Earth and Planetary Sciences ETDs
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Theses/Dissertations from 2016
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
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
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
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
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
CALIBRATION AND APPLICATION OF A SILICA-WATER SINGLE MINERAL THERMOMETER TO GEOTHERMAL SYSTEMS IN ICELAND AND CHILE, Jordan Anne Gibbons
Sedimentation, pedogenesis, and paleoclimate conditions in the Paleocene San Juan Basin, New Mexico, U.S.A., Kevin Hobbs
Seismic imaging of the lithosphere-asthenosphere boundary with a dense broadband array in central California, Charles Hoots
THE INFLUENCE OF BEAVER ACTIVITY ON MODERN AND HOLOCENE FLUVIAL LANDSCAPE DYNAMICS IN SOUTHWESTERN MONTANA, Rebekah Levine
Geophysical Characterization of the Central Yakutat Shelf and Cenozoic Basin Development, Offshore Southeastern Alaska, Rachel Price
New Insights into the Martian Crust and Angrite Parent Body Through Meteorites, Alison R. Santos
CO2 Flux Along Faults of the Central Rio Grande Rift, New Mexico, Jared Smith
Experimental Investigation into the Thermal and Magmatic Evolution of Mercury, Kathleen Vander Kaaden
Cl in the Early Solar System, Jeffrey Williams
Theses/Dissertations from 2015
Teleseismic P Wave Attenuation in the Upper Mantle Beneath the United States, Samantha Lynn Cafferky
Laser induced breakdown spectroscopy of martian breccia Northwest Africa 7034: comparison with Mars Science Laboratory results, Suzanne Gordon
CARBONIC SPRINGS AS DISTAL MANIFESTATIONS OF THE JEMEZ GEOTHERMAL SYSTEM, SAN YSIDRO, NEW MEXICO, HIGHLIGHTING THE IMPORTANCE OF FAULT PATHWAYS AND HYDROCHEMICAL MIXING., Christopher McGibbon
BUILDING A BETTER TRAINING IMAGE WITH DIGITAL OUTCROP MODELS: THESE GO TO ELEVEN, Alexandra Pickel
Deep-seated bedrock landsliding in Grand Canyon's Surprise Valley area, Jesse Robertson
Drought in the Colorado River Basin: Spatiotemporal Analysis using an Edge Detection Filter, Lindsay Ross
DIURNAL VARIATION OF WATER VAPOR ISOTOPOLOGUES ON THE CHAJNANTOR PLATEAU DURING THE AUSTRAL SPRING, Alec Tunner
Climatic factors influencing Last Glacial Maximum and modern glacial conditions in the tropical and subtropical Andes, Lauren Vargo
Timing of erosional episodes in the Marble Canyon and Vermilion Cliffs region from apatite (U-Th)/He thermochronology, Nadine Lynne Warneke
Theses/Dissertations from 2014
Characterization of fluvial facies distributions and cyclicity using terrestrial lidar: Paleocene Nacimiento Formation, Kutz Canyon, New Mexico, Jeffrey Carritt
AN IMBRICATE MID CRUSTAL SUTURE ZONE: THE MOJAVE-YAVAPAI PROVINCE BOUNDARY IN GRAND CANYON, ARIZONA, Mark Holland
Continental-scale isotope hydrology, Scott Jasechko
Spatial and Seasonal Variations in Aridification Across Southwest North America, Shannon Miller Jones
GEOCHRONOLOGY, GEOCHEMISTRY, AND TECTONIC CHARACTERIZATION OF QUATERNARY LARGE-VOLUME TRAVERTINE DEPOSITS IN THE SOUTHWESTERN UNITED STATES AND THEIR IMPLICATIONS FOR CO2 SEQUESTRATION, Alexandra Priewisch
Using Nd Isotopes to understand changes in continental weathering flux in Mid-Pennsylvanian (Desmoinesian) carbonate cycles, Phil Ragonese
ISOTOPIC CONSTRAINTS ON ATMOSPHERIC MOISTURE TRANSPORT PROCESSES IN SOUTH AMERICA, Kimberly Samuels-Crow
Thermal histories of CB meteorites: Constraints from compositions and microstructures of sulfides, Poorna Srinivasan
Theses/Dissertations from 2013
Satellite imagery evaluation of soil moisture variability in north-east part of Ganges Basin, India, Proma Bhattacharyya
Metal-silicate Partitioning Behavior of Molybdenum, Tungsten, and Nickel: Implications for Core Formation, Laura Burkemper
Magmatic volatiles at rifts and arcs: Sources and fractionation effects, Joost Maarten de Moor
REMOTELY MAPPING SURFACE ROUGHNESS ON ALLUVIAL FANS: AN APPROACH FOR UNDERSTANDING DEPOSITIONAL PROCESSES, Sarah Doyle
HOLOCENE FIRE-RELATED ALLUVIAL CHRONOLOGY AND GEOMORPHIC IMPLICATIONS IN THE JEMEZ MOUNTAINS, NEW MEXICO, Erin Fitch
Uranium-series isotope constraints on magma generation and differentiation in the central Oregon Cascades, Euan Mitchell
Slope and bifurcation on braided distributive fluvial systems, Michelle Olson
Theses/Dissertations from 2012
Geochemistry of cave pools in the Guadalupe Mountains, NM : implications for geomicrobiology, Kooser Ara
