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Theses/Dissertations from 2023

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CLOSING THE MODERN SEISMIC GAP ALONG THE TETON FAULT VIA SEISMIC MAPPING OF MASS TRANSPORT DEPOSITS IN JACKSON LAKE, WY, Callia Jacqueline Cortese

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USING 3-DIMENSIONAL MAPPING TO DETERMINE THE POSSIBILITY OF STRUCTURAL CONTROL ON DEVELOPMENT OF THE UPPER ORDOVICIAN LEXINGTON LIMESTONE, CENTRAL KENTUCKY, U.S.A., Sean Davis

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THE APPALACHIAN SYSTEM OF BASINS AND PLATFORMS AS A TECTONOSTRATIGRAPHIC ANALOGUE TO THE BARENTS SEA SHELF: WHERE ARCTIC MEETS THE APPALACHIANS, Gustavo De Aguiar Martins

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Hypogene Speleogenesis in the Grand Canyon; Observational, Mineralogical, and Geochemical Investigations from the Bopper Cave System, Sierra Heimel

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Applications of Digital Terrain Modeling to Address Problems in Geomorphology and Engineering Geology, Sarah Johnson

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A Source-to-Sink Analysis of the Pantanal Basin (Brazil): Implications for Weathering, Erosion, and Landscape Evolution in the World's Largest Wetland, Edward L. Lo

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FIELD TESTS OF A UAV-COMPATIBLE SPECTROMETER TO EVALUATE ITS SUITABILITY FOR DETAILED SOIL RADON POTENTIAL MAPPING, Alexandria Briahnne Thomas

Theses/Dissertations from 2022

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NATURALLY OCCURRING AND INTRODUCED TRACERS FOR EXAMINING WATER PATHWAYS IN URBAN ENVIRONMENTS, Elizabeth Avery

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Tryptophan-Like Fluorescence and Non-Point Source Pollution in Karst Basins, Inner Bluegrass Region, Kentucky, Ryan Dapkus

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The Revised Systematics and Paleoecology of the Devonian Stemless Crinoid Genus Edriocrinus Hall, 1858, Catherine E. Herbert

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Influence of Bedrock Erodibility on Orogen Evolution in Collisional Systems and Implications for Geodynamic Models, Stephanie Ann Sparks

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SYN- TO POST-OROGENIC EVOLUTION OF COLLISIONAL MOUNTAIN SYSTEMS: INVESTIGATING THE POTENTIAL FOR CRUSTAL FLOW USING THERMOCHRONOLOGY AND NUMERICAL MODELS, Brandon Spencer

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DEFORMATION OF WALL ROCKS AND OVERBURDEN SEQUENCES PROXIMAL TO SALT DIAPIRS IN SALT VALLEY, UTAH: IMPLICATIONS FOR PREDICTING SUBSEISMIC DAMAGE IN SALT TECTONIC SYSTEMS, William Swanger

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DISTRIBUTION OF PARTICULATE ORGANIC CARBON – FLUXES AND INVENTORIES – IN GROWTH-FAULTED COASTAL WETLANDS, Samuel Joel Whitehead

Theses/Dissertations from 2021

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ANALYZING SLAB HOLES IN SUBDUCTION ZONES AND THEIR IMPACTS THROUGH NUMERICAL SIMULATIONS, Taylor M. Arrowood

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Integrated Geophysical Investigation of Near-Surface Faults - Sassafras Ridge, New Madrid Seismic Zone, USA, Cooper Cearley

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Admittance Modeling for Elastic Thickness Across the Mars Crustal Dichotomy Boundary, Aspen Davis

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Timing of Regional Metamorphism in the Inner Piedmont and Blue Ridge of North Carolina: Evidence From Monazite U-Pb Geochronology, Nicholas Edwin Powell

Theses/Dissertations from 2020

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IDENTIFICATION OF THE CAUSES AND EXTENT OF ELEVATED METHANE CONCENTRATIONS IN THE GROUNDWATER OF EASTERN KENTUCKY, Cristopher Alvarez Villa

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“THE TALE OF 3,000 ZIRCONS”: AN INVESTIGATION OF GRENVILLE SEDIMENTATION IN AMAZONIA USING U/PB DETRITAL ZIRCON GEOCHRONOLOGY, Felicia R. Harris

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TESTING INTERPRETATIONS OF THE DISPLACEMENT MAGNITUDE OF THE TETON FAULT AND UPLIFT OF THE TETON RANGE, WYOMING WITH INTEGRATED FLEXURAL-KINEMATIC AND THERMAL MODELING, Autumn Helfrich

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A MULTI-METHOD INVESTIGATION OF THE MODERN SEDIMENTATION AND LATE HOLOCENE PALEOLIMNOLOGY OF JUNE LAKE (MONO COUNTY, CA), AND A SURVEY-BASED ANALYSIS OF NINTH GRADERS’ ATTITUDES TOWARDS GEOLOGY, Eva Lyon

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TRACING SOURCE CONTRIBUTIONS TO ASSESS SPATIAL PATTERNS OF EROSION IN A MIXED LAND USE ENVIRONMENT: OTTER CREEK CATCHMENT, FORT KNOX, KENTUCKY, Cara Peterman

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ISOTOPIC AND GEOCHEMICAL TRACERS OF GROUNDWATER FLOW IN THE SHIVWITS PLATEAU, GRAND CANYON NATIONAL PARK, Jonathan W. Wilson

Theses/Dissertations from 2019

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VARIABILITY IN GROUNDWATER FLOW AND CHEMISTRY IN THE HOUZHAI KARST BASIN, GUIZHOU PROVINCE, CHINA, Joshua M. Barna