Undergraduate Theses

 

2016

Crystal Cortez, Adviser Dr. Parham, An Articulated Skeleton of A Carcharodon Hastalis From The "Monterey Formation" Orange County, California
Alex Woodward, Adviser Dr. Kirby, Did Alpine Glacersexist on Sugarloaf Mountain During the Last Glacial (San Bernardino Mountains, CA)??
Amanda Avalos, Adviser Dr. Carlin, Modern Sedimentation Rates Along The Central California Continental Shelf
Christopher Baker, Adviser Dr. Phil Armstrong, Applying Apatite Detrital Fisson- Track Thermochronology to Evaluate Exhumation in Southern Alaska
Jacob Katona, Adviser Dr. Clemens-Knott, Geochemistry of basalts in the White Mountains and Horse Thief Hills, CA
Megan Murphy, Adviser Dr. Matthew Kirby, A 1300 year Run-Off Reconstruction From Crystal Lake In The San Gabriel Mountains of Southern California
Anthony Natividad, Adviser Dr.Richard Laton, Hydrogeological Survey of a Mountainous Region: The Significance of Monitoring Water Resources
Tracy Nguyen, Adviser Dr. Matthew Kirby, 1300 years of Hydroclimatic Change Recorded in Crystal Lake Sediments
Julie Ortiz, Adviser Dr. Adam Woods, Analysis of Trace Element Variations of Sedimentary Rock Samples from the Western Canada Sedimentary Basin Following the Permicn-Triassic Mass Extinction
Trevor Slazas, Adviser Dr. Adam Woods, Constraining Environmental Conditions Along The Nortern Margin of Laurentia During the Late Ordovician: An Analysis of the Ely Springs Dolomite in Eastern California
Christine Tong, Adviser Dr. Nicole Bonuso, Documenting Recovery From a Deep Water, Middle Triassic Section From Fossil Hills, Humboldt Range Locality, Southern Canyon, NV.
Andrea Arevalo, Adviser Dr. Matthew, Kirby Using Ostracods in Silver Lake, California to Reconstruct Past Hydrologic Variability
Sierra Patterson, Adviser Dr. Memeti, Locating the Volcanic Source Region of Prehistoric Cogged Stones from Southern California
Michelle Barboza, Adviser Dr. Parham, Vertebrate Fauna and Ungulate Biostratigraphy of the Highly Fossiliferous Oso San Member, Capistrano Formation, Orange County, CA
Sam Bergeland, Adviser Dr. Woods, Post Permian-Triassic Extinction Productivity and Paleoxygenation from Analysis of Trace Elements from the Peace River Embayment Region fo Eastern Alerts
John Lowery, Adviser Dr. Memeti, Investigating the Magma Processes Responsible for the Compositional Variation in the Northeastern Cathedral Peak Lobe in Yosemite National Park
Bayne Westrick-Snapp, Adviser Dr. Loyd, Carbon Geochemistry of Moceneaged Concretions of the Castaic Formation
Rebecca Steever Adviser Dr. Clemens-Knott, OSA Creek Ring Complex
Matan Salmon, Adviser Dr. Armstrong, Rate and Timing of Exhumaton in the Copper River Corridor, Western Chugach Mountains, Southern Alaska
Ryan McKay, Adviser Dr. Memeti, Searching for the Source Rock of Cogstones in Southern California
Dominic Chaulk, Adviser Dr. Armstrong, Gravity Analysis to determine the subsurface gemetry of the Sierra Nevada Frontal Faulty System in Owens Valley
Baolong (Lucas) Lu, Adviser Dr. Loyd, Identification of a Methane Carbon Source for Organic Carbon Contained in Salt Dome Cap Rocks of the Gulf Coast.
Shawn Colby, Adviser Dr. Loyd, Nature of Organic Carbon Associated with Miocene Carbonate Concretions of the Monterey Formation
Nancy Ibarra, Adviser Dr. Laton, Drilling Methodology: A Field Guide and Its Use for the Drilling Industry
Andrew Grabow, Adviser Dr. Woods,
Adrian Garibay, Adviser Dr. Parham, New Species of The StemSeal Allodesmus From The Middle Miocene Topanga Formation of Orange County
Brian Fullaway, Adviser Dr. Woods, Trace Element Analysis of the Lower Triassic Montney Formation of Southwestern Alberta: Productivity and Oxygen Levels Following the Permian-Triassic Mass Extinction
Amanda Shellhorn, Adviser Dr. Armstrong, Evaluation of the Contact Relationships between the Eastern Sierra Nevada and Basaltic Flows Near Big Pine, CA
Stephen Jones, Adviser Dr. Rhodes, Dynamic Analysis of Long Canyon in Desert Hot Springs, CA
Dalin Nguyen, Adviser Dr. Rhodes, Palaeocurrents and Provenance of the Mae Rim Formation, Chiang Mai Basin, Northern Thailand
Enrique Lopez, Adviser Dr. Clemens-Knott, Possible Ophiolite Slivers Embedded in the Southwestern Sierra Nevada Batholith, Kern and Bakersfield Counties, California