People
- Alumnus
- PhD Spring 2015
Thesis/Dissertation
Himalaya gneiss dome formation, focused radiogenic heating in southern Madagascar, and fertilization of the Neoproterozoic ocean by mantle-derived phosphorus
Research Areas
Geochronology, Tectonics
Advisor
Brad Hacker
- Alumnus
- MS Spring 2017
Thesis/Dissertation
In Situ Observations of Seismic wave propagation
Research Area
Seismology
Advisor
Jaimie Steidl
- Alumna
- PhD Summer 2015
Thesis/Dissertation
Interactions of tectonics, climate, and deposition in intermontane basins on the margin of the Puna Plateau, NW Argentina
Research Area
Tectonics, Geomorphology, Structural Geology, Stratigraphy
Advisor
Doug Burbank
- PhD
- August 2020
Dissertation
Multi-mineral petrochronology of polymetamorphic terranes
Research Area
Petrochronology
Advisor
John Cottle
- Alumnus
- MS June 2017
Thesis/Dissertation
A comparison of four age model techniques for Iberian Margin sediment cores from 0 to 140,000 years ago
Advisor
Lorraine Lisiecki
- Alumnus
- MS Winter 2018
Thesis/Dissertation
Stratigraphy and geochronology of the Nacientes del Teno and Rio Damas formations: insights into Middle to Late Jurassic Andean volcanism
Research Areas
Tectonics, Structural Geology
Advisor
Phil Gans
- PhD; Summer 2019
Thesis/Dissertation
Chemical and microbial insights from a deep sea disposal site.
Research Area
Marine Science (IGPMS)
Advisor
David Valentine
- Alumna
- MS Summer 2018
Thesis/Dissertation
Landslides: Geomorphology and Sea Cliff Hazard Potential, Santa Barbara - Isla Vista, California
Research Area
Geomorphology
Advisor
Ed Keller
- Alumna
- MS Fall 2010
Research Area
Tectonics
Advisor
Cathy Busby
- Alumna
- PhD Summer 2018
Thesis/Dissertation
Excitation of seismic waves by the atmosphere: monitoring severe weather with modern digital seismic data
Research Areas
Geophysics, Seismology
Advisor
Toshiro Tanimoto
- Alumnus
- PhD Summer 2014
Thesis/Dissertation
Time-scales of crustal anatexis: monazite petrochronology of Himalayan granites
Research Areas
Structural Geology, Tectonics
Advisor
John Cottle
- MS; Summer 2019
Dissertation
Hydroclimate Reconstruction of Semi-Arid Central Asia: Insights from a Kyrgyz Speleothem.
Research Area
Advisor
Syee Weldeab
- Alumnus
- PhD Fall 2014
Thesis/Dissertation
Multiple double-couple analysis of recent large earthquakes and its application in detecting the dynamic stress triggering events
Research Area
Geophysics
Advisor
Chen Ji
- Alumnus
- PhD Fall 2013
Thesis/Dissertation
Broadband Simulation With Physics-based Seismic Source Models
Research Areas
Seismic Wave Propagations, Seismic Source Dynamics
Advisor
Ralph Archuleta
- Alumnus
- PhD Summer 2015
Thesis/Dissertation
Holocene sea-level, climate, and estuarine stratrigraphy of Baffin Bay, Texas: studying past changes in coastal systems to elucidate future coastal response to changing sea-level and climate
Research Areas
Coastal Geology, Sedimentology
Advisor
Alex Simms
- Alumna
- MS Fall 2010
Research Area
Paleobotany, Geochronology
Advisor
Bruce Tiffney
- Alumnus
- MS Winter 2013
Research Area
Geothermal Systems
Advisor
Frank Spera
- Lecturer
Areas of Research/Interests:
Vertebrate paleontology
Education
- Alumna
- MS Fall 2020
Thesis
Southern African Monsoon strengthening and weakening of Mozambique Channel through flow during Heinrich events
Research Area
Paleoclimatology
Advisor
Syee Weldeab
- Alumnus;Phd Spring 2022
Dissertation
Nonlinear propagation and topographic diffraction of volcano infrasound
