Published Theses 1990-1999

  1990 | 1991 | 1992 | 1993 | 1994 | 1995 | 1996 | 1997 | 1998 | 1999

1990

• 1990. Bachhuber, Jeffrey L. Engineering Geology, and Seismic and Landslide Hazards of the Scotts Valley Area, Santa Cruz County, California. 105 p.
• 1990. Brown, Cynthia L. Depositional History at a Site in the Northwestern Gulf of Mexico Revealed by Tephrochronology and Oxygen Isotope Stratigraphy. 100 p.
• 1990. Cooper, Jon W. A Geophysical Study of the Hydrogeology of the Carrizo Plain Area San Luis Obispo, California. 77 p.
• 1990. Ho, Brian D. Stratigraphy and Depositional History of the Bird Spring Formation (Pennsylvanian to Permian) Spring Mountains, Southern Nevada. 127 p.
• 1990. Isaacson, Kathleen A. Late Tertiary Synorogenic Sedimentation, Livermore Basin, California. 104 p.
• 1990. Johnson, Philip L. Laramide Basin Subsidence and Fluvial Architecture of the Fort Union and Wasatch Formations, Southern Green River Basin, Wyoming. 146 p.
• 1990. Romie, John E. Computer-Assisted Geologic Investigation of the Blucher Valley Landslide, Sebastopol, California. 98 p.
      *COLLEGE OF SCIENCE; Best Student Researcher 1990/1991 - First Place*
• 1990. Toney, Kenneth C. A Hydrogeological Investigation of Ground Water Recharge near the Drainage Retention Basin, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Livermore, California. 252 p.
• 1990. Trumm, David A. Fluvial Stratigraphy, and Depositional History of Los Gatos Creek, Coalinga, California. 159 p.

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1991

• 1991. Alger, Christopher S. Debris Flows and the Morphogenesis of Hollows Near Sunol, Alameda County, California. 105 p.
• 1991. Moore, Donald W. Stratigraphy, Sedimentology, & Provenance of the Lower Campanian Forbes and Marsh Creek Formations, Southern Sacramento & Northern San Joaquin Basins, CA. 194 p.
      *OUTSTANDING UNIVERSITY THESIS AWARD 1991/1992 - Second Place*
• 1991. Ostergren, Carol L. Tephrochronology of Core E67-126A, Northwestern Gulf of Mexico. 95 p.
• 1991. Pease, Victoria L. The Miocene Dike Swarm of the Mohave Mountains, Arizona: Petrography, Geochemistry, Geochronology, and Paleomagnetism. 166 p.
• 1991. Serena, David B. 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 M. Physical Modelling of Transpressional Strike-slip Faulting: Implications for Deformational Styles Surrounding the San Andreas Fault Zone. 116 p.
• 1991. Willahan, Daune E. 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

• 1992. Hamilton, Christopher F. 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.

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1993

• 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 F. 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 E. Late Cenozoic Tectonics of the Southern Inyo Mountains, Eastern, California. 84 p.
      *OUTSTANDING UNIVERSITY THESIS AWARD 1993/1994- First Place*
• 1993. Kirschner, James C. Precipitation-Runoff Modeling System for the Blackwood Creek Drainage Basin, Placer County, California. 219 p.
• 1993. Mariant, Judy J. Origin of Sediment Ripple Bands and Zones on the Inner Shelf of Southern Monterey Bay, California. 63 p.
• 1993. Rosenberg, Lewis I. 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

• 1994. Dugan, William R. The Hydrogeology of Doall Ravine and Northern Portions of Elk Ravine Lawrence Livermore Laboratory Site 300. 43 p.
• 1994. LaChappelle, Robert. Taxonomy and Paleobiogeography of Permian Massive Thysanophyllinae. 98 p.
• 1994. Reddig, Brian D. Characteristics of Slope Failures in a position of the Santa Clara Formation, Saratoga Foothills, Santa Clara County, California. 158 p.
• 1994. Schackman, Martha A. 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 J. A Geophysical Investigation of the Arroyo Seco Area, Monterey County, California. 55 p.

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1995

• 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

• 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. Cook, George E., II. The Efficacy of Soil Vapor Extraction in Remediation of a Gasoline Spill. 109 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.  
• 1996. 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**

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1997

• 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. 

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1998

• 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. 

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1999

• 1999. Berube, Nathan. Geologic Properties of the Cleveland Corral Landslide, Riverton, California. 131 p.
• 1999. Bogar, Robert S. Paleoseismic Investigations of the Maacama Fault, Near Talmage California. 82 p.
• 1999. Klaus, Alisa C. Quaternary Alluvial Surfaces and Deformation, Monterey County, California. 106 p.
• 1999. Malzonen, Christopher M. Tidal Scour and its Relation to Erosion and Sediment Transport in Elkhorn Slough. 73 p.
• 1999. Parent, Laura A. Petrology and Petrogenesis of the Cardinal Peak Pluton, North Cascades, Washington. 130 p. 

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