UCLA SIMS

Student Theses using UCLA SIMS Data

71 D. Trail (IP) Experimental studies of the early Earth. PhD Thesis. Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute.

70 B.L. Reno (IP) Tectonic Evolution of the Southern Brasilia Belt, Brazil. PhD Thesis. University of Maryland.

69 S. De Leuw (IP) Chromium isotopes in the early solar system. PhD Thesis. University of California, Los Angeles.

68 M‐C. Liu (2008) The record of short‐lived radioisotopes and stable isotope anomalies in CM hibonite grains: constraints on solar nebula timescales and processes. PhD Thesis. University of California, Los Angeles.

67 D. Taylor (IP) Hafnium isotopic constraints on the timing of silicate differentiation of the Moon. PhD Thesis. University of California, Los Angeles.

66 S. Dodson (IP) Foreland basin architecture: detrital zircon geochronology from the Dunkirk Basin, eastern Appalachians, United States. PhD Thesis. Ohio University.

65 C. Baker (IP) . MS Thesis. Ohio State.

64 L. Cooper (IP) Lead Isotope Heterogeneity Between Olivine‐hosted Melt Inclusions, Eastern Snake River Plain, Idaho. MS Thesis. University of California, Los Angeles.

63 R. Chakrabarti (IP) . PhD Thesis. University of Rochester.

62 A.A.G. Webb (2008) Evolution of the Greater Himalayan Crystallines, NW Indian Himalaya. PhD Thesis. University of California, Los Angeles.

61 L. Alpert (2006) Emplacement of three plutons by nested diapirism and stopping in Cactus Flat, San Bernardino County, Southern California. PhD Thesis. University of California, Los Angeles.

60 A.L. Booth (2006) The geodynamics of indentor corners in the Namche Barwa region of the eastern Himalayas. PhD Thesis. Stanford University.

59 C.A. Menold (2006) Tectonic and Metamorphic Evolution of the North Qaidam Ultrahigh‐Pressure Metamorphic Terrane, Western China. PhD Thesis. University of California, Los Angeles.

58 B. Monteleone (2006) Timing and Conditions of the Formation of the D’Entrecasteaux Islands, SE Papua New Guinea. PhD Thesis. Syracuse University, New York.

57 D. Papineau (2006) The rise of atmospheric oxygen and the evolution of the sulfur and nitrogen cycles on the Archean and Paleoproterozoic Earth. PhD Thesis. University of Colorado, Boulder.

56 M. Rioux (2006) The growth and Differentiation of Arc Crust: Temporal and geochemical Evolution of the Accreted Talkeetna Arc, South‐Central Alaska. PhD Thesis. University of California, Santa Barbara.

55 D. Trail (2006) Thermal Evolution of Hadean zircons. MS Thesis. University of Colorado, Boulder.

54 N. Insel (2005) Pre‐Neogene cooling and exhumation of the Puna plateau, NW‐Argentina: Constraints from 40Ar/39Ar K‐feldspar step‐heating thermochronology and U‐Pb zircon dating. MS Thesis. University of Potsdam.

53 N. Kirk‐Lawler (2005) In situ 232Th/208Pb ion microprobe geochronology and geothermobarometry of the Rowe‐Hawley zone and Connecticut Valley Synclinorium, Southwestern Massachusetts. PhD Thesis. Amherst College.

52 N. Nastanski (2005) Petrogenesis of extracaldera rhyolites at Yellowstone Volcanic Field: Evidence for an evolving silicic magma system north of Yellowstone Caldera. MS Thesis. University of Nevada, Las Vegas.

51 A.C. Robinson (2005) Tectonic Evolution of the Kongur Shan extensional system, northeastern Pamir: Implications for the evolution of the western Himalayan‐Tibetan orogen. PhD Thesis. University of California, Los Angeles.

50 D. Young (2005) Amphibolite to Ultrahigh‐Pressure Transition in Western Norway. PhD Thesis. University of California, Santa Barbara.

49 C.M. Breeding (2004) Fluid flow and mass transfer in subduction zones: A multi‐scale view. PhD Thesis. Yale University.

48 J. Garrison (2004) Magmatic processes at Cotopaxi volcano, Ecuador: Geochemical and petrological constraints and inferences for continental arc volcanoes. PhD Thesis. University of California, Los Angeles.

47 S. Gordon (2004) Exhumation and metamorphism of an ultrahigh‐grade terrane: geochronometric investigation of the Sudete Mountains (Bohemia), Czech Republic & Poland. MS Thesis. Ohio University.

