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Geology Theses and Dissertations

Theses/Dissertations from 2014 2014

Mantle-crust Interaction in Granite Petrogenesis in Post-collisional Settings: Insights from the Danubian Variscan Plutons of the Romanian Southern Carpathians, Ciprian Cosmin Stremtan

Computer Model Inversion and Uncertainty Quantification in the Geosciences, Jeremy White

Verification and Comparison of Two Commonly Used Numerical Modeling Systems in Hydrodynamic Simulation at a Dual-Inlet System, West-Central Florida, Ming Xie

Theses/Dissertations from 2013 2013

Morphological Changes Associated with Tropical Storm Debby in the Vicinity of Two Tidal Inlets, John's Pass and Blind Pass, West-Central Florida, Andrew Brownell

Deciphering Deposits: Using Ground Penetrating Radar and Numerical Modeling to Characterize the Emplacement Mechanisms and Associated Energetics of Scoria Cone Eruption and Construction, Leah Michelle Courtland

Distinguishing Processes that Induce Temporal Beach Profile Changes Using Principal Component Analysis: A Case Study at Long Key, West-central Florida, Denise Marie Davis

Optimized Correlation of Geophysical And Geotechnical Methods In Sinkhole Investigations: Emphasizing On Spatial Variations In West-Central Florida, Henok Gidey Kiflu

Ecology of the Late Neogene Extinctions: Perspectives from the Plio-Pleistocene of Florida, Shubhabrata Paul

Hypogene Speleogenesis in the Cerna River Basin, SW Romania: A Sedimentological, Mineralogical, and Stable Isotopic Approach, Cristina Montana Puscas

Unusual Patterns of Seismicity during Eruptive and Non-eruptive Periods at the Persistently Restless Telica Volcano, Nicaragua, Melanie Rodgers

Short and Long Term Volcano Instability Studies at Concepción Volcano, Nicaragua, Jose Armando Saballos

The extent of phosporus redox chemistry in west central Florida waters, Jacqueline Marie Sampson

Modeling Potential Chemical Environments: Implications for Astrobiology, Brian Craig Szenay

Stable Isotopes and Trace Elements in Tooth Enamel Bioapatite: Effects of Diagenesis and Pretreatment on Primary Paleoecological Information, Jessica Norman Wilson

Theses/Dissertations from 2012 2012

Assessment of Student Achievement in Introductory Physical Geology: A three -year study on delivery method and term length, Marianne O'neal Caldwell

Paleobiological assessment of controls underlying long-term diversity dynamics, Andrés L. Cárdenas

No Honor Among Snails: Conspecific Competition Leads to Incomplete Drill Holes in the Naticid Gastropod Neverita delessertiana (R cluz), Jack A. Hutchings

The Effects of Fractures on the Occurrence and Distribution of Arsenic in the Upper Floridan Aquifer During Aquifer Storage and Recovery, William Charles Hutchings

A Geochemical Analysis of Fulgurites: from the inner glass to the outer crust, Michael L. Joseph

Temporal and Spatial Analysis of Monogenetic Volcanic Fields, Koji Kiyosugi

Investigation of Stress Changes at Mount St. Helens, Washington, and Receiver Functions at the Katmai Volcanic Group, Alaska, with an Additional Section on the Assessment of Spreadsheet-based Modules., Heather L. Lehto

Vent-Fault Spatial Study of Selected Volcanic Fields of Southwestern North America and Mexico, Michelle Leonard

Natural and Anthropogenic Influences on the Morphodynamics of Sandy and Mixed Sand and Gravel Beaches, Tiffany Roberts

Something is Askew in Florida's Water: Arguing for a Better Descriptive Statistic for Positively Skewed Water-Quality Data, Amie October West

Theses/Dissertations from 2011 2011

Stable Isotope Studies of Paleoenvironment and Paleoclimate from Afar, Ethiopia, Zelalem K. Bedaso

