THESES AND PUBLICATIONS
Department of Geology Theses (1990's)
1990. Bachhuber, Jeffrey. Engineering Geology, and Landslide Hazards of the Scotts Valley Area, Santa Cruz County, California. 105 p.
1990. Brown, Cynthia. NW Gulf of Mexico Depositional Study: Tephrochronology and Oxygen Isotope Stratigraphy. 100 p.
1990. Cooper, Jon. A Geophysical Study of the Hydrogeology of the Carrizo Plain Area San Luis Obispo, California. 77 p.
1990. Ho, Brian. Stratigraphy and Depositional History of the Bird Spring Formation (Pennsylvanian to Permian) Spring Mountains, Southern Nevada. 127 p.
1990. Issacson, Kathleen. Late Tertiary Synorogenic Sedimentation, Livermore Basin, California. 104 p.
1990. Johnson, Philip. Laramide Basin Subsidence and Fluvial Architecture of the Fort Union and Wasatch Formations, Southern Green River Basin, Wyoming. 146 p.
1990. Romie, John. Computer-Assisted Geologic Investigation of the Blucher Valley Landslide. 98 p.
*COLLEGE OF SCIENCE; Best Student Researcher 1990/1991 - First Place*
1990. Toney, Kenneth. A Hydrogeological Investigaion of Ground Water Recharge near the Drainage Retention Basin, LLNL. 252 p.
1990. Trumm, David. Fluvial Stratigraphy, and Depositional History of Los Gatos Creek, Coalinga, California. 159 p.
1991. Alger, Christopher. Debris Flows and the Morphogenesis of Hollows Near Sunol, Alameda County, California. 105 p.
1991. Moore, Donald. Stratigraphy, sedimentology, & Provenance of the Lower Campanian Forbes and Marsh Creek Formations, So. Sacramento & No. San Joaquin Basins, CA. 194 p.
*OUTSTANDING UNIVERSITY THESIS AWARD 1991/1992 - Second Place*
1991. Ostergren, Carol. Tephrochronology of Core E67-126A, Northwestern Gulf of Mexico. 95 p.
1991. Pease, Victoria. The Miocene Dike Swarm of the Mohave Mountains, Arizona: Petrography, Geochemistry, Geochronology, and Paleomagnetism. 166 p.
1991. Serena, David. Stratigraphy and Sedimentology of the Upper Cretaceous (Santonian) Guinda Formation, Sacramento Valley, California. 348 p.
1991. Taylor, Brian. Erosional Processes in a Portion of the Hollister Hills State Vehicular Recreational Area, California. 118 p.
1991. Wallace, John. Physical Modelling of Transpressional Strike-slip Faulting: Implications for Deformational Styles Surrounding the San Andreas Fault Zone. 116 p.
1991. Willahan, Daune. Biostratigraphy of Upper Paleozoic Rocks in the Mount Morrison Roof Pendant, Sierra Nevada, California: Evidence for its Original Paleogeographic Position. 92 p.
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1992. Hamilton, Christopher. Hydrothermal Alteration at Tobaru, Kagoshima Prefecture, Kyushu, Japan. 106 p.
1992. Heard, Janet. Hydrogeology of High-Salinity Ground Water in the "180-Foot" Pressure Aquifer, Southwest Salinas, Monterey County, California. 127 p.
1993. Arif, Muhammad. Modeling of Contaminant Transport at the Eastern General Services Area, Site 300, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, San Joaquin County, California. 104 p.
1993. Barry, Thomas. Structure and Tectonics of the Bear Mountains Fault Zone and Western Foothills Terrane Between Lake Don Pedro and Lake McSwain, Central Sierra Nevada, California. 56 p.
1993. Conrad, James. Late Cenozioc Tectonics of the Southern Inyo Mountains, Eastern, California. 84 p.
*OUTSTANDING UNIVERSITY THESIS AWARD 1993/1994- First Place*
1993. Kirschner, James. Precipitation-Runoff Modeling System for the Blackwood Creek Drainage Basin, Placer County, California. 219 p.
1993. Mariant, Judy. Origin of Sediment Ripple Bands and Zones on the Inner Shelf of Southern Monterey Bay, California. 63 p.
