Thesis Titles of Recent Ph.D. Graduates

name	year	advisor	title of thesis
Adelsberger Katherine A.	2008	J R Smith	Geoarchaeology, geomorphology and sedimentology of paleolithic landscapes in Egypt
Branlund Joy M.	2008	Hofmeister & Dymek	Towards and understanding of heat transfer in the continental crust: Controls on thermal diffusivity and their influence on continental geotherms
Dreyer Brian Matthew	2007	Morris & Dymek	Geochemical investigations of the Costa Rican and Kurile convergent margins
Pozgay, Sara H.	2007	Wiens	Seismic investigations of the Mariana Subduction System: Anisotropy, attenuation, and volcano seismology
Mohit Pundit Surdas	2007	Phillips	Relaxation, contraction, and polar wander: A study of the viscoelastic evolution of crustal and lithospheric thickness variations on the Moon, Mars, Mercury and Ganymede
Kieniewicz Johanna Mary	2007	J R Smith	Pleistocene pluvial lakes of the Western Desert of Egypt: Paleoclimate, paleohydrology and paleolandscape reconstruction
Searls, Mindi Lea	2006	Phillips	Subsurface structure and the stress state of Utopia basin, Mars
Cardace, Dawn Mary	2006	Morris & Amend	Geochemistry, mineralogy, and geobiology of sediments subducting at the Costa Rican convergent margin
Kirchoff Michelle Rosala	2006	McKinnon	Mountain building on Io: An unsteady relationship between volcanism and tectonism
Seelos Kimberly Deal	2006	Arvidson	Geomorphology of the northern plains of Mars at the 2007 Phoenix mission landing sites
Rogers, Karyn Lynne	2006	Amend	Exploring the microbe-energy interface: geochemical reaction energetics and microbial diversity in a shallow marine hydrothermal system
Visscher Channon	2006	Fegley	Thermochemistry of substellar atmospheres: Water, oxygen, sulfur and phosphorus
Hanna, Jeffrey C.	2006	Phillips	The hydrology of Mars: An integrated hydrologic, climatic, tectonic, magmatic, and geodynamic approach
Buchwaldt, Robert	2006	Tucker	The Neoproterozoic and Cenozoic geology of north Madagascar
Nguyen, Lan-Anh Ngoc	2005	Zinner & Podosek	Characterization of presolar silicate grains in primitive meteorites by multi-detection raster ion imaging in the nano-SIMS
Seelos, Frank Peter, IV	2005	Arvidson	Multispectral photometric properties of the martian surface at the Mars Exploration Rover landing sites
Zeigler, Ryan Andrew Murray	2005	Haskin	A petrographic and geochemical study of mafic lunar samples from the Apollo 16 site and the new basaltic lunar meteorite from the La Paz Icefield, Antarctica
Nunes, Daniel Cahn	2004	Phillips	Worlds apart: Geophysical modeling of the evolution of crustal plateaus on Venus and the propagation of radar through the martian polar layered terrains
Meyer-Dombard, D’Arcy Renee	2004	Amend	Geochemical constraints on microbial diversity of hydrothermal ecosystems in Yellowstone National Park
Lawrence, Jesse Fisher	2004	Wiens & Wysession	Teleseismic localization of velocity and quality factor: Application to Patagonia, Antarctica, D”, and the whole mantle
Maurice, Stacey Diane	2003	Wiens	A seismological examination of the structure and tectonics of southernmost South America and the Antarctic peninsula region
Larsen, Kristopher William	2003	Arvidson	Terrestrial quadstatic interferometric radar observations of Mars
Hynek, Brian Michael	2003	Phillips	The surface evolution of Mars with emphasis on hydrologic and volcanic processes
Kitts, Bunnie Kathleen	2002	Podosek	Chromium isotopic composition of the implanted solar wind-bearing component in Apollo 16 lunar soils
Johnson, Natasha Mia	2002	Fegley	Tremolite thermal decomposition and water on Venus
Singleton, Michael James	2002	Criss	Hydrothermal processes at the Comstock lode mining district, Virginia City, Nevada
Prapaipong, Panjai	2001	Shock	Roles of organic compounds in metal transport during water/rock reactions
Niebur, Curt Stanley	2001	Arvidson	Monitoring biogeomorphic evolution of new Missouri River wetlands: A remote sensing approach
Handke, Michael James	2001	Tucker	Neoproterozoic magmatism in the Itremo region, central Madagascar: geochronology, geochemistry, and petrogenesis
Hauck, Steven Arthur II	2001	Phillips	Thermal and magmatic processes on Venus, Earth, and Mars
Williams, Rebecca Marie	2000	Phillips	Examination of Martian outflow channel and valley network morphology using Mars Orbiter Laser Altimeter (MOLA) data
Dombard, Andrew John	2000	McKinnon	Modeling of geodynamics processes on Ganymede and Callisto: Insight into thermal and tectonic histories
Roth, Erich George	1999	Wiens	Upper mantle seismic structure of the Tonga Subduction Zone and Lau Back Arc: Implications for thermal heterogeneity
