Earth Sciences Student Dissertations - Doctor of Philosophy
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Date |
Author |
Title |
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| 2019, May | Asmar-Toro, Karina | Modernizing Infrasound Systems: Characterization and Analytics Approaches for the Next-Generation Sensors | |
| 2019, May | Kane, Haunani H. | Coastal Evolution of Pacific Islands in Response to Sea Level Change During the Mid-Holocene | |
| 2019, May | Lai, Xiaojing | Carbon in Deep Earth From High-Pressure and High Temperature Studies of the FE-C System | |
| 2019, May | Shuler, Christopher K. | From Recharge to Reef: Assessing the Sources, Quantity, and Transport of Groundwater on Tutuila Island, American Samoa | |
| 2019, March | Lackey, Jason K. | Tectonic Influences on Surficial Processes and Deformation Along the Nankai Accretionary Prism, Southwest Japan | |
| 2018, December | Hu, Yi | Metastable Pyroxenes and Their Role in the Subduction Process | |
| 2018, December | Mitchell, Samuel J. | Deep Submarine Silicic Volcanism: Conduit and Eruptive Dynamics of the 2012 Havre Eruption | |
| 2018, December | Shelton, Hannah L. | Compressional Behavior of Hydrogen-Bonded Crystals: Anhydrous Comparisons and Polymorphism | |
| 2018, August | Bonny, Estelle | Multi-Decadal Space-Based Observations of Basaltic Effusive Eruptions from Modis Infrared Data | |
| 2018, May | Cameron, Marissa E. | Morphological Mapping and Tidal Stress Modeling of Strike-Slip Faults on Ganymede | |
| 2018, April | Gabrieli, Andrea | Remote Measurements of Volcanic Gases Using Thermal Infrared Hyperspectral Imaging | |
| 2017, December | Isgett, Samantha | Conduit and Eruption Dynamics of the 1912 Vulcanian Explosions at Novarupta, Alaska | |
| 2017, August | Finlayson, Valerie A. | Investigations of Southwest Pacific Intraplate and Backarc Volcanism Using Traditional and Non-Traditional Isotopes | |
| 2017, May | Ballmer, Silke | Ambient Seismic Noise Interferometry on the Island of Hawai`i | |
| 2017, May | Lynn, Kendra J. | Compositional Zoning in Kilauea Olivine: A Geochemical Tool for Investigating Magmatic Processes at Hawaiian Volcanoes | |
| 2017, May | Sleeper, Jonathan D. | Tectonic and Magmatic Controls on Extension and Crustal Accretion in Backarc Basins, Insights from the Lau Basin and Southern Mariana Trough | |
| 2016, Dec | Howell, Samuel M. | Faulting and Deformation at Divergent and Transform Plate Bounderies | |
| 2016, Aug | Acosta-Maeda, Tayro E. | Raman Spectroscopy for Planetary Exploration and Characterization of Extraterestrial Materials | |
| 2016, Aug | Fackrell, Joseph K. | Geochemical Evolution of Hawaiian Groundwater | |
| 2016, Aug | Lemelin, Myriam | The Composition of the Lunar Crust: An In-Depth Remote Sensing View | |
| 2016, May | Weiss, Jonathan R. | The Bolivian Subandes and Beyond: Linking Wedge Deformation Processes Across Multiple Timescales | |
| 2015, Dec | Boston, Brian | Plate to Backstop: A Geophysical Investigation of Two Japanese Subduction Zones, from the Outer Rise to the Forearc Slope | |
| 2015, Dec | Orr, Tim R. | Studies of Recent Eruptive Phenomena at Kilauea Volcano | |
| 2015, Aug | Jilly, Christine E. | Timescales and Conditions for the Aqueous Alteration of Chondrites | |
| 2015, Aug | Telus, Myriam | Developing The 60Fe-60Ni System for Early Solar System Chronology | |
| 2015, May | Robinson, Katharine L. | Water in Evolved Lunar Rocks | |
| 2014, Dec | Gasda, Patrick J. | The Aqueous Alteration of Carbon-Bearing Phases in CR Carbonaceous Chondrites | |
| 2014, Dec | Trang, David | A Remote Analysis of the Lunar Landscape | |
| 2014, Aug | Colman, Alice | Effects of Variable Magma Supply on Magma Resovoirs and Eruption Characteristics Along the Gálapagos Spreading Center | |
| 2014, May | Crites, Sarah C. | Interactions of Galactic Cosmic Rays With the Lunar Surface | |
