Earth and Planetary Sciences ETDs
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Theses/Dissertations from 2025
Late Cretaceous ammonites and other non-rudist mollusks from Costa Rica and their paleoecology, Esteban David Lopez-Murillo
Theses/Dissertations from 2024
Proterozoic Tectonic Evolution of the Lower Granite Gorge, Grand Canyon, Arizona: a middle crustal record of multiple orogenic pulses, John M. Bailey
Crustal Structure and Evolution of the Queen Charlotte Plate Boundary, Collin C. Brandl
Sub-Stage Climatic Shifts during MIS 11 Refined from Diatom Assemblage Reconstruction in the Valles Caldera, New Mexico, Savannah Cutler
GNSS and InSAR Observations of Vertical Motion in the Valles Caldera, NM, Savannah Chase Devine
Sulfur Sequestration in Anhydrite Through Alteration of Calcic Wall Rock, Lexi Kenis
PALEOECOLOGY OF THE LATE CRETACEOUS WESTERN INTERIOR SEAWAY AND GULF COASTAL PLAIN, Ceara Kathleen Quinn Purcell
Differential River Incision due to Quaternary Faulting on the Río Jemez-Salado System at the Million-Year Timescale, Cameron Reed
Remote sensing techniques to determine volcanic gas components and fluxes: Application for Lascar, Chile and Fagradalsfjall, Iceland volcanos., Felipe S. Rojas Vilches
Chemical and Morphological Characterization of Airborne Particulate Matter at the Jackpile-Paguate Mine, Pueblo of Laguna, New Mexico: Implications for Potential Metals Exposure, Andreanna C. Roros
UNBOXING THE COMPLICATED NEAR TERM CLIMATIC AND GEOMORPHIC HISTORY OF MARS, Joshua Matthew Williams
Theses/Dissertations from 2023
Assessing Ecological Relationships Among Late Triassic Vertebrates in Petrified Forest National Park, Alexandra Davis Apgar
Bulk Hydrogen Isotopes in Ordinary Chondrites, Michael J. Cato
Environmental Fate of Sulfur in Sulphur Creek, Valles Caldera, NM: Implications for Metal Transport and Water Quality, Daniel Lavery
Testing the Niche Center Hypothesis in the Fossil Record of Atlantic Bivalves, Rhiannon Z. Nolan
Seismic Shadow Zone Investigation in the Upper Magma Reservoir of the Yellowstone Caldera, Sarah Nolt-Caraway
Deformation at Uturuncu Volcano, Bolivia: Modeling the Effect of Volatile Movement in the Hydrothermal System, Karissa Rosenberger
Evaluation of fluvial package amalgamation in medial DFS deposits, Angel Peak Area, Nacimineto Formation, Sarah R. Rysanek
Seismic Analysis of the Upper & Lower Falls of the Yellowstone River, Loring Schaible
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
HYDROCHEMISTRY OF AN ALPINE KARST SYSTEM, NORTHERN NEW MEXICO: LAS HUERTAS, Kambray A. Townsend
Applications of observational seismology: insights into volcanic and near surface processes, Justin T. Wilgus
QUANTIFYING CO2 AND HEAT FLUXES AT ROOSEVELT HOT SPRINGS, HYDROTHERMAL AREA, Samantha R. Wolf
Theses/Dissertations from 2022
Petrographic and Geochemical Records of Climate Perturbation in Carbonates from a Perennially Ice-Covered Antarctic Lake, Jared Clance
Halogen and Non-traditional Isotope Geochemistry of Planetary and Terrestrial Materials, Anthony Gargano, Zachary Sharp, Justin Simon, Charles Shearer, Adrian Brearley, and James Day
Induced Seismicity in the Raton Basin and Global Variability of the 410-km Discontinuity, Margaret E. Glasgow
Deformation of Antigorite + Olivine Aggregates: Implications for Mantle Wedge Dynamics, Roselyn K. Hurlow
Tree Ring Isotopic Reconstruction of Hurricane Dolores, Jonathan Kane
