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University of Wisconsin-Madison Department of Geology and Geophysics Dissertations and Theses
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2006

Ciardelli, Mark C.
Arsenic uptake by coprecipitation in synthetic and natural Bangladesh groundwater: effects of oxyanions, heating, and seed crystals. M.S.
Delak, Katya M.
The potential role of amines in biological and biomimetic silica precipitation. Ph.D.
Eisenach, Adam R.
Recurrence of enigmatic nannofossil (Braarudosphaera) chalks in the early Oligocene stratigraphy of the Rio Grande rise, southwestern Atlantic Ocean. M.S.
Gordon, Christopher L.
The folding styles and deformation history of the Alima Anticline and the Southern Atlas, Tunisia. M.S.
Gosses, Justin
Stratigraphy and ⁴⁰Ar/³⁹Ar geochronology of the Laguna del Hunco formation: a lacustrine and sub-aerial caldera moat formation. M.S.
Horsman, Eric
Constraints on the rheology of naturally deformed rocks, Sierra Nevada, California. Ph.D.
Jicha, Brian R.
Geochronologic and isotopic constraints on the magmatic evolution of Pleistocene-recent Aleutian and Andean volcanic complexes. Ph.D.
Kelly, Jacque L.
Silcete in the St. Peter sandstone. M.S.
Maes, Stephanie
Magnetic Fabric Constraints on the Emplacement of Igneous Intrusions. Ph.D.
Nielsen, Jennifer L.
A high-latitude record of the planktonic foraminiferal turnover during the middle to late Eocene transition in the Southern Ocean (ODP Site 748). M.S.
Pesicek, Jeremy D.
High-precision earthquake locations at Great Sitkin Volcano, Andreanof Islands, Alaska, 1999-2005. M.S.
Primm, Skylar L.
Wavelet analysis of fabric in deformed granite. M.S.
Refsnider, Kurt A.
Late quaternary glacial and climate history of the Provo River drainage, Uinta Mountains, Utah. M.S.
Riley, Paul R.
The spatial distribution of deformation bands and fractures in the Pajarito fault zone and implication for Vadose zone fluid flow through the Bandelier Tuff, New Mexico. M.S.
Shultis, Aaron Isaac
An iron isotope study of inter-mineral fractionations in mantle derived rocks. M.S.
Tang, Jennifer E.
Provenance of quartz-rich sandstones deposited adjacent to the tertiary Java Arc, Indonesia. M.S.
Titus, Sarah J.
Deformation rates across the San Andreas fault system, central California determined by geology and geodesy. Ph.D.

2005

Aswasereelert, Wasinee
Facies distribution and stacking of the Eau Claire Formation, Wisconsin: implications of thin shale-rich strata in fluid flow. M.S.
Becker, Richard A.
¹¹Be and ³⁶Cl surface exposure age of the Puerto Bandera Moraine, Lago Argentino, 50 S. M.S.
Cavosie, Aaron J.
Geochemistry of >3900 MA detrital zircons from Jack Hills, Western Australia. Ph.D.
Crosby, Heidi A.
Mechanisms of iron isotope fractionation during dissimilatory iron reduction and Fe(II) adsorption. M.S.
Douglass, Daniel C.
Glacial chronology, soil development, and paleoclimate reconstructions for mid-latitude South America, 1 MA to recent. Ph.D.
Dyer, Kuwanna M.
Facies architecture and paleopedology of ancient river systems, Eocene Wilkins Peak Member of the lacustrine Green River Formation, Wyoming. M.S.
Garbowicz, Amy J.
The Upper Cambrian geology of Adams County, Wisconsin. M.S.
Gittings, Hilary E.
Hydrogeologic controls on springs in the Mukwonago River watershed, SE Wisconsin. M.S.
Hoffmann, Erik N.
Taxonomy and evolution of Admetopsis (cretaceous brackish-water gastropod). M.S.
John, Rahul
Simulating response rates and historical transience of surface water and groundwater: Trout Lake Basin, Northern Wisconsin. M.S.
Keller, Nathaniel R.
An assessment of Wisconsin's natural attenuation closure protocol. M.S.
Kobussen, Alan F.
Xenolith and petrophysical perspectives of continental mantle seismic anisotropy: case studies in Syria and Siberia. M.S.
Lackey, Jade Star
The magmatic and alternation history of the Sierra Nevada batholith as recorded by oxygen isotope ratios of zircon, titanite, garnet, and quartz. Ph.D.
Lapen, Thomas J.
Radiogenic isotopes as records of tectonic and metamorphic processes: examples from the western Alps, Italy, and the western Gneiss region, Norway. Ph.D.
Masbruch, Melissa D.
Delineation of source areas and characterization of chemical variability using isotopes and major ion chemistry, Allequash Basin, Wisconsin. M.S.
Oleson, Timothy A.
Mineral-specific sorption and self-assembly of a short-chain phosphatidylcholine on oxide surfaces. M.S.
Olson, Erik L.
A new way to look at fault rupture: understanding and characterizing earthquake predominant period. M.S.
Piccoli, Leonardo
Carbonate platform evolution during icehouse periods: a late Paleozoic (asselian/sakmarian) example, Hueco Mountains, West Texas. Ph.D.
Poulson, Rebecca L.
Iron isotope variations as tracers for iron geochemical cycling: investigating the behavior of aqueous and precipitated iron species in natural and synthetic systems. M.S.
Root, Tara L.
Controls on arsenic concentrations in ground water from quaternary and Silurian units in southeastern Wisconsin. Ph.D.
Sanders, Hilary C.
Evolutionary tempo and mode of the bivalve Congeria in late miocene deposits of Lake Pannon, Central Europe. Ph.D.
Schmitt, Stuart V.
A geodetic study of the 22 January 2003 Tecoman, Colima, Mexico earthquake. M.S.
Shields, Martin L.
The evolution of the East Java Basin, Indonesia. Ph.D,
Webber, Caroline E.
Structural geology of the Porter's Knob Area, Red Hills ultramafic massif, New Zealand: implications for upper mantle deformation. M.S.
Yan, Xiaowei
Seismogenic mechanism of the May 26, 2003, northeastern Japan intermediate-depth earthquake. M.S.

