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Senior Independent Study Theses from 2023

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Utilizing Selective Seed Breeding to Optimize Carbon Sequestration in Winter Wheat in Wooster, Ohio, Grace A. Braver
Department: Earth Sciences; Geology

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The Morphology, Speleogenesis, and Classification of Cave Turnips in Lehman Caves, Great Basin National Park, Nevada (U.S.A.), Ryan James Johnston
Department: Geology

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Uniaxial Compression of FOAMGLAS® and Bubble Deformation, Lauren Kreeger
Department: Geology

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The Nuclear Densitometer: Its Design, Use in Construction, and an Experimental Application, Adeline N. Tagg
Department: Geology

Senior Independent Study Theses from 2022

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Tracing Source Material For Bræðravirki Ridge Through Isotopic Analysis, Layali N. Banna
Department: Geology; Earth Sciences

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Unearthing The Effects Of European-American Settlement On A Northeast Ohio Kettle Lake Through Diatom Stratigraphy, Justine Paul A. Berina
Department: Earth Sciences; Geology

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Creating An ArcGIS Dashboard For Climate Data Management And Visualization, Sydney Noel Case
Department: Earth Sciences; Geology

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Analyzing The Effects Of Climate Change On Glacier Loss In The Himalayan Region And The Agriculture Economies Of The Indo-Gangetic Plains Using GIS Techniques, Srushti Chaudhari
Department: Earth Sciences; Geology

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Modeling Meets Mirror Lake: How Highly Urbanized Areas Influence Surface Water- Groundwater Interactions At The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio, Mazvita Marilyn Chikomo, Shelley Judge, Audrey H. Sawyer, and Kathleen M. Meiner
Department: Earth Sciences; Geology

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Model Of A Biotic Hard Substrate Community: Paleoecology Of Large Trepostome Bryozoans From The Upper Ordovician (Katian) Of The Cincinnati Region, Usa, Kate Runciman
Department: Earth Sciences; Geology

Senior Independent Study Theses from 2021

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Glacier Bay and Ice Extent: The Relationship between the Tlingit People and Glacier Bay National Park and Preserve, Alaska, Claire Cerne
Department: Geology

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Lateral Volcanic Blasts and Why They Occur, Grant D. Holter
Department: Earth Sciences; Geology

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Microbial Structures of the Middle Jurassic (Bajocian) Carmel Formation, Southwest Utah, William M. Santella
Department: Geology

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The Development of a Procedure for the PXRF Analysis of Soil Cation Exchange Capacity in Collaboration with Colorado Farmers, Claire E. Wineman
Department: Geology

Senior Independent Study Theses from 2020

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Bad neighbors: Do race and income affect how close people live to industrial sites?, Sarah P. Bonnelle-Roberts
Department: Geology

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Land Use Change and Its Effect on Eye Size Morphology in Western Blacknose Dace Rhinichthys obtusus, Matthew Thomas Conrad
Department: Biology; Geology

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Ooids of the Middle Jurassic Co-op Creek Limestone Member in the Carmel Formation, Southwestern Utah, Anna M. Cooke
Department: Geology

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A Geochemical Study of Bræðravirki Ridge (Western Volcanic Zone, Iceland) Reveals Regional Glaciovolcanic Variations and Complex Tindar Construction, Hannah Grachen
Department: Geology

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Sourcing Groundwater Contamination From Possible Mine Drainage in Navarre, Ohio Using MODFLOW, Alexis Lanier
Department: Geology

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A History of Groundwater Pollution and Treatment in Wooster, Ohio, Mason G. Minerva
Department: Geology

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Paleoenvironments containing Coryphodon in the Fort Union and Willwood Formations Spanning the Paleocene-Eocene Thermal Maximum (PETM), Bighorn Basin, Wyoming, Emily N. Randall
Department: Geology

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Paleoecology of Bivalves in the Carmel Formation (Middle Jurassic, Bajocian) of Utah, Evan L. Shadbolt
Department: Geology

Senior Independent Study Theses from 2019

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Petrogenesis of Braedvikir Tindar, Western Volcanic Zone, Iceland, Simon E. Crawford-Muscat
Department: Geology

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An Analysis of Fractures around the Sevier Fault Zone near Orderville, Utah, Charley H. Hankla
Department: Geology

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Can Heat Flux Data from Ocean Reanalyses Predict Seasonal Arctic Sea Ice Retreat?, Ben Sershen
Department: Geology