Wieczorek, Mark Allen	1999	Phillips	The Procellarum KREEP Terrane: Implications for mare volcanism and lunar evolution
Koper, Keith David	1998	Wiens & Wysession	Computational aspects of seismology
Griffith, Laura Lee	1998	Shock	From magma formation to hydrothermal alteration: An integrated study of the martian crust using thermodynamic modeling of geochemical systems
Albert, Richard Alan	1998	Phillips	An elastoviscoplastic finite element model of lithosphere deformation
Guan, Yunbin	1998	Crozaz	Trace and minor elements in ureilites and deuterium-enrichments in several primitive meteorites: Characteristics and geochemical implications
Melchiorre, Erik Baldwin	1998	Criss	Geochemical studies of fluids in diverse geological settings
Crombie, Mary Katherine	1997	Arvidson	Remote sensing and geochemical investigations of selected surface processes in Egypt and Missouri
Lauretta, Dante Salvatore	1997	Fegley	Theoretical and experimental studies of Fe-Ni-S, Be, and B cosmochemistry
Ramezani, Jahandar	1997	Tucker	Regional geology, geochronology and geochemistry of the igneous and metamorphic rock suites of the Saghand area, central Iran
Schulte, Mitchell Darin	1997	Shock	Synthesis and processing of aqueous organic compounds during water/rock reactions
Wetzel, Laura Reiser	1997	Shock	An integrated hydrogeochemical study of the ocean crust
Izenberg, Noam Raphael	1996	Arvidson	Assessment of damage from the 1993 floods on the Missouri River floodplain using LANDSAT, SPOT, SIR-C, TOPSAR, and field data
McCollom, Thomas Marvin	1996	Shock	Geologic, biologic and organic chemical contributions to the composition of aqueous fluids in submarine hydrothermal systems: Constraints from thermodynamic models and experimental studies
Valenzuela Wong, Raúl	1996	Wysession	Lateral and radial velocity structure at the base of the mantle from diffracted shear waves
Brackett, Robert Alan	1995	Arvidson	Microwave remote sensing and fluid transport modeling of surface change: Earth and Venus
Hsu, Weibiao	1995	Crozaz	Ion microprobe studies of the petrogenesis of enstatite chondrites and eucrites
Kidder, Jennifer Marie Gaines	1995	Phillips	Convective stress coupling into the Venusian lithosphere: Crustal plateau formation and stress distribution
Luo, Wei	1995	Arvidson	Computer simulation of landform evolution, Western Desert, Egypt and paleoclimate implications
Rockow, Michael Wayne	1995	Dymek	Petrogenesis of the jotunite unit at the Morin complex, Grenville Province, Quebec: A field, mineralogical and chemical study
Benner, Lance Alistair MacLean	1994	McKinnon	Satellite capture in the outer solar system: Application to Triton and P/Shoemaker-Levy 9
Flanagan, Megan Patricia	1994	Wiens	Upper mantle attenuation structure beneath back arc basins using differential shear wave measurements
Moss, Billy Edgar	1994	Haskin	Part I. Determination and causes of chemical heterogeneities in the Littleton Formation, New Hampshire, and the Carrabassett Formation, Maine Part II. A model for estimating basin source contributions to impact-derived lunar regolith
Shepard, Michael Keith	1994	Arvidson	Application of cosmogenic exposure age dating and remote sensing observations to studies of surficial processes
Wadhwa, Meenakshi	1994	Crozaz	Geochemical studies of two unusual groups of meteorites: Trace elements in SNC meteorites and Mn-Cr systematics in unequilibrated enstatite chondrites
Haas, Johnson Roach	1993	Haskin	Petrogenesis of hawaiites and mugearites from the Bartoy cinder cone complex, southern Baikal rift, Siberia
Zhu, An-Ning	1993	Wiens	Determination of seismic arrival times from long-period data and application to earthquake location problems and the velocity structure of subducting slabs
Dann, Jesse Chase II	1992	Bowring	The origin and emplacement of the Early Proterozoic Payson ophiolite, central Arizona
Isachsen, Clark Edward	1992	Bowring	U-Pb geochronology of the Yellowknife volcanic belt and subadjacent rocks, N.W.T., Canada: Constraints on the timing, duration, and mechanics of greenstone belt formation
Leith, Andrew Charles	1992	Duncan	Computer simulations of topographic relaxation and tectonic processes on planetary lithospheres
Owens, Brent Edward	1992	Dymek	Petrogenesis of massif anorthosites: Mineralogical and geochemical constraints from the Labrieville Massif, Quebec
Sassani, David Carl	1992	Pasteris	Petrologic and thermodynamic investigation of the aqueous transport of platinum-group elements during alteration of mafic intrusive rocks
