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Name |
Title |
Year |
Committee Chair |
| Maura Kanner |
The paleoenvironmental and astrobiological significance of tufas in the Santa Cruz region |
2021 | Ibarra |
| Michael Davis |
Petrotectonic evolution of Ledge Mountain migmatites, Adirondack Highlands, New York |
2021 | Leech |
| Xueran Song | 2021 | Ibarra | |
| Hannah Boelts | 2021 | Ibarra | |
| Christoper Davidson |
Dextral slip on the Sheephead Fault during late Miocene extension, Southeastern California |
2021 | Caskey |
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Kara Cowan |
Sea Surface Temperatures in the Bay of Bengal Through the Pliocene-Pleistocene Cooling |
2020 |
Dekens |
| Natasha Fazeli |
Recovering climate signals from tree-ring color in the dry Sierra Nevada of California |
2020 | Stine |
|
Drew Lowdermilk |
Sea surface conditions in the Bay of Bengal since the early Pliocene |
2020 |
Dekens |
|
Sonicah Sanon |
2020 |
Ibarra |
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Cassandra Wolf |
Evaluating Factors that Control Recharge in Thick Vadose Zone Under Climate Variability and Change |
2020 |
Gurdak |
|
Hannah Dailey |
Quantifying Impacts of Climate Change and Variability on Groundwater Recharge in Tulelake, Ca |
2020 |
Gurdak |
|
Lawrence Fujiwara |
Evaluating the role of low impact development recharge for sustainable groundwater resources |
2019 |
Gurdak |
|
Jacob DeAngelo |
2019 |
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Suzanne Goldstein |
Modeling Climate Change Impacts on Flooding and Community Vulnerability, Novato, CA |
2019 |
|
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Jessica Rodriguez |
Groundwater Recharge Sensitivity to Low Impact Development Design and Future Climate Variability |
2019 |
Gurdak |
|
Deandra Alvear |
2019 |
Gurdak |
|
|
Katie Sullivan |
Correlation of erupted plutonic class and volcanic deposits from Newberry Volcano, Oregon |
2018 |
Leech |
|
Molly Mclaughlin |
2018 |
Sklar |
|
|
Alexandria Lagos |
Oceanographic Conditions in the Bay of Bengal from ~0.8 - 1.3Ma |
2018 |
Dekens |
|
Lauren Finkelstein |
Implications of the water-energy-food nexus on coastal groundwater management, Pajaro Valley, CA |
2018 |
Sklar |
|
Mobin Mahmoudi |
Comparing model predictions of hillslope sediment size distribution with field measurements |
2018 |
Sklar |
| Lan Ma |
Physical controls on Sierra Nevada treeline growth and implications for climate reconstruction |
2017 | |
|
Jacob DeAngelo |
2017 |
Caskey |
|
|
Jack Reeder |
The formation of kyanite-bearing migmatites in the central Adirondack Mountains |
2017 |
Leech |
|
Brandon Swanson |
2017 |
Leech |
|
|
Gionata Bianchi |
Particle Size Reduction in Geophysical Granular Flows: the Role of Rock Fragmentation |
2017 |
Sklar |
|
Jason Poague |
2017 |
Stine |
|
| Derik Gonzales |
Investigating lesbian, gay, and bisexual (LGB) visibility and climate in the natural sciences |
2017 | |
| John Niles |
Post-middle pliocene tectonic development of the Noble Hills, southern Death Valley, California |
2016 | |
|
Jennifer Genetti |
Linking Geomorphic Process Regimes to Hillslope Sediment Size Distributions, Eastern Sierra, California |
2016 |
Sklar |
|
Shirin Leclere |
Geomorphic modeling of hillslope sediment size distribution Inyo Creek, eastern Sierra Nevada |
2016 |
Sklar |
|
Burcin Kelez |
2016 |
Leech |
|
|
Rui Liu |
Regional Tectonic Evolution of the Pioneer Core Complex, South-Central Idaho |
2016 |
Caskey |
|
Andy Niebles |
Pressure-Temperature-time-deformation history of the Lahul Valley, NW Indian Himalaya |
2016 |
Caskey |
|
Shawn Henderson |
The Effect of Bulk Density on Debris Flow Mobilization in Marin County, CA |