2004

Bymers, Benjamin N.
Investigation of sandstone provenance in the Gualala Basin, CA: sedimentology, sandstone petrography and detrital zircon geochemistry. M.S.
Chetel, Lauren M.
⁴⁰Ar/³⁹Ar geochronology of detrital and volcanic K-feldspar of the Upper Mississippi Valley: implications for terriginous provenance, and the depositional and biostratigraphic history of an upper Ordovician epeiric sea. M.S.
Darter, Jessica R.
Constraining the geometry of the Scandinavian ice sheet at the last glacial maximum, Nordland, Norway. M.S.
Eaton, Jonathan K.
Oxygen isotope constraints on the petrogenesis of silicic magmas in Nicaragua and Costa Rica. M.S.
Harper, Melissa A.
⁴⁰Ar/³⁹Ar constraints on the evolution of the Puyehue-Cordon Caulle volcanic complex, Andean southern
volcanic zone, Chile. M.S.
Laabs, Benjamin J.C.
Late quaternary glacial and paleoclimate history of the southern Uinta Mountains, Utah. Ph.D.
Lockman, Andrew B.
Earthquake early warning methodologies using P-wave arrivals. M.S.
Lowry, Christopher S.
Assessment of aquifer storage recovery: defining hydraulic controls on recovery efficiency at three representative sites in Wisconsin. M.S.
McDermott, Abby L.
Hydrogeological and vegetative gradients across a wetland transect in south central Wisconsin. M.S.
Moeller, Carolyn A.
Modeling the groundwater flow system along a flow line of the Scandinavian ice sheet. M.S.
Sharaf, Essam Farag Mohamed
Stratigraphy and sedimentology of Oligocene Miocene mixed carbonate and siliciclastic strata, East Java Basin, Indonesia. Ph.D.
Valaas, Elizabeth P.
Oxygen isotope thermometry in contact metamorphosed Biwabik iron-formation. M.S.
Waters-Tormey, Cheryl
Structural geology of a ten kilometer scale lower crustal shear zone: Mt. Hay granulites, central Australia. Ph.D.
Zeichert, Timothy A.
The evolution of magmas at a large stratocone volcano, Mount Shasta, N. Carolina. M.S.

