Theses from 2024
A JOURNEY TO THE CENTER OF THE ASTHENOSPHERE: A NUMERICAL EXPLORATION OF MAGMA PRODUCTION BENEATH MID OCEAN RIDGE AND SUBDUCTION ZONE SYSTEMS, Francesca C. Burkett
Evolution of iron silicate minerals over geologic time utilizing mineral databases, Jessica Kruzan
Theses from 2023
HYDROLOGICAL AND GEOCHEMICAL ASSESSMENT OF DENITRIFICATION POTENTIAL IN THE MIDDLE MISSISSIPPI RIVER FLOODPLAIN WETLANDS, Ty Henry Alan Genz
Theses from 2022
DIAGENETIC FLUIDS AND CONCRETION MINERALOGY IN JURASSIC NAVAJO SANDSTONE, Desiree Nakia Baker
USING SEISMIC ATTRIBUTES TO VISUALIZE SUBTLE FEATURES: A CASE STUDY OF A WAULSORTIAN MUD-MOUND WITHIN THE MISSISSIPPIAN AGE ULLIN LIMESTONE, PRESTON MICHAEL PRICE
STRATIGRAPHIC REEVALUATION OF MOLLIES NIPPLE, KANE COUNTY, UTAH, USA TO BETTER UNDERSTAND THE ORIGIN OF ALUNITE AND JAROSITE CEMENTS, Jordan Thomas Walker
Theses from 2021
MICROBIAL INFLUENCE ON FE-HYDROXIDE MORPHOLOGIES FROM CALVERT CLIFFS STATE PARK, MARYLAND, USA, Benjamin Reilly Elliott
A TOMOGRAPHIC ANALYSIS OF THE WABASH VALLEY SEISMIC ZONE, Nabeel Steven Sweidan
Defining Morrow Sandstone Channel System in Manassas Field, Denver Basin, Colorado, USA, Dilini Madhushani Walakulu Arachchige
Theses from 2020
Rare Earth Elements and Yttrium in Acid Mine Drainages of the Illinois Basin, Kyle Klitzing
Theses from 2019
SEQUENCE STRATIGRAPHY OF LOWER CRETACEOUS CARBONATES IN UMM GUDAIR OIL FIELD, WEST KUWAIT, Asmaa Albuloushi
CLAY MINERAL TRANSFORMATIONS IN ACIDIC ENVIRONMENTS: FINDING AN EARTHEN ANALOGUE TO THE SURFACE OF MARS, Ryan Lee Bowman
PETROPHYSICAL ANALYSIS OF WELLS IN THE ARIKAREE CREEK FIELD, COLORADO TO DEVELOP A PREDICTIVE MODEL FOR HIGH PRODUCTION, Keegan DePriest
RESERVOIR CHARACTERIZATION OF THE KIZLER NORTH FIELD, LYON CO., KANSAS, USA, MD NAHIDUL HASAN
NEW MADRID SEISMICITY AND THE LITTLE RIVER DRAINAGE DISTRICT: MODELING POTENTIAL ANTHROPOGENIC INFLUENCE ON THE NEW MADRID SEISMIC ZONE, Eric Heuneman
EFFECTS OF LANDCOVER ON EROSION OF HORN ISLAND FROM 1998 TO 2016, Jessica Whiteaker
RARE EARTH ELEMENTS AT HICKS DOME, SOUTHERN ILLINOIS, THEIR MODE OF MINERALIZATION AND RELATIONSHIP WITH IGNEOUS INTRUSIONS, Kelly Wilson
Theses from 2018
ALTERATION AND OXIDATION ALONG AN OLIVINE LAMPROPHYRE DIKE FROM SOUTHERN UTAH, USA: AN ANALOG FOR MARS, Lacey Costello
A SEISMIC REFLECTION STUDY OF A MISSISSIPPIAN MUD-MOUND NEAR ADEN, ILLINOIS, Ruben Holguin Macuster
The Effects of Microorganism on Carbonate Precipitation in the Ten Mile Graben Cold Springs, Utah: A Mars Analog, Jordan Marie Knuth
REEVALUATION OF CONTAMINANT TRANSPORT IN THE HENRY AQUIFER, GALLATIN COUNTY ILLINOIS, Joseph Micheal Krienert
DELINEATING CAPTURE ZONES USING A SYSTEMATIC SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS THAT VARIES RECHARGE, HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY AND CONDUCTANCE, Nick C. Lamkey