2016 |
Sklar |
|
Theresa Fritz-Endres |
Sedimentary Controls on Foraminifera Deposition in the Bay of Bengal |
2016 |
Dekens |
|
Claudia Corona |
Climate variability and vadose zone controls on damping of transient recharge fluxes |
2016 |
Gurdak |
|
Mehrdad Hejazian |
2016 |
Gurdak |
|
|
Larry Alden |
Segregation ice fracturing of river bank rock: implications for width of bedrock channels |
2015 |
Sklar |
|
Omid Arabnia |
Particle size reduction in debris flows: scaling from lab to field |
2015 |
Sklar |
|
Elzie Velasco |
Relations between climate variability and groundwater fluctuations in U.S. Principal Aquifers |
2015 |
Gurdak |
|
Mays Danfoura |
Effects of low impact development design on redox dynamics in the vadose zone and urban groundwater |
2015 |
Gurdak |
| Seniha Basta | 2015 | ||
|
Gaby Geyer |
2014 |
Gurdak |
|
|
Michael Wrigley |
ICP-MS and XRF soil metal concentration screening comparison by quantitative analysis |
2014 |
Gurdak |
|
ZiZi Searles |
2014 |
Gurdak |
|
|
Ryan Corbett |
Mathematical modeling of fog water deposition, San Francisco, California |
2014 |
Gurdak |
|
Geoffrey Roest |
Quasigeostrophic Diagnosis of an Explosively Developing Cyclone on the Northern California Coast |
2014 |
Monteverdi |
| Emma Beck |
P-T-t-d history of the Greater Himalaya sequence in the Zanskar Shear zone, NW India |
2014 | |
| Maeve Daugherty |
Origins of water at the Exploratorium in central San Francisco Bay |
2014 | |
| Valerie Schwartz |
Productivity along the California margin during early Pliocene warmth |
2014 | |
|
Zachary Lauffenburger |
Land use and climate change controls on recharge, northern High Plains aquifer |
2013 |
Gurdak |
|
Jennifer Davis |
The influence of bed roughness on partial alluviation in bedrock channels |
2013 |
Sklar |
| Kathryn Kynett | 2013 | ||
| Carla Rosa |
Near-surface structure of the San Andreas fault, San Francisco Peninsula segment |
2013 | |
|
Jonathan Beyeler |
The influence of rock properties on bedrock and sediment erodibility in rivers |
2012 |
Sklar |
|
Michelle Newcomer |
Recharge beneath low impact development and the effects of climate variability |
2012 |
Gurdak |
|
Brian Stozek |
2012 |
Grove |
|
|
Christopher Stumpf |
A Comprehensive Survey of Buoyancy and Shear Parameters for California Tornadoes: 1951-2011 |
2012 |
Monteverdi |
|
Eric Donaldson |
Geomorphic controls on spatial distributions of cobbles and boulders in stream-channel networks |
2011 |
Leonard Sklar |
|
Dylan Duvergé |
Establishing background arsenic in soil of the urbanized San Francisco Bay Region |
2011 |
Jason Gurdak |
|
Deborah Shulman |
2011 |
Mary Leech |
|
|
James Chayka |
2011 |
Leonard Sklar |
|
|
Anita Engelstad |
Damping characteristics of wave propagation across the muddy Louisiana shelf |
2011 |
Tim Janssen |
|
Brent Everett |
Pore-scale dual-domain flow and temporal variability in recharge, High Plains Aquifer, USA |
2011 |
Jason Gurdak |
|
Forrest Horton |
Geochronology and zircon geochemistry of greater Himalaya leucogranites in Zanskar, NW India |
2011 |
Mary Leech |
|
Pariskeh Hosseini |
EBSD analysis of partially-eclogitized rocks from the Marun-Keu Complex, Polar Urals, Russia |
2011 |
Mary Leech |
|
Leah Johnson |
Determination of radiocarbon in pore water dissolved organic matter using thermal sulfate reduction |
2011 |
Tomoko Komada |
|
Isaac Jones |
Wave-driven set-up and surfzone circulation at Ocean Beach, San Francisco, California |
2011 |
Tim Janssen |
|
Amber Kuss |
Effects of climate variability on recharge in regional aquifers of the United States |
2011 |
Jason Gurdak |
|
Sang Pak |
2011 |
Tim Janssen |
|
|
Leah Feigelson |
