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Author Title Year Professor
Roy, Ankur A Quantitative Study of Scaling Properties of Fracture Networks - E. Perfect
Howard, Meg E. Geochemical Characterization of Coastal Pond and Adjacent Soil Organic Matter from Two Distinct Field Areas of the McMurdo Dry Valleys, Antartica - C. Mora
Plummer, Kelly - - T. Labotka
Overocker, Quintin - - L. Kah
Crawford, Curt - - L. Kah
Johnson, Trisha B. Detection of Enteric Viruses in East Tennessee Public Ground Water Systems Dec. 2005 L. D. McKay
Welch, Stephen A. Deciphering Eustatic and Tectonic Influences During Parasequence Development in the Mesoproterozoic Helena/Wallace Formation, Belt Supergroup, Montana and Idaho Dec. 2005 L. Kah
Whitmer, Neil E. Structural and Stratigraphic Investigations of the Bays Mountain Synclinorium, Parrottsville and a Portion of Cedar Creek 7.5-Minute Quadrangles, East Tennessee Dec. 2005 R. D. Hatcher
Cook, Jennie E. Development of a Dilatant Damage Zone Along a Thrust Relay in a Low-Porosity Quartz Arenite Dec. 2005 W. M. Dunne
Bultman, John G. Structure, Stratigraphy and Tectonics of The Northwestern Bays Mountain Synclinorium, Greene and Hawkins Counties Northeast Tennessee Aug. 2005 R. D. Hatcher
Dunn, Tasha L. Identification of Terrestrial Alkalic Rocks Using Thermal Emission Spectroscopy: Applications to Martian Remote Sensing Aug. 2005 H.Y. McSween
Dickerson, Dalphania S. Distribution and Transportation of Coal Tar Contaminants in the Chattanooga Creek Floodplain May 2005 L. McKay
DeAngelis, Michael T. Experimental Investigation of the Breakdown of Dolomite and Isotope Transport in Rock Cores at 100 MPa, 650-750 °C May 2005 T. C. Labotka
Lawson, Jeremy E. Determination of An Appropriate Geometrical Model for Soil Aggregates Based Upon Specific Surface Area Scaling May 2005 E. Perfect
Schultz, Bryan S. Morphological, Textural, Geochemical, and Mineralogical Properties of Dolostone-Derived Residuum in Knox County, Tennessee May 2005 S. G. Driese
Heiny, Christopher J. Joint Size Estimation Using Joint Traces on Borehole Walls Dec. 2004 W. D. Dunne
Heath, Milan A. Structural and Stratigraphic Investigations at the Southwest End of the Tellico-Sevier Syncline, Southeast Tennessee Aug. 2004 R. D. Hatcher
Cahill, Joshua Timothy Petrogenesis of Lunar Highlands Meteorites: DHOFAR025, DHOFAR081, DAR AL GANI262, and DARALGANI400 May 2004 L. A. Taylor
Shunk, Aaron J. Evidence for An Abrupt Latest Miocene-Earliest Pliocene Climate Shift Preserved In A Sinkhole Paleolake At The Gray Fossil Site, Northeastern Tennessee Dec. 2003 S.G. Driese
Smith, Sandra Ann Sedimentation, Pedogenesis, and Paleodrainage Straddling the Neogene-Quaternary Boundary: A Perspective From an Infilled Sinkhole Lake, the Gray Fossil Site, Northeastern, TN, USA Dec. 2003 S.G. Driese
Ober, Eric G. The Paleohydrologic History of Coal Underclays Based on Pennsylvanian Paleosols in Eastern Tennessee Dec. 2003 S.G. Driese
Merschat, Arthur J. Inner Piedmont Tectonics in the Southwestern Brushy Mountains, North Carolina: Field and Laboratory Data Revealing 3-D Crustal Flow Dec. 2003 R. D. Hatcher
Vandewater, Chrisopher J. Investigation of the Geologic Controls on Rockfall Hazard Potential in Tennessee May 2003 W. M. Dunne