GEOCHEMISTRY OF ARTIFICALLY MATURED ANNA SHALE: IMPLICATIONS FOR THE USE OF REDOX-SENSITIVE GEOCHEMICAL PROXIES IN MATURE ORGANIC-RICH SHALES, Dakota Raine Lindsey
Theses from 2017
FORWARD MODELLING OF LONG-WAVELENGTH MAGNETIC ANOMALIES FROM THE UPPER MANTLE, Chijioke Modestus Idoko
Crystallization History of Gabbroic Shergottite NWA 6963 as Revealed by Pyroxene Zoning, Andrea Meado
EVALUATION OF STATISTICAL METHODS FOR MODELING HISTORICAL RESOURCE PRODUCTION AND FORECASTING, Bolorchimeg Nanzad
Acquisition Geometry-Related Noise Reduction for a Crooked-Line Seismic Reflection Profile in White County, Illinois, Jacob Smelker
SEDIMENTOLOGY, MINERALOGY, AND ASTROBIOLOGICAL IMPLICATIONS OF SPRING DEPOSITS IN TEN MILE GRABEN, UTAH, Jason Ryan Williams
Theses from 2016
NORTHERN WABASH VALLEY SEISMIC ZONE AND THE LA SALLE ANTICLINE SEISMICITY DETERMINED BY A SHORT PERIOD PHASED ARRAY, Daniel John Brazitis
High temperature oxidation experiments of olivine with implications for mantle magnetism, Joseph Knafelc
Magnetic Paleointensities in Fault Pseudotachylytes and Implications for Earthquake Lightnings, Natalie Ruth Leibovitz
Experimentally melting a Mg# 80 Martian Mantle at 0.5 to 1.5 GPa: Implications for basalt genesis, Christopher Lee McCoy
OHD Processing of Coal Waste Materials, Amberly Hope Tobin
Theses from 2015
Potential mineral resources on Mars: Ore processes and mechanisms, Jake Crandall
HOLOCENE FORAMINIFERAL ASSEMBLAGE AND STABLE ISOTOPE ANALYSIS FOR THE GERLACHE STRAIT, ANTARCTIC PENINSULA, Daniel James Groves
PALEOSEISMOLOGY OF A PLIOCENE EARTHQUAKE IN EASTERN TAIWAN, Caitlyn Korren
Geochemical and Petrographic Alteration of Rapidly Heated Coals from the Herrin (No. 6) Coal Seam, Illinois Basin, Severin Presswood
A Seismic Reflection Velocity Study of a Mississippian mud-mound in the Illinois Basin, Chamila Kumari Ranaweera
CONTROLS ON ORGANIC CARBON ACCUMULATION IN THE DEVONIAN-MISSISSIPPIAN BLACK SHALES OF CENTRAL KENTUCKY, APPALACHIAN BASIN, Jack Edward Sanders
ANALYSIS OF THICKNESS VARIATIONS OF THE AUX VASES FORMATION IN WHITE COUNTY, ILLINOIS THROUGH APPLICATION OF GEOPHYSICAL WELL LOGS AND 3-D SEISMIC REFLECTION ATTRIBUTES, Richard Lee Smith Jr
The Influence of Coal Lithotype and Macearl Composition on the Oxidative Hydrothermal Dissolution of Coal, Vishnu Srinivasaraghavan
Magnetic investigations in the J-M reef section of the Stillwater Complex, Montana, Joseph Daniel Wnukowski
Theses from 2014
Partial Melting Experiments on an Mg # 80 Martian Mantle and Their Implications for Basalt Genesis, Zachary Adam Chartrand
Cataclastic flow kinematics inferred from magnetic fabrics at the Heart Mountain detachment, Wyoming, Gerhard Heij
Thecamoebians as an environmental proxy for the Middle Mississippi River floodplain, Stephanie Jarvis
