Masters Theses 2003-20122012 |
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| Student | Title | Adviser | ||
| Erin Driver | Evaluation of Kinetic Controls on Microbially Mediated Reaction in an Electron Donor-limited Environment | Kirby | ||
| Michael Hoffman | Hydraulic Tomographic Modeling of the Yorba Linda Water Well Field, Yorba Linda, California | Laton | ||
| Pedro Monarrez | Brachipod Community Patterns Following the Onset of the Late Paleozoic Ice Age across the Mid-Carboniferous Boundary G.S.S.P., Arrow Canyon, Nevada | Woods | ||
| Michelle Vitale | Petrology and Mineral Inventory of Basaltic Inclusions from the 2006 Eruption of Augustine Volcano, Alaska | Browne | ||
| 2011 | ||||
| Jenny Arkle | Focused Exhumation in the Southern Alaska Syntaxis: New Insights from Apatite and Zircon Thermochronology | Armstrong | ||
| Jeff Hathaway | Application of Laser Ablation Inductively Coupled Mass Spectometry to selected Tephra Layers in the Western United States | J.Knott | ||
| Michael Martin | A Detrital Zircon Provenance Analysis of the Goldstein Peak Formation | D.Clemens-Knott | ||
| Elizabeth Seal | Magma Differentiation as Recorded by Changes in Mineral Stratigraphy within Layered Mafic Cumulates(Western Sierra Nevada Batholiths, California) | D.Clemens-Knott | ||
| Michael Van Ry | Petrology and Barometry of the Earthquake Dome Magma | Browne | ||
| 2010 | ||||
| Karen Anderson | Taphonomy of Early Triassic Fish Fossils of the Vega-Phroso Siltstone Member of the Sulphur Mountain Formation Near Wapiti Lake in British Columbia | Woods | ||
| Shelby Barker-Harold | An Investigation of the Potential for Surficial Recharge in the Lucerne Valley Groundwater Basin Mojave Desert, California | Laton | ||
| Luissa Johnston | Spatial Variability in Biogeochemical Processes at the Sediment-Water Interface in a Hydrologically Dynamic Reservoir System | Kneeshaw | ||
| Jeffrey Reissman | Worldwide Search for Anomalies Accelerating Moment Release(A.M.R.) Before Large Earthquakes | Bowman | ||
| Meredith Rivin (Staley) | Early Miocene Cetacean Diversity in the Vaqueros Formation, Laguna Canyon, Orange County, California | Bonuso | ||
| Luke Sabala | Exhumation and Deformation History of the Little San Bernardino Mountains in the Restraining Bend of the San Andreas Fault, Southern California | Armstrong | ||
| 2009 | ||||
| Rene Perez | Hydrostratigraphy of the Alto Deep Well: Implications for Sustainable Groundwater Recharge into the Distal Victorville Fan Sediments; Southwestern Mojave Desert, California | Foster | ||
| Arron Steiner | Late Neogene alluvial-fan geochronology and faulting, southern Death Valley, California A Petrological Investigation of Mafic Inputs Into the Augustine Volcano Magma System over time |
Knott | ||
| 2008 | ||||
| Beverly Berekian | A Mineralogic Study of the Consolidated Tungsten Mine Skarn, Tulare County, California | D.Clemens-Knott | ||
| Peggy Brown-Barthel | Water Budget and Hydrogeologic Model of Spring Flow at Limestone Hill, Zzyzx Desert Studies Center | Laton | ||
| Michael Blazevic | Subsurface geologic investigation of a Closed Alluvial Basin: Lucerne Velley, San Bernardino County, California & Paleoenvironmental Reconstruction of a Glacial-age Sediment Core From Baldwin Lake, Southern California: Evidence for Multi-timescale Climate Variability | Kirby | ||
| Christine Irwin | Cenozoic Burial and Exhumation History of the Eastern Los Angeles Basin, California, from Low-temperature Thermochronology | Armstrong | ||
| 2007 | ||||
| Kenneth Kolstad | Analysis of a Steady State Model: Prediction of Trichloroethylene Vapor Concentration Using Known Dissolved Phase Concentration | Laton | ||
| Anthony Lizzi | Evaluation of the Potential Groundwater Resources of the Golem Well, West Rancho Bernardo, San Diego County, California | Laton | ||
