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Theses/Dissertations from 2023

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Assessing Ecological Relationships Among Late Triassic Vertebrates in Petrified Forest National Park, Alexandra Davis Apgar

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Bulk Hydrogen Isotopes in Ordinary Chondrites, Michael J. Cato

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Environmental Fate of Sulfur in Sulphur Creek, Valles Caldera, NM: Implications for Metal Transport and Water Quality, Daniel Lavery

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HIGH P-T SINGLE CRYSTAL ELASTICITY OF ZIRCON AND ITS IMPLICATIONS FOR DETERMINING METAMORPHIC P-T CONDITIONS IN NATURE, Arlacee Luu

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Testing the Niche Center Hypothesis in the Fossil Record of Atlantic Bivalves, Rhiannon Z. Nolan

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Seismic Shadow Zone Investigation in the Upper Magma Reservoir of the Yellowstone Caldera, Sarah Nolt-Caraway

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Deformation at Uturuncu Volcano, Bolivia: Modeling the Effect of Volatile Movement in the Hydrothermal System, Karissa Rosenberger

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Evaluation of fluvial package amalgamation in medial DFS deposits, Angel Peak Area, Nacimineto Formation, Sarah R. Rysanek

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Seismic Analysis of the Upper & Lower Falls of the Yellowstone River, Loring Schaible

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WEATHERING, EROSION, AND DUST ACCUMULATION AT STONEMAN LAKE, ARIZONA, USA: TIMESCALES AND DRIVERS OF GEOMORPHIC ACTIVITY ACROSS THE SOUTHWEST, Spencer Staley, Peter J. Fawcett, R. Scott Anderson, Gonzalo Jiménez-Moreno, Vera Markgraf, Erik T. Brown, and Matthew E. Kirby

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HYDROCHEMISTRY OF AN ALPINE KARST SYSTEM, NORTHERN NEW MEXICO: LAS HUERTAS, Kambray A. Townsend

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Applications of observational seismology: insights into volcanic and near surface processes, Justin T. Wilgus

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QUANTIFYING CO2 AND HEAT FLUXES AT ROOSEVELT HOT SPRINGS, HYDROTHERMAL AREA, Samantha R. Wolf

Theses/Dissertations from 2022

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Petrographic and Geochemical Records of Climate Perturbation in Carbonates from a Perennially Ice-Covered Antarctic Lake, Jared Clance

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Halogen and Non-traditional Isotope Geochemistry of Planetary and Terrestrial Materials, Anthony Gargano, Zachary Sharp, Justin Simon, Charles Shearer, Adrian Brearley, and James Day

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Induced Seismicity in the Raton Basin and Global Variability of the 410-km Discontinuity, Margaret E. Glasgow

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Single-crystal elasticity of clinopyroxenes and the viscosity of kimberlite magma under high pressure-temperature conditions, Ming Hao

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Deformation of Antigorite + Olivine Aggregates: Implications for Mantle Wedge Dynamics, Roselyn K. Hurlow

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Tree Ring Isotopic Reconstruction of Hurricane Dolores, Jonathan Kane

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Grand Canyon National Park's Water Corridor: Water Supply, Water Quality, and Recharge Along the Bright Angel Fault, Brionna O'Connor

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Dense Array Seismic Imaging of Earth's Crust Using Active and Passive Sources, Evans Awere Onyango

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A rapid high-precision analytical method for triple oxygen isotope analysis of CO2 gas using tunable infrared laser direct absorption spectroscopy, Nathan Perdue, Zachary Sharp, David Nelson Jr., Rick Wehr, and Christoph Dyroff

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Observational constraints on the 520 km mantle discontinuity, mantle transition zone anisotropy, and local seismicity at Mount St. Helens, Han Zhang

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Single-crystal elasticity of Earth’s mantle transition zone minerals and High pressure-temperature phase equilibrium experiments on Martian basalts, Wenyi Zhou

Theses/Dissertations from 2021

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The Birth and Incision History of the San Juan River in the Past 5 Ma, Micael T. Albonico

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Single-crystal elasticity of tremolite at high-pressure conditions and its implication for the mid-lithospheric discontinuity, Soisiri Charin

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INVESTIGATIONS OF GEOCHEMICAL VARIATIONS WITH DEPTH AT THE FIRST 15 DRILL SITES ON MARS ANALYZED BY THE CHEMCAM INSTRUMENT ONBOARD THE CURIOSITY ROVER AND SUPPORTED BY LABORATORY STUDIES AND ANALOG RESEARCH AT THE VALLE GRANDE PALEOLAKE, VALLES CALDERA, NEW MEXICO, USA, Ryan S. Jackson