2003

Anderson, Lindsay
Evaluation of shoreline erosion extent and processes on Wisconsin's Lake Superior shoreline. M.S.
Barquero-Molina, Miriam
⁴⁰Ar/³⁹Ar chronology and paleomagnetism of ignimbrites and lavas from the central volcanic zone, northern Chile, and 4°Ar/³9Ar chronology of silicic ignimbrites from Honduras and Nicaragua. M.S.
Beyer, Steve R.
Stratigraphy, sedimentology, and k-bentonite geochemistry of Galena group, northeastern Iowa, upper Mississippi Valley. M.S.
Carson, Eric C.
Fluvial responses to Holocene environmental change, Uinta mountains, northeastern Utah. Ph.D.
Charkoudian, Karoun
A tale of two plutons: pluton emplacement and strike-slip deformation vermilion granitic complex, northern Minnesota. M.S.
Dripps, Weston R.
The spacial and temporal variability of groundwater recharge within the Trout Lake basin of northern Wisconsin. Ph.D.
Ekstrom, Ingrid L.
Effects of air sparging on a geochemically heterogeneous groundwater system. M.S.
Giorgis, Scott
Structural evolution of the Salmon River suture zone, Idaho, USA: implications for the tectonics of obliquely-convergent boundaries. Ph.D.
Hinke, Hans J.
The quaternary geology of western St. Croix county. M.S.
Horsman, Eric
Geometry and internal fabric of the Maiden Creek sill, Henry Mountains, Utah. M.S.
Juckem, Paul F.
Spatial patterns and temporal trends in groundwater recharge, upper Coon Creek watershed, southwest Wisconsin. M.S.
Mederos, Selena
Timing and geometry of the Rock Springs (WY) /Douglas Creek (CO) arch: an integrated geological and geophysical investigation of a laramide-style uplift. M.S.
Pietras, Jeffrey T.
High-resolution sequence stratigraphy and strontium isotope geochemistry of Lacustrine Wilkins Peak Member, Eocene Green River Formation, Wyoming, U.S.A. Ph.D.
Roberts, Kyle A.
Three dimensional structure and earthquake locations along the San Andreas fault near Parkfield, California. M.S.
Strand, Tyson
Pore-scale percolation modeling of two-phase flow in granular porous media. Ph.D.
Swanson, Brooke A.
Sedimentology, stratigraphy and strontium geochemistry of the Eocene Luman Member, Green River formation, Wyoming. M.S.
Tedford, Rebecca A.
Geochemical, sedimentological, and microbiotic responses to the late Miocene carbon isotope shift (approx. 7.7 Ma) at ODP site 1172B in the South Tasman Sea. M.S.
Thakurta, Joyashish
Carbon isotope thermometry of marbles of Santa Lucia range, in the Salinian block, California. M.S.
Thornburg, Katie L.
Characterization of arsenic occurrence, mobility and retardation in sandstone and dolomite aquifers of the Fox River Valley, Wisconsin. M.S.
Wilcox, Jeffrey D.
Variability of groundwater chemistry in an agricultural setting and implications for assessing impacts of land use change. M.S.
Zhang, Haijiang
Double-difference seismic tomography method and its applications. Ph.D.