Grand Canyon National Park's Water Corridor: Water Supply, Water Quality, and Recharge Along the Bright Angel Fault, Brionna O'Connor
Dense Array Seismic Imaging of Earth's Crust Using Active and Passive Sources, Evans Awere Onyango
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
Using Triple Oxygen Isotopes to Reveal the Origin and Evolution of Mantle Eclogite, Catherine Mary Peshek
Theses/Dissertations from 2021
The Birth and Incision History of the San Juan River in the Past 5 Ma, Micael T. Albonico
Single-crystal elasticity of tremolite at high-pressure conditions and its implication for the mid-lithospheric discontinuity, Soisiri Charin
WINDBLOWN TRANSPORT OF TOXIC METALS IN AIRBORNE PARTICULATE MATTER NEAR THE JACKPILE-PAGUATE URANIUM MINE ON LAGUNA PUEBLO, NEW MEXICO, Savannah S. LaRosa-LoPresti
Microstructural and Microchemical Studies of Fluid–Chondrule Interactions in a Pristine CR Carbonaceous Chondrite and Apatite in Martian Nakhlites, Marina Martínez
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
The Morphology and Evolution of Transverse Aeolian Ridges on Mars, Timothy Paul Nagle-McNaughton
Diversity – Independent Factors Predict Elevated Extinction Rates, Dustin Perriguey, Corinne Myers, Jason Moore, and Louis Scuderi
Petrology and Geochemistry of Evolved Achondrites: Planetesimal Mantles and Crusts, Zoltan Vaci
Theses/Dissertations from 2020
NEOGENE DRAINAGE REVERSAL AND COLORADO PLATEAU UPLIFT IN THE SALT RIVER AREA, Jordan Curtis Anderson
Fluvial Geomorphic and Hydrologic Evolution and Climate Change Resilience in Young Volcanic Landscapes: Rhyolite Plateau and Lamar Valley, Yellowstone National Park, Benjamin Newell Burnett
Quaternary shelf-slope development in the northern Gulf of Alaska from combined geophysical and geomorphologic analysis, Wesley A. Clary
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
Integrated Studies of Intracontinental Deformation in the Interior Western USA, Cretaceous to Recent, Jacob Oliver Thacker
Triple Oxygen Isotope Composition of Carbonates, Jordan A.G. Wostbrock
Theses/Dissertations from 2019
Observed and Projected Snowmelt Runoff in the Upper Rio Grande in a Changing Climate, Nels R. Bjarke
Crustal structure beneath the East Coast Magnetic Anomaly from seismic refraction tomography, Collin C. Brandl
AN ESTIMATION OF LOWER TROPOSPHERIC MIXING DERIVED FROM INVERSE MODELING OF BOUNDARY LAYER WATER VAPOR ISOTOPOLOGUES ON GRACIOSA ISLAND, AZORES, Jacquelyn M. Delp
AN ESTIMATION OF LOWER TROPOSPHERIC MIXING DERIVED FROM INVERSE MODELING OF BOUNDARY LAYER WATER VAPOR ISOTOPOLOGUES ON GRACIOSA ISLAND, AZORES, Jacquelyn M. Delp
CONSTRAINING THE OXYGEN VALUES OF THE LATE CRETACEOUS WESTERN INTERIOR SEAWAY USING MARINE BIVALVES, Camille H. Dwyer
Basal travertine of the Bouse Formation: Geochemistry, diagenesis and implications for the integration of the Colorado River, Christina Ferguson
Architecture and evolution of the Peace Vallis distributive fluvial system, Gale crater, Mars, Zachary E. Gallegos
Natural Salinization of the Jemez River, New Mexico: An Insight From Trace Element Geochemistry, Jon K. Golla
Melt Inclusions and Their Application - New Perspective on the Subsurface Architecture of Cerro Negro Volcano, Nicaragua, John M. Hamilton
Interpreting amalgamation processes of a fluvial sandstone of the Nacimiento Formation in the San Juan Basin, New Mexico, Keely Elizabeth Miltenberger