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WINDBLOWN TRANSPORT OF TOXIC METALS IN AIRBORNE PARTICULATE MATTER NEAR THE JACKPILE-PAGUATE URANIUM MINE ON LAGUNA PUEBLO, NEW MEXICO, Savannah S. LaRosa-LoPresti

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Microstructural and Microchemical Studies of Fluid–Chondrule Interactions in a Pristine CR Carbonaceous Chondrite and Apatite in Martian Nakhlites, Marina Martínez

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Geochemical and sensor-based monitoring of fault-associated carbonic springs in Grand Canyon and northern New Mexico: identifying Hydrologic Pathways and establishing baselines, Chris McGibbon

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A triple oxygen isotope analysis of altered oceanic crust and its buffering effect on the steady state oxygen isotope composition of seawater, Jesse P. McGunnigle

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The Morphology and Evolution of Transverse Aeolian Ridges on Mars, Timothy Paul Nagle-McNaughton

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Diversity – Independent Factors Predict Elevated Extinction Rates, Dustin Perriguey, Corinne Myers, Jason Moore, and Louis Scuderi

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Petrology and Geochemistry of Evolved Achondrites: Planetesimal Mantles and Crusts, Zoltan Vaci

Theses/Dissertations from 2020

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NEOGENE DRAINAGE REVERSAL AND COLORADO PLATEAU UPLIFT IN THE SALT RIVER AREA, Jordan Curtis Anderson

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Fluvial Geomorphic and Hydrologic Evolution and Climate Change Resilience in Young Volcanic Landscapes: Rhyolite Plateau and Lamar Valley, Yellowstone National Park, Benjamin Newell Burnett

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MICROSTRUCTURAL CONSTRAINTS ON THE NEBULAR AND ASTEROIDAL HISTORIES OF CALCIUM-ALUMINUM-RICH INCLUSIONS FROM CV3 CHONDRITES, Shaofan Che

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Quaternary shelf-slope development in the northern Gulf of Alaska from combined geophysical and geomorphologic analysis, Wesley A. Clary

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Boron Adsorption In Clay Minerals: Implications for Martian Groundwater Chemistry And Prebiotic Processes, Matthew A. Nellessen, Laura Crossey, Patrick J. Gasda, Horton Newsom, Abdulmehdi Ali, Eric J. Peterson, Nina Lanza, Adriana Reyes-Newell, Dorothea Delapp, Chris Yeager, Andrea Labouriau, Roger C. Wiens, Samuel Clegg, Shelbie Legett, and Debarati Das

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Integrated Studies of Intracontinental Deformation in the Interior Western USA, Cretaceous to Recent, Jacob Oliver Thacker

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Triple Oxygen Isotope Composition of Carbonates, Jordan A.G. Wostbrock

Theses/Dissertations from 2019

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Observed and Projected Snowmelt Runoff in the Upper Rio Grande in a Changing Climate, Nels R. Bjarke

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Crustal structure beneath the East Coast Magnetic Anomaly from seismic refraction tomography, Collin C. Brandl

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Early Mississippian ocean anoxia triggering organic carbon burial and enhancing Late Paleozoic Ice Age onset: evidence from uranium isotopes of marine limestones, Keyi Cheng

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AN ESTIMATION OF LOWER TROPOSPHERIC MIXING DERIVED FROM INVERSE MODELING OF BOUNDARY LAYER WATER VAPOR ISOTOPOLOGUES ON GRACIOSA ISLAND, AZORES, Jacquelyn M. Delp

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AN ESTIMATION OF LOWER TROPOSPHERIC MIXING DERIVED FROM INVERSE MODELING OF BOUNDARY LAYER WATER VAPOR ISOTOPOLOGUES ON GRACIOSA ISLAND, AZORES, Jacquelyn M. Delp

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CONSTRAINING THE OXYGEN VALUES OF THE LATE CRETACEOUS WESTERN INTERIOR SEAWAY USING MARINE BIVALVES, Camille H. Dwyer

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Basal travertine of the Bouse Formation: Geochemistry, diagenesis and implications for the integration of the Colorado River, Christina Ferguson

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Architecture and evolution of the Peace Vallis distributive fluvial system, Gale crater, Mars, Zachary E. Gallegos

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Natural Salinization of the Jemez River, New Mexico: An Insight From Trace Element Geochemistry, Jon K. Golla

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Melt Inclusions and Their Application - New Perspective on the Subsurface Architecture of Cerro Negro Volcano, Nicaragua, John M. Hamilton

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Interpreting amalgamation processes of a fluvial sandstone of the Nacimiento Formation in the San Juan Basin, New Mexico, Keely Elizabeth Miltenberger