Effect of halite and calcite coatings on thermal infrared spectra wih implications for Mars exploration, Jeffrey A. Berger
Soil geomorphology of the eastern Sevilleta Long Term Ecological Research Site, Debra Bryan-Ricketts
Magnetic records from latest Triassic to earliest Jurassic red beds, Utah and Arizona, and from mid-Pleistocene lake beds, New Mexico, Linda Lee Donohoo Hurley
The chlorine isotope composition of chondrites : evidence for a single nebular reservoir and the effects of secondary processes on chondrite parent bodies, Jessica Mumphrey
Dynamic topography of the western Great Plains : geomorphic and 40Ar/39Ar evidence for mantle-driven uplift associated with the Jemez lineament, New Mexico and SE Colorado, Alexander Nereson
The effect of carbon dioxide on the density and compressibility of kimberlitic magma, Alison R. Santos
Nutrient dynamics in a headwater stream : use of continuous water quality sensors to examine seasonal, event, and diurnal processes in the East Fork Jemez River, NM, Lauren R. Sherson
The impact of dams, droughts, and tributary drainages on channel form and process : Rio Grande and Rio Chama, NM, Benjamin Swanson
Experimental investigation into lunar melt density and compressibility : the role of titanium, Kathleen Vander Kaaden
Theses/Dissertations from 2011
Last-saturation applications to the humidity of the subtropical middle troposphere, John Hurley
Trends and interannual variability in snowpack and spring season hydroclimatology in the southwestern United States, Sarah J. Keller
Stream channel adjustments and persistence of change in response to beaver damming on a fluvial fan, Odell Creek, Montana, Rebekah Levine
Interpreting Early Triassic (Smithian) sea-level change and climate using sequence stratigraphy and oxygen isotopes of conodont apatite, Stephanie Yurchyk
Theses/Dissertations from 2010
Fluvial sedimentation in continental half-graben basins, Sean Connell
The partial molar volume of carbon dioxide in peridotite partial melt at high pressure, Megan Duncan
Characterization of a volcanically impacted, overfilled continental rift basin within the southeastern Jemez Mountains, New Mexico, Ashley Elizabeth Edelman
Experimental simulation of Lunar Magma Ocean crystallization : insights into mantle composition and the source regions of lunar basaltic magmatism, Stephen Matthew Elardo
Documenting multiple metasomatic events within the Finero phlogopite peridotite using chlorine isotopes, Ivrea zone, Italy, Melissa Halick
Travertine from Egypt's Western Desert: a terrestrial record of North African paleohydrology and paleoclimate during the late Pleistocene, Gloria Jimenez
Remote sensing assessment of rapidly changing lake areas in semi-arid closed basins : modern playa lake response to meteorological variability and implications for pluvial Lake Palomas Holocene highstands, Christine K. Laudadio
Biogeomorphology and soil geomorphology of small semiarid basins, northeastern Arizona : influences of topoclimate and climate variations, Leah M. Roberts
Archean detrital zircons in the Proterozoic Vishnu Schist of the Grand Canyon, Arizona : implications for crustal architecture and Nuna reconstructions, Owen Philip Shufeldt
Theses/Dissertations from 2009
U-series dating, geochemistry, and geomorphic studies of travertines and springs of the Springerville area, east-central Arizona, and tectonic implications., Eileen Hardy Embid
Heterogeneity effects on flow and transport within a shallow fluvial aquifer, Nicholas Engdahl
Timing and emplacement of the Philipsburg batholith, SW Montana, and a comparison of two magnetic fabric techniques, Travis James Naibert
Mesozoic tectonics of the Maria fold and thrust belt and McCoy basin : an examination of polyphase deformation and synorogenic response, Anthony C. Salem
Theses/Dissertations from 2008
Refining models of crustal growth and evolution in southwestern Laurentia with paired U-Pb and Lu-Hf analyses of igneous and detrital zircon, Mark E. Holland
Volatile chemistry, and nitrogen sources and fluxes, in subduction zones : insights from the Izu-Bonin-Mariana Arc, Euan Mitchell
Theses/Dissertations from 2007
Quaternary incision history of the Black Canyon of the Gunnison, Colorado, M. Magdalena Sandoval
Theses/Dissertations from 2006
History and timing of polyphase Proterozoic deformation in the Manzano thrust belt, central New Mexico, Amy Luther
