THESES AND PUBLICATIONS
Department of Geology Theses (1970's)
1970. Brown, James Jr. Geophysical Investigations of the Empire Cave, North of Santa Cruz, California. 59 p.
1970. Carter, C. H. Geology of the Pelassou Ridge Area, California. 70 p.
1970. Dunne, George. Petrology of a Portion of the Pat Keyes Pluton, Inyo County, California. 73 p.
1970. Greene, Gary. Morphology, Sedimentation and Seismic Characteristics of an Arctic Beach, Nome, Alaska and with Economic Significances. 139 p.
1970. Mitchell, Martha. Vapor Pressure of Mercury Sulfide and Mercury Selenide. 92 p.
1970. O'Kane, John Jr. Silicoflagellates of Monterey Bay, California. 92 p.
1970. Olson, Robert. Geology of the Northweastern Inyo Mountains, Inyo County, California. 73 p.
1971. Austin, Steven. Critique of Uniformitarianism. 121 p.
1971. Bauer, Paul. Geology of the Redwood Retreat-Croy Ridge Area of Santa Clara County, California. 74 p.
1971. Cooper, Alan. Structure of the Continental Shelf West of San Francisco, California. 65 p.
1971. Endo, Elliot. Focal Mechanisms for the May 15-18, 1970 Shallow Kilauea Earthquake Swarm. 165 p.
1971. Locke, James. Sedimentation and Foraminiferal Aspects of the Recent Sediments of San Pablo Bay. 100 p.
1971. Mankinen, Edward. Paleomagnetism and Potassium-Argos Ages of the Sonoma Volcanics, California. 67 p.
1971. Ridley, Albert. Devonian and Mississippian Sedimentation and Stratigraphy of the Mazourka Canyon Area, Inyo Mountains, Inyo County, California. 78 p.
1971. Sheth, Madhusudan. A Heavy Mineral Study of Pleistocene and Holocene Sediments near Nome, Alaska. 83 p.
1971. Sorensen, Martin. Petrology of Some Sandstones from the Eastern Olympic Peninsula, Washington. 57 p.
1971. Spencer, Clyde Jr. Statistical Correlation of Platinum Metals with Heavy Minerals in Stream Sediments of the Klamath Mountains, California. 62 p.
1971. Valdes, Fernando Jr. Magnetic and Gravity Investigations of Ultramafic Rocks near Camp Meeker, California. 116 p.
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1972. Bennett, Reb. Geology of the Dexter Canyon Area, Santa Clara County, California. 67 p.
1972. Calk, Lewis. The Effects of a Basalt Intrusion on the Fission Tract Ages of Accessory Minerals in the Cathedral Peak Granite, California. 37 p.
1972. Cress, Leland. Geology of the Carlin Window Area, Eureka County, Nevada. 103 p.
1972. Dittmer, Eric. A Sediment Budget Analysis of Monterey Bay. 132 p.
1972. Leopold, Lawrence. A Study of Seaward Dipping Internal Structures within Large Scale Ripple Marks in the Marine Environment. 61 p.
1972. Levine, Saul. Detection of Faults in the Hollister Valley, California by Thermal Mapping Techniques. 68 p.
1973. Batchelder, John. A Study of Stable Isotopes and Fluid Inclusions at Copper Canyon, Lander County, Nevada. 92 p.
1973. Cunningham, Gary. Ablation Studies of an Artificial Meteor of Olivine Composition. 59 p.
1973. Kelley, J. S. Structural Geology of a Portion of the Southwest Quarter of the New York Butte Quadrangle, Inyo County, California. 93 p.
1973. McLaughlin, Robert. Geology of the Sargent Fault Zone in the Vicinity of Mount Madonna, Santa Clara and Santa Cruz Counties, California. 131 p.
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1974. Elayer, Robert. Stratigraphy and Structure of the Southern Inyo Mountains, Inyo County, California. 121 p.
1974. Frame, Philip. Landslides in the Mt. Sizer Area, Santa Clara County, California. 87 p.
1974. Simoni, Tully Jr. Geology of the Loma Prieta Area, Santa Clara and Santa Cruz Counties, California. 75 p.
1974. Sumsion, R. Scott. Stratigraphy and Fusulinid Paleontology of Permian Exposures in the Vicinity of Eureka, Nevada. 127 p.
1974. Wagner, Dana. Lower Permian Paleogeography and Fusulinid Paleontology, Northeastern Nevada and Western Utah. 254 p.
1975. Bargar, Keith. Effects of Water Storage Regulation upon Sedimentation in Lexington and Coyote Reservoirs, Santa Clara County, California. 151 p.
1975. Davis, Alice. Artificial Meteor Ablation Studies: Iron and Nickel-Iron. 67 p.
1975. Keith, William. Geology of the Red Mountain Mining District, Esmeralda County, Nevada. 75 p.
1975. Osbun, Erik. Geology of the Sveadal Area, Southern Santa Cruz Mountains, California. 156 p.
1975. Randall, Richard. Geology of the Salt Springs Area, Death Valley, California, and Its Bearing on Early Mesozoic Regional Tectonics. 62 p.
1975. Rodeick, Craig. The Origin, Distribution and Depositional History of Gravel Deposits on the Beaufort Sea Continental Shelf, Alaska. 87 p.