First Year Sedimentological Characteristics and Morphological Evolution of an Artificial Berm at Fort Myers Beach, Florida, Katherine Brutsche

Geochemical Systematics Among Amphibolitic Rocks in the Central Blue Ridge Province of southwestern North Carolina, Nathan Collins

The Search for the Missing Mantles of Differentiated Asteroids: Evidence from Taxonomic A-class Asteroids and Olivine-Dominated Achondrite Meteorites, Michael Peter Lucas

Palaeoclimatic Significance of Perennial Ice Accumulations in Caves: an Example from Scarisoara Ice Cave, Romania, Aurel Persoiu Tiritu

Late Cretaceous faunal dynamics in the Western Interior Seaway: The record from the Red Bird Section, eastern Wyoming, Joshua Stephen Slattery

Estimating groundwater discharge in the oligohaline ecotone of the Everglades using temperature as a tracer and variable-density groundwater models, Victora Spence

Alternative Statistical Methods for Analyzing Geological Phenomena: Bridging the Gap Between Scientific Disciplines, Joseph Frank Van Gaalen

Modeling Direct Runoff Hydrographs with the Surge Function, Denis Voytenko

Theses/Dissertations from 2010 2010

Optimizing the Imaging of Multiple Frequency GPR Datasets Using Composite Radargrams: An Example From Santa Rosa Island, Florida, Stuart W. Bancroft

Self-Potential Response to Rainfall Changes Over Plugged and Unplugged Sinkholes in a Covered-Karst Terrain, Peter B. Bumpus

Constraining the Geometry and Evolution of the Maneadero Basin, Baja California, Mexico, Sean Callihan

Modern Variation in Predation Intensity: Constraints on Assessing Predator-Prey Relationships in Paleoecologic Reconstructions, James Funderburk

Improving Ground Penetrating Radar Resolution of Features of Active Sinkholes, Bradley Tyler Gooch

Variable-Density Flow Models of Saltwater Intrusion in Coastal Landforms in Response to Climate Change Induced Sea Level Rise and a Chapter on Time-Frequency Analysis of Ground Penetrating Radar Signals, Swagata Guha

Seismic and Geodetic Investigation of the 1996-1998 Earthquake Swarm at Strandline Lake, Alaska, Wayne Walter Kilgore

Constructed Wetland/Filter Basin System as a Prospective Pre-Treatment Option for Aquifer Storage and Recovery and a Potential Remedy for Elevated Arsenic, Olesya Lazareva

Microbial Influences on Karst Dissolution: The Geochemical Perspective, with a Chapter on Assessment of the Spreadsheets Across the Curriculum Project, Dorien Kymberly McGee

Diffuse Degassing and the Hydrothermal System at Masaya volcano, Nicaragua, Sophie C. P Pearson

Evaluation of Deep Geologic Units in Florida for Potential Use in Carbon Dioxide Sequestration, Tina Roberts-Ashby

Nearshore Marine Paleoenvironmental Reconstruction of Southwest Florida during the Pliocene and Pleistocene, Jennifer Leigh Sliko

Constraining Basin Geometry and Fault Kinematics on the Santo Tomás Segment of the Agua Blanca Fault Through a Combined Geophysical and Structural Study, Adam Springer

Hydrologic Controls on Salinity in Mangroves and Lagoons, Christina Elaine Stringer

Theses/Dissertations from 2009 2009

Effects of Geomorphic Setting on Shallow-Groundwater Exchange and Water Temperature of Salmon-Bearing Headwater Streams of the Lower Kenai Peninsula, Alaska, Jason C. Bellino

Using Keeling Plots to Trace δ¹³C and δ¹⁸O of CO₂ Through Processes of Heterotrophic Respiration, Diffusion and Soil Water Equilibration in Artificial C3- and C4-Grassland Soils, Jennifer Chelladurai