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Using Tree Rings to Date Historical Structures and to Better Understand the Land Use History of Northeast Ohio, Juwan L. Shabazz
Department: Geology

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Structural Comparison of the Deformation Styles in the Arapien Formation (Twelvemile Canyon Member: Hardy Units B and C), Ninemile Reservoir, Central Utah, Michael A. Thomas
Department: Geology

Senior Independent Study Theses from 2018

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Quantifying the Impact of Drought on Vegetation Through Remote Sensing in Northwest Jordan, 1998 to 2017, Amineh B. AlBashaireh
Department: Geology

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Geologists With Borders: American Scientific and Cultural Interactions with Europe and Japan after the 1906 San Francisco Earthquake, Brandon B. Bell
Department: Geology; History

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A Morphological Study of Pillow Lavas: Generating New Data on Submarine Pillows Along the 8°20’ N Seamount Chain, Eve M. Caudill
Department: Geology

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Encrusting Sclerobiont Paleoecology and Bioerosion Of Oysters in the Type Campanian (Upper Cretaceous) of Southwestern France, Macy A. Conrad
Department: Geology

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Climate change and GLOFs: A Multi-Locational Meta-Analysis on the Peak Discharge and Flood Volume of Glacial Lake Outburst Floods, Michael N. Craigmile
Department: Geology

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An Analysis of Caddisfly Larval Cases from Bioherms in the Upper Green River Formation, White Hill Cuesta, Ephraim, Utah, Peter B. Hurst
Department: Geology

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River Development and Incision on Dominica, West Indies, Cole Jimerson
Department: Geology

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The Effects of Low-Molecular-Weight Organic Ligands on Gallium and Aluminum Mineral Weathering and Soil Sorption, Benjamin W. Kumpf
Department: Geology

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Stratigraphy and the Origin of Silica at Gal Hill, Green River Formation, Sanpete County, Utah: A Petrographic and Geochemical Study, Eduardo Luna
Department: Geology

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Predictability of Arctic Sea Ice 1800-2013, Christopher Menolasino
Department: Geology

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Locality Test of the Simple Ocean Data Assimilation (SODA) in the Bering Strait, Jacob Nowell
Department: Art and Art History; Geology

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The Richmondian Invasion of the Late Ordovician of Cincinnati with a Focus on Trepostome Bryozoans, or the Ekphrastic Geologist and Other Essays, Matthew Shearer
Department: English; Geology

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The Interpreted Depositional Environment of Large Oncoids from the Flagstaff Formation, San Pitch Mountains, Central Utah, Mara Sheban
Department: Geology

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Reconstructing the Cretaceous Paleoenvironmental and Paleoecological Setting of Salina Canyon Using Paleosols, Sevier County, Utah, U.S.A., Emmett Werthmann
Department: Geology

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Urban Surface Material Mapping Using Very High Resolution Hyperspectral Imagery and Thermal Imagery, Feiyi Wu
Department: Geology

Senior Independent Study Theses from 2017

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Improving p-XRF Capabilities for In Situ Geochemical Analysis: A Case Study of Arkansas's Magnet Cove and Stanley Shale, Elizabeth Backman
Department: Chemistry; Geology

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Brachiopods of the Decorah Formation exposed in northeastern Iowa and southeastern Minnesota (Sandbian, Upper Ordovician), Dominique B. Bell
Department: Geology

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Exploring the Significance of Water in Crystallographic Formation Through the Analysis of Olivine, George C. Buehler
Department: Geology

Magnetic Susceptibility as an Indicator of Anthropogenic Alteration to Three Wisconsin Temperate Lakes, Andrew L. Conaway
Department: Geology

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Iron ooids in the Decorah Formation (Upper Ordovician, Sandbian), in southeastern Minnesota, Etienne V. Fang
Department: Geology

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Animating the Dynamic of Columbia Glacier, Prince William Sound, Alaska, Conner Gelwicks
Department: Geology

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Modeling Glacier Mass Balance and Glacial Dating in Alaska, Jeffrey Gunderson
Department: Geology

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High Resolution Remote Sensing: Detection and Monitoring of Polychlorinated Biphenyls (PCBs) in the San Francisco Bay, Annette E. Hilton
Department: Geology

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Origin and paleoecology of ferruginous oncoids ("snuff-boxes") of the Middle Jurassic (Bajocian) in the Inferior Oolite Group of southern England and northern France, Cassidy D. Jester
Department: Geology