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CARBON AND NITROGEN STABLE ISOTOPES IN ORGANIC MATTER FROM LAKE CHALCO, MEXICO: A RECORD OF QUATERNARY HYDROLOGY AND CLIMATE CHANGE, Kristin Slezak Pearthree

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Eutherian Biogeography During the Puercan North American Land Mammal Age (Paleocene, earliest Danian): Problems and potential solutions, Jason Sterling Silviria

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EVALUATING FUTURE RESERVOIR STORAGE IN THE RIO GRANDE USING NORMALIZED CLIMATE PROJECTIONS AND A WATER BALANCE MODEL, Nolan T. Townsend

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Evaluating sources of hydrochemical variability and mixing in the upper Gila river, New Mexico, Pavel Vakhlamov

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Landscape evolution of the southern Colorado Plateau using low-temperature apatite thermochronology and detrital zircon and sanidine provenance studies, Carmen L. Winn

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Structural and Geochronologic Constraints on the Duration of the Picuris Orogeny and Demise of an Orogenic Plateau, northern NM, Daniel J. Young

Theses/Dissertations from 2018

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Post-impact light vapor incorporation during lunar formation based on triple oxygen isotopes, Erick J. Cano

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Investigation of molluscan survivorship across the Cenomanian-Turonian Boundary Event using ecological niche modeling, Agathe E. Carrier

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New Geochemical and Isotopic Approaches to Shallow Crust Landform Evolution, David Decker

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Dense-array teleseismic imaging of the southern Albuquerque basin, Tori S. Finlay

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MINERALOGY, PETROLOGY, AND GEOCHEMISTRY OF THE UNIQUE SILICA-RICH UNGROUPED ACHONDRITE NORTHWEST AFRICA 11575, Mya Ann Habermann

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Use of Sodium Dithionite for Groundwater Restoration Following Uranium In-Situ Recovery Mining at the Smith Ranch-Highalnd Site in Wyoming, Rose J. Harris

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MANTLE-TO-SURFACE NEOTECTONIC CONNECTIONS IN THE SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS DOCUMENTED BY 3HE/4HE, CO2 FLUX MEAUREMENTS, AND HYDROCHEMICAL ANALYSIS OF THE GEOTHERMAL SYSTEM NEAR RICO, COLORADO, Benjamin D. Holt

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WIDESPREAD, PROLONGED MICROBIAL LIMESTONE DEPOSITION AND LARGE, RAPID SULFUR ISOTOPE EXCURSIONS: A NEW PERSPECTIVE ON THE EARLY TRIASSIC FROM THE WESTERN U.S., Brad M. Jeffrey

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Insights into Fluid-Rock Interactions on the CV3 Carbonaceous Chondrite Asteroid: The Complex Record in the Allende-like CV3 Chondrite, NWA 2364., Jessica Marie Johnson

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Microtextural Studies of Feldspar in Ordinary Chondrites, Jonathan A. Lewis

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RADIONUCLIDES IN RAINWATER AND THEIR IMPACT ON BACKGROUND RADIATION, Damien M. Milazzo

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A speleothem record of climate variability in Southwestern North America during Marine Isotope Stage 3, Justin G. Peinado

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PRIMARY PRISTINE AND ALTERED IRON SULFIDES IN CM AND CR CARBONACEOUS CHONDRITES: INSIGHTS INTO NEBULAR AND PARENT BODY PROCESSES, Sheryl A. Singerling

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SEDIMENTOLOGY AND STRATIGRAPHY OF CORE STL14: AN EARLY PLEISTOCENE-TO-PRESENT PALEOCLIMATE ARCHIVE FROM STONEMAN LAKE, ARIZONA, Spencer Staley

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Magma Mixing at OlDoinyo Lengai: A Mineralogical and Trace Element Analysis of the 2007-8 Eruption., Nicole Thomas, Tobias P. Fischer Dr., and Adrian J. Brearley Dr.

