Graduate Degrees (2004-2008)

Lauren M. Larkin, MS January 2008, Antithetic mineral alignment in response to shear deformation in a two phase rock, Advisor:  David Kohlstedt

John Matthew Martin, PhD December 2007, Quantitative Sequence Stratigraphy, Advisor: Chris Paola

Shushu Chen, PhD July 2007, The Role of Water in the High-Temperature Deformation of Clinopyroxene, Advisor: David Kohlstedt

Isla Sarita Castaneda, PhD May 2007, Paleoenvironmental Variability in the Southeast African Tropics since the Last Glacial Maximum: Molecular and Isotopic Records from Lake Malawi, Advisors:  Tom Johnson & Josef Werne

Yiwen Pan, MS March 2007, Experimental and Theoretical Constraints on pH Measurement with Iridium Oxide Electrode in Aqueous Fluids from 25 to 175 Degrees C and 25 Mpa, Advisor:  Bill Seyfried

Wonsuck Kim, PhD February 2007, Coupled Fluvial and Shoreline Dynamics: Experiments and Theory, Advisors:  Chris Paola & Vaughan Voller

Graham B. Baird, PhD October 2006, The Strain and Geometry of Meso-Scale Ductile Shear Zones and the Associated Fluid Flow, Advisor: Peter Hudleston.

Nikki Strong, PhD September 2006, Mass Balance Effects in Clastic Fluvial Stratigraphy, Advisor: Chris Paola.

Rhonda Friberg, MS September 2006, Macroecology of Mammals: An Analysis of Vegetation Composition as an Explanation for Patterns of Species Richness of Mammals in North America, Advisor:  David Fox.

Nicholas P. Lang, PhD September 2006, On Geologic Processes in the Lowland Regions of Venus, Advisor: Vicki Hansen.

Sandeep Mukherjee MS August 2006, Partial Melting Experiments on Allende Carbonaceous Chondrite and Applications to Early Differentiation of Small to Mid Sized Planetary Bodies, Advisor:  Marc Hirschmann

Amy E. Myrbo, PhD August 2006, T he Lacustrine Carbon Cycle and Its Representation in Lake Sediments, Advisor:Thomas Johnson

Daniel M. Ruscitto MS August 2006, Unraveling Subduction-Related Geochemical Signals in Southeastern Guatemala Using Uranium-Thorium Isotopes and Trace Element Chemistry, Advisors: Marc Hirschmann and Larry Edwards.

Qi Fu, PhD August 2006, Experimental Investigations on the Origin and Fate of Carbon Species in Hydrothermal Systems, Advisor: William Seyfried Jr.

Qing Zhang, PhD July 2006, Midcrust Kinematics in Intracontinental Oblique Convergence, Advisor:  Christian Teyssier.

Fawna J. Korhonen, PhD July 2006, An Investigation into the Tectonometamorphic Evolution of the Wilson Lake Terrane, Easter Grenville Province, Advisor: Jim Stout

Rajdeep Dasgupta, PhD June 2006, Experimental Investigation of Mantle Melting in the Presence of Carbonates, Advisor: Marc Hirschmann.

Theodor J. Scott, PhD June 2006, A Determination of the Viscosity of Partially Molten Peridotite at Melt Fractions up to the RCMF and the Effect of Incompatible Elements in Olivines on the Rates of Cation Diffusion, Advisor:  David Kohlstedt.

Justin W. Hustoft, PhD May 2006, An Experimental Investigation of Metal-Silicate Segregation in Partially Molten Peridotites Advisor: David Kohlstedt.

Xianfeng Wang, PhD May 2006, Late Quaternary Climate Changes in Brazil Recorded by Speleothems, Advisor: Larry Edwards.

Kathleen M. O'Grady, MS March 2006, Comparison of capillary effects on water table fluctuation under variable storativity in laboratory columns and field settings, Advisor:  Olaf Pfannkuch.

Andrew J. Breckenridge, PhD March 2006, Lake Superior Varves: Records of Lake Agassiz Overflow and Ice Sheet Dynamic, Advisor: Thomas Johnson.

Dylan J. Blumentritt, MS January 2006, Constraining Slip Rates Using Cosmogenic Isotopes (10Be and 3He) and ASLM Data: Calico Fault, Mojave Desert, California. Advisor:  Lesley Perg.

