UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII AT MANOA

School of Ocean and Earth Science and Technology

Department of Geology and Geophysics

Department of Geology and Geophysics

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1996
  • MS
Author Calhoun, R. Scott.
Submitted May 2008
Committee Charles Fletcher (Chair), Ralph Moberly, Craig Glenn, Ross Sutherland
Title Holocene History of Sediment Deposition and Stratigraphy on the Hanalei Coastal Plain, Kauai, Hawaii. [.pdf]
1999
  • PhD

Author Calhoun, R. Scott.
Submitted December 1999
Committee Charles Fletcher (Chair), Bruce Applegate, Craig Glenn, Ralph Moberly, Ross Sutherland
Title The Sediment Budget of Hanalei Bay, Kauai, Hawaii.[.pdf]

2000
  • PhD
Author Harney, Jodi N.
Submitted Decemeber 2000
Committee Charles Fletcher (Chair), Craig Glenn, Robert Kinzie, Fred Mackenzie, Johanna Resig
Title Carbonate Sedimentology of a Windward Shoreface: Kailua Bay, Oahu, Hawaiian Islands.[ .pdf]

2002
  • MS
Author Eversole, Dolan.
Submitted December 2002
Committee Charles H. Fletcher (Chair), Mark Merrifield, Richard Grigg
Title Large-Scale Beach Change: Kaanapali, Hawai'i[.pdf]
2003
  • MS
Author Cushman, Buffy Jolene.
Submitted August 2003
Committee John Sinton (Chair), Richard Hey, Garrett Ito, John Mahoney, Sarah Sherman
Title Plume-Ridge Interaction Along the Galápagos Spreading Center, 90°30’W to 98°W: A Hydrous Melting Model to Explain Variations in Observed Glass Compositions. [.pdf]

Author Sterling, Nile Akel Kevis.
Submitted December 2003
Committee Paul Wessel (Chair), Loren Kroenke, Fred Duennebier
Title Cenozoic Changes in Pacific Absolute Plate Motion. [.pdf]
2004
  • MS
Author Bianco, Todd Anthony.
Submitted August 2004
Committee Garrett Ito (Chair), Janet Becker, Michael O. Garcia, Paul Wessel
Title Two Forms of Secondary Hawaiian Volcanism [.pdf]

Author Shamberger, Patrick J.
Submitted December 2004
Committee Julia E. Hammer (Chair), Michael O. Garcia, John Sinton
Title Leucocratic & Gabbroic Xenoliths from Hualalai Volcano, Hawaii [.pdf]

Author Weiss, Jonathan R.
Submitted October 2004
Committee Brian Taylor (Chair), Greg Moore, Steve Martel, Fernando Martinez
Title A Geophysical Interpretation of the Gulf of Corinth, Greece [.pdf]
2005
  • MS
Author Seung-Sep Kim.
Submitted August 2005
Committee Paul Wessel (Chair), Fred K. Duennebier, John J. Mahoney
Title Separation of Regional and Residual Components of Bathymetry Using Directional Median Filtering. [.pdf]
2006
  • MS
  • PhD
Author Chandler, Michael T.
Submitted May 2006
Committee Paul Wessel (Chair), L. Neil Frazer, Fernando Martinez
Title Improving the Quality Control of Marine Geophysical Trackline Data. [.pdf]

Author Delorey, Andrew A.
Submitted May 2006
Committee Robert A. Dunn (Chair), John M. Sinton, Brian Taylor, Garrett Ito
Title Surface Wave Tomography of the Upper Mantle Beneath the Reykjanes Ridge. [.pdf]

Author Gandy, Christian Erick.
Submitted April 2006
Committee Michael O. Garcia (Chair), Chuck Blay, G. Jeffrey Taylor
Title Volume and Petrologic Characteristics of the Koloa Volcanics, Kauai, Hawaii [.pdf]
Author Lautze, Nicole C.
Submitted August 2006
Committee Bruce Houghton, Chair, Andrew Harris, Sarah Fagents, Michael Garcia, David Muenow
Title Dynamic nature of volcanic phenomena: 2001-02 eruption processes at Etna and Stromboli, Italy [no .pdf present]
2007
  • MS
  • PhD
Author Vitousek, Sean.
Submitted October 2007
Committee Chip Fletcher (Chair), Mark Merrifield, Geno Pawlak, Robert Dunn
Title Nearshore Hydrodynamics at Kaanapali, Maui & Hawaii Extreme Wave Statistics. [.pdf]
Author Nosal, Eva-Marie.
Submitted December 2007
Committee L. Neil Frazer, Chair, Roy Wilkens, Fred Duennebier, Whitlow Au, Joseph Mobley
Title Tracking marine mammals using passive acoustics [.pdf]

