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2011

Spring

Benjamin Breeden A stable isotopic investigation of resource partitioning among neosauropod dinosaurs of the Upper Jurassic Morrison Formation
Advisor: Thomas Holtz, Alan Jay Kaufman, Matthew Carrano
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Jennifer Collins Locating the Westminster-Potomac Terrane Boundary in the Maryland Piedmont Province
Advisor: Aaron Martin, Philip Piccoli
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Brian Connolly HSE and Re-Os systematics of the 3.3 Ga Weltevreden komatiites from the Barberton Greenstone Belt, South Africa: Implications for early Earth’s mantle evolution
Advisor: Igor Puchtel
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Adam Farrell Carbon Dioxide Storage in Stable Carbonate Minerals
Advisor: Michael Evans
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James Keane Lithospheric Extension on Icy Satellites
Advisor: Laurent Montesi
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Gerasimos Michalitsianos Time Dependence of Postseismic Creep Following Two Strike-Slip Earthquakes
Advisor: Laurent Montesi
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Rebecca Ohly Geochemistry of apatite from the carbonatite and associated alkaline rocks of the Magnet Cove Igneous Complex, Hot Spring County, Arkansas
Advisor: Philip Piccoli
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Katherine Watter Water Weakening and Temperature Effects on the Deformation and Transport Properties of Indiana Limestone
Advisor: Wenlu Zhu
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Fall

Amanda Bender The Angiosperm Advantage: Evidence from carbon isotopes and the fossil record
Advisor: Nathan Jud, Alan Jay Kaufman, Thomas Holtz
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Greg Polley A Study of the Δ33S Signature of Xenoliths from the Premier Kimberlite, South Africa
Advisor: Sarah Penniston-Dorland, James Farquhar
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Tess Van Orden Impact of Stream Channel Urbanization on Dissolved O2 Concentrations
Advisor: Sujay Kaushal
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