Geology Theses and Dissertations
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Earth's Radiogenic Heat Production and the Composition of the Deep Continental Crust
(2022)Much of the continental crust, the 40+ km thick plates of rock that make up the outer shell of our planet, is inaccessible to us living on its surface. Thus its composition is a mystery. We lack the technology to sample ... -
ANALYZING TIME-VARYING SEISMICITY AND AFTERSHOCK BEHAVIOR IN CENTRAL AND EASTERN UNITED STATES
(2021)Central and Eastern United States (CEUS) earthquakes are far less common than those in the tectonically active west coast, but the significance is elevated for a few reasons. Due to older, harder, and often denser rocks ... -
Petrologic, Geochemical, and Spectral Characteristics of Oxidized Planetary Differentiation
(2021)Meteorites provide evidence that planetary formation occurred across a wide range of oxidation environments in the early Solar System. While the process of differentiation for many reduced, oxygen-poor assemblages has been ... -
A prototype miniature mass spectrometer for in situ analysis of trace elements on planetary surfaces
(2021)Interrogation of the chemical composition of rocky planets provides a deeper understanding of the history and evolution of the solar system. While laboratory studies of returned samples and remote sensing surveys of planetary ... -
Rb-Sr Radiometric Dating of Rocky Planetary Bodies via LA-ICPMS
(2021)Constraining ages of surface features on rocky objects in the Solar System provides fundamental insights about the flux of impactors through time (including the putative Late Heavy Bombardment), rates of tectonic and ...