Earth and Mineral Sciences
 
 

1990-1999

Year
Last Name First Name Degree Advisor Thesis
1990
Abdo Ginette MS Richard Parizek Investigation of the Potential of a Petroleum Geochemical Exploration Technique to Delineate Petroleum-Contaminated Groundwater
1990
Bluth Gregg J. Ph.D. Lee Kump Effects of Paleogeology Chemical Weathering and Climate on the Global Geochemical Cycle of Carbon Dioxide
1990
Dudas Francis O. Ph.D. David Eggler Petrogenesis and Mantle Source of IgneousRocks in the Crazy Mountains Montana
1990
Filley Thomas H. Ph.D. Richard Parizek Identification of Density Induced Interfaces in Regional Groundwater Flow Systems
1990
Huntoon Jacqueline E. Ph.D. Kevin Furlong An Integrated Model of Tectonics and Sedimentation for the Newark Basin
1990
Kim Hye Sun Ph.D. Earl Graham Higher Order Behavior of Earth Materials: Elasticity of Salt and Iron Oxide and Thermal Expansion at High Pressure
1990
Lee Vivian MS Stephen Mackwell The Effect of Fluid Chemistry on Equilibrium Fluid Distribution Within a Novaculite
1990
Lee Jung Mo Ph.D. Shelton Alexander In Situ Seismmic Anisotropy and Its Relationship to Crack and Rock Fabrics
1990
Lustwerk Rigel L. Ph.D. Arthur Rose Geology and Geochemistry of the Redstone Stratiform Copper Deposit - Northwest Territories Canada
1990
Nichols Steven J. MS Stephen Mackwell Grain Growth of Porous Olivine Aggregates at Ambient Pressure
1990
Pilant Andrew N. MS Gold/Griffiths A Geologic Database of the USSR: Geological Similarity Analysis and Description of USSR Rock Type and Mineral Resource Distribution
1990
Poulson Simon R. Ph.D. Hiroshi Ohmoto The Geochemical Behavior of Sulfur in Silicate Magmas During Intrusion with Respect to Magma-Country Rock Interaction
1990
Qin Jizeng MS John Louie Upper Crustal Velocities and Structural Imaging of the Garlock Fault
1990
Rathbone Robert F. MS Alan Davis The Effects of Depositional Environment on Vitrinite Secondary Fluorescence
1990
Ritter John B. Ph.D. Thomas Gardner Surface Hydrology of Drainage Basins Disturbed by Surface Mining and Reclamation Central Pennsylvania
1990
Shuster Edward MS Albert Guber Lithofacies Distribution of the Silurian Keefer Sandstone Member of the Mifflintown Formation of Central Pennsylvania
1990
Sloan Lisa C. Ph.D. Eric Barron Determination of Critical Factors in the Simulation of Eocene Global Climate with Special Reference to North America
1990
Stahl Andrew D. MS Richard Parizek The Quantitative Assessment of the Natural Abatement of Acid Mine Drainage-Contaminated Groundwater by Interaction with Aquifer Media
1990
Troup Thomas L. MS Derrill Kerrick Mineralogic Fluid Inclusion and Stable Isotope Studies of the Rich Gulch Gold Deposit Plumas County California: An Extension of the Mother Lode Hydrothermal System
1990
Verburg Laurentius (Rens) B. Ph.D. Arnulf Muan The Ilmenite-sSpinel Equilibrium in the System Iron-Titanium-Vanadium-Oxygen and Its Bearing on the Distribution of Iron Titanium and Vanadium in Igneous Rocks
1990
Verdonck David MS Kevin Furlong Subduction of the Cocos Ridge and Vertical Movement of Western Costa Rica

 