1993. Rosenberg, Lewis. Earthquake and Landslide Hazards in the Carmel Valley Area, Monterey County, California. 123 p.
1993. Shakofsky, Stephanie. Changes in the Hydraulic Properties of a Soil Caused by Construction of a Waste Trench at a Radioactive Waste Disposal Site. 53 p.
1993. Soles, Stan. Age of the Tahoe Moraine at Bloody Canyon, Mono County, California, Based on Tephrochronology. 166 p.
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1994. Dugan, William. The Hydrogeology of Doall Ravine and Northern Portions of Elk Ravine Lawrence Livermore Laboratory Site 300. 43 p.
1994. La Chappelle, Robert. Taxonomy and Paleobiogeography of Permian Massive Thysanophyllinae. 98 p.
1994. Reddig, Brian. Characteristics of Slope Failures in a position of the Santa Clara Formation, Saratoga Foothills, Santa Clara County, California. 158 p.
1994. Schackman, Martha. Analysis of Sediment and Sedimentary Processes in Perennially Ice-Covered Lake Hoare, Antarctica. 96 p.
1994. Takauchi, Yoko. Teleseismic Tomography of the Loma Prieta Region, Central California. 263 p.
*OUTSTANDING UNIVERSITY THESIS AWARD 1994/1995 - First Place*
1994. Welch, David. A Geophysical Investigation of the Arroyo Seco Area, Monterey County, California. 55 p.
1995. Chetelat, Guy Felix. Provenance of the Upper-Miocene Briones Formation in the Central Diablo Range, California. 130 p.
1995. Chi, Wu-Cheng. Distribution of the Bottom-Simulating Reflector in the Offshore Taiwan Collision Zone: Implications for Fluid Migration. 46 p.
1995. Wills, Martin A. The Pliocene Alluvial Gravels in the Southeastern Santa Clara Valley, California. 91 p.
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1996. Baldwin, John N., Jr. Paleoseismic Investigation of the San Andreas Fault on the North Coast Segment, Near Manchester, California. 127 p.
1996. Clahan, Kevin Burke. Paleoseismic Characteristics of the San Andreas Fault, Woodside, California. 96 p.
1996. Hirtzel, Justin O. Evolution of the Forearc Basin in Arc-Continent Collision, Offshore Taiwan. 41 p.
1996. Mello, Joseph E., Jr. The Relative Impact of Off-Road Motorcycles of Differing Sizes on Rates of Mechanical Erosion. 99 p.
1996. Mullen, Michael William. Distribution of Modern Foraminifers on the Margins of the Northern Bahamas. 81 p.
1997. Cook II, George E. The Efficacy of Soil Vapor Extraction in Remediation of a Gasoline Spill. 109 p.
1997. Vorst, Richard C. Adsorption of Trichlorethylene onto Mineral Surfaces. 158. p.
*OUTSTANDING UNIVERSITY THESIS AWARD 1996/1997 - First Place*,
**WESTERN ASSOCIATION OF GRADUATE SCHOOLS; Outstanding Master’s Thesis**
1997. Chrisley, Sheila Marie. Geology and Hydrogeology of the George Air Force Base Vicinity, California. 108 p.
1997. Halverson, Jens R. Seismic Velocities and Depositional Environments, Upper Morrow Formation, Texas. 63 p.
1997. Langtry, Peter M. Evaluation of Petroleum Fuel Attenuation Rates in the Western Santa Clara Valley Ground Water Basin. 61 p.
1998. Heingartner, Gordon F. Paleoseismic Recurrence Investigation of the Santa Cruz Mountains segment of the San Andreas Fault near Watsonville, California. 136 p.
*OUTSTANDING UNIVERSITY THESIS AWARD 1998/99*
1998. Nguyen, Tuan A. Offshore Taiwan Accretionary Prism: New Insights from Reprocessed Multichannel Seismic Data. 53 p.
1999. Berube, Nathan. Geologic Properties of the Cleveland Corrall Landslide, Riverton, California. 131 p.
1999. Bogar, Robert S. Paleseismic Investigations of the Maacama Fault, Near Talmage California. 82 p.
1999. Parent, Laura A. Petrology and Petrogenesis of the Cardinal Peak Pluton, North Cascades, Washington. 130 p.
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