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Author:

Ortiz, Kameron Jordan

Title:

P and S Body Wave Tomography of Southern Africa

Graduate Program:

Geosciences

Keywords:

Seismology
Tomography
Crust
Mantle
Southern Africa

File:

Download Kameron_Ortiz_Thesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Andrew Arnold Nyblade, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Charles James Ammon, Committee Member
Sridhar Anandakrishnan, Committee Member

Author:

Jimenez, Martin Matthew

Title:

CONTROLS ON SANDSTONE DITRIBUTIONS AND CONNECTIVITY IN THE SHALLOW-MARINE FOX HILLS SANDSTONE AND LANCE FORMATION (UPPER CRETACEOUS, GREAT DIVIDE BASIN, WYOMING, USA

Graduate Program:

Geosciences

Keywords:

Sequence Stratigraphy
Mixed-Process Variability
Shallow-marine
Sandbody Continuity

File:

Download Jimenez_Martin_MSThesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Elizabeth A. Hajek, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Michael Arthur, Committee Member
Mark E Patzkowsky, Committee Member

Author:

Valdez, Robert Dennis

Title:

MECHANICAL BEHAVIOR OF MAJOR PLATE BOUNDARY FAULT SYSTEMS: INSIGHTS INTO THE STRESS STATE OF THE NANKAI SUBDUCTION-ACCRETION COMPLEX OFFSHORE SW JAPAN AND SLIP STABILITY OF THE ALPINE FAULT ZONE IN NEW ZEALAND

Graduate Program:

Geosciences

Keywords:

Consolidation state
Nankai Trough
In situ stress state
Friction
Slip stability
Scientific drilling
Alpine Fault
Accretionary prism
Rate and state friction

File:

Download RD_Valdez_thesis_final.pdf

Committee Members:

Demian Saffer, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Demian Saffer, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Chris J Marone, Committee Member
Donald Myron Fisher, Committee Member
Jonathan P Mathews, Outside Member

Author:

Andrews, Elizabeth Marie

Title:

Lithium isotopes in carbonate-rich marine sections: implications for diagenesis, authigenic clay formation, and the global lithium cycle

Graduate Program:

Geosciences

Keywords:

Lithium Isotopes
Authigenic Clay Formation
Diagenesis
Carbonates

File:

Download EAndrews_MS_Thesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Matthew S Fantle, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Katherine Haines Freeman, Committee Member
Lee Kump, Committee Member

Author:

Pourpoint, Maeva

Title:

LITHOSPHERIC AND GLACIAL STRUCTURES FROM SEISMIC WAVE ANALYSIS IN GREENLAND AND ANTARCTICA

Graduate Program:

Geosciences

Keywords:

Surface wave tomography
Greenland
Icequakes
Byrd glacier
Antarctica

File:

Download MaevaPourpoint_Dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

Sridhar Anandakrishnan, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Sridhar Anandakrishnan, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Charles A. Ammon, Committee Member
Richard B. Alley, Committee Member
Parisa Shokouki, Outside Member

Author:

Roop-Eckart, Kenneth Joel

Title:

Analysis of Mixed Distribution Statistical Flood Frequency Models and Implications for Dam Safety Assessments

Graduate Program:

Geosciences

Keywords:

mixed distributions
dam
safety
risk analysis
flood frequency
two population

File:

Download kjr_thesis_final.pdf

Committee Members:

Klaus Keller, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Elizabeth Ann Hajek, Committee Member
Tess Alethea Russo, Committee Member
Christopher Duffy, Committee Member

Author:

Schwans, Emily

Title:

Dependence of Thwaites Glacier Stability on Bed Character

Graduate Program:

Geosciences

Keywords:

Glaciology
Mathematical Modeling
Antarctica
Thwaites Glacier
Ice Sheet
Ice Sheet System Model
Numerical Modeling
Ice Flow
Sea Level Rise
Rheology
Glacier Stability

File:

Download Schwans_Thesis_reformatted.pdf

Committee Members:

Byron Parizek, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Richard Alley, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Sridhar Anandakrishnan, Committee Member

Author:

Madara, Benjamin James

Title:

Laboratory Studies of Permeability Evolution: Roles of Fracture, Shear, Dynamic Stressing, and Reservoir Rock Properties

Graduate Program:

Geosciences

Keywords:

permeability evolution
permeability
dynamic stressing
fracture
shear
permeability enhancement

File:

Download Dissertation_Madara.pdf

Committee Members:

Chris Marone, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Chris J Marone, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Derek Elsworth, Committee Member
Sridhar Anandakrishnan, Committee Member
Shimin Liu, Outside Member

Author:

Soto, David Romualdo

Title:

P AND S BODY WAVE TOMOGRAPHY OF THE UPPER MANTLE IN CENTRAL AND EASTERN WEST ANTARCTICA

Graduate Program:

Geosciences

Keywords:

Geophysics
Seismology
Antarctica
Tomography
Rift
Tectonics

File:

Download Thesis_DS_Final.pdf

Committee Members:

Andrew Arnold Nyblade, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Charles James Ammon, Committee Member
Sridhar Anandakrishnan, Committee Member

Author:

Gall, Helen Deborah

Title:

A Geochemical Approach to Mantle and Crustal Dynamics in Central Anatolia

Graduate Program:

Geosciences

Keywords:

Petrology
Geochemistry
Geoscience
Anatolia

File:

Download Helen_D_Gall_Dissertation_FINAL.pdf

Committee Members:

Tanya Furman, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Tanya Furman, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Maureen Feineman, Committee Member
Kevin Patrick Furlong, Committee Member
Scott P McDonald, Outside Member

Author:

Ramirez, Haley M

Title:

The Seismic Hazards Posed by New Mapped Offshore Segments of the Ranong and Khlong Marui Faults

Graduate Program:

Geosciences

Keywords:

Intraplate
Thailand
Strike - Slip

File:

Download Ramirez_Thesis_SThailand.pdf

Committee Members:

Kevin Patrick Furlong, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Sridhar Anandakrishnan, Committee Member
Donald Myron Fisher, Committee Member

Author:

Hoagland, Nell E

Title:

Surface water-sediment interactions: Examples from pristine and contaminated catchments

Graduate Program:

Geosciences

Keywords:

arsenic
nitrogen
critical zone
floodplains
gold mining
groundwater-surface water interactions
hyporheic zone
aqueous geochemistry
hydrology
water contamination

File:

Download Dissertation_Hoagland_181121b.pdf

Committee Members:

Susan Louise Brantley, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Susan Louise Brantley, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Matthew S Fantle, Committee Member
Demian Saffer, Committee Member
Jason Philip Kaye, Outside Member
Tess Alethea Russo, Special Member

Author:

Nguyen, Uyen T

Title:

GEOCHEMICAL AND METAGENOMIC INVESTIGATION OF MARINE HYDROCARBON BIODEGRADATION

Graduate Program:

Geosciences

Keywords:

oil biodegradation
high pressure
gulf of mexico
deepwater horizon
hydrocarbon-degrading genes
coal biodegradation

File:

Download Nguyen_Dissertation_2018.pdf

Committee Members:

Jennifer Macalady, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Jennifer Macalady, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Katherine Haines Freeman, Committee Member
James Kubicki, Committee Member
Ming Tien, Outside Member
Sara Ann Lincoln, Committee Member

Author:

Ryan, Kerry

Title:

LABORATORY STUDIES OF FAULT RESTRENGTHENING: The Role of Shear Stress and Mineralogy Inferred from Mechanical and Ultrasonic Amplitude Measurements

Graduate Program:

Geosciences

Keywords:

fault healing
frictional healing
earthquakes

File:

Download Ryan_Kerry_DissertationFINAL.pdf

Committee Members:

Chris Marone, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Chris J Marone, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Demian Saffer, Committee Member
Charles James Ammon, Committee Member
Parisa Shokouhi, Outside Member

Author:

Ramirez, Gabrielle Elizabeth

Title:

SCALY FABRICS AND VEINS OF THE SHIMANTO BELT: A RECORD OF SILICA REDISTRIBUTION IN SUBDUCTION FAULT ZONES

Graduate Program:

Geosciences

Keywords:

Shimanto Belt
structural geology
melange
ancient accretionary complex
earthquakes
mineral redistribution

File:

Download MastersThesis_G_Ramirez_Fall2018.pdf

Committee Members:

Donald Myron Fisher, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Chris J Marone, Committee Member
Andrew James Smye, Committee Member

Author:

Wayman, Callum Richard

Title:

UNDERSTANDING THE EFFECTS OF HYDROLOGIC CONNECTIVITY, LAND USE, AND LITHOLOGY ON WATER QUALITY ACROSS SCALES: FROM A ZEROTH ORDER CATCHMENT TO A HUC 10 WATERSHED IN THE SUSQUEHANNA RIVER BASIN

Graduate Program:

Geosciences

Keywords:

synoptic
hydrology
agriculture

File:

Download Wayman_Thesis_FinalforSubmission.pdf

Committee Members:

Susan Louise Brantley, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Tess Alethea Russo, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Jonathan M Duncan, Committee Member
Roman Alexander Dibiase, Committee Member

Author:

Clark, Brandon

Title:

Numerical Simulations of Productivity and Anoxia in the Western Interior Seaway During Oceanic Anoxic Event 2 (93.9 Ma)

Graduate Program:

Geosciences

Keywords:

Oceanic Anoxic Event 2
OAE2
Western Interior Sea
ROMS
Anoxia

File:

Download BLC_MS_FINAL_NOV_12_2018.pdf

Committee Members:

Lee Kump, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Bernd Haupt, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Elizabeth Ann Hajek, Committee Member
Timothy Bralower, Committee Member