Year
Last Name First Name Degree Advisor Thesis
1991
Al-Hajri Said MS Alfred Traverse Systematics and Biostratigraphy of the Middle Ordovician to Lower Silurian Chitinozoans of the Tabuk and Qasim Areas of the Arabian Peninsula
1991
Ammon Charles J. Ph.D. Charles Langston A Contribution to the Inversion of Seismic Body Waves for Earth Structure and Seismic Source Parameters
1991
Beam Eric MS Donald Fisher Rotation of Elongate Porphyroblasts in a Shear Zone
1991
Bell Julie Schleusener Ph.D. Hubert Barnes Acetate Decomposition in Hydrothermal Solutions
1991
Bliss Linda N. MS Michael Machesky Distribution and Chemical Associations of Gold in a Laterite IgarapŽ Bahia Gold Deposit Para Province Brazil
1991
Ebbert Charlotte M. MS William White A Raman Spectroscopic Study of Aqueous Lead Precipitates
1991
Graham Ursula I. Ph.D. Hiroshi Ohmoto Relationships Between Formational Mechanisms and Properties of Pyrite Crystals Synthesized Between Temperatures of 150 and 350ûC
1991
Guebert Michael D. Ph.D. Thomas Gardner Macropore Flow on a Reclaimed Surface-Mined Watershed in Central Pennsylvania: Control on Hillslope and Surface Hydrology
1991
Jacobs Peter F. MS Michael Machesky Determination of the Heat of Proton Binding on Alumina Using Microcalorimetry
1991
Lacazette Alfred J. Ph.D. Terry Engelder Natural Hydraulic Fracturing in the Bald Eagle Sandstone in Central Pennsylvania and the Ithaca Siltstone at Watkins Glen New York
1991
Navoy Anthony S. Ph.D. Richard Parizek Aquifer-Estuary Interaction and Vulnerability of Ground-Water Supplies to Sea-Level-Rise Driven Saltwater Intrusion
1991
Polzer Robert S. Ph.D. Roy Greenfield Full Wave Tomography for Imaging Coal Seam Obstructions
1991
Rowe Gary L. Ph.D. Susan Brantley The Acid Crater Lake System of Poas Volcano Costa Rica: Geochemistry Hydrology and Physical Characteristics
1991
Sauermann Roland P. MS Rudy Slingerland The Origin and Longitudinal Distribution of Placers in Gravel-Bed Stream Deposits: A Mathematical Model and Field Study of the Black Hills Terrace Gravels
1991
Vogel Koen R. Ph.D. Rudy Slingerland A Field and Mathematical Modeling Study of the 2.8-Billion-Year-Old Ventersdorp Contact Reef Witwatersrand Basin South Africa
1991
Vogfjord Kristin S. Ph.D. Charles Langston A Study of NORESS-Array Seismograms from Local and Regional Events
1991
Wagner Gregory S. Ph.D. Charles Langston Scattering Effects for Teleseismic Plane Wave Propagation in a Heterogeneous Layer Over a Homogeneous Half-Space
1991
Washington John W. Ph.D. Arthur Rose Radon Generation and Transport in Soils
1991
Welt Frederick G. MS David Eggler Trace Element Analysis of Mantle Xenoliths from the Colorado-Wyoming Border: Implications for Mantle Evolution
1991
Yan Ben Ph.D. Shelton Alexander Determination of Lateral Heterogeneity in Surface Wave Velocity Using a 2-D Fourier Analysis Method with Applications to the Basin and Range
1991
Zhang Etuan MS Alan Davis Coalification Patterns of the Pennsylvanian Coal Measures in the Appalachian Foreland Basin Western and South-central Pennsylvania
1991
Zhang Jie MS Charles Langston Array Observations of Shear-coupled PL and Shear-coupled P Waves in Western Europe

 

