Thesis Titles of Recent A.M. Graduates*

(since 1980)

name	year	advisor	title of thesis
Heet Tabatha	2009	Arvidson	Geologic setting of the Mars lander mission landing site
Kuebler, Karla	2009	Jolliff & Dymek	A comparison of iddingsite alteration in two terrestrial basalts and the ALHA 77005 martian meteorite using Raman spectroscopy and electron microprobe analyses
Poole Karen Elaine	2008	J R Smith	A new iguanodontian specimen from the Cedar Mountain Formation, Grand County, Utah
Lippmann Jennifer L.	2007	Criss	Geochemistry of reworked loess and red clays in Missouri caves
Griffes, Jennifer Leslie	2006	Arvidson	Geomorphic and spectral mapping of northern Meridiani Planum
Hoffman, Jeff Alan	2005	Dymek	An investigation of anorthosites of the Akulleq terrane, West Greenland with implications for Archaean anorthosite petrogenesis
Greenhagen, Benjamin	2005	Jolliff & Arvidson	Infrared and Raman spectroscopy of Mg sulfate and basalt mixtures as martian regolith analogues
Griggs, Laurel Emily	2003	Arvidson	Development and testing of a coupled heat and moisture transfer model to assess subsurface moisture gradients
Giesting, Paul A.	2002	Hofmeister	Spectroscopy and thermal conductivity of majoritic garnets
Fernandes, Samantha	2002	Shock	Inorganic geochemistry of the Missouri River: Solute sources and downstream variations
Winston, William E.	2002	Criss	Dynamic geochemical response of an eastern Missouri karst spring to seasonal and storm induced perturbations
Marcus, Lawrence Mandel	2001	Criss	River mixing in the St. Louis area
Clark, Ian Harper Deane	1998	Arvidson	A three-dimensional reflectance and volume scattering model for coated rock surfaces
Frederickson, George Chris III	1998	Criss	Relationship between the stable isotopes of precipitation and springs and rivers in east central Missouri and southwestern Illinois
Miller, Gretchen	1997	Arvidson	Monitoring interannual changes in the Arrow Rock/Jameson Island/Lisbon Bottoms Missouri River floodplain as a result of the floods of 1993, 1995, 1996, and 1997
Eakins, Jennifer Ann	1996	Phillips	Creep response of the lithosphere in plate loading models at Hawaii
Israel, Elisa Julia	1996	Arvidson	Examination of a desert varnished basalt using electron microprobe analysis and laser Raman spectroscopy
Miner, Gwendolyn Che	1995	Pasteris	Aspects of the petrogenesis of the Longnose Fe-Ti-oxide-rich ultramafic body, Duluth Complex, Minnesota
Shanabrook, Amy Alaine	1995	Arvidson & Morris	Investigation of ¹⁰Be behavior in unsaturated surface sediments
Becker, Richard Hardy	1994	Arvidson	Construction of regional scale digital Landsat thematic mapper mosaics, and applications for regional mapping and plate reconstructions in the Red Sea area
Lundberg, Laura Louise	1993	Crozaz	Rare earth element and isotopic studies of a variety of extraterrestrial materials using ion microprobe techniques
Alexopoulos, Jim Steve	1992	McKinnon	Large ringed impact craters and basins on Venus: Implications for formation and Venus surface properties
Icenhower, Jonathan Paul	1992	Dymek	Petrogenesis of monzodiorite and quartz monzodiorite plutons from Charlevoix County, Quebec
Luo, Wei	1992	Arvidson	Regional geological mapping of Egyptian Red Sea coast between Quseir and Marsa Alam using remote sensing techniques
Willis, Marc Allen	1992	Shock & Pasteris	The aqueous geochemistry of titanium in the geologic environment
Kilmer, Douglas Stephen	1990	Duncan	A structural analysis of the Precambrian terrains of SW Madagascar: A Landsat thematic mapper-based investigation
Pool, Gregory Barrington	1990	Luhr	Petrology, geochemistry and geochronology of lower-crustal xenoliths, central Mexico
Steele, Alison Mary	1990	Haskin	Geochemistry and petrography of Apollo 15 green glass
Seitz, Jeffery Charles	1989	Pasteris	Characterization of aqueous gas-rich fluid inclusions by microthermometry and laser Raman spectroscopy and aspects of differential partitioning of gases by clathrate hydrates
Smith, Jennifer Ann	1989	Luhr	Extension-related magmatism of the Durango volcanic field, Durango, Mexico
Meng, Yanxi	1988	Dymek	Tourmaline from the Isua Supracrustal Belt, southwest Greenland
O'Leary, Ellen Frances	1988	Dymek	Petrology of the malene ultramafic rocks, Godthåb region, southwest Greenland
Petroy, David Edward	1988	Wiens	Historical seismicity and plate kinematics of the northeast Indian Ocean
