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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 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

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 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

THERMOBAROMETRY OF METAMORPHOSED PSEUDOTACHYLYTE AND DETERMINATION OF SEISMIC RUPTURE DEPTH DURING DEVONIAN CALEDONIAN EXTENSION, NORTH NORWAY, Susan E. Leib

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 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