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Lithologic and Well Log Analysis of a Four Well Case Study, in Morrow County, Ohio, Kevin M. Komara
Department: Geology

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Western tropical Atlantic hydrology changes during abrupt climate events in the last glacial interval, Sarah M. McGrath
Department: Geology

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An Analysis of the Erosion at Wooster Memorial Park near Wooster, Ohio, Sharron Osterman
Department: Geology

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Projection of Groundwater Pumping Sustainability in Volta Wildlife Refuge, Merced County, CA, Helen Siegel
Department: Geology

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Assessing the Life Modes of Conodonts within the Decorah Shale (Late Ordovician of Southeastern Minnesota and Northeastern Iowa), Dean E. Thomas
Department: Geology

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Paleo-Ice Thickness of a Glaciovolcanic Tindar Ridge, Reykjanes Peninsula, Southwest Iceland, Chloe Wallace
Department: Geology

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“Reading” Glacier Bay: a landscape of cultural and physical glaciation from the Little Ice Age to the 21st century, Andrew D. Wayrynen
Department: English; Geology

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The Paleoecology of Prasopora falesi in the Decorah Formation (Upper Ordovician) of northeastern Iowa and southeastern Minnesota, Rachel M. Wetzel
Department: Geology

Senior Independent Study Theses from 2016

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Ice Springs Volcanic Field: New Insights and History for a Series of Complex Eruptions, Kelli W. Baxstrom
Department: Geology

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Investigating Blue Light Intensity in Tree Rings to Generate High-Sensitivity Summer Temperature Records for Southern Alaska., Madeline Happ
Department: Geology

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An Isotopic analysis of belemnites from the Speeton Clay Formation (Lower Cretaceous) of Filey Bay, North Yorkshire, England., Mae L. Kemsley
Department: Geology

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Paleoecology and Depositional Environments of the Passage Beds Member (Upper Jurassic, North Yorkshire, England), Meredith E. Mann
Department: Geology

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Late Holocene Glacial History of Muir Inlet, Glacier Bay National Park and Preserve, Alaska., Daniel R. Misinay II
Department: Geology

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Mentoring Structures in Undergraduate Research, Brittany A. Nicholson
Department: Geology

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Analysis of Water Quality Parameters and Preliminary Investigation into the Impacts of Human Access on the Water Quality of the Nisqually River, Mount Rainier National Park, Eric Parker
Department: Geology

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Volatile Analysis of Glaciovolcanic Glass Rinds Collected From Pillow Ridge in the Mount Edziza Volcanic Complex, Ncvp, British Columbia, Canada, Mary C. Reinthal
Department: Geology

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The Use of Multiple Dating Methods to Determine the Age of Basalt in the Ice Springs Volcanic Field, Millard County, Utah, Krysden A. Schantz
Department: Geology

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A Magmastatic Model: The Computational Exploration of Correlative Sheeted Dike Components and Implications for Dike Eruptibility, Trevor Shoemaker
Department: Geology

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Regional Volcanic Extinction as a Mechanism for Subsidence in the Vatnsdalur Structural Basin, Skagi Peninsula, Northwest Iceland, Adam M. Silverstein
Department: Geology

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Reconstructing Glacial History from Forests Preserved in the Wake of the Catastrophic Retreating Columbia and Wooster Glaciers, Prince William Sound, Alaska, Kaitlin N. Starr
Department: Geology

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Emplacement Processes and Monogenetic Classification of Ice Springs Volcanic Field, Central Utah, Michael Williams
Department: Geology

Senior Independent Study Theses from 2015

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Grazer Dynamics on a Relict Acroporid Patch Reef System and Their Implications for the Carbonate Budget at Coral Gardens, Belize, Sarah K. Bender
Department: Geology

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Zeolite Identification and Distribution in the Vatnsdalur Structural Basin, Northwest Iceland, Olivia L. Brown
Department: Geology

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Dating the Glacial History Near Wolf Point, Muir Inlet, Glacier Bay National Park and Preserve, Southeast Alaska, Zachery Downes
Department: Geology

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Macroborings and their Relationship to Encrusting Bryozoans on Brachiopods and Bivalves from the Upper Ordovician of the Cincinnatian Group, Coleman D. Fitch
Department: Geology

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Dendroclimatology in the Far East: Two-century tree-ring reconstructions of Amur River flow, Sarah E. Frederick
Department: Geology