Detailed Geochemical Investigation of the Mineralogic Associations of Arsenic and Antimony Within the Avon Park Formation, Central Florida: Implications for Aquifer Storage and Recovery, Angela C. Dippold

Detailed Stratigraphy and Geochemistry of Lower Mount Rogers Formation Metavolcanic Units Exposed on Elk Garden Ridge, VA, Meghan Marie Lindsey

Trophic enrichment patterns of δ¹³C in organic matter of molluscan shell: Implications for reconstructing ancient environments and food webs, Julie McKnight

How Plastic is Vendobionta Morphology? A Geometric Morphometric Study of Two Groups of Pteridinium From the Latest Neoproterozoic, Michael B. Meyer

Lateral macropore dominated flow on a clay settling area in the phosphate mining district, peninsular Florida, Natalie Pechenik

Using 34-S as a Tracer of Dissolved Sulfur Species from Springs to Cave Sulfate Deposits in the Cerna Valley, Romania, Jonathan Sumrall

Tephra Transport, Sedimentation and Hazards, Alain C. M Volentik

Theses/Dissertations from 2008 2008

Morphodynamics of Two Anthropogenically Altered Tidal Inlets: New Pass and Big Sarasota Pass, West-Central Florida, Tanya M. Beck

Studies of the Mechanics and Structure of Shallow Magmatic Plumbing Systems, Mikel Díez

The Virtual Landscape of Geological Information Topics, Methods, and Rhetoric in Modern Geology, Sarah Elizabeth Fratesi

An Evaluation of Conduit Conceptualizations and Model Performance, Melissa Estelle Hill

Physical Volcanology and Hazard Analysis of a Young Monogenetic Volcanic Field: Black Rock Desert, Utah, Amanda Rachelle Hintz

Sedimentological Characteristics and 3-D Internal Architecture of Washover Deposits from Hurricanes Frances, Ivan, and Jeanne, Mark H. Horwitz

Prey-size selectivity in the bivalve Chione in the Florida Pliocene-Pleistocene: A reevaluation, Shubhabrata Paul

Quantifying Soil Organic Carbon (SOC) in Wetlands Impacted by Groundwater Withdrawals in West-Central Florida, Katherine Moore Powell

Biogeochemical Cycling of Arsenic in the Marine Shallow-water Hydrothermal System of Tutum Bay, Ambitle Island, Papua New Guinea, Roy E. Price

Limts Of Beach And Dune Erosion In Response To Wave Runup From Large-Scale Laboratroy Data, Tiffany M. Roberts

Comparing a Low-Volume Piezometer to Traditional Wells in Evaluating Hydraulic Lag Caused by Low-Permeability Sediments, John M. Spencer

Petrographic and Kinematic Investigation of the Volcaniclastic and Plutonic Rocks of the Northern Alisitos Arc, Baja California, Mexico, Fatin Tutak

Theses/Dissertations from 2007 2007

Climatic and Structural Controls on the Geomorphology of Wadi Sana, Highland Southern Yemen, Joshua Michael Anderson

Influence of Evapotranspiration on Patterns of Ground-Water Conductivity in Small Basins, Ana Jiménez

Natural and anthropogenic influences on flow patterns and sediment characteristics in the Dona and Roberts Bay Estuarine System, Sarasota County, Florida, Kyle W. Kelso

Cost/Effectiveness Analysis of Obtaining Operational Estimates of Reference Evapotranspiration, Peninsular Florida, USA, Michael G. Kittridge

Hydrostratigraphy and Groundwater Migration within Surficial Deposits at the North Lakes Wetland, Hillsborough County, Florida, Jason J. LaRoche

Self-Potential Anomalies and CO2 Flux on Active Volcanoes: Insights from Time and Spatial Series at Masaya, Telica, and Cerro Negro, Nicaragua, Heather L. Lehto

Hydrological connectivity between clay settling areas and surrounding hydrological landscapes in the phosphate mining district, Peninsular Florida, USA, Kathryn E. Murphy

Thicknesses and Density-Current Velocities of a Low-Aspect Ratio Ignimbrite at the Pululagua Volcanic Complex, Ecuador, Derived from Ground Penetrating Radar, John A. Petriello Jr.