Year
Last Name First Name Degree Advisor Thesis
1992
Albrecht Wolfgang Ph.D. Hiroshi Ohmoto Geochemistry of Diagenetic Pressure Seal Formation
1992
Asad Abu MS Charles Langston Data Enhancement of Gulf Coast Seismic Data
1992
Beeson Dale C. Ph.D. Alfred Traverse High Resolution Palynostratigraphy Across a Marine Cretaceous-Tertiary Boundary Interval Falls County Texas
1992
Blackmer Gale C. Ph.D. David Gold Post-Alleghanian Thermal and Unroofing History of the Appalachian Basin Pennsylvania
1992
Cody George D. Ph.D. Alan Davis The Macromolecular Geochemistry of Bituminous Vitrain
1992
Cornelius Reinold Ph.D. Barry Voight Feasibility Study for the Materials Science Approach to Volcano Eruption Prediction
1992
Donovan Joseph J. Ph.D. Richard Parizek Geochemical and Hydrologic Dynamics of Evaporative Groundwater-Dominated Lakes of Glaciated Montana and North Dakota
1992
Ewart James A. Ph.D. Barry Voight Dynamics of Krafla Volcano Iceland for the Decade 1975-1985
1992
Greeman Daniel J. Ph.D. Arthur Rose The Geochemistry of Uranium Thorium and Radium in Eastern United States Soil
1992
Guerrero Timothy A. (Leon ) MS Eric Barron Linking a General Circulation Model and a Mesoscale Model to Examine the Effects of Model Resolution on a Simulated Last Glacial Maximum Storm in the Western North Atlantic Ocean
1992
Jablunovsky Gregory M. MS Richard Alley Characterization of the Transition from Inland-Ice to Ice-Stream Flow
1992
Karytsas Constantine S. Ph.D. Alan Davis Variation in the Petrological Mineralogical and Palynological Characteristics of Some Upper Pennsylvanian Coals from the Northern Appalachian Basin
1992
Keen Timothy R. Ph.D. Rudy Slingerland A Three-Dimensional Numerical Investigation of Storm Event Bed Genesis on the Texas-Louisiana Continental Shelf
1992
MacInnis Ian Ph.D. Susan Brantley Dissolution Kinetics of Calcite and Quartz Under Surface Reaction Control
1992
McKenney Rosemary Alice MS Thomas Gardner Design of Stable Channels on Reclaimed Mine Lands Using the Stable Slope and Sediment Transport Model
1992
McMackin Matthew R. Ph.D. Barry Voight Tectonic Evolution of the Kingston Range Death Valley Region California
1992
Meglis Irene L. Ph.D. Terry Engelder The Influence of Stress Relief on the Distribution of Microcracks in Anisotropic Rocks: A Laboratory study of Compressibility Ultrasonic Velocity and Attenuation in Two Suites of Core
1992
Mellinger Rebecca K. MS James Kasting Modeling Study of the Uptake of Fossil-Fuel Carbon Dioxide
1992
Sasowsky Ira D. Ph.D. William White Evolution of the Appalachian Highlands: Geochemistry Hydrogeology Cave-Sediment Magnetostratigraphy and Historical Geomorphology of the East Fork Obey River Fentress County Tennessee
1992
Schultz Peter A. MS Eric Barron Assessment of NCAR General Circulation Model Precipitation in Comparison with Observations
1992
Shuman Christopher A. Ph.D. Richard Parizek Analysis of Fracture Indicators Across the Appalachian Orogen in Pennsylvania Using Multiple-Scale Remote Sensing Imager and Geomorphic Parameters
1992
Wayne Amy B. MS Deane Smith An Investigation of Possible Variations in the Structural Parameters of Pyrite Using X-Ray Powder Diffraction and the Rietveld Method of Structure Refinement

 

 