1975. Seidelman, Paul. Seismically-induced geologic hazards in San Mateo, California. 65 p.
1975. Sheriff, Akbar. Origin and Distribution of Terrigenous Detritus in the Late Early Permian of the Central Cordilleran Miogeosyncline, Utah and Nevada. 69 p.
1975. Torres, Adrian. Landslides at Bolinas, Marin County, California. 123 p.
1975. Wagner, David. Mesozoic Geology of the Walter Springs Area, Napa County, California. 68 p.
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1976. Bartsch-Winkler, Susan. Geology of the Oak Flat Ranch Area, Santa Clara County, California. 52 p.
1976. Carothers, William. Alphatic Acids and Stable Carbon Isotopes of Oil Field Waters in the San Joaquin Valley, California. 68 p.
1976. Holden, Kenneth. Geology of the Central Argus Range. 65 p.
1976. Macy, Jonathan. Sediment yield of the Upper San Lorenzo Watershed Using quantitative geomorphic and sediment sampling approaches. 127 p.
1976. Silva, Lawrence. Landslides in the Upper Kings Creek and Deer Creek Watersheds, Castle Rock State Park, California. 100 p.
1976. Stuart, James. Stratigraphy and Structure of a Portion of Southwestern New York Butte Quadrangle, Inyo County, California. 178 p.
1976. Todd, William. A Gravity, Magnetic and Seismic Investigation of the Providencia Mine Vicinity, New Almaden, California. 59 p.
1977. Kyte, Frank. On the Origin of Extraterrestrial Stratospheric Particles: Interplanetary Dust of Meteor Ablation Debris? 71 p.
1977. Nakata, John. Distribution and Petrology of the Anderson-Coyote Reservoir Volcanic Rocks. 105 p.
1977. Pearl, James. Petrology of Tertiary Sedimentary Rocks in the Northwesternmost Part of the Olympic Peninsula, Washington. 91 p.
1977. Ross, Bruce. The Pleistocene History of the San Francisco Bay Along the Southern Crossing. 121 p.
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1978. Albert, Nairn. Application of Computer-Enhanced Landsat Imagery to Mineral Resource Assessment in South-Central Alaska. 141 p.
1978. Brown, Janet. Sedimentology of a Late Pleistocene and Holocene Continental and Estuarine Deposit, Mountain View California. 74 p.
1978. Conley, David. Stratigraphy and Depositional History of the Owens Valley formation at the Type Locality, Inyo County, California. 62 p.
1978. Dockter, Roger. Stratigraphy and Fusulinid Paleontology of Permian Exposures in the Diamond Spring Quadrangle, Nevada. 128 p.
1978. Haltenhoff, Frederick. Geology of the Great Valley Sequence and Related Rocks in a Portion of the Dublin 7 1/2 Minute Quadrangle, California. 78 p.
1978. Hill, James. Stratigraphy and Paleoenvironment of the Miocene Monterey Group in the East San Francisco Bay Region, California. 113 p.
1978. Le Compte, James. Geology of the Northeastern Part of the Leach Range, Elko County, Nevada. 71 p.
1978. Metz, Jenny. Petrology of the Santa Rita Flat Pluton, Inyo Mountains, California. 95 p.
1978. Moffitt, John. Depositional History of Late Paleozoic Rocks in the Southeastern Darwin Hills, California. 66 p.
1978. Porter, Edward. Geology and Hazards of the Bohlman Road Region, Santa Clara County, California. 136 p.
1978. Reid, George. The Relationships Among Slope Processes, Soils, Bedrock, and Topography in an Area of Franciscan Terrane in Marine County, California. 90 p.
1978. Rymer, Michael. Stratigraphy of the Cache Formation (Pleistocene) in Clear Lake Basin, Lake County, California. 99 p.
1978. Simpson, Garey. Shoal Migration and Dune Encroachment, North Harbor, Moss Landing, California. 48 p.
1978. Whiteley, Karen. Geology of a Portion of the Hayward 7 1/2' Quadrangle, Alameda County, California. 113 p.
1979. Armin, Richard. Geology of the Southeastern Stansbury Mountains and Southern Onaqui Mountains, Tooele County, Utah, With a Paleoenvironmental Study of Part of the Oquirrh Group. 105 p.
1979. Bennett, Michael. Depositional Environment and Geotechnical Properties of Quaternary Sediment from South San Francisco Bay, San Mateo County, California. 133 p.
1979. DeCoster, Judith. Landslide Deposits, their Slope, Exposure, and Degree of Slope in the Area of Mt. Hamilton, California. 43 p.
1979. Husk, Robert. Stratigraphy and Structure of a Portion of the Southeastern Inyo Mountains, California. 60 p.
1979. Littlefield, Robert. Structural Analysis of the Long John Canyon Area in the New York Butte Quadrangle, Inyo County, California. 118 p.
1979. Peterson, David. Hillslope Erosion Processes Related to Bedrock Soils, and Topography of the Three Peaks Area, Marin County, California. 94 p.
1979. Solomon, Barry. Geology and Oil Shale Resources Near Elko, Nevada. 142 p.
1979. Younse, Gary. The Stratigraphy and Phosphoritic Rocks of the Robinson Canyon, Laureles Grande Area. 127 p.
1979. Ziemianski, Wayne. Clay Mineral Changes Associated with Intensification of Glaciation in the Norwegian-Greenland Sea. 44 p.
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