Floss, Christine	1991	Crozaz	Rare earth element and other trace element microdistributions in two unusual extraterrestrial igneous systems: The enstatite achondrite (aubrite) meteorites and the lunar ferroan anorthosites
Petroy, Shelley Bougan	1991	Arvidson	Analysis of thermal infrared data acquired over playas: Silver Lake and Deep Springs Lake, California, and Lunar Lake, Nevada
Plaut, Jeffrey Jonathan	1991	Arvidson	Radar scattering as a source of geological information on Venus and Earth
Chamberlain, Kevin Richard	1990	Bowring	U-Pb geochronologic and lead isotopic constraints on the evolution of Proterozoic crust in Arizona
Hagee, Bryan Eric	1990	Podosek	Elemental abundances of trapped noble gases in primitive meteorites
Moldovanyi, Eva Paulette	1990	Walter	Elemental and isotopic evolution of formation waters and diagenetic minerals during burial of carbonate sediments, Upper Jurassic Smackover Formation, southwest Arkansas, U.S. gulf coast
Pelayo, Aristeo Mudlong	1990	Wiens	Earthquake source parameter inversion using body and surface waves: Applications to tsunami earthquakes and to Scotia Sea seismotectonics
Rivard, Benoit	1990	Arvidson	Lithologic mapping in the southwest Greenland and Nubian Shields using field, laboratory, and Landsat thematic mapper data
Smith, Michael Steven	1990	Dymek	Geochemistry and petrogenesis of the mid-Archaean malene quartz-rich cordierite-orthoamphibole supracrustal gneisses, Nuuk (Godthåb) region, southern West Greenland
Dromgoole, Edward Lee	1989	Walter	Calcite precipitation from Fe²⁺ or Mn²⁺-bearing solutions: Incorporation and kinetic effects
Housh, Todd Berton	1989	Bowring	Petrochemistry of granitoids from the northern Great Bear Magmatic Zone
Pier, Jean Elizabeth Gutru	1989	Luhr	Isotope and trace element systematics in a spinel-lherzolite-bearing suite of basanitic volcanic rocks from San Luis Potosi, Mexico
Burton, Elizabeth Ann	1988	Walter	Laboratory investigation of the effects of seawater chemistry on carbonate mineralogy
Green, Glen Martin	1988	Arvidson	Physical basis for remotely sensed spectral variation in semi-arid shrubland and oak-hickory forest: Implications for mapping soil types in vegetated terrains
Heatherington, Ann Louise	1988	Bowring	Isotope systematics and volcanics from the south-central Rio Grande Rift and western Mexican volcanic belt: Implications for magmatic and tectonic evolution of Cenozoic extensional regimes in western North America
Schenk, Paul	1988	McKinnon	Impact craters on icy satellites as probes of stratigraphy, tectonic history, impactor source and crustal properties
Castillo, Paterno Reyes	1987	Batiza	Geology and geochemistry of Cocos Island, Costa Rica: Implications for the evolution of the aseismic Cocos Ridge
Salpas, Peter Andrew	1985	Haskin	A geochemical study of anorthosite from the Stillwater Complex, Montana
Abrajano, Teofilo Aniag	1984	Pasteris	The petrology and low-temperature geochemistry of the sulfide-bearing mafic-ultramafic units of the Acoje Massif, Zambales Ophiolite, Philippines: Characterization of mineral and fluid equilibria
Brannon, Joyce Coon	1984	Haskin	Geochemistry of successive lava flows of the Keweenawan North Shore Volcanic Group
Sultan, Mohamed Morsy Ibrahim	1984	Arvidson	Geology, petrology, and geochemistry of a Younger Granite pluton, Central Eastern Desert of Egypt: Importance of mixing
Sutton, Stephen Roy	1984	Crozaz	Thermoluminescence dating study of shock-metamorphosed rocks from Meteor Crater, Arizona
Sylvester, Paul Joseph	1984	Batiza	Geology, petrology, and tectonic setting of the mafic rocks of the 1480 Ma old granite-rhyolite terrane of Missouri, USA
Sturchio, Neil Colrick	1983	Batiza	Geology, petrology, and geochronology of the metamorphic rocks of Meatiq Dome, central eastern desert, Egypt
Jacobberger, Patricia Ann	1982	Arvidson	Remote sensing in arid regions : three case studies (Southwestern Kansas, Meatiq Dome, Eastern Desert, Egypt, and Kharga Depression, Western Desert, Egypt)
Kremser, Daniel Timothy	1982	Goettel	High pressure phase transitions in europous oxide
Bragg, Susan Lynn	1981	Smith	An experimental study of the vibrational-rotational spectrum of molecular hydrogen
Kennedy, Burton Mack	1981	Podosek	Potassium-argon and iodine-xenon gas retention ages of enstatite chondrite meteorites
Bernatowicz, Thomas James	1980	Podosek	Noble gases in ultramafic xenoliths from San Carlos, Arizona
Guinness, Edward Albert, Jr.	1980	Arvidson	Spatial and temporal variations in the spectral properties of soils exposed at the Viking landing sites

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