Pollock, Mark D. Morphology Of Molar-Tooth Structure in Precambrian Carbonates:Influence of Substrate Rheology and Implications for Genesis May 2003 L.C. Kah
Milam, Keith A. Accuracy of Plagioclase Compositions from Laboratory and Mars SpacecraftThermal E mission Spectra Aug. 2002 H.Y. McSween
Tavernier, Stephen A. Basement Faults in the East Tennessee Seismic Zone: Observations from the Area of the Swan Creek Field May, 2002 R.T. Williams
Settles, David J. Defining The Hayesville-Soque River & Allatoona Faults & an Ordovician Arc Assemblage Within The Central Blue Ridge Northwest of Dahlonega, Georgia May, 2002 R.D. Hatcher
Robinson, Amelia C. A Chronosequence Study of Modern Vertisols and Application to Interpreting the Time Significance of Paleozoic Paleovertisols May, 2002 S.G. Driese
Lawdermilk, Wendy F. Probabilistic-Mechanistic Simulation & Prediction of Bed-Normal Joint Patterns Dec. 2001 W.M. Dunne
Stewart, Melanie A. Quantifying the Bioaccessibility of Chromium Contaminated soil Dec. 2001 L.D. McKay
Smith, Kevin H. Influence of Illuviated Clays and Soil Cements on Hydraulic Conductivity in Sedimentary Saprolite Dec. 2001 L.D. McKay
Riestenberg, David E. Sediment Surface Effects on Methane & Natural Gas Hydrate Formation and Dissociation Dec. 2001 C.I. Mora
Lamb, Dwight D. Geology of the Scaly Mountain Quadrangle, Emphasizing the Structures, Timing, and Emplacement Mechanisms for the Rabun Granodiorite, Eastern Blue Ridge, Southwestern North Carolina Dec. 2001 R.D. Hatcher
Peevler, Janna L. Sulfur Isotope Microanalysis of Sphalerite by SIMS: Constraints on the Genesis of Mississippi Valley-Type Mineralization from the Mascot-Jefferson City District, East Tennessee Aug. 2001 K.C. Misra
Bier, Sara Geology of the Southeastern South Mountains, North Carolina Aug. 2001 R.D. Hatcher
Humbert, Sara Elizabeth Subaerial Paleokarst in the Upper Pennington Formation (upper Mississippian) Limestones at Leatherwood Ford, Big South Fork, Tennessee May 2001 S.G. Driese
Cameron, Milo L. Garnet Zoning, Mineral Inclusions, and P-T Paths: Evidence for a Polymetamorphic History of the Cullowhee Gneiss May,2001 T.C. Labotka
Chamot, Joshua A. Modal Mineralogy of the H-group Chondrites: Progressive Effects of Metamorphism Dec. 2000 H.Y. McSween
Williams, Scott T. Structure, Stratigraphy, and Migmatization In the Southwestern South Mountains, NC Dec, 2000 R.D. Hatcher
Pitner, Andrew H. Experimental Investigations of Factors Controlling the Spread of DNAPL Contamination in undisturbed Columns of Fractured Saprolite Aug. 2000 L.D. McKay
Miller, Dana L. Occurrence & Stable Isotope Compositions Of Soil Carbonate & Organic Matter within A Climatic Transect of Modern Vertisols along The Coastal Prairie of Texas Aug. 2000 C.I. Mora
Gastineau, Heather K. A Test for Oxidation During Metamorphism of L and LL Chondrites Aug. 2000 H.Y. McSween
Hogan, James Patrick L. Calculation of Shortening Due to Outcrop-Scale Deformation and its Relation to Regional Deformation Patterns May, 2000 W.D. Dunne
Rohrbaugh, Melvin B. Estimating Joint Intensity, Density & Mean Tracelength Using Circular Scanlines & Circular Windows May, 2000 W.D. Dunne
Spraggins, Steven Alan Deformation History of a Foreland Thrust Belt in a Recess: An Example from the Roanoke Recess, Appalachians, USA Dec. 1999 W.M. Dunne