| Eric Patschull | Evidence of North Projecting Ancient Boulder Thalweg in Latest Quaternary Deposits of the Santa Ana River, Orange County, California | Laton | ||
| 2006 | ||||
| Sean Hunt | Artificial Recharge as Possible Causes of Observed Long-Term Change in Transmissivity of the San Pedro Formation Aquifers, Central Basin of the Greater Los Angeles Basin, California | Laton | ||
| Brenda Nelson-Ten Bruggencate | Paleoproductivity and Paleoredox in the Union Wash Formation,East-Central California: Evidence and Mechanism for Prolonged Biotic Recovery in the Early Triassic | Woods | ||
| Marsha Sohn | Late Neogene alluvial-fan geochronology and faulting, southern Death Valley, California | J.Knott | ||
| Tammy Surko | Gravity Survey of the Lucerne Valley Groundwater Basin: Implications for Basin Structure and Geometry | Armstrong | ||
| Aron Taylor | Geomorphology and geochronology of the San Juan Creek terraces: Implications for Quaternary uplift of the Santa Ana Mountain foothills, Orange County, California | Armstrong | ||
| Steve Williams | Hydrological Investigation of a Shallow Aquifer System with Emphasis on Precipitation Induced Recharge Lower Borrego Canyon Wash, Irvine, California | Laton | ||
| 2005 | ||||
| Broxton Bird | A 9,000 Year Record of Long-Term Climate Change and Abrupt Climate Events from Dry Lake, Southern California | Kirby | ||
| Andrea Figueroa | Investigation of the Late Cenozoic Uplift of the Sierra Nevada Mountains (California) Using Kinematic Modeling and Tectonic Geomorphology | J.Knott | ||
| 2004 | ||||
| Nancy Ikeda | Testing the False Alarm Rate of Accelerating Moment Release Before Large Earthquakes | Bowman | ||
| Patrick Versluis | The Fate of Perchlorate: A Look at Perchlorate Entering Orange County's Groundwater | Laton | ||
| 2003 | ||||
| Otto Figueroa | Groundwater Flow Model of a Coastal Aquifer, Malibu, California | Laton | ||
Masters Theses
2012
Pedro Monarrez, Adviser Dr. Woods, Brachipod Community Patterns Following the Onset of the Late Paleozoic Ice Age across the Mid-Carboniferous Boundary GSSP, Arrow Canyon, NV
Erin Driver, Adviser Dr. Kirby, Evaluation of Kinetic Controls on Microbially Mediated Reaction in an Electron Donor-limited Environment
Michelle Vitale, Adviser Dr. Browne, Petrology and Mineral Inventory of Basaltic Inclusions from the 2006 Eruption of Augustine Volcano, Alaska
Michael Hoffman, Adviser Dr. Laton, Hydraulic Tomographic Modeling of the Yorba Linda Water Well Field, Yorba Linda, CA
2011
Elizabeth Seal, Adviser Dr. Clemens-Knott, Magma Differentiation as Recorded by Changes in Mineral Stratigraphy within Layered Mafic Cumulates(Western Sierra Nevada Batholiths,California)
Jeff Hathaway, Adviser Dr. Knott, Application of Laser Ablation Inductively Coupled Mass Spectometry to selected Tephra Layers in the Western United States
Michael Van Ry, Adviser Dr. Browne, Petrology and Barometry of the Earthquake Dome Magma
Michael Martin, Adviser Dr. Clemens-Knott, A Detrital Zircon Provenance Analysis of the Goldstein Peak Formation
Jenny Arkle, Adviser Dr. Armstrong, Focused Exhumation in the Southern Alaska Syntaxis: New Insights from Apatite and Zircon Thermochronology
2010
Shelby Barker-Harold, Adviser Dr. Laton, An Investigation of the Potential for Surficial Recharge in the Lucerne Valley Groundwater Basin Mojave Desert, California
Karen Anderson, Adviser Dr. Woods, Taphonomy of Early Triassic Fish Fossils of the Vega-Phroso Siltstone Member of the Sulphur Mountain Formation Near Wapiti Lake in British Columbia
Luke Sabala, Adviser Dr. Armstrong, Exhumation and Deformation History of the Little San Bernardino Mountains in the Restraining Bend of the San Andreas Fault, Southern California