| 2013, Dec | Aryal, Arjun | Landslide deformation character inferred from terrestrial laser scanner data | |
| 2013, Aug | Anderson, Tiffany R. | Shoreline Data Analysis | |
| 2013, May | Parcheta, Carolyn | Weak-Intensity, Basaltic, Explosive Volcanism: Dynamics of Hawaiian Fountains | |
| 2013, May | Romine, Bradley M. | Historical Shoreline Changes on Beaches of the Hawaiian Islands with Relation to Human Impacts, Sea Level, and Other Influences on Beach Dynamics | |
| 2012, Aug | Kelly, Jacque L. | Identification and Quantification of Submarine Groundwater Discharge in the Hawaiian Islands | |
| 2011, Dec | Brugger, Carrie R. | Crystallization of Hydrous Rhyodacite Magma During Continous Decompression. | |
| 2011, Dec | Chandler, Miachael T. | Tectonic History of the Greater Ontong Java Plateau and Errata-Based Correction of Marine Geophysical Trackline Data. | |
| 2011, May | Cutler, William G. | Bioaccessible Arsenic in Soils of the Island of Hawaii. | |
| 2010, Dec | Kim, Seung-Sep | Remote Sensing of Seamounts: A Geophysical Study of Lithospheric Flexure, Seamount Statistics and Intraplate Volcanism | |
| 2010, Dec | Osterloo, Mikki M. | Revealing Compositional Diversity on the Martian Surface from Remote Sensing Observations and Thermal Infrared Laboratory Analyses: Implications for Ancient Hydrological and Climatological Systems. |
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| 2010, Aug | Fee, David E. | Infrasound from Hawaiian to Plinian Eruptions: Constraining Volcanic Source Parameters | |
| 2010, Aug | Shea, Thomas | New Perspectives on the Style and Dynamics of the 79AD Plinian Eruption at Vesuvius. |
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| 2010, May | Marske, Jared P. | Magmatic History of Lavas from Kilauea Volcano, Hawai'i and South Pagan Volcano, Northern Mariana Islands. |
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| 2009, Dec | Cahill, Joshua T.S. | The Composition of the Lunar Crust: Radiative Transfer Modeling and Analysis of Lunar Visible and Near-Infrared Spectra. | |
| 2009, Dec | Eason, Deborah E. | Magmatic Processes at Mid-Ocean Ridges: Evidence for High-Pressure Crystallization and Crustal Assimilation. | |
| 2009, Dec | McDowell, Meryl L. | Laboratory and Applied Studies Using Thermal Infrared Spectroscopy and other Remote Sensing Tools for the Understanding of the Geologic History of Mars. | |
| 2009, Aug | Bianco, Todd A. | Dynamics and Melting of a Heterogeneous Mantle: Importance to Geographic Variations in Hotspot Lava Composition. | |
| 2009, May | Stovall, Wendy K. | Dynamics and Processes During the 1959 Kilauea Iki Eruption. | |
| 2008, Dec | Morris, Aisha Renee | Topographic and Geomorphologic Analyses of Volcanic and Impact-related Landforms on Earth and Mars. | |
| 2008, Dec | Oakley, Adrienne Jean | A Multi-Channel Seismic and Bathymetric Investigation of the Central Mariana Convergent Margin. | |
| 2008, Dec | Vanderkluysen, Loÿc | Chemical and Isotopic Studies of Deccan Traps Dike (India) and Louisville Seamounts (South Pacific): Aspects of the Youth and Maturity of Hotspots. | |
| 2008, Sep | Mittelstaedt, Eric L. | Plume-Ridge Interaction: Shaping the Geometry of Mid-Ocean Ridges. | |
| 2008, May | Koeppen, William Carl | Understanding the Composition and Evolution of the Martian Surface using Thermal Infrared Laboratory Analyses and Remote Sensing. | |
| 2007, Dec | Nosal, Eva-Marie | Tracking marine mammals using passive acoustics. | |
| 2007, Dec | Rotzoll, Kolja | Hydraulic parameter estimation using Aquifer tests, specific capcity, ocean tides, and wave setup for Hawaii auifers. | |
| 2006, Aug | Lautze, Nicole C. | Dynamic nature of volcanic phenomena: 2001-02 eruption processes at Etna and Stromboli, Italy. | |
| 2000, Dec | Harney, Jodi N. | Carbonate Sedimentology of a Windward Shoreface: Kailua Bay, Oahu, Hawaiian Islands. | |
| 1999, Dec | Calhoun, R. Scott. | The Sediment Budget of Hanalei Bay, Kauai, Hawaii. |