Giorgis, Scott D. Geology of the Northwestern South Mountains Near Morganton, North Carolina Dec, 1999 R.D. Hatcher
Giorgis, Scott D. Geology of the Northwestern South Mountains Near Morganton, North Carolina Dec, 1999 R.D. Hatcher
Bream, Brendan R. Structural and Stratigraphic Relationships of Ortho-and-Paragneisses southwest of Marion, N.C. Dec, 1999 R.D. Hatcher
Ottinger, Gary A. Depositional and Diagenetic Relationships of the Honaker-Nolichucky Formational Boundary (Middle Cambrian, Conasauga Group) Southern Appalachians Aug, 1999 K.R. Walker
Hill, Joseph C. Stratigraphy, Structure, and Tectonics of Part of the Southern Appalachian Inner Piedmont, Near Marion, North Carolina Aug, 1999 R.D. Hatcher
Remley, David A. Petrogenesis of Eclogite Xenoliths from the Obnazhennaya Kimberlite Pipe, Yakutia, Russia May, 1999 L.A. Taylor
Nester, Peter L. Holocene Climate of Eastern Upper Michigan: Stratigraphic, Stable Isotope and Charcoal Analyses from Sediments of Nelson Lake, Mackinac County, Michigan May, 1999 P.A. Delcourt
Mayes, Melanie A. Multispecies Contaminant Transport in Undisturbed Columns of Weathered Fractured Saprolite May, 1999 C.I. Mora
King, David C. Interpretation of Stable Isotope Compositions of Pedogenic Carbonate Late Silurian to Late Devonian Paleosols, Appalachian Basin Dec. 1998 C.I. Mora
Haun, Deirdre Diana B. Influence of Ionic Strength and Cation Valence on Transport of Colloid-Sized Particles in Fractured Shale Saprolite Dec. 1998 L.M. McKay
Cropper, S. Clark Experimental Measurements of Capillary Pressure-Saturation Drainage of Air and Dnapl in Fractured Shale Saprolite Dec. 1998 L.D. McKay
Hale, Valerie Slater A Re-Evaluation of Cumulus Pyroxene Estimates and Oxidation State for the Shergotty Meteorite Aug. 1998 H.Y. McSween
Curl, Douglas C. Stratigraphy and Structure of Wellford and Reidville Quadrangles in Part of the Eastern Inner Piedmont, Near Spartanburg, South Carolina Aug. 1998 R.D. Hatcher
Zondlo, Thomas F. Identification of Subaqueous Groundwater Discharge to Large Scale Surface Water Bodies, East Tennessee Technology Park Site, DOE Oak Ridge Reservation, Oak Ridge, Tennessee May, 1998 L.D. McKay
Pridmore, Donna Jo Evolution of a Conceptual Model: Tritium Concentration vs Discharge in First-order Tributaries Draining Oak Ridge National Laboratory Dec. 1997 D.W. Byerly
Howard, Kevin M. Behavior of Fluorobenzoic Acid Groundwater Tracers in a Highly Fractured Shale Saprolite Dec. 1997 L.D. McKay
Kuebler, Karla Elizabeth A Test of Nebular Sorting Mechanisms: Are Chondrules and Metal-Troilite Grains in Ordinary Chondrites Mass Equivalent? Dec. 1997 H.Y. McSween
Dean, Gray Evolutionary Flux in Fossil Ecinoids: New Metrics for Old Dogmas Aug. 1997 M.L. McKinney
Ansley, Jane Elizabeth The Sedimentology and Stratigraphy of the York River Formation at Anse-á-Brillant, Gaspé, Québec, Canada Aug. 1997 S.G. Driese
Montes, Camilo The Greenbrier and Hayesville Faults in Central-Western North Carolina May, 1997 R.D. Hatcher
Martin, Steven Lee Stratigraphy and Structure of Part of the Western Blue Ridge FoothillsNear Tellico Plains, Southeastern Tennessee May, 1997 R.D. Hatcher
Howard, Stacy B. Relating Geographic Range, Abundance, and Species Richness in Living and Fossil Echinoids May, 1997 M.L. McKinney
Cumbie, Dennis H. Laboratory Scale Investigations into the Influence of Particle Diameter on Colloid Transport in Highly Weathered and Fractured Shale Saprolite May, 1997 L.D. McKay