Author Rotzoll, Kolja.
Submitted December 2007
Committee Aly El-Kadi, Chair Stephen Martel, Janet Becker, Chittaranjan Ray, Ali Fares
Title Hydraulic parameter estimation using Aquifer tests, specific capcity, ocean tides, and wave setup for Hawaii auifers [.pdf]
2008
  • MS
  • PhD
Author Rotella, Melissa.
Submitted May 2008
Committee John Sinton, Chair, J. Hammer, J. Mahoney, G. Ito
Title Magmatic Processes at the Galápagos 93.25°W Overlapping Spreading Center [.pdf]

Author Romine, Bradley.
Submitted June 2008
Committee Chip Fletcher, Chair Scott Rowland, Margo Edwards
Title Historical Shoreline Trends and Management Implications: Southeast Oahu, Hawaii [.pdf]

Author Johnson, Adam.
Submitted August 2008
Committee Craig Glenn, Chair Jeffrey Gillis-Davis, Paul Lucey, Frank Sansone
Title Groundwater Discharge from the Leeward Half of the Big Isand, Hawaii [.pdf (~100MB)]

Author Swinnard, Lisa.
Submitted August 2008
Committee Michael Garcia, Chair Dominique Weis, Scott Rowland
Title Geochemical Variations of Kauai Island and jSouth Kauai Swell Volcanics [.pdf]
Author Koeppen, William Carl.
Submitted May 2008
Committee Victoria E. Hamilton (Chair), G. Jeffrey Taylor, Sarah A. Fagents, Paul G. Lucey, Eric J. Hochberg
Title Understanding the Composition and Evolution of the Martian Surface using Thermal Infrared Laboratory Analyses and Remote Sensing. [.pdf]

Author Morris, Aisha Renee.
Submitted December 2008
Committee Peter J. Mouginis-Mark (Chair), F. Scott Anderson, Sarah A. Fagents, Scott Rowland, Ross Sutherland
Title Topographic and Geomorphologic Analyses of Volcanic and Impact-related Landforms on Earth and Mars. [.pdf]

Author Oakley, Adrienne Jean.
Submitted December 2008
Committee Brian Taylor ( Chair), Gregory F. Moore, Patricia Fryer, Patricia Cooper, John Wiltshire
Title A Multi-Channel Seismic and Bathymetric Investigation of the Central Mariana Convergent Margin. [.pdf]

Author Vanderkluysen, Loÿc.
Submitted December 2008
Committee John J. Mahoney (Chair), Garrett Apuzen-Ito, Stephen J. Martel, Douglas G. Pyle, Yuan-Hui Li
Title Chemical and Isotopic Studies of Deccan Traps Dike (India) and Louisville Seamounts (South Pacific): Aspects of the Youth and Maturity of Hotspots. [.pdf]
2009
  • MS
  • PhD
Author Neill, Owen K.
Submitted December 2009
Committee Julia E. Hammer (Chair), Bruce F. Houghton, John M. Sinton
Title Influence of Pre-eruptive Degassing and Crystallization on
the Deposits of Laterally Directed Volcanic Explosions. [.pdf]
Author Anchieta, Maria C.
Submitted December 2009
Committee Cecily J. Wolfe (Chair), Frederick Duennebier, Robert Dunn
Title Seismicity Along the Hawaiian Islands Recorded by the Plume Land and Ocean Bottom Seismometer Network. [.pdf]

Author Bianco, Todd A.
Submitted August 2009
Committee Garrett T. Apuzen-Ito (Chair), Janet M. Becker, Michael O. Garcia, John J. Mahoney, Carlos Coimbra
Title Dynamics and Melting of a Heterogeneous Mantle: Importance to Geographic Variations in Hotspot Lava Composition. [.pdf]

Author McDowell, Meryl L.
Submitted December 2009
Committee Victoria E. Hamilton (Chair), G. Jeffrey Taylor, Patricia Fryer, F. Scott Anderson, James Bayman
Title Laboratory and Applied Studies Using Thermal Infrared
Spectroscopy and other Remote Sensing Tools for the
Understanding of the Geologic History of Mars. [.pdf]

Author Stovall, Wendy K.
Submitted May 2009
Committee Bruce F. Houghton (Chair), Julia E. Hammer, Sarah A. Fagents, Don A. Swanson, Gary M. Barnes
Title Dynamics and Processes During the 1959 Kilauea Iki Eruption. [.pdf]
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