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Graduate Theses in the Department of Geology And GRADUATE THESES IN THE DEPARTMENT OF GEOLOGY AND ENVIRONMENTAL GEOSCIENCES Revised 1/9/17 1 Aarestad, Elizabeth, (MS) 2009 [ProQuest 1465300] “Methanol in high pressure phases of water: Implications for ice-rich planets,” 70 pages (Committee Members: Mark Frank, Paul Stoddard, Henry P. Scott) Adams, Ryan F. (MS) 2013 [ProQuest 1546005] “Geophysical identification of subsurface cavities and fractures near a Superfund site south of Rockford, Illinois,” 89 pages (Committee Members: Phil Carpenter, Melissa Lenczewski, Paul Stoddard) Ahmed, Shawkat, (PhD) 2002 [ProQuest 3055425] “Geophysical Response of Bedrock Fractures, Karst Conduits, and Associated Surficial Features, Bourbonnais, Illinois,” 260 pages (Committee Members: Philip Carpenter, Colin Booth, Jay Stravers, Michael Konen, Michael D. Thompson) Aldridge, Tabitha (MS) 2012 [ProQuest 1519699] “A Mini-RF Radar Analysis of the Moon’s South Pole – Aitken Basin,” 100 pages (Committee Members: Paul Stoddard, Heather Watson, Brad Thomson) Aleman, Antenor M. (MS) 1977 "Tectonics and Sedimentation of Cretaceous Rocks, In the Paita Basin - Peru," 126 pages (Committee Members: Robert Morris, Edgar Odom, Ronald Flemal) Allen, Brian L. (MS) 1975 "Surficial Geology and Land Use Planning for the Barrington, Illinois Area," 67 pages (Committee Members: Ronald Flemal, Lyle McGinnis, A.S. Messenger) Allred, Barry Jay (MS) 1986 "Computer Modeling of Seismic Refraction Data from McMurdo Sound, Antarctica," 179 pages (Committee Members: John Clements, Hsin Yi Ling, Patrick Ervin) Andrews, William J. (MS) 1988 "Nitrate Occurrence in Ground and Surface Waters, DeKalb County, Illinois," 211 pages (Committee Members: Ronald Kaufman, Colin Booth, Phil Carpenter) Ankenbauer, Jr. Gilbert A. (MS) 1975 "Early Precambrian Tonalites, Morton Area, Minnesota," 41 pages (Committee Members: Samuel Goldich, Clancy Casella, Edgar Odom) 2 Arola, John L. (MS) 1974 "Origin of Aluminous Laterite and Bauxite," 69 pages (Committee Members: Samual Goldich, Edgar Odom, Lyle McGinnis) Atre, Shashank R. (PhD) 2006 [ProQuest 3227638] “Accuracy and Reliability of Tomographic 2-D Seismic Velocity Models to Map Karst Structures and Infer Hydrogeological Processes in Karst,” 398 pages (Committee Members: Philip J. Carpenter, Colin Booth, Eugene Perry, Paul Stoddard, Michael D. Thompson) Ayers, Meredith (MS) 2010 [ProQuest 1477111] “Stable isotopes of speleothems from the Yucatan Peninsula, Mexico,” 156 pages (Committee Members: Eugene Perry, Melissa Lenczewski, Winifred Creamer, Monica Carroll) Auby, William L. (MS) 1987 "The Geology of the Levan 7-1/2' Quadrangle, Central Utah," 213 pages (Committee Members: Malcolm Weiss, Jonathan Berg, Ross Powell) Bahr, Charles H. (MS) 1980 "Precambrian Geology of the Aero Lakes Area, Beartooth Mountains, Montana," 138 pages (Committee Members: Clancy Casella, Keros Cartwright, J. Kiester) Bailey, Clinton R. (MS) 2013 [ProQuest 1546007] “Determining the sources of water for conduit "sandboil" springs at the Nature Conservancy's Nachusa Grasslands Preserve, Franklin Grove, Illinois,” 167 pages (Committee Members: Melissa Lenczewski, Justin Dodd, Mike