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Theses/Dissertations from 2012

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SH-WAVE REFRACTION AND REFLECTION INVESTIGATION OF QUATERNARY GEOLOGY―CENTRAL UNITED STATES SEISMIC OBSERVATORY, Carrington L. Wright

Dissertations from 2011

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PETROLOGIC, GEOCHEMICAL, AND GEOCHRONOLOGIC CONSTRAINTS ON THE TECTONIC EVOLUTION OF THE SOUTHERN APPALACHIAN OROGEN, BLUE RIDGE PROVINCE OF WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA, Eric Douglas Anderson

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FATE OF STABLE ISOTOPE LABEL DURING PREDATION OF 15N-TAGGED WILD-TYPE ESCHERICHIA COLI BY PROTOZOA, Ashley M. Barton

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LOCATING HOT SPOTS OF FECAL POLLUTION IN AN URBAN WATERSHED OF CENTRAL KENTUCKY USING BACTEROIDES 16S rRNA MARKERS, Tricia L. Coakley

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ARSENIC HETEROGENEITY IN AQUIFER SEDIMENTS FROM WEST BENGAL, INDIA, Emily Eastridge

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CHEMICAL EVOLUTION AND RESIDENCE TIME OF GROUNDWATER IN THE WILCOX AQUIFER OF THE NORTHERN GULF COASTAL PLAIN, Estifanos Haile

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STRUCTURAL EVOLUTION OF AN INTRACRATONIC RIFT SYSTEM; MISSISSIPPI VALLEY GRABEN, ROUGH CREEK GRABEN, AND ROME TROUGH OF KENTUCKY, USA, John Bibb Hickman Jr.

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A CLASSIFICATION OF LOWER PALEOZOIC CARBONATE-BEARING ROCKS FOR GEOTECHNICAL APPLICATIONS, Bethany L. Overfield

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DEPOSITIONAL AND STRATIGRAPHIC SIGNIFICANCE OF MARINE, GREEN-CLAY, MINERAL FACIES IN THE LOWER-MIDDLE MISSISSIPPIAN BORDEN AND FORT PAYNE FORMATIONS, WESTERN APPALACHIAN AND EASTERN ILLINOIS BASINS, KENTUCKY, Devi Bhagabati Prasad Udgata

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BEDROCK GEOLOGY AND TECTONIC EVOLUTION OF THE WESTERN CENTRAL MAINE ZONE, SOUTH CENTRAL MASSACHUSETTS, Thomas Bradley Walker

Dissertations from 2010

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PROVENANCE OF THE NEOPROTEROZOIC OCOEE SUPERGROUP, EASTERN GREAT SMOKY MOUNTAINS, Suvankar Chakraborty

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PALINSPASTIC RECONSTRUCTION AROUND A THRUST BELT RECESS: AN EXAMPLE FROM THE APPALACHIAN THRUST BELT IN NORTHWESTERN GEORGIA, Brian Stephen Cook

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LATEST QUATERNARY PALEOCLIMATE RECONSTRUCTION UTILIZING STABLE ISOTOPIC AND TRACE ELEMENT PROXIES IN A STALAGMITE FROM CULVERSON CREEK CAVE, WEST VIRGINIA, Ashley Nicole Gilbert

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ORIGIN OF BLUE RIDGE BASEMENT ROCKS, DELLWOOD QUAD, WESTERN NC: NEW EVIDENCE FROM U-PB ZIRCON GEOCHRONOLOGY AND WHOLE ROCK GEOCHEMISTRY, Donald Franklin Loughry Jr.

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THE NO. 5 BLOCK IN EASTERN KENTUCKY: A CRITICAL RE-EXAMINATION OF THE PETROLOGY WITH SPECIAL ATTENTION TO THE ORIGIN OF INERTINITE MACERALS IN THE SPLINT LITHOTYPES, Allison Ranae Richardson

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TECTONIC CONTROLS ON LOWER DEVONIAN SANDSTONE DISTRIBUTION, ALABAMA, Michael P. Solis

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FEASIBILITY OF USING 15N-ENRICHED ESCHERICHIA COLI AS A BACTERIAL TRACER IN THE CANE RUN/ROYAL SPRING BASIN, KENTUCKY, John G. Warden

Dissertations from 2009

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PALEOGEOGRAPHIC RECONSTRUCTUION OF THE ST. LAWRENCE PROMONTORY, WESTERN NEWFOUNDLAND, John Stefan Allen

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STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY OF THE TRANSYLVANIA FAULT ZONE IN BEDFORD COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA, Elizabeth Lauren Dodson

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LONG-PERIOD GROUND MOTIONS IN THE UPPER MISSISSIPPI EMBAYMENT FROM FINITE-FAULT, FINITE-DIFFERENCE SIMULATIONS, Kenneth A. Macpherson

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BEDROCK MAPPING OF THE WINCHENDON (1:25,000) QUADRANGLE (MA-NH): EVIDENCE FOR DISCONTINOUS DEFORMATION ALONG THE BRONSON HILL-CENTRAL MAINE BOUNDARY ZONE, Timothy M. O'Brien

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VARIATION IN C/P RATIOS IN DEVONIAN-MISSISSIPPIAN MARINE SHALES: TESTING THE PRODUCTIVITY-ANOXIA FEEDBACK MODEL, Brian T. Scott

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USE OF SURFACE GEOPHYSICAL TECHNIQUES TO LOCATE A KARST CONDUIT IN THE CANE RUN - ROYAL SPRING BASIN, KENTUCKY, Ganesh N. Tripathi

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MATRIX GEOCHEMISTRY AND PHYTOPHTHORA OCCURRENCE ON REFORESTED MINE LANDS IN APPALACHIA, Kathryn M. Ward

Theses from 2008

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INTEGRATED GEOPHYSICAL IMAGING OF SUBSURFACE GEOLOGIC CONDITIONS ACROSS A CONTAMINANT PLUME, MCCRACKEN COUNTY, KENTUCKY, Cora A. Blits