Research Area
Volcano infrasound, Volcano seismology
Advisor
Robin Matoza
- Alumnus
- PhD Fall 2011
Research Area
Magma Dynamics
Advisor
Frank Spera
- Alumna
- MS Spring 2012
Research Areas
Paleoclimatology, Paleoceanography, Geomorphology
Advisor
Syee Weldeab
- Alumnus
- PhD Spring 2021
Thesis/Dissertation
Insights into South American Native Ungulate and Caviomorph Paleobiology
Research Area
Advisor
Andy Wyss
- Alumnus
- MS Spring 2014
Research Area
Structural Geology and Petrology
Advisor
John Cottle
- Alumna
- PhD Summer 2011
Research Area
Marine Science
Advisor
David Lea
- Alumna
- PhD Winter 2015
Thesis/Dissertation
Microbial Oxidation of Marine Hydrocarbons: Quantifying Rates of Methane, Ethane, Propane, and Butane Consumption
Research Area
Geochemistry
Advisor
Dave Valentine
- Alumnus
- MS Spring 2016
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
- Alumna
- MS Summer 2016
Thesis/Dissertation
Planktonic Foraminifereal Faunal Study and Mg/Ca -Temperature Calibration at the Hawaii Ocean Time Series
Research Area
Climatology
Advisor
David Lea
- Alumnus
- MS Summer 2018
Thesis/Dissertation
Quaternary Chronology and Uplift of Gaviota Coast Marine Terraces, Santa Barbara County, CA
Advisor
Ed Keller
- Alumnus
- PhD Fall 2013
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
- Alumnus
- MS March 2019
Thesis/Dissertation
Two New Oligocene “Notohippids” (Mammalia, Notoungulata, Toxodontia) from the Central Chilean Andes: Taxonomy and Phylogenetics
Research Area
Advisor
Andy Wyss
- Alumnus
- PhD Spring 2014
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
- Alumnus
- Summer 2015
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
- PhD; June 2017
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
- Alumna
- MS Fall 2014
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
- Alumnus
- PhD Summer 2018
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
- Alumnus
- MS Winter 2018
Thesis/Dissertation
Late Pleistocene to Holocene environmental history of Devereux Slough
Advisor
Alex Simms
- MS Program;Lapsed
Dissertation
In progress
Research Area
Coastal Geology
Advisor
Alex Simms
- Alumnus
- MS Fall 2019
Dissertation
Structural Evolution of an Extensional Terrane Margin: Case Studies from the Colorado River Extensional Corridor, Southeastern California, USA
Research Area
Advisor
Phil Gans
- Alumnus
- MS Fall 2013
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
- Alumnus
- MS Spring 2018
Thesis/Dissertation
Estuarine Response to Disturbance: A Holocene Record of Storm Episodes and Seismicity as Preserved in Coastal Systems
Advisor
Alex Simms
- Alumna
- PhD Fall 2016
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
- Alumnus
- MS Winter 2022
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
- Alumnus
- MS Spring 2015
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
- Alumna
- PhD Fall 2016
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
- Alumna
- MS Winter 2013
Research Area
Hydrogeology, Fluvial Process Morphology
Advisor
Jordan Clark
- MS candidate
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
- Alumnus
- PhD Summer 2018
Thesis/Dissertation
Investigating mantle isotopic heterogeneity from the micro- to regional scale with high precision mass spectrometry
Advisor
Matt Jackson
- Alumna
- PhD Winter 2018
Thesis/Dissertation
The Late Quaternary Evolution of the Southern California Coast: Sea-Level Change, Storms, and Subsidence
Research Areas
Sedimentology, Quaternary Geology
Advisor
Alex Simms