Villeneuve, Michael Edward	1988	Bowring	Pb isotopes as evidence for an Early Proterozoic source for garnet granites of Wopmay Orogen, N.W.T.
Gardner, James Edward	1987	Haskin	Trace element and Nd isotopic evidence for the origins of the stratifications of the Endion Sill, Duluth, Minnesota
Kramer, Frank Edward	1987	Podosek	The distribution of krypton in an anorthite-diopside-water system at five kilobars pressure
Shiro (White), Brian	2002	Wiens	Outer rise seismicity and dynamics: Implications for plate rheology and seamount loading at the Tonga Subduction Zone
Simon, John Frederic, Jr.	1987	Smith	High resolution spectroscopy of hydrogen quadrupole features on Jupiter, Saturn, and Neptune and HD dipole absorption on Uranus
Smith, Terri Lynn	1987	Batiza	Geology and volcanic development of a near-ridge seamount and new evidence for the diversity of origin of seamount hyaloclastites: Results from integrated Alvin/Angus and laboratory study
Dale-Bannister, Mary Ann	1986	Arvidson	On the types of rocks at the Viking lander sites
Edwards, Margaret Helen	1986	Arvidson	Digital image processing and interpretation of global and local bathymetric data
Eilerts, Toni Lynn	1986	Walter	The diagenetic history of the North Vernon limestone (Middle Devonian) - Illinois Basin
Peck, Nathan Russell	1986	Bhattacharyya	Geology, petrology, geochemistry, and genesis of the Late Proterozoic iron-formation, central Eastern Desert, Egypt
Presley, Marsha Ann	1986	Arvidson	The origin and history of surficial units in the central equatorial region of Mars
Bloch, John Daniel	1985	Bhattacharyya	Diagenesis of the Upper Cambrian Lamotte Sandstone in the southwest quadrant of the Rolla 1 x 2 quadrangle, Missouri
De Chazal, Suzanne Marie	1985	Crozaz	Uranium, plutonium and the rare earth elements in ordinary chondrites and the potential of the ²⁴⁴Pu chronometer
Dunn, Lisa Gay	1985	Bhattacharyya	Lithology and stratigraphy of the Naqus Formation, Gulf of Suez, Egypt
Lewis, Robert Harry	1985	Haskin	Electrical conductivity measurements of high temperature silicate melts
Mueller, Steven Wayne	1985	McKinnon	Three-layer models of Ganymede and Callisto: Structure and evolution
Seely, Mark Richard	1985	Bhattacharyya	Depositional environments and dolomitization-silicification diagenesis of Warsaw-Salem-St. Louis sequence (Meramecian), southwest St. Louis County, Missouri
Dromgoole, Edward	1984	Pasteris	Petrology and chemistry of sulfides in xenoliths from Kilbourne Hole, N.M.
Eddy, Michele Sharon	1984	Davies	Gravity survey, computer modeling and tectonic interpretation of the Missouri gravity low interpretation
Leff, Craig Ernest	1983	Arvidson	Aspects of the structure of Missouri based on digital image processing of gravity and aeromagnetic anomalies, remote sensing data, and drill core lots
Becker, Richard Charles	1982	Echols	Oligocene foraminiferal zonation of a well in the Main Pass Area (Gulf of Mexico)
O'Reilly, Thomas Clark	1982	Haskin	Behavior of trace elements in layered igneous intrusions
Roca, Henri Joseph III	1982	Echols	The Oligocene foraminiferal biostratigraphy of the South Atlantic, 30° South Latitude
Shoberg, Thomas Gilford	1982	Davies	Collisional accretion of the terrestrial planets
Strebeck, John William	1982	Arvidson	Structure of the Precambrian basement in the Ozark Plateau as inferred from gravity and remote sensing data
Decker, Deborah Ann	1981	Goettel	Phase relations of the composition KAlSi₃O₈
Michel, Sandra Jo Hagni	1981	Pasteris	The petrologic relationships between magnetite and hematite in the Pilot Knob iron deposit, southeastern Missouri
Ragan, Jerry Michael	1981	Echols	Late Cretaceous to early Eocene foramniferal zonation from a well in the Gulf of Mexico
Rogers, Mark Arleigh	1981	Batiza	Petrology, geochemistry and significance of ultramafic inclusions in lavas from Guadalupe Island: An alkali basalt volcano in the eastern Pacific Ocean
Viscio, Paul James	1981	Pasteris	Petrology of TiO₂-polymorph-bearing vein deposits adjacent to the Magnet Cove intrusion
Fetyani, Ahmad Ali	1980	Batiza	Petrographic, chemical and Pb-isotope composition of sphalerite, pyrite, and chalcopyrite from a mineralogically zoned Pb-Zn ore body in the Viburnum Trend of Southeast Missouri

* Not all A.M. graduates are listed here. Since 1997 a Track II A.M. degree has not required preparation and defense of a thesis.

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