Konen) Bakos, Nancy A. (MS) 1975 "Ultrapetrography of a Miocene Chalky Limestone, Kingshill Marl, U.S. Virgin Islands," 81 pages (Committee Members: Stanley Frost, Malcolm Weiss, Ronald Flemal) Baldwin, Patrick M. (MS) 2010 [ProQuest 1477011] “Using dendrochemical analysis of multi-stem tree species as a tool in forensic hydrogeology,” 155 pages (Committee Members: Melissa Lenczewski, Jay Stravers, Lesley Rigg) 3 Banks, Raymond L. (MS) 1986 "The Geology of the Fountain Green North Quadrangle, Sanpete and Juab Counties, Utah," 246 pages (Committee Members: Malcolm Weiss, Hsin Yi Ling, Clancy Casella) Bannantine, James E. (MS) 1990 "Petrology and Geochemistry of Scapolite- Clinopyroxene Lower Crustal Granulite Xenoliths from the Royal Society Range - McMurdo, Sound Region, Antarctica," 146 pages (Committee Members: Jonathan Berg, Jim Walker, Phil Carpenter) Banonis, Gwen (MS) 1986 "Paleoenvironmental Trends of Late Pliocene Benthic Foraminifera from DSDP Site 548, Northeast Atlantic", 76 pages (Committee Members: Paul Loubere) Barnes, Marian J. (MS) 1985 "The Extent and Behavior of the Mineralized Water in the Mt. Simon Formation, Northeastern Illinois," 127 pages (Committee Members: Colin Booth, Ronald Flemal, Eugene Perry) Baynas, Christopher H. (MS) 1977 "The Petrology and Stratigraphy of the Cambrian Strata in Northeastern Illinois," 148 pages (Committee Members: Edgar Odom, Robert Morris, Stanley Frost) Behrens, Gene K. (MS) 1976 "Stratigraphy, Sedimentology, and Paleoecology of a Pliocene Reef Tract: St. Croix, U.S. Virgin Islands," 93 pages (Committee Members: Stanley Frost, Malcolm Weiss, Edgar Odom) Beintema, Craig (MS) 1986 "Geochemical and Isotopic Variations of the Igneous Intrusives of the Northern Black Hills, South Dakota," 144 pages (Committee Members: Carla Montgomery, J.G. Kirchner, Jim Walker) Benson, Matthew (MS) 1996 “Characterization of the Hydrostratigraphi Framework in the Upper Chesapeake Bay Estuarine System Using Marine Seismic Reflection Profiling,” 177 pages (Committee Members: Philip Carpenter, Pat Ervin, Lyle McGinnis) 4 Bertsch, Lawrence P. (MS) 1997 “The Effects on Groundwater Chemistry of Longwall Mine Subsidence at Two Sites in Southern Illinois,” 287 pages (Committee Members: Colin J. Booth, Elizabeth Burton, Eugene Perry) Biek, Robert F. (MS) 1987 "The Geology of the Nephi 7.5' Quadrangle, Central Utah," 245 pages-Volume 1 of 2 (Committee Members: Malcolm Weiss, Donald Davidson, Ross Powell) Biek, Robert F. (MS) 1987 "The Geology of the Nephi 7.5' Quadrangle, Central Utah," 576 pages-Volume 2 of 2 (Committee Members: Malcolm Weiss, Donald Davidson, Ross Powell) Black, Christopher J. (MS) 1997 “Internal Structure of the 800 Area Landfill, Argonne National Laboratory, Illinois, from Integrated Geophysical Measurements,” 132 pages (Committee Members: Phil Carpenter, Patrick C. Ervin, Colin J. Booth) Blanchard, Paul J. (MS) 1981 "Concentrations of Selected Trace Metals in the Hydrosphere Related to Coal Burning in Electricity Generating Stations in Illinois," 128 pages (Committee Members: Ronald Flemal, Patrick Ervin, Alan Cole) Bogner, Jean (PhD) 1996 [ProQuest 9639908] “Rates of Greenhouse Gas Emissions at the Mallard Lake Landfill, DuPage County, Illinois: Major