People
Research Area
Structural Geology and Petrology
Advisor
John Cottle
Research Area
Marine Science
Advisor
David Lea
PhD Dissertation
In progress
Research Area
Sedimentology; Coastal processes
Advisor
Alex Simms
Thesis/Dissertation
Microbial Oxidation of Marine Hydrocarbons: Quantifying Rates of Methane, Ethane, Propane, and Butane Consumption
Research Area
Geochemistry
Advisor
Dave Valentine
Thesis/Dissertation
Application of micro-CT and Elliptic Fourier Analysis on Molar Outline Shape for Group Discrimination among Notoungulates
Research Area
Paleobiology
Advisor
Andy Wyss
Dissertation
Late Cretaceous tectonic evolution of the Deep Creek-Kern Mountains, eastern Nevada and western Utah: Magmatically induced large-scale folding, dynamothermal metamorphism and ductile strain at mid- to upper-crustal levels in the Sevier hinterland
Research Area
Advisor
Phil Gans
Thesis/Dissertation
Planktonic Foraminifereal Faunal Study and Mg/Ca -Temperature Calibration at the Hawaii Ocean Time Series
Research Area
Climatology
Advisor
David Lea
Area of Research:
Cambrian paleontology and biostratigraphy
Thesis/Dissertation
Quaternary Chronology and Uplift of Gaviota Coast Marine Terraces, Santa Barbara County, CA
Advisor
Ed Keller
Tectonic geomorphology and active tectonics.
Dissertation
Dating Deformation with Titanite
Research Area
Advisor
Brad Hacker
Thesis/Dissertation
Stratigraphy, structure, and geochronology of the Abanico Formation in the Principal Cordillera, central Chile: Evidence of protracted volcanism and implications for Andean tectonics”
Research Areas
Tectonics, Structure
Advisor
Phil Gans
Dissertation
In progress
Research Area
Coastal Geology
Advisor
Alex Simms
Thesis/Dissertation
Two New Oligocene “Notohippids” (Mammalia, Notoungulata, Toxodontia) from the Central Chilean Andes: Taxonomy and Phylogenetics
Research Area
Advisor
Andy Wyss
Thesis/Dissertation
Crustal extension and magmatism during the mid-Cenozoic ignimbrite flare-up in the Guazapares Mining District and Cerocahui basin regions, northern Sierra Madre Occidental, western Chihuahua, Mexico
Research Areas
Tectonics, Sedimentology, Volcanology
Advisor
Phil Gans
Thesis/Dissertation
The Hillslope Signature of Knickpoints Resulting from Stream Capture, Coastal Processes, and Resistant Bedrock on Santa Cruz Island, CA: Insights from an Automated Knickpoint-Selection Algorithm
Research Area
Geomorphology
Advisor
Doug Burbank
Thesis/Dissertation
Thermodynamic and Transport Properties of Na-Ca Aluminosilicate Liquids and Glasses by Molecular Dynamics Simulations at Elevated Temperature and Pressure
Research Areas
Silicate liquid thermodynamics, mantle processes, petrology, volcanology
Advisor
Frank Spera
Thesis/Dissertation
Estimates of Hydrologic Properties in Upper Ocean Crust of Juan de Fuca Ridge Eastern Flank Using Sulfur Hexafluoride Gas Tracer in Cross-Hole Multi-Scale Injection Experiment
Research Area
Hydrology (Geochemistry, Environmental)
Advisor
Jordan Clark
Thesis/Dissertation
Investigating the secular geochemical and geodynamic evolution of accretionary orogens with zircon petrochronology: A case study from West Antarctica
Research Areas
Geochemistry, Geochronology, Igneous Petrology, Magma Dynamics, Mantle Processes
Advisor
John Cottle
Thesis/Dissertation
Late Pleistocene to Holocene environmental history of Devereux Slough
Advisor
Alex Simms
Dissertation
In progress
Research Area
Coastal Geology
Advisor
Alex Simms
Dissertation
In progress
Research Area
Paleoclimate
Advisor
Lorraine Lisiecki
Dissertation
Structural Evolution of an Extensional Terrane Margin: Case Studies from the Colorado River Extensional Corridor, Southeastern California, USA
Research Area
Advisor
Phil Gans
Areas of Research
Active faulting, tectonics, and seismicity of California;marine geophysics; subsurface imaging and 3D visualization
Thesis/Dissertation
Structural Evolution of the Central Schell Creek Range, White Pine County, Nevada
Research Areas
Geologic Field Mapping, Structure
Advisors
Phil Gans & John Cottle
PhD Dissertation
Potential for stable minor sulfur isotope tracer to measure microbial sulfur reduction rate and fractionation values simultaneously.
Research Area
Organic geochemistry
Advisor
Morgan Raven
Dissertation
In progress
Research Area
Geophysics
Advisor
Robin Matoza
Thesis/Dissertation
Estuarine Response to Disturbance: A Holocene Record of Storm Episodes and Seismicity as Preserved in Coastal Systems
Advisor
Alex Simms
Dissertation
Late Holocene Environmental History of UC Santa Barbara, Campus Lagoon
Research Area
Geomorphology
Advisor
Ed Keller
Thesis
In progress
Research Area
Geophysics
Advisor
Robin Matoza
Areas of Research
Paleoceanography; Paleoclimatology; Foraminiferal Micropaleontology
Area of research:
Biological carbon pump, Marine carbon cycle, Response of plankton to climate change and oil spills.
Dissertation
In progress
Research Area
Geomorphology
Advisor
Kristin Morell
Environmental Studies: Water Resources Engineering, Groundwater Science & Policy
Thesis/Dissertation
Compilation of deglacial benthic stable carbon isotope data for reconstructing ocean circulation change, terrestrial biosphere change, and 3D visualizations
Research Areas
Paleoclimatology, Paleoceanography
Advisor
Lorraine Lisiecki
Thesis
Distributed Extension across the Ethiopian Rift and Plateau Illuminated by Joint Inversion of Surface Waves and Scattered Body Waves
Research Area
Seismology
Advisor
Zach Eilon
Thesis/Dissertation
Petrochronology of Ultrapotassic Intrusive Rocks and Associated Rare Earth Element-Bearing Carbonatite, Mountain Pass, California
Research Areas
Geochemistry, Geochronology, Igneous Petrology
Advisor
John Cottle
Precambrian and Cambrian Paleobiology, Early Eukaryote and Early Animal Evolution, the Evolution of Biomineralization.
Thesis/Dissertation
Geochemical evidence for the incorporation of multiple hotspot components in the Lau and North Fiji Backarc Basi
Research Areas
Geochemistry, Geochronology, Geodynamics, Mantle Processes, Marine Geology/Geophysics/Geochemistry
Advisor
Matt Jackson
Seismology, Tomography, Seismic Instrumentation and Learning Technology
Dissertation
Onset and Deglaciation of Cryogenian Snowball Earth
Research Area
Geology
Advisor
Francis Macdonald
Dissertation
In progress
Research Area
Coastal Geology
Advisor
Alex Simms
Thesis/Dissertation
In progress
Research Area
Advisor
David Valentine
Research Area
Hydrogeology, Fluvial Process Morphology
Advisor
Jordan Clark
Thesis/Dissertation
Structural and Metamorphic Controls on Gold Mineralization in the Rochford District: A Comparison to the Homestake Mine, Black Hills, South Dakota
Research Areas
Field Geology/Mapping, Structural Geology
Advisor
Phil Gans