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Theses and Dissertations--Earth and Environmental Sciences

The Theses and Dissertations--Earth and Environmental Sciences collection was formerly known as the Theses and Dissertations--Geology collection.

Theses/Dissertations from 2016 2016

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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 2015

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

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

The Environmental Effects of Coal Fires, Trent Garrison

ASSESSING THE RELATIVE MOBILITY OF SUBMARINE LANDSLIDES FROM DEPOSIT MORPHOLOGY AND PHYSICAL PROPERTIES: AN EXAMPLE FROM KUMANO BASIN, NANKAI TROUGH, OFFSHORE JAPAN, Zachary T. Moore

DYNAMIC SURFACE WATER-GROUNDWATER EXCHANGE IN TIDAL FRESHWATER ZONES: INSIGHTS FROM THE CHRISTINA RIVER BASIN (DELAWARE, USA), Cole T. Musial

Fluvial Responses to Growth Faulting in the West Pearl River, Louisiana, Stephen A. Prosser

BEDROCK GEOLOGIC MAPPING AND STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS OF THE WESTERN HALF OF THE PETERSHAM QUADRANGLE, CENTRAL MASSACHUSETTS: FURTHER TESTS OF THE MODEL FOR MIDDLE TO LATE PALEOZOIC DUCTILE TRANSPRESSION, VERTICAL EXTRUSION, AND LATERAL ESCAPE IN THE NORTHERN APPALACHIANS, Lucas P. Rohrer

Theses/Dissertations from 2014 2014

INSTRUMENT CORRECTION AND DYNAMIC SITE PROFILE VALIDATION AT THE CENTRAL UNITED STATES SEISMIC OBSERVATORY, NEW MADRID SEISMIC ZONE, Clayton M.J. Brengman

LATE QUATERNARY CRUSTAL DEFORMATION AT THE APEX OF THE MOUNT MCKINLEY RESTRAINING BEND OF THE DENALI FAULT, ALASKA, Corey A. Burkett

PALEOSEISMIC AND STRUCTURAL CHARACTERIZATION OF THE HINES CREEK FAULT: DENALI NATIONAL PARK AND PRESERVE, ALASKA, Sara E. Federschmidt

A Petrographic Characterization of the Leatherwood Coal Bed in Eastern Kentucky, Michelle N. Johnston

AGE OF THE WALDEN CREEK GROUP, WESTERN BLUE RIDGE PROVINCE: RESOLVING A DECADES-OLD CONTROVERSY VIA DETRITAL MINERAL GEOCHRONOLOGY AND SEDIMENTARY PROVENANCE ANALYSIS, Evan A. Kelly

THE NATURE AND ORIGIN OF CYCLICITY IN THE CLEVELAND MEMBER OF THE OHIO SHALE (UPPER DEVONIAN), NORTHEASTERN KENTUCKY, U.S.A., Alice C. O'Bryan