Year
Last Name First Name Degree Advisor Thesis
1993
Abate Christopher Ph.D. Richard Parizek A Numerical Modeling Approach to Estimation of Parameters Describing Groundwater Flow in Coal-Bearing Rocks of the Allegheny Plateau
1993
Agustsdottir Anna Maria MS Susan Brantley Heat and Volatile Fluxes Integrated Over Four Decades at Grimsvotn Volcano Iceland
1993
Bryant Karen MS Arthur Rose Investigation of a Dissolved Oxygen Monitoring System for Pyrite Oxidation Studies
1993
Carson Beth MS Terry Engelder Kinematics of Faulting in Costa Rica
1993
Clouser Robert Ph.D. Charles Langston Scattering of Seismic Waves by Irregular Interfaces
1993
Dann Deborah Michelle MS Earl Graham The Effect of Disorder on the Elastic Constants of Magnesium Aluminate Spinel
1993
Donohue Timothy D. A. MS Richard Parizek Evaluation of the Long Term Impact on Domestic and Farm Groundwater Supplies under Pennsylvania Longwall Mining Conditions
1993
Ecker Christine MS Charles Langston Source Parameters from Near Regional Earthquake Data Recorded at Garm Tadjikistan
1993
Evans Eric Karl MS Richard Parizek Characterization of Hydraulic Conductivity Heterogeneity and Tertiary Sediments within the General Separations Area Savannah River Site South Carolina
1993
Fisler Diana Kim Ph.D. Stephen Mackwell Diffusion in Mantle Minerals
1993
Gross Michael R. Ph.D. Terry Engelder The Effects of Mechanical Stratigraphy on Failure Mode and Fracture Spacing in the Monterey Formation of Coastal California
1993
Guo Weixing Ph.D. Richard Parizek Numerical Simulation of Coupled Heat Transfer and Gas Flow in Porous Media with Applications to Acid Mine Drainage
1993
Hammer John Kevin MS Charles Langston Modeling the Effect of San Andreas Fault Structure on Receiver Functions Using Elastic 3-D Finite-Difference
1993
Hayes Kevin R. MS Thomas Gardner Minesoil Texture Macropore Development and the Evolution of Minesoil Hydrology on Reclaimed Surface Mines in Pennsylvania
1993
Inan Sedat Ph.D. Alan Davis The Thermal Maturity and Petroleum Potential of the Mississippian Chainman Formation: Implications for Burial and thermal Histories of East-Central Nevada
1993
Kakegawa Takeshi MS Hiroshi Ohmoto Sulfur Isotope Analyses of Micro-Sized Pyrite Crystals by the Laser Ablation Method
1993
Leftwich John Ph.D. Terry Engelder The Development of Zones of Undercompacted Shale Relative to Abnormal Subsurface Pressure in Sedimentary Basins
1993
Mussuridis Adonios A. MS Rudy Slingerland The Role of Transverse Drainage in the Development of Foreland Folds
1993
Pazzaglia Frank J. Ph.D. Thomas Gardner Tectonic Geomorphology and Late Cenozoic Geology of the Middle U.S. Atlantic Passive Margin
1993
Shank Stephen G. Ph.D. David Eggler Petrology and Geochemistry of Potassic and Carbonatite Magmas in the Rocky Boy Stock Bearpaw Mountains Montana
1993
Soong Chie Ph.D. Hubert Barnes Hydrothermal Kinetics of Kaolinite-Water Interaction at pH 4.2 and 7.3 130ûC-230ûC
1993
Verdonck David Ph.D. Kevin Furlong Structure and Dynamics of the San Andreas Fault System in Central and Northern Coastal California
1993
Yuhas Katherine MS Katherine Freeman Biological and Physical Controls on the d13C and Biomarker Distribution in Suspended Organic Matter from the Peru Upwelling Zone

 