46 J.L.D. Kapp (2004) The Nyainquentanglha Shear Zone: A Window into the Tectonic, thermal, and Chemical Evolution of the Lhasa Block, Southern Tibet. PhD Thesis. University of California, Los Angeles.

45 E. Kelly (2004) Pressure‐Temperature paths and Isotopic Dating Along a Major Thrust, Sevier hinterland, Albion Mountains, Idaho. MS Thesis. Northern Arizona University.

44 J. Loofboro (2004) Timing and Nature of Proterozoic poly‐metamorphism in central Wisconsin. MS Thesis. Kent University.

43 M. McKenzie (2004) Age pattern and nature of Paleoproterozoic metamorphism of the internal zone of the Penokean orogen, east central Minnesota. MS Thesis. Kent State University.

42 J. Montrella (2004) Geology of Cerralvo Island, Los Cabos Block, Baja California Sur, Mexico. MS Thesis. San Diego State University.

41 S. Rose (2004) Timing constraints and significance of Paleoproterozoic metamorphism within the Penokean orogen, Northern Wisconsin & Michigan. MS Thesis. Ohio University.

40 J. Vaquez (2004) Time scales of silicic magma storage and differentiation beneath caldera volcanoes from uranium‐238‐thorium‐230 disequilibrium dating of zircon and allanite. PhD Thesis. University of California, Los Angeles.

39 B.A. Wing (2003) Regional Patterns of Mineralogical and isotopic Changes in Metamorphic Rocks. PhD Thesis. Johns Hopkins University.

38 B. Bream (2003) Tectonic implications of para‐ and orthogneiss geochronology and geochemistry from the southern Appalachian crystalline core. PhD Thesis. UT‐Knoxville.

37 S. Dukle (2003) Constraints on timing of peak and retrograde metamorphism in the Dabie Shan Ultrahigh‐Pressure Metamorphic Belt, east‐central China, using U‐Th‐Pb dating of zircon and monazite. MS Thesis. Vanderbilt University.

36 M. Folkin (2003) Space‐time analysis of magmatism: the igneous record for an early Cryogenian plume track in the central Appalachian orogen. MS Thesis. Virginia Tech.

35 K.R. Griffin (2003) Magmatic and Tectonic Development of the Pongola Supergroup and Post‐Pongola Granitoids, Kaapvaal Craton, South Africa: Possibility of Archean Subduction. MS Thesis. University of Michigan.

34 I.R.C. McDermid (2003) Zedong terrane: Mesozoic intraoceanic arc volcanics, Tibet. PhD Thesis. Honk Kong University.

33 D.B. Root (2003) Zircon Geochronology of Ultrahigh‐Pressure Eclogites and Exhumation of the Western Gneiss Region, Norway. PhD Thesis. University of California, Santa Barbara.

32 P.C. Treble (2003) Paleoclimate record consructed from southern Australian modern, Holocene, and Pleistocene sphelothems. PhD Thesis. Australian National University.

31 O. Walsh (2003) Exhumation of the Ultrahigh‐Pressure/High‐Pressure Terrane of the Western Gneiss Region, Norway. PhD Thesis. University of California, Santa Barbara.

30 D. Bryant (2002) Geochemical, Age, and Isotopic Constraints on the ocation of the Sino‐Korean/Yangtze Suture and Evolution of the Northern Dabie Complex. MS Thesis. Vanderbilt University.

29 J.L. Kula (2002) Geobarometry and thermochronology of the Granite Mountains, southeast California; Exhumation of a plutonic complex during collapse of the Sevier Orogen. MS Thesis. University of Nevada, Las Vegas.

28 P.S. Lam (2002) Geology, geochronology, and thermochronology of the Alam Kuh, northern Iran. MS Thesis. University of California, Los Angeles.

27 M.I. Loflin (2002) Monazite as a Tracer of Fluid Infiltration Associated with Contact Metamorphism. MS Thesis. Vanderbilt University.

26 A.E. Mares (2002) ICP‐MS and statistical analysis of major and trace element signatures within the carbonate fraction of marine sediments, Cascadia Subduction Zone, central Oregon. MS Thesis. California State University, Long Beach.

25 M.S. Spurlin (2002) Structural Evolution of the Nangqin‐Yushu fold‐thrust belt, east‐central Tibet: Implications for Paleocene‐Eocene continental shortening during Indo‐Asian collision. MS Thesis. University of California, Los Angeles.

