The Theses and Dissertations--Earth and Environmental Sciences collection was formerly known as the Theses and Dissertations--Geology collection.
Theses/Dissertations from 2015
Theses/Dissertations from 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
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
SCIENCE AND PUBLIC POLICY OF EARTHQUAKE HAZARD MITIGATION IN THE NEW MADRID SEISMIC ZONE, Alice M. Orton
APPLICATION OF THE KALMAN FILTER ON FULL TENSOR GRAVITY GRADIOMETRY DATA AROUND THE VINTON SALT DOME, LOUISIANA, Mahnaz Sepehrmanesh
GEOLOGY OF THE WEST HALF OF THE COVE CREEK GAP QUADRANGLE AND ADJACENT AREAS, WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA: INSIGHTS INTO EASTERN GREAT SMOKY MOUNTAINS TECTONOMETAMORPHISM, Daniel F. Spaulding
Determining Hillslope Diffusion Rates in a Boreal Forest: Quaternary Fluvial Terraces in the Nenana River Valley, Central Alaska Range, Laurel Anne Walker
Holocene Sedimentary Responses to Growth Faulting in a Back-Barrier Setting: East Matagorda Peninsula, Texas, Phillip Wolfe
TEMPORAL AND SPATIAL CHARACTERIZATION OF MACONDO 252 SIGNATURES IN GULF OF MEXICO SHELF AND SLOPE SEDIMENTS, Olivia P. Woodruff
Theses/Dissertations from 2013
SHEAR-WAVE IMAGING AND BIREFRINGENCE IN A COMPLEX NEAR-SURFACE GEOLOGICAL ENVIRONMENT, Ali Z. Almayahi
DISTRIBUTION AND IMPACTS OF PETROLEUM HYDROCARBONS IN LOUISIANA TIDAL MARSH SEDIMENTS FOLLOWING THE DEEPWATER HORIZON OIL SPILL, Rachel S. Hatch
MODELING OF CO2-WATER-ROCK INTERACTIONS IN A MISSISSIPPIAN SANDSTONE RESERVOIR OF KENTUCKY, Anne M. Schumacher
SPATIO-TEMPORAL VARIABILITY IN GROUNDWATER DISCHARGE AND CONTAMINANT FLUXES ALONG A CHANNELIZED STREAM IN WESTERN KENTUCKY, Ganesh N. Tripathi
Theses/Dissertations from 2012
GEOLOGY OF THE EAU CLAIRE FORMATION AND CONASAUGA GROUP IN PART OF KENTUCKY AND ANALYSIS OF THEIR SUITABILITY AS CAPROCKS FOR DEEPER CO2 SEQUESTRATION, Ralph E. Bandy III
INTEGRATED GEOPHYSICAL INVESTIGATION OF KARST FEATURES – INNER BLUEGRASS REGION OF KENTUCKY, Jamin C. Frommel
GEOTHERMOBAROMETRIC ANALYSIS AND TECTONIC EVOLUTION OF THE LIVERPOOL LAND ECLOGITES, EAST GREENLAND CALEDONIDES, Gabriel E. RiCharde
SH-WAVE REFRACTION AND REFLECTION INVESTIGATION OF QUATERNARY GEOLOGY―CENTRAL UNITED STATES SEISMIC OBSERVATORY, Carrington L. Wright
Dissertations from 2011
PETROLOGIC, GEOCHEMICAL, AND GEOCHRONOLOGIC CONSTRAINTS ON THE TECTONIC EVOLUTION OF THE SOUTHERN APPALACHIAN OROGEN, BLUE RIDGE PROVINCE OF WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA, Eric Douglas Anderson
FATE OF STABLE ISOTOPE LABEL DURING PREDATION OF 15N-TAGGED WILD-TYPE ESCHERICHIA COLI BY PROTOZOA, Ashley M. Barton