CARBON AND NITROGEN STABLE ISOTOPES IN ORGANIC MATTER FROM LAKE CHALCO, MEXICO: A RECORD OF QUATERNARY HYDROLOGY AND CLIMATE CHANGE, Kristin Slezak Pearthree
Eutherian Biogeography During the Puercan North American Land Mammal Age (Paleocene, earliest Danian): Problems and potential solutions, Jason Sterling Silviria
EVALUATING FUTURE RESERVOIR STORAGE IN THE RIO GRANDE USING NORMALIZED CLIMATE PROJECTIONS AND A WATER BALANCE MODEL, Nolan T. Townsend
Evaluating sources of hydrochemical variability and mixing in the upper Gila river, New Mexico, Pavel Vakhlamov
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
Post-impact light vapor incorporation during lunar formation based on triple oxygen isotopes, Erick J. Cano
Investigation of molluscan survivorship across the Cenomanian-Turonian Boundary Event using ecological niche modeling, Agathe E. Carrier
New Geochemical and Isotopic Approaches to Shallow Crust Landform Evolution, David Decker
Dense-array teleseismic imaging of the southern Albuquerque basin, Tori S. Finlay
MINERALOGY, PETROLOGY, AND GEOCHEMISTRY OF THE UNIQUE SILICA-RICH UNGROUPED ACHONDRITE NORTHWEST AFRICA 11575, Mya Ann Habermann
Use of Sodium Dithionite for Groundwater Restoration Following Uranium In-Situ Recovery Mining at the Smith Ranch-Highalnd Site in Wyoming, Rose J. Harris
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
Microtextural Studies of Feldspar in Ordinary Chondrites, Jonathan A. Lewis
RADIONUCLIDES IN RAINWATER AND THEIR IMPACT ON BACKGROUND RADIATION, Damien M. Milazzo
A speleothem record of climate variability in Southwestern North America during Marine Isotope Stage 3, Justin G. Peinado
PRIMARY PRISTINE AND ALTERED IRON SULFIDES IN CM AND CR CARBONACEOUS CHONDRITES: INSIGHTS INTO NEBULAR AND PARENT BODY PROCESSES, Sheryl A. Singerling
SEDIMENTOLOGY AND STRATIGRAPHY OF CORE STL14: AN EARLY PLEISTOCENE-TO-PRESENT PALEOCLIMATE ARCHIVE FROM STONEMAN LAKE, ARIZONA, Spencer Staley
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.
Birth and Evolution of the Virgin River: ~1 km of post-5 Ma uplift of the western Colorado Plateau, Cory J. Walk
GLOBAL SEAWATER REDOX TRENDS DURING THE LATE DEVONIAN MASS EXTINCTION DETECTED USING U ISOTOPES OF MARINE CARBONATES, David Allen White
Crustal Seismic Anisotropy of the Ruby Mountains Core Complex and Surrounding Northern Basin and Range, Justin T. Wilgus
Application of Ps Scattering Kernels to Imaging the Mantle Transition Zone with Receiver Functions, Han Zhang and Brandon Schmandt
Theses/Dissertations from 2017
A multi-proxy stalagmite reconstruction of the climate of southwestern North America from the Middle to Late Holocene, Christine Allen
Observed Changes in Climate and Streamflow in the Upper Rio Grande Basin, Shaleene Chavarria
Classifying microseismicty at Mount St. Helens using a large-N array, Margaret E. Glasgow
GEOCHEMISTRY OF VOLATILES RELEASED BY INCIPIENT CONTINENTAL RIFTING AND SUBDUCTION PROCESSES, Hyunwoo Lee
Insights on magmatic addition beneath the mid-Atlantic Coastal Plain from crustal seismic refraction data, Thomas W. Luckie
Oxygen Isotope Composition of Water in Martian Meteorites, Oleg Vitalivich Maltsev
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
MODELING ATMOSPHERE-MOUNTAIN INTERACTIONS: IMPLICATIONS FOR STABLE ISOTOPE-BASED PALEOALTIMETRY, Lauren B. Wheeler