Year
Last Name First Name Degree Advisor Thesis
1994
Altman Susan Jeanne Ph.D. Richard Parizek Behavior of Nutrients in Groundwater of an Agricultural Valley and Its Riparian Zone
1994
Clark Matthew Brooks Ph.D. Donald Fisher Kinematics and Structural Evolution of the Slate Belt and Metamorphic Core of an Active Arc-Continent Collision Taiwan
1994
Engel Scott Allen MS Thomas Gardner Quaternary Soil Consequences on the Lower Terraces of the Susquehanna River Pennsylvania
1994
Evans Derek R MS Arthur Rose Geochemical Field Evaluation of a Lime Addition Method for Inhibiting Acid Drainage from coal Mine Spoil Clearfield County Pennsylvania
1994
Fawcett Peter John Ph.D. Eric Barron Simulation of Climate-Sedimentary Evolution: A Comparison of climate Model Results to the Geologic Record for India and Australia
1994
Fischer Mark Preston Ph.D. Terry Engelder Application of Linear Elastic Fracture Mechanics to Some Problems of Fracture Propagation in Rock and Ice
1994
Furukawa Yoko Ph.D. Hubert Barnes Reactions Forming Smythite Fe9S11
1994
Kapsner Wanda Rose MS Richard Alley Response of Snow Accumulation to Temperature Variation in Central Greenland
1994
Machusak Donald MS Lee Kump Environmental Controls on Groundwater Chemistry in an Offshore Island Aquifer: Fiesta Key Florida
1994
Polster Wolfgang Ph.D. Hubert Barnes Hydrothermal Precipitation and Dissolution of Silica--Part I: Conditions in Geothermal Fields and Sedimentary Basins; Part II: Experimental Evaluation of Kinetics
1994
Prims Jordi MS Kevin Furlong Flexual Modeling in a Complex Transform Plate Boundary: Geodynamical Implications for the Evolution of the San Andreas Fault System
1994
Stillings Lisa Lynn Ph.D. Susan Brantley The Surface Chemistry and Dissolution Kinetics of Feldspa
1994
Teixeira Joao Batista Guimaraes Ph.D. David Eggler Geochemistry Petrology and Tectonic Setting of Archean Basaltic and Dioritic Rocks from the N4 Iron Deposit Serra Dos Carajas Para Brazil
1994
Troester Joseph William Ph.D. Parizek/White The Geochemistry Hydrogelogy Geomorphology of the Rio Camuy Drainage Basin Puerto Rico: A Humid Tropical Karst
1994
Underwood Kristen Lee MS Richard Parizek Evaluation of Pesticide and Nitrate Mobility in a Conduit-Flow Dominated Karst Basin
1994
Van Gundy Susan Elizabeth MS Donald Fisher Fold Kinematics in the Lower Paleozoic Platform Lost River Range Idaho
1994
Veni George Ph.D. William White Geomorphology Hydrogeology Geochemistry and Evolution of the Karstic Lower Glen Rose Aquifer South-Central Texas
1994
Wang Mingguang MS Charles Langston Use of Teleseismic Broadband SV Waves in Source Parameter Studies

 

Year
Last Name First Name Degree Advisor Thesis
1995
Al-Mugheiry  Mohammed N. MS Rudy Slingerland Depositional Environments and Stratigraphic Framework of the Late Devonian Elk Reservoir Sands in Central Pennsylvania
1995
Cooper Frances Grace MS Katherine Freeman Carbon-Isotope Abundences of Alkenones from Sediments of the Peru Margin: A Potential Oceanic Carbon Dioxide Concentration Proxy and El Nino Indicator
1995
Gardner Ken Ph.D. David Gold Breccia-pipe Hosted U-Cu Deposits in the Grand Canyon Area
1995
Kato Tetsuya MS Arthur Rose Use of Biogeochemical Gold Exploration in a Tropical Terrain Igarape Bahia Gold Deposit Para Province Brazil
1995
Keswa Chuma Mbalu MS David Gold Nature and Occurrence of Polyphase Crystalline Inclusions in Garnet and Pyroxene Mega Crysts from the Tanoma Kimberlite Southwestern Pennsylvania
1995
Koepenick Kevin Wells MS Susan Brantley Volatile Emissions from Oldoinyo Lengai Volcano Tanzania
1995
Loewy Staci Lynn MS Terry Engelder The Post-Alleghanian Tectonic History of the Appalachian Basin Based on Joint Patterns in Devonian Black Shales
1995
Murphy Shelia Francis MS Susan Brantley Weathering of Biotite in a Tropical Forest Soil Luquilla Mountains Puerto Rico
1995
Nizeyimana Egide MS Thomas Gardner Evaluation of Digital Elevation Models Remotely Sensed Data and Soil Databases as Sources of Input Parameters to SCS Runoff Model Using a Geographic Information System
1995
Ramage Joan Miriam MS Thomas Gardner Early Pleistocene Glacial Lake Lesley West Branch Susquehanna River Valley Central Pennsylvania
1995
Sheaffer Steven Douglas MS Kevin Furlong Oceanic Transform Boundaries Rheology Dynamics and the Age Offset Limit
1995
Tucker Gregory E Ph.D. Rudy Slingerland Modeling the Large-Scale Interaction of Climate Tectonics and Topography
1995
Wilkin Richard Thomas Ph.D. Hubert Barnes Size Distribution in Sediments Synthesis and Formation Mechanism of Framboidal Pyrite