2002

Anderson, Kristin M.
Hydrogeologic controls on flow to Frederick Springs in the Pheasant Branch watershed, Middleton, Wisconsin. M.S.
Carlson, Anders E.
The quaternary geology of southern Sheboygan County. M.S.
Druschel, Gregory K.
Sulfur biochemistry: kinetics of intermediate sulfur species reactions in the environment. Ph.D.
Eaton, Timothy T.
Fracture heterogeneity and hydrogeology of the Maquoketa aquitard, Southeastern Wisconsin. Ph.D.
Emerson, Norlene R.
Sedimentology, sequence stratigraphy, and brachiopod biostratigraphy of the Ordovician (Mohawkian) Decorah Formation, midcontinent, USA. Ph.D.
Freiheit, James R.
The genus strombus in the Neogene of the Cibao Valley, Northern Dominican Republic. M.S.
Hansen, Samantha E.
Three-dimensional seismic velocity and attenuation structure of the East Rift Zone and South Flank of Kilauea volcano, Hawaii. M.S.
Hart, Garret L.
Isotope study of magmatic processes and crustal recycling in subduction zone environments in the cascade range of northwestern U.S. Ph.D.
Jicha, Brian R.
Variable impact of the subducted slab on Aleutian Island arc magma sources : evidence from Sr, Nd, Pb and Hf isotopes and trace elements abundances. M.S.
Leslie, Elizabeth R.
Chemical fingerprinting, 40Ar/³9Ar dating and diagenetic alteration of ordovician K-bentonites, Upper Mississippi Valley. M.S.
Lin, Yu-Feng
Development of a digital method for estimating groundwater recharge and discharge rates. Ph.D.
Maes, Stephanie M.
Scheelite geochemistry of the Pine Creek Pendant, California: EMPA and the stable isotope microanalysis. M.S.
Mahlen, Nancy J.
Provenance and paleogeography of subducted oceanic sediments of the Zermatt-Saas ophiolite, Western Alps, and implication on rare-earth-element and Rb-Sr mobility at UHP conditions. M.S.
Marma, John C.
Magmatic and hydrothermal PGE mineralization of the Birch Lake Cu-Ni-PGE deposit in the South Kawishiwi Intrusion, Duluth Complex, northeast Minnesota. M.S.
McColgin, Kathleen M.
The development of a mixed carbonate and siliciclastic slope system in a tectonically active setting, southeastern Spain. M.S.
Ott, Christopher J.
Leptoceratops (dinosauria; ornithischia) from the Hell Creek formation (cretaceous; maastrichtian) of eastern Montana. M.S.
Pint, Christine D.
A groundwater flow model of the Trout Lake basin: calibration and lake capture zone analysis. M.S.
Rhodes, Meredith
Lacustrine stratigraphy and strontium isotope geochemistry of the Laney member, Green River formation, southwestern Wyoming. Ph.D.
Smith, Michael E.
⁴⁰Ar/³⁹Ar geochronology of the Eocene Green River Formation, Wyoming and Utah. M.S.
Stanley, Darrell
A multidisciplinary study of the physical properties of sedimentary rocks. Ph.D.
Stoklosa, Michelle L.
Evaluation of controls on carbonate platform morphology, facies and diagenetic variability: an Oligocene example from Southeast Spain. Ph.D.
Suzuki, Yohey
Geomicrobiology of uranium: microbial impacts on the form, distribution and fate of uranium in the environment. Ph.D.
Titus, Sarah J.
Geological and geophysical investigation of two fine-grained granites, Sierra Nevada, California: evidence for structural controls on volcanism. M.S.
Zeiler, Kurt K.
Indirect inverse modeling using nonlinear regression to estimate contamination source histories, Badger Army Ammunition Plant, Wisconsin. M.S.

2001

Brown, Scott R.
Quaternary geology of Door County, Wisconsin, and implications for regional flow patterns of the Green Bay Lobe. M.S.
Brownson, Jeffrey R.S.
The role of organics in the mineralization of clays: effects of phthalic acid on low temperature (25^oC) kaolinite synthesis. M.S.
Clechenko, Cory C.
Petrogenesis of the Willsboro-Lewis wollastonite skarns, Northeastern Adirondack Mountains, New York. M.S.
Dansart, Ann M.
Effects of sand-filled ice-wedge casts on the spatial variability of unsaturated flow and mass transport. M.S.
Gihring, Thomas M.
Arsenic Biogeochemistry. M.S.
Hildreth, Matthew D.
Surficial geology and Late Weichselian Ice Sheet thickness at Skorgedalen, western Norway. M.S.
King, Elizabeth M.
Oxygen isotope study of source and alteration of granitic magmas in the western United States and the Superior Province, Canada. Ph.D.
LaBlanc, Kelly J.
A GIS-based study of sedimentation rates and sediment fluxes of the Lake Michigan and Green Bay Lobes of the southern Laurentide Ice Sheet. M.S.
Mandernach, Megan L.
Three-dimensional Vp and Vp/Vs structure of the East Rift Zone and South Flank of Kilauea Volcano, Hawaii . M.S.
Munroe, Jeffrey S.
Late quaternary history of the northern Uinta Mountains, northeastern Utah. Ph.D.
Pfeiffer, Shaili M.
Groundwater/surface water interactions in a lowland savanna on the Lower Wisconsin River floodplain. M.S.
Relle ,Monica K.
Precise 40Ar/³9Ar ages for the Big Lost "event" and the Matuyama-Brunhes reversal from lava flows on La Palma, Canary Islands. M.S.
Slatter, Nancy M. C.
Sedimentology of a middle slope cool-water carbonate platform, Pleistocene, great Australian bight, ODP leg 182. M.S.
Swanson, Susan K.
Hydrogeological controls on spring flow near Madison, Wisconsin. Ph.D.
Taglia, Peter J.
Using in situ microcosms to evaluate the spatial heterogeneity of BTEX biodegradation under nitrate-reducing conditions. M.S,

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