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Theses/Dissertations from 2017

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ZIRCON AS A PROXY FOR "TAKING THE TEMPERATURE" OF GRANITES: AN EXAMPLE USING ZIRCON THERMOMETRY APPLIED TO GRENVILLIAN MID-CRUSTAL MAGMAS IN THE BLUE RIDGE PROVINCE, VIRGINIA, Samantha Rae Burk

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POTENTIAL FIELD MODELING ACROSS THE NEODYMIUM LINE DEFINING THE PALEOPROTEROZOIC-MESOPROTEROZOIC BOUNDARY OF THE SOUTHEASTERN MARGIN OF LAURENTIA, Rachel Lauren Durham

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EFFECTS OF HYDROLOGIC CONNECTIVITY AND LAND USE ON FLOODPLAIN SEDIMENT ACCUMULATION AT THE SAVANNAH RIVER SITE, SOUTH CAROLINA, Jeremy E. Eddy

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INITIAL MICROSEISMIC RECORDINGS AT THE ONSET OF UNCONVENTIONAL HYDROCARBON DEVELOPMENT IN THE ROME TROUGH, EASTERN KENTUCKY, Andrew Holcomb

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SEDIMENTARY RESPONSES TO GROWTH FAULT SLIP AND CLAY SHRINK AND SWELL INDUCED ELEVATION VARIATIONS: EAST MATAGORDA PENINSULA, TEXAS, Wei Ji

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INTERPRETATION OF THE DEPOSITIONAL ENVIRONMENTS AND SOFT-SEDIMENT DEFORMATION IN THE UPPER TANGLEWOOD MEMBER (UPPER ORDOVICIAN) OF THE LEXINGTON LIMESTONE, CENTRAL KENTUCKY, U.S.A., Dibya R. Koirala

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FLUVIAL-LACUSTRINE PROCESSES SHAPING THE LANDFORMS OF THE DISTAL PARAGUAY FLUVIAL MEGAFAN, Edward Limin Lo

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STRATIGRAPHIC, GEOCHEMICAL, AND GEOCHRONOLOGICAL ANALYSIS OF THE WOLFCAMP-D INTERVAL, MIDLAND BASIN, TEXAS, Zachary S. Perlman

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CONSTRAINING BOUNDARIES AND EXTENT OF THE CHARLESTON UPLIFT, NORTHEAST NEW MADRID SEISMIC ZONE, USING SHALLOW SEISMIC REFLECTION METHODS, Clara Rose Rucker

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THE OLIGOCENE WEST ELK BRECCIA: EVIDENCE FOR MASSIVE VOLCANIC DEBRIS AVALANCHES IN THE EASTERN GUNNISON RIVER VALLEY, WEST-CENTRAL COLORADO, U.S.A., Patrick J. Whalen

Theses/Dissertations from 2016

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LITHOSTRATIGRAPHIC AND GEOCHEMICAL CHARACTERIZATION OF THE UPPER PENNSYLVANIAN ‘WOLFCAMP D’ SHALE, MIDLAND BASIN (USA): IMPLICATIONS FOR PALEOENVIRONMENTS AND UNCONVENTIONAL PETROLEUM RESERVIORS, Patrick W. Baldwin

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Mobility of Escherichia coli within Karst Terrains, Kentucky, USA, Ashley M. Bandy

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Paleoearthquakes of the Past ~6000 Years at the Dead Mouse Site, West-Central Denali Fault at the Nenana River, Alaska, Joseph K. Carlson

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INTEGRATED GEOPHYSICAL METHODS IN INVESTIGATION OF CLAIBORNE AQUIFER HYDROSTRATIGRAPHY, JACKSON PURCHASE, KENTUCKY, Marie Cooper

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DEUTERIUM AND OXYGEN-18 DIFFUSION IN A CONFINED AQUIFER: A NUMERICAL MODEL OF STABLE ISOTOPE DIFFUSION ACROSS AQUITARD-AQUIFER BOUNDARIES, Benjamin J. Currens

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DENALI IN A BOX: ANALOG EXPERIMENTS MODELED AFTER A NATURAL SETTING PROVIDE INSIGHT ON GENTLE RESTRAINING BEND DEFORMATION, Anne M. Fendick

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Spring Responses to Storms and Seasonal Variations in Recharge in the Middle Atlas Region of Morocco, Brett Andrew Howell

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FIELD, GEOCHRONOLOGIC, AND GEOCHEMICAL CONSTRAINTS ON LATE PRECAMBRIAN TO EARLY PALEOZOIC TERRANE ACCRETION IN THE SOUTHERN APPALACHIAN BLUE RIDGE PROVINCE, Emma A. Larkin

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Dating Deformation in the Palmer Zone of Transpression, Central Massachusetts: Temporal Constraints on Models for Progressive Deformation in the Middle Crust, James K. McCulla

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Use and Evaluation of LiDAR for Mapping Sinkholes in Royal Spring Groundwater Basin, Fidele Nsonguh Tibouo

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Development of a Semi-Automated Methodology for Discriminating Between Natural and Manmade Seismic Events Using the OIINK Seismic Array, Paul Rodriguez Asihama

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STRATIGRAPHIC, GEOCHEMICAL, AND WELL LOG ANALYSIS OF THE WOLFCAMP-D UNCONVENTIONAL PLAY IN THE CENTRAL MIDLAND BASIN, TEXAS, Patrick Thomas Ryan

Theses/Dissertations from 2015

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FINDING MARS PALEOPOLES FROM MAGNETIZATION EDGE EFFECTS TO DETERMINE THE HISTORY OF MARS’ CORE DYNAMO, Melissa Lynn Ditty

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SUBSURFACE GEOLOGICAL ANALYSES OF THE BEREA PETROLEUM SYSTEM IN EASTERN KENTUCKY, Julie Floyd

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The Environmental Effects of Coal Fires, Trent Garrison