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Birth and Evolution of the Virgin River: ~1 km of post-5 Ma uplift of the western Colorado Plateau, Cory J. Walk

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GLOBAL SEAWATER REDOX TRENDS DURING THE LATE DEVONIAN MASS EXTINCTION DETECTED USING U ISOTOPES OF MARINE CARBONATES, David Allen White

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Crustal Seismic Anisotropy of the Ruby Mountains Core Complex and Surrounding Northern Basin and Range, Justin T. Wilgus

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Application of Ps Scattering Kernels to Imaging the Mantle Transition Zone with Receiver Functions, Han Zhang and Brandon Schmandt

Theses/Dissertations from 2017

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A multi-proxy stalagmite reconstruction of the climate of southwestern North America from the Middle to Late Holocene, Christine Allen

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Observed Changes in Climate and Streamflow in the Upper Rio Grande Basin, Shaleene Chavarria

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Classifying microseismicty at Mount St. Helens using a large-N array, Margaret E. Glasgow

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GEOCHEMISTRY OF VOLATILES RELEASED BY INCIPIENT CONTINENTAL RIFTING AND SUBDUCTION PROCESSES, Hyunwoo Lee

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Insights on magmatic addition beneath the mid-Atlantic Coastal Plain from crustal seismic refraction data, Thomas W. Luckie

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Oxygen Isotope Composition of Water in Martian Meteorites, Oleg Vitalivich Maltsev

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THE DYNAMIC GEOMORPHIC SETTING OF THE LATE PLEISTOCENE HARTLEY MAMMOTH SITE: BURIAL AND SKELETAL PRESERVATION IN A SLUMP-BLOCK DEPRESSION NEAR ABIQUIU, NEW MEXICO, Jennifer K. Muus

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Magmatic Hydrothermal Alteration and Secondary Post-Shock Features in Martian Olivine-Phyric Basalt Northwest Africa 10416; Petrology and Geochemistry of Primitive Achondrite Northwest Africa 11042, Zoltan Vaci

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MODELING ATMOSPHERE-MOUNTAIN INTERACTIONS: IMPLICATIONS FOR STABLE ISOTOPE-BASED PALEOALTIMETRY, Lauren B. Wheeler

Theses/Dissertations from 2016

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Abrupt Ocean Anoxia During the Late Ordovician Mass Extinction Detected Using Uranium Isotopes of Marine Carbonates, Rickey Bartlett, Maya Elrick, Yemane Asmerom, and Viorel Atudorei

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Hot spring hydrochemistry on opposite sides of the Rio Grande rift in northern New Mexico and a geochemical connection between Valles Caldera and Ojo Caliente, Valerie Blomgren

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EPISODIC UPLIFT OF THE ROCKY MOUNTAINS: EVIDENCE FROM U-PB DETRITAL ZIRCON GEOCHRONOLOGY AND LOW-TEMPERATURE THERMOCHRONOLOGY WITH A CHAPTER ON USING MOBILE TECHNOLOGY FOR GEOSCIENCE EDUCATION, Maria Magdalena Donahue

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MULTIDISCIPLINARY WORK TO DETERMINE HYDROLOGY OF ARID LAND SPRINGS AND HOW SPRING WATERS INFLUENCE WATER QUALITY AND ECOSYSTEM HEALTH FOR DESERT ENVIRONMENTS, Rebecca Jane Frus

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MODELING THE INFLUENCE OF THE HETEROGENEOUS SUBSTRATE ON THE TRANSPORT OF THE JET FUEL SOLUTE PLUME, KIRTLAND AIR FORCE BASE, ALBUQUERQUE, NEW MEXICO, Hannah Sarah Gatz-Miller

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CALIBRATION AND APPLICATION OF A SILICA-WATER SINGLE MINERAL THERMOMETER TO GEOTHERMAL SYSTEMS IN ICELAND AND CHILE, Jordan Anne Gibbons

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Sedimentation, pedogenesis, and paleoclimate conditions in the Paleocene San Juan Basin, New Mexico, U.S.A., Kevin Hobbs

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Seismic imaging of the lithosphere-asthenosphere boundary with a dense broadband array in central California, Charles Hoots

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INVESTIGATION OF AQUEOUS PROCESSES IN THE VALLE GRANDE PALEO-LAKE, VALLES CALDERA AS A MARTIAN ANALOG; CHEMCAM INVESTIGATION OF THE JOHN KLEIN AND CUMBERLAND DRILL HOLES AND TAILINGS, GALE CRATER, MARS, Ryan Steele Jackson

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THE INFLUENCE OF BEAVER ACTIVITY ON MODERN AND HOLOCENE FLUVIAL LANDSCAPE DYNAMICS IN SOUTHWESTERN MONTANA, Rebekah Levine

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Geophysical Characterization of the Central Yakutat Shelf and Cenozoic Basin Development, Offshore Southeastern Alaska, Rachel Price

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Birth and evolution of the Rio Grande fluvial system in the last 8 Ma: Progressive downward integration and interplay between tectonics, volcanism, climate, and river evolution, Marisa N. Repasch

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New Insights into the Martian Crust and Angrite Parent Body Through Meteorites, Alison R. Santos

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CO2 Flux Along Faults of the Central Rio Grande Rift, New Mexico, Jared Smith