 

Year
Last Name First Name Degree Advisor Thesis
1996
Carson Daniel Michael MS Patrick Hatcher The Study of Lignin and Its Degradation in a Peat and Two Lacustrine Deposits Using Tetramethylammonium Hydroxide (TMAH) Thermochemolysis
1996
Cram John Corey MS Richard Parizek Diversion Well Treatment of Acid Water Lick Creek Tioga County PA
1996
Everett Mark Capen MS Susan Brantley A Systematic Vein Network within an Accretionary Prism: Kodiak Formation Alaska
1996
Gordon David Scott MS Peter Flemings One- and Two-Dimensional Modeling of Groundwater Flow in Rapidly Subsiding Sedimentary Basins
1996
Hogue John B MS Arthur Rose Uranium-Series Disequilibrium in Soils Developed on Pleistocene Til
1996
Last Robert James MS Andrew Nyblade Crustal Structure of the East African Plateau from Receiver Functions and Rayleigh Wave Phase Velocity Dispersion
1996
Mangan Jennifer M MS Eric Barron Global Vegetation Patterns Past and Present as Predicted by the Genesis Climate Model
1996
Miller Susan Helen MS Deane Smith The Geology and Mineralogy of a Cretaceous Bentonite Deposit in Saskatchewan Canada
1996
Monaghan Lea Beth MS Lee Kump The Hydrogeochemical Behavior of Wastewater-Derived Nutrient Elements in the Groundwaters of Long Key Florida
1996
Panfil Maria Stiritz MS Thomas Gardner The Late Holocene Volcanic Stratigraphy of the Tetimpa Area Northeast Flank of Popocatepetl Volcano Central Mexico
1996
Stalker Jeralee MS Arthur Rose The Utilization of Bacterial Sulfate Reduction for the In-Situ Abatement of Acid Mine Drainage Using Waste Organic Matter
1996
Wilson Kevin Randall MS Richard Parizek Analysis of Heat Oxygen Carbon Dioxide and Water Budget in the Interpretation of Acid Mine Drainage Production in a Lime Inhibited Demonstration Coal Mine Clearfield County Pennsylvania
1996
Zhao Ming MS Charles Langston Teleseismic Waveform Analysis of a Deep Crustal Earthquake Associated with the Rukwa Graben Tanzania
1996
Chin Chi-Van Ph.D. Richard Parizek Application and Comparison of EPA Wellhead Protection Delineation Methods for Karst Aquifers Centre County Pennsylvania
1996
Cravotta Charles Angelo Ph.D. Peter Deines Municipal Sludge Use in Coal Mine Reclamation and Potential Effects on the Formation of Acidic Mine Drainage
1996
Gibbs Mark Terrence Ph.D. Lee Kump Glaciation Chemical Weathering and the Carbon Cycle
1996
Kim Jun-Mo Ph.D. Richard Parizek A Fully Coupled Model for Saturated-Unsaturated Fluid Flow in Deformable Porous and Fractured Media
1996
Raeburn Stuart P Ph.D. Derrill Kerrick New Methods in Quantitative Metamorphic Petrology: 1. In Situ Determination of Iron Valence in Minerals; 2. The Application of 3-D Textural Analysis to the Study of Crystallization Kinetics
1996
Schultz Peter Andrew Ph.D. James Kasting Optimal Reductions in CO2 Emissions
1996
Sousa James Ph.D. Barry Voight Nonlinear Regression Modeling and Forecasting of Accelerating Slope Deformation
1996
Vice Daniel Hoy Ph.D. Philip Hallack The Effect of Surface Factors on Light Hydrocarbon Concentrations in the Environment
1996
Younes Amgad Ibrahim Ph.D. Terry Engelder Fracture Distribution in Faulted Basement Blocks Gulf of Suez Egypt: Reservoir Characterization and Tectonic Implications

 