Jeffrey Reissman, Adviser Dr. Bowman, Worldwide Search for Anomalies Accelerating Moment Release(AMR) Before Large Earthquakes
Meredith Rivin (Staley), Adviser Dr. Bonuso, Early Miocene Cetacean Diversity in the Vaqueros Formation, Laguna Canyon, Orange County, California
Luissa Johnston, Adviser Dr. Kneeshaw, Spatial Variability in Biogeochemical Processes at the Sediment-Water Interface in a Hydrologically Dynamic Reservoir System
2009
Arron Steiner, Adviser Dr. Knott, "Late Neogene alluvial-fan geochronology and faulting, southern Death Valley, CA
A Petrological Investigation of Mafic Inputs Into the Augustine Volcano Magma System over time"
Rene Perez, Adviser Dr. Foster, Hydrostratigraphy of the Alto Deep Well: Implications for Sustainable Groundwater Recharge into the Distal Victorville Fan Sediments; Southwestern Mojave Desert, California
2008
Michael Blazevic, Adviser Dr. Kirby, Subsurface geologic investigation of a Closed Alluvial Basin: Lucerne Velley, San Bernardino County, California & Paleoenvironmental Reconstruction of a Glacial-age Sediment Core From Baldwin Lake, Southern California: Evidence for Multi-timescale Climate Variability
Peggy Brown-Barthel, Adviser Dr. Laton, Water Budget and Hydrogeologic Model of Spring Flow at Limestone Hill, Zzyzx Desert Studies Center
Beverly Berekian, Adviser Dr. Clemens-Knott, A Mineralogic Study of the Consolidated Tungsten Mine Skarn, Tulare County, California
Christine Irwin, Adviser Dr. Armstrong, Cenozoic Burial and Exhumation History of the Eastern Los Angeles Basin, California, from Low-temperature Thermochronology
2007
Kenneth Kolstad, Adviser Dr. Laton, Analysis of a Steady State Model: Prediction of Trichloroethylene Vapor Concentration Using Known Dissolved Phase Concentration
Anthony Lizzi, Adviser Dr. Laton, Evaluation of the Potential Groundwater Resources of the Golem Well, West Rancho Bernardo, San Diego County, CA
Eric Patschull, Adviser Dr. Laton, Evidence of North Projecting Ancient Boulder Thalweg in Latest Quaternary Deposits of the Santa Ana River, Orange County, California
2006
Sean Hunt, Adviser Dr. Laton, Artificial Recharge as Possible Causes of Observed Long-Term Change in Transmissivity of the San Pedro Formation Aquifers, Central Basin of the Greater Los Angeles Basin, California
Aron Taylor, Adviser Dr. Armstrong, Geomorphology and geochronology of the San Juan Creek terraces: Implications for Quaternary uplift of the Santa Ana Mountain foothills, Orange County, CA
Tammy Surko, Adviser Dr. Armstrong, Gravity Survey of the Lucerne Valley Groundwater Basin: Implications for Basin Structure and Geometry
Steve Williams, Adviser Dr. Laton, Hydrological Investigation of a Shallow Aquifer System with Emphasis on Precipitation Induced Recharge Lower Borrego Canyon Wash, Irvine, California
Marsha Sohn, Adviser Dr. Knott, Late Neogene alluvial-fan geochronology and faulting, southern Death Valley, CA
Brenda Nelson-Ten Bruggencate, Adviser Dr. Woods, Paleoproductivity and Paleoredox in the Union Wash Formation,East-Central California: Evidence and Mechanism for Prolonged Biotic Recovery in the Early Triassic
2005
Andrea Figueroa, Adviser Dr. Knott, Investigation of the Late Cenozoic Uplift of the Sierra Nevada Mountains (California) Using Kinematic Modeling and Tectonic Geomorphology
Broxton Bird, Adviser Dr. Kirby, A 9,000 Year Record of Long-Term Climate Change and Abrupt Climate Events from Dry Lake, Southern California
2004
Patrick Versluis, Adviser Dr. Laton, The Fate of Perchlorate: A Look at Perchlorate Entering Orange County's Groundwater.
Nancy Ikeda, Adviser Dr. Bowman, Testing the False Alarm Rate of Accelerating Moment Release Before Large Earthquakes
2003
Otto Figueroa, Adviser Dr. Laton, Groundwater Flow Model of a Coastal Aquifer, Malibu, California
