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 dissertation. 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 dissertation. 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. Diploma 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. 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 dissertation. University
of California, Santa Barbara.
49 C.M.
Breeding (2004) Fluid flow and mass transfer in subduction zones: A multi-scale view. Ph.D. 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 dissertation. University of California, Los
Angeles.
45 E. Kelly (2004)
Pressure-Temperature paths and Isotopic Dating Along a Major Thrust, Sevier
hinterland, Albion Mountains, Idaho. M.S. 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 (2004)
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) J.C. Ayers, S. Dunkle, S. Gao, and C.F. Miller
(2002) 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.
Chem. Geo. 186, 15-331. Senior Honors
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
dissertation. 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 dissertation. 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 [M.Sc. thesis]:
Vanderbilt, 111 p.
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, [M.S.
Thesis]: University of Nevada, Las Vegas, Las Vegas, Nevada,
151 p.
28 P.S. Lam (2002)
Geology, geochronology, and thermochronology of the Alam Kuh, northern Iran: M.S.
thesis, UCLA.
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. Vanderbilt University MS thesis.
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.