Year
Last Name First Name Degree Advisor Thesis
1997
Bice Karen L Ph.D. Eric Barron An Investigation of Early Eocene Deep Water Warmth Using Uncoupled Atmosphere and Ocean General Circulation Models: Model Sensitivity to Geography Initial Temperatures Atmospheric Forcing and Continental Runoff
1997
Burkhart Tucker Drew MS Peter Flemings Time-Lapse Seimic Monitoring of the South Timbalier Block 295 Field Offshore Louisiana
1997
Cakir Recep MS Shelton Alexander GIS-Based Seimic Hazard Assessment Around the City of Imir in Western Turke
1997
Chen Yang Ph.D. Susan Brantley Temperature and ph-Dependence of Silicate Dissolution Rate at Acid ph
1997
Deshpande Anil Ph.D. Peter Flemings Quantitative Characterization and Modeling of Lithologic Heterogeneity
1997
Diodato David Michael Ph.D. Richard Parizek FracFlow 96- A Numerical Model for Simulating Multiphase Fluid Flow in Fractured Porous Media with an Application at Yucca Mountain Nevada
1997
Doden Arnold Gabriel Ph.D. David Gold The Geology Petrology and Geochemistry of Ultramafic Igneous Rocks from Porcupine Dome and Grassrange Central Montana
1997
Filley Timothy Raymond Ph.D. Patrick Hatcher The Formation of Organic Sulfides by Reaction of Lipids with Aqueous Sulfides in Three Holocene Sediments 
1997
Hoover Andrew Robert MS Peter Flemings Reservoir and Production Analysis of the K-40 Sand South Timbalier 295 Offshore Louisiana with Comparison to Time-Lapse (4-D) Seismic Results
1997
Kakegawa Takeshi Ph.D. Hiroshi Ohmoto Sulfur Isotope Geochemistry of the Archean Sedimentary Rocks
1997
McConaughy David Terrell MS Terry Engelder Joint Initiation and Progagation in the Devonian Rocks of the Appalachian Plateau
1997
McKenney Rosemary Alice Ph.D. Thomas Gardner Formation and Maintenance of Hydraulic Habitat Units in the Streams of the Ozark Plateaus Missouri and Arkansas
1997
Nugent Melissa Ann MS Susan Brantley The Temporal Evolution of Feldspar Surfaces during the Initial Stages of in-situ Weathering
1997
Pope Daniel Cailian MS Sean Willett Thermo-Mechanical Modeling of Andean Orogenesis by Ablative Subduction
1997
Redwine James C Ph.D. Richard Parizek Controls on Porosity and Permeability in Fracture-Flow and Conduit-Flow (Karst) Rocks of the Knox Group Southern Appalachian Fold-and-Thrust Belt Alabama USA
1997
Robinson Ruth Alison J. Ph.D. Rudy Slingerland The Origin and Significance of Grain-Size Trends in Ancient Fluvial Deposits
1997
Sucher Richard Doyle MS Richard Parizek and David Gold Assessment of the Hydrogeologic Regime for the New Enterprise Quarry at Roaring Spring PA
1997
Tzetos Nikolaos MS Kevin Furlong Thermal Modeling of the Lithosphere of the Northern Aegean, Greece

 