Controls and Implications for Global Methane Budgets,” 164 pages (Committee Members: Elizabeth Burton, Colin Booth, Jay Stravers, Paul Loubere) Bograd, Steven E. (MS) 1997 “Effects of Marine-Ending Glaciers with Tidewater Termimi on Fjord Water Properties,” 277 pages (Committee Members: Ross Powell, Jay Stravers, Paul Loubere) Bowden, Kenneth Lester (MS) 1957 "The Geology of the Lorado Taft Field Campus and Vicinity," 64 pages (Committee Members: Loren Caldwell, M.W. Reinemann) 5 Brady, Howard Thomas (MS) 1977 "Late Neogene Diatom Biostratigraphy and Paleoecology of the Dry Valleys and McMurdo Sound, Antarctica," 172 pages (Committee Members: Peter Webb, Lyle McGinnis) Bramnik, Michael L. (MS) 2012 [ProQuest 1533274] “Utilizing a single three-component geophone to detect near-surface seismic sources for military exploration, and engineering applications,” 117 pages (Committee Members: Phil Carpenter, Paul Stoddard, Melissa Lenczewski) Brehm, Daniel J. (MS) 1992 "Gravity Model of the Wolf River Batholith", 97 pages (Committee Members: Patrick Ervin, Clancy Casella, Mike Mudrey) Breuer, Eduard (MS) 2006 ”Shallow Subsurface High Resolution Seismic Refraction Tomography,” 78 pages (Committee Members: Philip J. Carpenter, Jay Stravers, Paul Stoddard) Briegel, Jack Steven (MS) 1983 "Geochemistry and Petrology of Olivinerich Minor Intrusions in the Nain Complex, Labrador," 83 pages (Committee Members: Jonathan Berg, Carla Montgomery, Eugene Perry) Broadway, Daniel J. (MS) 1996 “Identification of Hydraulically Significant Fractures from Geophysical Well Logs Using Cluster Analysis,” 112 pages (Committee Members: Phil Carpenter, Colin Booth, RaNaye Dreier) Brokus, Sarah A. (MS) 2014 [ProQuest 1566612] “Groundwater and surface water interactions in the hyperarid Atacama Desert, northern Chile,” 90 pages (Committee Members: Justin Dodd, Ryan Pollyea, Melissa Lenczewski) Brossman, James J. (MS) 1982 "Surficial Deposits of Kendall County, Illinois," 66 pages (Committee Members: Ronald Flemal, Ross Powell, A.S. Messenger) 6 Bryant, Kathleen E. (MS) 2006 “Effects of Long-Term Exposure to Halogenated Compounds on the Mineralogy and Chemistry of Glacially Deposited Clay-Sized Minerals,” 199 pages (Committee Members: Melissa Lenczewski, Colin Booth, Mark Frank) Burdelik, William Joseph (MS) 1981 "Crustal Model Beneath McMurdo Sound from Seismic Refraction and Gravity Data," 114 pages (Committee Members: Lyle McGinnis, Patrick Ervin, Malcolm Weiss) Burkart, Michael R. (MS) 1969 "Stratigraphy, Structure, and Petrography of Carboniferous Rocks from Crystal Mountain Region, Arkansas," 75 pages (Committee Members: Robert Morris, Lyle McGinnis, Edgar Odom) Cai, Jinkui (PhD) 1994 [ProQuest 9430224] "Sediment Yields, Lithofacies Architecture and Mudrock Characteristics in Glacimarine Environments," 442 pages (Committee Members: Ross Powell, Paul Carlson, Paul Loubere, Paul Stoddard, Jay Stravers) Caithamer, Celine E. (MS) 1983 "Mineralogical Sources for Barium in Cambro-Ordovician Aquifers of Northeastern Illinois," 89 pages (Committee Members: Edgar Odom, Eugene Perry, Ross Powell) Calkin, Scott Fleming (MS) 1989 "A Shallow Seismic Refraction Survey of the Mallard North
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