Alteration, Mineralization, and Stable Isotope Geochemistry of the Wind Mountain and Willard-Colado Epithermal Deposits, Nevada: Implications for Amagmatic Hydrothermal Activity, Caldwell Robert Payne
Three Dimensional Modeling of mantle melt underneath Lau's Back-Arc spreading center and Tofua Volcanic Arc, Scott Tarlow
Sulfate Reducing Bioreactor Dependence on Organic Substrates for Long-Term Remediation of Acid Mine Drainage, Evan Robert Walters
Theses from 2013
A model of contaminant transport, Saline Valley Aquifer, Gallatin County Illinois, Ryan William Cox
ESTIMATION OF DOWN-DIP LIMIT OF THE TONGA SEISMOGENIC ZONE FROM OCEAN BOTTOM SEISMOGRAPH DATA, Suresh Dande
PYRITE FRAMBOID SIZE DISTRIBUTION: ENVIRONMENTAL IMPLICATIONS FOR THE ACCUMULATION OF DEVONIAN - MISSISSIPPIAN SHALES, CENTRAL KENTUCKY, Lucas Michael Hagemann
BENTHIC FORAMINIFERAL ANALYSIS FROM BARILARI BAY, WESTERN ANTARCTIC PENINSULA MARGIN, ILONA ILMARA L. MATULAITIS
IGNEOUS INTRUSIONS AT HICKS DOME, SOUTHERN ILLINOIS, AND THEIR RELATIONSHIP TO FLUORINE-BASE METAL-RARE EARTH ELEMENT MINERALIZATION, Anthony J. Moorehead
CONTROLS ON ORGANIC CARBON ACCUMULATION IN THE LATE DEVONIAN NEW ALBANY SHALE, WEST-CENTRAL KENTUCKY, ILLINOIS BASIN, Seare G. Ocubalidet
Shape-preferred orientation (SPO) of oceanic gabbros at ODP Hole 1256D: implications for magmatic processes, Jarek Trela
BENTHIC FORAMINIFERAL ASSEMBLAGE ANALYSIS AS PART OF THE LARISSA PROJECT FOR BARILARI BAY, WESTERN ANTARCTIC PENINSULA, Ryan Verbanaz
Theses from 2012
EVIDENCE OF MARINE CONDITIONS IN THE UPPER PART OF THE DEGONIA SANDSTONE (ELVIRAN STAGE, CHESTERIAN SERIES) IN THE ILLINOIS BASIN, John Michael Larson
GEOCHEMISTRYAND PETROGRAPHY OF THERMALLY METAMORPHOSED ANTARCTIC COAL: IMPLICATIONS FOR 13C -DEPLETED METHANE RELEASE, Margaret McPherson Sanders
PTEROTOCRINUS OF THE MENARD LIMESTONE AND KINKAID FORMATION (ELVIRAN STAGE) CHESTERIAN SERIES IN THE ILLINOIS BASIN, Tony Lee Tobenski
Theses from 2011
LOCATING BACKGROUND INTRAPLATE MICROSEISMICITY IN SOUTHERN ILLINOIS FROM A SMALL, SHORT DURATION,SEISMOGRAPH ARRAY, Nicole Marie Bellino
Multi-Scale Magnetic Stratification of an Ultramafic-Mafic Complex: Example of the Great Dyke of Zimbabwe and Implications for Magmatic Differentiation, Kevin Clifford Butak
USING HAZUS-MH TO CALCULATE EXPECTED ANNUAL DAMAGE FOR FLOODPLAIN-MANAGEMENT SCENARIOS ALONG THE MIDDLE MISSISSIPPI RIVER, Jennifer Renee Dierauer
Magnetic Properties of Mantle Xenoliths and Implications for Long Wavelength Magnetic Anomalies, Sarah Alyson Friedman
Thermal Stress Models for Hydrothermal Circulation, and Relation to Microseismicity Near 9°50'N Along the East Pacific Rise, Karen Godfrey
FACIES ANALYSIS DEPOSITIONAL ENVIRONMENTS AND SEQUENCE STRATIGRAPHY OF THE STE. GENEVIEVE LIMESTONEIN JOHNSON UNION AND WILLIAMSON COUNTIES SOUTHERN ILLINOIS, Dion Kenwyn Joseph