The molluscan and brachiopod fauna of the Late Cretaceous Pierre Shale (Baculites compressus/Baculites cuneatus biozones) near Kremmling, Colorado, Lanora Ann Sava

Theses/Dissertations from 2006 2006

Community structure, faunal distribution, and environmental forcing of the extinction of marine molluscs in the Pliocene San Joaquin Basin, Central California, John Richard Bowersox

Investigation of Cretaceous Molluscan Shell Material for Isotopic Integrity: Examples and Implications from the Baculites compressus/cuneatus Biozones (Campanian) of the Western Interior Seaway, Ashley da Silva

Storm-influenced sediment transport gradients on a nourished beach, Nicole A. Elko

The karst of west-central Florida, Lee John Florea

Evaluating the reliability of continuous resistivity profiling to detect submarine groundwater discharge in a shallow marine environment: Sarasota Bay, Florida, Arnell Harrison

Salinity- and temperature-dependent groundwater flow in the Floridan aquifer system of South Florida, Joseph D. Hughes

The case for high-order, pleistocene sea-level fluctuations in Southwest Florida, Paul Octavius Knorr

Reef recovery following the Late Devonian mass extinction: evidence from the Dugway Range, west-central Utah, Joseph G. Krivanek

Geophysical Investigations and Groundwater Modeling of the Hydrologic Conditions at Masaya Caldera, Nicaragua, Richard Eric MacNeil

Evaluation of Geophysical and Thermal Methods for Detecting Submarine Groundwater Discharge (SGD) in the Suwannee River Estuary, Florida, Matthew Weiss

Theses/Dissertations from 2005 2005

Ground Penetrating Radar Response to Thin Layers: Examples from Waites Island, South Carolina, Swagata Guha

Light Element and Lithium Isotope Signatures of the EMII Reservoir - The Society Islands, French Polynesia: Geochemical Results and an Educational Application, Judy Ann Harden

The Effects of Small-Scale Heterogeneities on Aquifer Storage Recovery Systems, William C. Hutchings

Historical Morphodynamics of John’s Pass, West-Central Florida, Jennifer Rose Krock

Creation, Analysis, and Evaluation of Remote Sensing Sinkhole Databases for Pinellas County, Florida, Larry D. Seale Jr.

Reconstruction of Late Holocene Precipitation for Central Florida as Derived from Isotopes in Speleothems, Limaris R. Soto

Sedimentation Patterns and Hydrodynamics of a Wave-Dominated Tidal Inlet: Blind Pass, Florida, David K. Tidwell

Application of Residual Mapping Calibration to a Transient Groundwater Flow Model, Jeremy White

Theses/Dissertations from 2004 2004

Mapping Porewater Salinity with Electromagnetic and Electrical Methods in Shallow Coastal Environments: Terra Ceia, Florida, Wm. Jason Greenwood

Seasonality in Western Equatorial Pangaea during the Early Permian (Upper Sakmarian): δ¹⁸O, δ¹³C, and Elemental Analysis of Brachiopod Shells from the Robledo Mountains, New Mexico, USA, Steve N. Guggino

Detailed Geochemical and Mineralogical Analyses of Naturally Occurring Arsenic in the Hawthorn Group, Olesya Lazareva

Limitations of the Advection-Diffusion Equation for Modeling Tephra Fallout: 1992 Eruption of Cerro Negro Volcano, Nicaragua, Kristin Terese Martin

A Geochemical and Spatial Characterization of the Champagne Hot Springs Shallow Hydrothermal Vent Field, Dominica, Lesser Antilles, Kevin Thomas McCarthy