheology

File:

Download Herman_Dissertation_final.pdf

Committee Members:

Kevin Patrick Furlong, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Kevin Patrick Furlong, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Charles James Ammon, Committee Member
Donald Myron Fisher, Committee Member
Karl Martin Reichard, Outside Member
Christelle Wauthier, Committee Member
Rob Govers, Special Member

Author:

Marten, Jacob Patrick

Title:

Analysis of Subglacial Sediment Properties in West Antarctica Using Seismic Amplitude Data

Graduate Program:

Geosciences

Keywords:

AVO
Seismic
West Antarctic Ice Sheet
Antarctica
Reflection seismology

File:

Download Marten_Jacob_Thesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Sridhar Anandakrishnan, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Richard B Alley, Committee Member
Charles James Ammon, Committee Member

Author:

Clark, Christian Evan

Title:

FATE OF ELEMENTAL SULFUR IN A SULFIDIC CAVE AQUIFER MIXING ZONE

Graduate Program:

Geosciences

Keywords:

Caves
sulfur cycling
biogeochemistry
microbiology
Iron cycling
Frasassi Caves
disproportionation
Desulfocapsa
dark biosphere
subsurface
sediment geochemistry
high-throughput

File:

Download Thesis_Clark_2017.pdf

Committee Members:

Jennifer Macalady, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Katherine Freeman, Committee Member
Christopher House, Committee Member

Author:

Donovan, Michael Philip

Title:

RECOVERY OF PLANT-INSECT ASSOCIATIONS IN PATAGONIA, ARGENTINA AFTER THE END-CRETACEOUS EXTINCTION

Graduate Program:

Geosciences

Keywords:

plant-insect associations
herbivory
Gondwana
paleobotany

File:

Download Donovan_Dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

Peter Wilf, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Peter Wilf, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Mark E Patzkowsky, Committee Member
Timothy Bralower, Committee Member
David Peter Hughes, Outside Member
Conrad Labandeira, Special Member

Author:

Del Vecchio, Joanmarie

Title:

A record of coupled hlllslope and channel response to Pleistocene periglacial erosion in a sandstone headwater valley, central Pennsylvania

Graduate Program:

Geosciences

Keywords:

geomorphology
periglacial
cosmogenic nuclides
paleoclimate
critical zone

File:

Download Del_Vecchio_MS_thesis_final_August_v2.pdf

Committee Members:

Roman A. DiBiase, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Susan L. Brantley, Committee Member
Li Li, Committee Member

Author:

Kong, Kyeong Pil

Title:

MINERALOGICAL AND GEOCHEMICAL CONSTRAINTS OF CHROMIUM OXIDATION INDUCED BY BIRNESSITE

Graduate Program:

Geosciences

Keywords:

Manganese Oxides
Birnessite
Chromium
Oxidation
XANES
X-ray
Diffraction

File:

Download Kong_thesis_final.pdf

Committee Members:

Peter J Heaney, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Matthew S Fantle, Committee Member
Lee Kump, Committee Member

Author:

Greenberg, Evan Bennett

Title:

Reconstructing river mobility from ancient deposits: an example from the Willwood Formation (Bighorn Basin, WY)

Graduate Program:

Geosciences

Keywords:

Geology
Sedimentology
Fluvial
Climate Change
Stratigraphy
Rivers

File:

Download Greenberg_Thesis_full_10_2017.pdf

Committee Members:

Elizabeth Hajek, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Mark Patzkowsky, Committee Member
Roman DiBiase, Committee Member

Author:

Boettger, Jason Daniel

Title:

CO2 Hydration and Hydroxylation: The Origin of Carbonate Kinetic Isotope Effects

Graduate Program:

Geosciences

Keywords:

isotopes
computational chemistry
isotope fractionation
carbonate
coral

File:

Download Boettger_Full_Dissertation_Final.pdf

Committee Members:

Susan Louise Brantley, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Susan Louise Brantley, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Matthew S Fantle, Committee Member
Katherine Haines Freeman, Committee Member
Lasse Jensen, Outside Member

Author:

Wilpiszeski, Regina Leila

Title:

Extremophiles in Built Environments

Graduate Program:

Geosciences

Keywords:

Extremophiles
Built environment
Subsurface
Astrobiology
Microbial ecology
Thermus scotoductus

File:

Download Wilpiszeski_dissertation_final_11.20.2017.pdf

Committee Members:

Christopher Howard House, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Christopher Howard House, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Jennifer Macalady, Committee Member
Julie Genevieve Cosmidis, Committee Member
Istvan Albert, Outside Member

Author:

Hantsoo, Kalev Griffin

Title:

Tracking the Paleocene-Eocene Thermal Maximum in the North Atlantic: A shelf-to-basin analysis with a terrain-following ocean model

Graduate Program:

Geosciences

Keywords:

biogeochemistry
Paleocene Eocene Thermal Maximum
ROMS
Regional Ocean Modeling System
Paleogene
Salisbury Embayment
ocean acidification
calcite saturation
paleoceanography
paleoclimatology

File:

Download hantsoo_pennstate_thesis_dec2017.pdf

Committee Members:

Lee Kump, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
James Kasting, Committee Member
Timothy Bralower, Committee Member
Bernd Haupt, Committee Member

Author:

Trampush, Sheila Marie

Title:

HOW LANDSCAPE DYNAMICS CAN ALTER THE PRESERVATION AND INTERPRETATION OF PALEOENVIRONMENTAL SIGNALS IN FLUVIODELTAIC ENVIRONMENTS

Graduate Program:

Geosciences

Keywords:

stratigraphy
geology
Paleocene-Eocene Thermal Maximum
autogenic sedimentation

File:

Download Trampush_dissertation_final_draft_2017_11_21.pdf

Committee Members:

Elizabeth Ann Hajek, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Elizabeth Ann Hajek, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Mark E Patzkowsky, Committee Member
Lee Kump, Committee Member
Benjamin Adam Shaby, Outside Member

Author:

Gu, Xin

Title:

CHARACTERIZING STRUCTURE AND GEOCHEMISTRY OF SHALE PORES BY NEUTRON SCATTERING

Graduate Program:

Geosciences

Keywords:

neutron scattering
shale
weathering
microfracture
porosity
Marcellus shale

File:

Download PS-Thesis-Xin_20171105.pdf

Committee Members:

Susan L. Brantley, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Susan L. Brantley, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Peter J. Heaney, Committee Member
Terry Engelder, Committee Member
Jason Kaye, Outside Member

Author:

Fortiz, Victoria

Title:

OCEANIC ANOXIA EVENT 2 (93.9 MA) IN THE U.S. WESTERN INTERIOR SEAWAY: HIGH RESOLUTION CALCAREOUS NANNOFOSSIL RECORD OF THE TROPIC SHALE FORMATION

Graduate Program:

Geosciences

Keywords:

OAE2; Calcareous nannofossils; Paleoclimate; Paleoceanography

File:

Download VF_MS_Thesis_Final.pdf

Committee Members:

Timothy J. Bralower, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Mark E Patzkowsky, Committee Member
Michael A. Arthur, Committee Member