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The Symbiosis Between Bioclaustrated Organisms and their Host Bryozoans in the Late Ordovician, G. William M. Harrison IV
Department: Geology

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Growth Patterns of Acropora cervicornis Affected By Current Flows at Coral Gardens, Belize, Thomas R. Herold
Department: Geology

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Analysis of gabbroic xenoliths in pillow basalts, Pillow Ridge, MEVC, British Columbia: implications for crustal contamination, metasomatic crystallization and petrogenesis., Leo Jones
Department: Geology

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Extending the Reconstruction of Surface Air Temperature from the Gulf of Alaska Using Tree Rings, Wilson Nelson
Department: Geology

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Origins of Oregon: A Cultural Geography of Two Oregonian Cities, Claire McNaught Ramey
Department: Geology; History

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Effects of a growing substrate on secondarily tiered cornulitids of the Waldron Shale: Middle Silurian (Wenlockian) of Indiana, Christian P. Tulungen
Department: Geology

Senior Independent Study Theses from 2014

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First Bryozoan Fauna Described from the Jurassic Tropics: Specimens from the Matmor Formation (Middle Jurassic, Upper Callovian) in Southern Israel, Stephanie Bosch
Department: Geology

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Reconstruction of Eruptive Conditions Based on Crater Rim Stratigraphy at Miter Crater, Ice Springs Volcanic Field, Black Rock Desert, Utah, Kyle R. Burden
Department: Geology

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Kinematic and Dynamic Analysis of Deformation Bands in the Late Cretaceous Sixmile Canyon Formation, Central Utah, Tricia L. Hall
Department: Geology

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Estimated Hydrostatic/Cryostatic Pressures During Emplacement of Pillow Lavas at Undirhliðar Quarry, Reykjanes Peninsula, Southwest Iceland, Alexander R. Hiatt
Department: Geology

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Discerning Extreme Weather Events in the Connecticut River System through the Study of Sediments in Upland Dams and Flood Control Reservoirs of Western Massachusetts and Southwestern Vermont, Scott A. Kugel
Department: Geology

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Geochemical Analysis of Basalt Flows from Miter Crater in Ice Springs Volcanic Field, Black Rock Desert, Utah, Cameron A. Matesich
Department: Geology

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The Effect Of Local Tectonics And Marine Erosion On The Cretaceous Phosphorite In The Mishash Formation (Upper Cretaceous, Campanian) At Wadi Hawarim, Southern Israel: Peak Phosphate And Mining In Israel, Oscar J. Mmari
Department: Geology

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Tree-Ring Dating and Climate Analysis of Neoglacial Ice Advance of Wachusett Inlet, Glacier Bay National Park and Preserve, Southeast Alaska, USA, Thomas A. Nash Jr.
Department: Geology

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Taphonomy and Pathology of a Middle Jurassic Shallow Marine Crinoid Community (Matmor Formation, Southern Israel), Elizabeth A. Reinthal
Department: Geology

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Determination of Inflation within the Miter Flow Depression in Ice Springs Volcanic Field, Candice Thornton
Department: Geology

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A Dendroclimatology Study of Shore Pine as a Case Study to Look at Climate Change and Forest Health in Glacier Bay National Park and Preserve, Abby VanLeuven
Department: Geology

Senior Independent Study Theses from 2013

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Ballistics Analysis of Volcanic Ejecta: Miter Crater, Ice Springs Volcanic Field, Black Rock Desert, Utah, William Cary
Department: Geology

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Dating the First Millennium Ad Glacial History of Adams Inlet, Glacier Bay National Park and Preserve, Southeast Alaska, Jennifer Horton
Department: Geology

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Clay Mineral Analysis and Paleoclimate Interpretation of a Middle Miocene Paleosol in the Powder River Volcanic Field, Northeast Oregon, Anna C. Mudd
Department: Geology

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Analysis of a Rhuddanian (Llandovery, Lower Silurian) Sclerobiont Community in the Hilliste Formation on Hiiumaa Island, Estonia: a Hard Substrate-Dwelling Relict Fauna, Jonah Novek
Department: Geology

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Analysis of Ice Springs Volcanic Field Structures, Black Rock Desert, Utah, Matthew H. Peppers
Department: Geology

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A Description of Cryptoskeletozoan Communities and Growth Analyses of Cryptic Cuffeyella Arachnoidea and Cornulites From the Upper Ordovician (Richmondian) of Ohio and Indiana, Katherine Price
Department: Geology