Blackburn, Charles Grant The Geologic and Hydrologic Factors Influencing Acid Mine Drainage at a Surface Coal Mine in East Tennessee: An Environmental Case History May, 1997 D.W. Byerly
Harton, Angela Deanne Influence of Flow Rate on Transport of Bacteriophage in a Column of Highly Weathered and Fractured Shale Dec. 1996 L.D. McKay
Callis, Joseph G. Imaging Geologically Recent Faults Near Pembroke, Virginia, Using Seismic Reflection and Ground Penetrating Radar Dec. 1996 R. T. Williams
Stefaniak, Andrew The Stratigraphy and Depositional History of the Middle Cambrian Rutledge Limestone, East Tennessee Aug. 1996 K.R. Walker
Stafford, Paige L. Simulation of a Field Scale Tritium Tracer Experiment in a Fractured, Weathered Shale Using Discrete-Fracture / Matrix-Diffusion and Equivalent Porous Medium Models May, 1996 L.D. McKay
Kolesnikov, Alexy Yurievick Response of a Three-Component Geophone to Non-Vertically Incident Seismic Waves May, 1996 R.T. Williams
Higgins, Stefan John Petrology and Geochemistry of the Early Proterozoic Burakovsky Layered Intrusion Southern Karelia, Russia May, 1996 L. A. Taylor
Thorbjornsen, Karen Three-Dimenstional Development of Thrust-related Fold: An Example From the Tuscarora Sandstone, Browns, Mountain Anticlinorium, West Virginia Dec. 1995 W.M. Dunne
Heller, James Andrew The Bryozoan Paleoecology of the Florala Limestone Member of the Bridgeboro Limestone, Southeastern Covington County, Alabama, and Walton County, Florida Dec. 1995 M.L. McKinney
Jones, Steven Bolling Characterizing the Hydrogeologic System of the Valley and Ridge Province Using Natural Seeps and Springs Near Oak Ridge, Tennessee Aug. 1995 R.D. HatcherC.I. Mora
Geddes, Donald James Stratigraphy, Structure, and Environmental Site Assessment of a Portion of the Western Blue Ridge, Monroe County, Tennessee Aug. 1995 R.D. Hatcher
Tingle, Anthony Robinson A Geochemical Assessment of Highway Construction Through Sulfidic Rocks. May, 1995 D.W. Byerly
Sheldon, Brian Thomas An Oxygen Isotope Study of Illitization and Diagenesis in Appalachian Vertic Paleosols. May, 1995 C.I. Mora
Halleran, Amy Lynn Comparison of Hydrologic Cycle Components for Pre-Storm Conditions, Walker Branch Watershed, Oak Ridge Reservation. May, 1995 C.I. Mora
Davidson, Gilbert Landon The Tectono-Metamorphic History of a Portion of the Eastern Blue Ridge, Jackson County, North Carolina. May, 1995 T.C. Labotka
Chambers, John Gregory Mineralogical and Petrographical Characterization of Lunar Mare Soils and Basalts for Resource Utilization. May, 1995 L.A. Taylor
Yanagihara, Gregory M. Structure, Stratigraphy, and Metamorphism of a Part of the Columbus Promontory, Western Inner Piedmont, North Carolina. May, 1994 R.D. Hatcher
Goldman, Mark Robert Seismic Images of an Artificial Magma. May, 1994 R.T. Williams
Fraracci, Kathy N. Diamondiferous Eclogite, Xenoliths from the Mir Kimberlite, Yakutia, Siberia: Geochemistry and Petrogenesis. May, 1994 L.A. Taylor
Carter, Mark Wayne Stratigraphy and Structure of Part of the Blue Ridge Foothills, Polk and Monroe Counties, Tennessee. May, 1994 R.D. Hatcher
Caldanaro, Anthony John Trading Space For Time: An Example of Fold Development From the Central Appalachians. May, 1994 W.M. Dunne