Year
Last Name First Name Degree Advisor Thesis
1998
Agustdottir
Anna M.
Ph.D.
Richard Alley
Abrupt Climate Changes and the Effects of North Atlantic Deepwater Formations Results from the Genesis Global Climate Modeland Comparison with Data from the Younger Dryas Event and the Event at 8200 Years BP and the Present
1998
Al-Zarah
Abdullah I.
Ph.D.
Richard Parizek
A Management Model for the SAQ Aquifer in Tabuk City, Saudi Arabia
1998
Bystricky
Michael J.
Ph.D.
Stephen Mackwell
High Temperature Deformation of Clinopyroxene and Clinopyroxene-Plagioclase Aggregates
1998
Colarusso
Lee A.
MS
Katherine Freeman
The Miocene Radiation of Grasslands: Compount-Specific Isotope Evidence from Organic Matter from the India Subcontinent 
1998
DeLurio
Jennifer
MS
Eric Barron
Global Comparison of Late Aptian Climate Simulations with the Geologic Record: An Investigation of the Glendonite Record for Cold Australian Climate
1998
Diodato
David M.
Ph.D.
Richard Parizek
Frac Flow 96: A Numerical Model for Simulating Multiphase Fluid Flow in Fracture Porous Media with an Application at Yucca Mountain, Nevada
1998
Gardner
Kenneth S.
MS
David Gold
Formation of the Sage Breccia Pipe by Solution and Collapse Processes, Coconino County, Arizona
1998
Lawlis
Jeffrey D.
Ph.D.
Stephen Mackwell
High Temperature Creep of Synthetic Olivine-Enstatite Aggregates
1998
Pagani
Mark
Ph.D.
Michael Arthur
Miocene Atmospheric Carbon Dioxide Concentrations and Paleoceanography: Constraints from Organic Molecular Carbon Isotope Compositions
1998
Pancost
Richard D.
Ph.D.
Katherine Freeman
Organic Carbon-Isotopes as Indicators of Paleoclimate: The Impact of Organic Matter Source Variations 
1998
Stump
Beth Bishop
MS
Peter Flemings
Illuminating Basinal Fluid Flow in Eugene Island 300 (Gulf of Mexico) Through in Situ Observations, Deformation Experiments, and Hydrodynamic Modeling
1998
Suits
Neil S.
Ph.D.
Michael Arthur
Sulfur Diagenesis in Holocene Peru Shelf and Slope Sediments
1998
Yoo
Seung C.
MS
Charles Langston
Ice Sheet Effects on Receiver Functions and Crustal Structure of the West Anarctica 
1998
Zhao
Ming
Ph.D.
Charles Langston
Southern Africa Seismic Structure and Source Studies

 

Year
Last Name First Name Degree Advisor Thesis
1999
Adams Peter N. MS Rudy Slingerland The Origin and Character of Natural Levees
1999
Brown Lisa Ph.D. James Kasting Numerical Models of Reducing Primitive Atmospheres of Earth and Mars
1999
Bullen Michael MS Douglas Burbank Uplift and Exhumation of the Kyrgyz Range, Northern Tien Shan
1999
Carpenter Susan Ph.D.
1999
Cookman Janette MS Peter Flemings Wind-Driven Circulation on the Continental Shelf: Its Role in Sediment Transport and Shelf Morphology
1999
Elliott Katherine MS Lee Kump The fate of wastewater phosphate in saline carbonate groundwater Key Colony Beach, Florida
1999
Gibson Jody MS Ray Najjar Modeling Chesapeake Bay Salinity and Phytoplankton Dynamics in Response to Varying Climate
1999
Gordon Sara MS Ana Barros An Integrated Assessment of Regional Sediment Pathways in the Susquehanna River Basin on Decadal to Centennial Time-Scales
1999
Knox Ronald Paul MS Andrew Nyblade Upper Mantle Seismic Velocity Structure of the Afar Region
1999
Metzger John M. MS Peter Flemings Integration of Seismic Log, and Core Data for Late Miocene to Pleistocene Sequences at the New Jersey Outer Continental Shelf (DOP Leg 174A, Sites 1071 and 1072)
1999
Poulsen Christopher J. Ph.D. Eric Barron The Mid-Cretaceouos Ocean Circulation and Its Impact on Greenhouse Climate Dynamics
1999
Richards Paul Ph.D. Lee Kump and Susan Brantley Chemical Weathering in Watersheds: Theoretical and Field Studies in the Mahantango Creek and Susquehanna River Basins, Pennsylvania
1999
Sak Peter MS Donald Fisher Landscape Evolution and Structure of the Central Pacific Coast, Costa Rica
1999
Shun Tongyin Ph.D. Christopher Duffey Interpretation, Modeling and Forecasting Runoff of Regional Hydrogeologic Systems
1999
Silliphant Laura MS Terry Engelder Regional and Fold-Parrallel Joint Distribution at Split Mountain Anticline, Utah: A Study of the Relationship Between Joint Development and 2-D Curvature in Laramide Folds