A Study of the Herald-Phillipstown Fault in the Wabash Valley using Drillhole and 3-D Seismic Reflection Data, Samantha E. Kroenke
Gneiss dome development & transcurrent tectonics in the Archean: example of the Pukaskwa batholith and Hemlo shear zone, Superior Province, Canada, Nathaniel Thomas Liodas
AN EVALUATION OF THE SEQUENTIAL EXTRACTION METHOD FOR QUANTIFYING SULFUR FRACTIONS IN COALS FROM THE ILLINOIS BASIN, Rajesh Singh
Theses from 2010
FORAMINIFERA AND ASSOCIATED ENVIRONMENTS OF BAHÍA INGLESA, NORTH-CENTRAL CHILE (27°S), Rachel Lynn Berger
Using HAZUS-MH flood model as a floodplain management tool: Evaluation of river engineering effects on flood losses for the Middle Mississippi River, Megan L. Carlson
GEOPHYSICAL STUDIES OF THE HERALD-PHILLIPSTOWN FAULT AND OTHER SHALLOW STRUCTURES NEAR CARMI, ILLINOIS, SHIBAJI CHATTERJEE
Assessment of causal mechanisms on flood conveyance on the Tisza River, Hungary using one-dimensional retro- and scenario-modeling, Elizabeth Nicole Evanoff
QUATERNARY GEOLOGY OF THE EVANSVILLE, ILLINOIS 7.5 MINUTE QUADRANGLE, RANDOLPH COUNTY, ILLINOIS, Douglas Alan Kolb Jr
MAGMA DYNAMICS IN GABBROIC SILLS, KAROO, SOUTH AFRICA: CONSTRAINTS FROM MAGNETIC INVESTIGATIONS AND MAGNETIC FABRICS, Michael C. Marsh
REDISCOVERING SOUTHEAST MISSOURI MISSISSIPPI VALLEY-TYPE Pb-Zn DEPOSITS: THE Co-Ni ENRICHED HIGDON DEPOSIT, MADISON AND PERRY COUNTIES, Luis Alejandro Parra Avila
FORAMINIFERA FAUNA RECOVERED FROM ANDRILL’S (ANtarctica geological DRILLing program) SOUTHERN MCMURDO SOUND (SMS) PROJECT, Molly O’Rourke Patterson
EVALUATION OF THE TAB-SIMCO ACID MINE DRAINAGE TREATMENT SYSTEM: WATER CHEMISTRY, PERFORMANCE AND TREATMENT PROCESSES, Yosief Teklehaimanot Segid
NEOGENE PALEO-ENVIRONMENTAL ANALYSIS OF QUEBRADA LA HIGUERA SECTION, BAHIA INLGESA, NORTHERN CHILE, Anthony Stevens
Theses from 2009
AUSTRAL AUTUMN AND WINTER SEASONAL AFFECTS ON BENTHIC FORAMINIFERAL COMMUNITIES: BRANSFIELD AND NORTHERN GERLACHE STRAITS, Laura Anne Bordelon
Evaluating Levee Failure Susceptibility on the Mississippi River Using Logistic Regression Analysis and GPS Surveying, Andrew Douglas Flor
ORIGIN OF THE AURIFEROUS BARITE-BASE METAL AND GOETHITE STAGES OF THE SUMMITVILLE HIGH SULFIDATION GOLD DEPOSIT, COLORADO, USA, Teresa Z. Russin
Combustion properties of density separated inertinite macerals in the Herrin #6 and Murphysboro coal seams, Christopher Daniel York
Theses from 2008
Paleoecology of Pleistocene Gastropods in Glacial Lakes Deposits in Southern Illinois/Missouri, Elizabeth Collette Geiger
THE GEOCHEMISTRY AND HYDROGEOLOGY OF ABANDONED HOMESTEAD RESERVOIRS, Kristen Krug
Magnetics and Electromagnetics on Monks Mound at the Cahokia Mounds State Historic Site near St. Louis, Missouri, Dominic Smith