Kristina L. Brady, MS January 2006, The Impact of Basin Morphology on Diatom Response to Mid- Holocene Climate Change: A Paired Study of Lake Itasca and Elk Lake, Clearwater County, North-Central Minnesota. Advisors: Emi Ito and Mark Edlund

Peter A. Harff, MS December 2005, Comparison of Flow and Depositional Characteristics of Stacked Subaqueous Debris Flows in a Laterally Unconfined Tank to Experimental and Natural Flows, Advisor: Chris Paola.

Leonardo C. Cruz Cedeno, PhD November 2005, Exhumation, Deformation, and Thermochronology of Experimental Orogenic Wedges and Natural Transpressional Orogens: Venezuelan Paria Peninsula, Advisor: Christian Teyssier.

Lindsay J. Iredale, MS August 2005, Flow accommodated bivergent extension: a new model for evolution of the Southern Menderes Massif (SW Turkey) using vorticity and fabric analysis, Advisors: Donna Whitney and Christian Teyssier.

Erik A. Smith, MS August 2005, A new technique for sampling speleothem organic matter to interpret the carbon isotopic record of Hulu cave, China from 75 to 10.9 ka, Advisor: David Fox.

Jennifer N. Engstrom, MS June 2005, Experimental generation of compositional layering of olivine and pyroxene at elevated pressure and temperature, Advisor: Marc Hirschmann

Mark D. Shapley, PhD June 2005, Geochemistry and paleohydrology of groundwater-dominated lakes of the Ovando Valley, Montana, Advisor: Emi Ito.

Dionysios I. Foustoukos, PhD January 2005, Chemical evolution of submarine hydrothermal systems: the effects of mineral-fluid equilibria on redox, carbon reduction reactions and trace element distribution in mid-ocean ridge vent fluids, Advisor:  Bill Seyfried

M. Aydin Aycenk, MS December 2004, Tectonic evolution of juxtaposed high-pressure and high-temperature rocks in a subduction-collision zone, Turkey, Advisors: Christian Teyssier and Donna Whitney.

Barbara E. Francis, MS December 2004, Marble deformation in the metasedimentary cover of a metamorphic dome, Naxos, Greece, Advisors: Christian Teyssier and Emi Ito

Ryan J. Kerrigan, MS December 2004, The origin of color in lazurite, Advisor: Jim Stout.

Samuel D. Matson, MS December 2004, Evaluation of the use of stable isotopes from turtles, crocodilians, and fish to understand paleoclimates: An example from the Paleocene-Eocene of the Clarks Fork Basin, Wyoming, Advisor: David Fox

Benjamin A. Sheets, PhD December 2004, Assembling the alluvial stratigraphic record: spatial and temporal sedimentation patterns in experimental alluvial systems, Advisor: Chris Paola

Rebecca B. Thomas, PhD December 2004, U-Series disequilibria in subduction zones: a study of the Central American Arc from central Costa Rica to northern Nicaragua, Advisor:  Larry Edwards

Sara B. Mueller, MS November 2004, A two thousand year diatom-inferred salinity record from Devils Lake, North Dakota, Advisors: Mark Edlund and Dan Engstrom

Chad A. Wittkop, PhD October 2004, Paleoenvironmental reconstruction using laminated sediments containing authigenic carbonate minerals, Advisor:  Tom Johnson

Carolyn A. Dykoski, MS September 2004, A record of abrupt climate events and Asian monsoon variability for the last 16, 000 years, Advisor: Larry Edwards

Qingsong Liu, PhD August 2004, Pedogenesis and its effects on the natural remanent magnetization acquisition history of the Chinese loess, Advisors:  Subir Banerjee and Michael Jackson

Diego A. Riveros-Iregui, MS August 2004, The role of hydrologic pathways and biogenic methane in the Sarita Wetland, St. Paul, Minnesota, Advisor:  Calvin Alexander Jr.

Saswata Hier-Majumder, PhD June 2004, On kinetics of matter transport in solid-fluid aggregates, Advisor: David Kohlstedt

Suzanne C.C. Magdalene, PhD June 2004, From field to stream: rapid runoff through agricultural tile drainage systems within the Minnesota River Basin, Advisor: Calvin Alexander Jr.

Randall C. Mikolai, MS June 2004, Plan C, Advisor: Calvin Alexander Jr.

Ye Zhang, MS June 2004, Geostatistical analysis of the Jurassic Tank prototype experimental deposits, Advisor:  Mark Person

France Lagroix, PhD April 2004, Contributions from rock magnetism to central Alaskan loess deposits and titanium rich compositions of the hematite-ilmenite solid solution series, Advisor:  Subir Banerjee