24 A. Vucic (2002) Multi‐stage exhumation history of the Orocopia Schist in the Orocopia Mountains of southeast California. MS Thesis. Ames, Iowa State University.

23 P.K. Weber (2002) Geochemical markers in the otoliths of Chinook salmon in the Sacramento‐San Joaquin River system, California. PhD Thesis. University of California, Berkley.

22 M.B. Cheversia (2001) Documenting open‐system growth of feldspars by in‐situ Pb isotope analysis: Aztec Wash and Mt. Perkins plutons, NV‐AZ. MS Thesis. Vanderbilt University.

21 K.M. Cooper (2001) Time scales of magma generation, differentiation, and storage: constraints from uranium‐238‐thorium‐230‐radium‐226 disequilibria. PhD Thesis. University of California, Los Angeles.

20 E.S. Cowgill (2001) Cenozoic Tectonic Evolution of the Northwestern Tibetan Plateau. PhD Thesis. University of California, Los Angeles.

19 L.D. Gilley (2001) Timing of left‐lateral shearing and prograde metamorphism along the Red River shear zone, China and Vietnam. MS Thesis. University of California, Los Angeles.

18 P.A. Kapp (2001) Mesozoic and Cenozoic Tectonic Evolution of the Qiangtang Terrane. PhD Thesis. University of California, Los Angeles.

17 V. Orphan (2001) Linking microbes to geochemical processes: Characterization of microbial assemblages involved in sulfur and methane cycling in high temperature petroleum reservoirs and marine methane seeps. PhD Thesis. University of California, Santa Barbara.

16 C. Thomas (2001) Origins of mafic‐ultramafic complexes of the Eastern Blue Ridge province, southern Appalachians: Geochronological and geochemical constraints. MS Thesis. Vanderbilt University.

15 J. Wilson (2001) U/Pb zircon ages of plutons from central Appalachians and GIS based assessment of pl with comments on their tectonic significance. MS Thesis. Virginia Tech.

14 C.W. Carrigan (2000) Ion Microprobe Geochronology of Grenville and Older Basement in the Southern Appalachians, NC‐SC‐GA‐TN, USA. MS Thesis. Vanderbilt University.

13 E.J. Catlos (2000) Geochronologic and thermobarometric constraints on the evolution of the main central thrust, Himalayan orogen. PhD Thesis. University of California, Los Angeles.

12 M.A. Murphy (2000) Tectonic Evolution of Southeast Tibet. PhD Thesis. University of California, Los Angeles.

11 D.A. Schneider (2000) An investigation on the evolution of a Himalayan gneiss dome: Nanga Parbat‐Haramosh massif, western syntaxis. PhD Thesis. Lehigh University.

10 K.L. Zito (2000) Characterization of the carbon and oxygen isotopes of carbonate minerals in the carbonaceous chondrite Orgueil. MS Thesis. University of California, Los Angeles.

9 E.B. Gorish (1999) Experimental growth characteristics of mineral monazite, with applications to the Tennessee‐North Carolina Blue Ridge metamorphic terrane. MS Thesis. Vanderbilt University.

8 C.H. House (1999) Carbon isotopic fractionation by diverse extant and fossil prokaryotes and microbial phylogenetic diversity revealed through genomics. PhD Thesis. University of California, Los Angeles.

7 K.J. Townsend (1999) Monazite paragenesis in the Ireteba granite, southern Nevada: geochronological implications. MS Thesis. Vanderbilt University.

6 S. Vinson (1999) Ion probe geochronology of granitoid gneisses of the inner Piedmont, North Carolina and South Carolina. MS Thesis. Vanderbilt University.

5 J.L. D’Andrea (1998) Geology and petrogenesis of the Ireteba pluton : implications for the generation of peraluminous granites. MS Thesis. Vanderbilt University.

4 P.E. Westin (1998) Temperature, timing and fluid composition constraints for high temperature fracturing and hydrous mineral formation in gabbros from Hess Deep. MS Thesis. University of California, Los Angeles.

3 Byeon‐Gak Choi (1997) Ion microprobe studies of oxygen isotopic compositions of magnetite in type‐3 chondrites. PhD Thesis. University of California, Los Angeles.

2 M.A. Murphy (1997) Structural development of the Coqin thrust belt, south‐central Tibet: implications for the uplift history of the Tibetan Plateau. MS Thesis. University of California, Los Angeles.

1 K.I. Mahon (1996) Thermochronological and diagenetic investigations of the Naval Petroleum Reserve at Elk Hills, California. PhD Thesis. University of California, Los Angeles.

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