Slip rate on the Peninsula San Andreas fault, San Mateo County, California |
2010 |
Karen Grove |
|
William Hassett |
Geochemical signature of Himalayan gneiss domes: implications for channel flow |
2010 |
Mary Leech |
|
Chelsea Reed |
Upwelling conditions and sea surface temperature off Northern California during early Pliocene |
2010 |
Petra Dekens |
|
Dominika Wojcieszek |
Pliocene-Pleistocene climate evolution: was the cooling global? |
2010 |
Petra Dekens |
|
Skye Corbett |
A morphodynamic comparison between bedrock and soil-mantle landscapes |
2010 |
Leonard Sklar |
|
Joshua Goodman |
Post-Middle-Pleistocene tectonic development of the Confidence Hills, Death Valley, California |
2010 |
John Caskey |
|
Max Hubbard |
Analyses of high-frequency radar data in central San Francisco Bay |
2010 |
Toby Garfield |
|
Elizabeth Polito |
Student conceptions of weather phenomena across multiple cognitive levels |
2010 |
John Monteverdi |
|
Jill Marshall |
Hillslope rock fragment production: grain size distributions, abundance and climatic influences |
2009 |
Leonard Sklar |
|
Peter Polito |
Experimental investigation of fluvial incision on Titan by low-velocity sediment impacts |
2009 |
Leonard Sklar |
|
Jonathon Polly |
Harnessing natural C isotopes to understand organic matter transformations in estuarine sediments |
2009 |
Tomoko Komada |
|
Beth Zygielbaum |
Temperature Effects on Ice Strength Properties: Implications for Erosion Resistance on Titan |
2009 |
Leonard Sklar |
|
Brian Fuller |
Feedbacks between biotic and abiotic influences on travertine deposition, Fossil Creek, Arizona |
2009 |
Leonard Sklar |
|
Heather Green |
Neotectonic investigation of the southern Death Valley fault zone, southeastern California |
2009 |
John Caskey |
|
Terry McGuire |
Stratigraphic investigation of the North Westside Basin of San Francisco and northern San Mateo County |
2009 |
Karen Grove |
|
Kristen |
Hydrogeologic characterization of the Northern Westside Basin, San Francisco, California |
2008 |
Karen Grove |
|
Matt Gough |
An analysis of HF-radar measured surface currents, Gulf of the Farallones, California |
2008 |
Toby Garfield |
|
Gina Lee |
Geomorphic Expression of Differential Uplift, Point Reyes Peninsula, Marin County, California |
2008 |
Leonard Sklar |
|
Bob Sas |
Road failures and related hazards along the Blue Ridge Parkway, North Carolina |
2008 |
Leonard Sklar |
|
Robert Humphries |
Laboratory simulation of gravel augmentation downstream of dams: the effect of hydrographs on sediment pulse dynamics |
2007 |
Leonard Sklar |
|
Jessica Fadde |
Temporal and spatial effects of gravel augmentation on rivers: a flume study |
2007 |
Leonard Sklar |
|
Eric (Rick) Ford |
Burdell Mountain stratigraphy and implications for long-term slip along the East Bay fault system, California |
2007 |
John Caskey |
|
Jeffrey Hansen |
Quantifying reach response to episodic large wave events, Ocean Beach, San Francisco, California |
2007 |
Toby Garfield |
|
Andrew Matthew |
Serpentine soils within the Presidio, California: a return to serpentine prairie land |
2007 |
Matt LaForce, Karen Grove |
|
Chris Baldassari |
Geochemical analyses and a hydrogeological investigation to identify sources of groundwater contamination at five northern California landfills |
2006 |
Matt LaForce |
|
Glen Leverich |
The morphological effect of variable flow discharge on a meandering river model |
2006 |
Leonard Sklar |
|
Jonathan Boxerman |
The Fractal Nature of Tafoni Weather Patterns |
2006 |
Raymond Pestrong |
|
Mary Snow |
Sediment supply and transport in tidal marsh channels, Suisun Marsh |
2005 |
Leonard Sklar |
|
Robert Davies, |
Comparison of Mammuthus primigenius and Mammuthus columbi M3 molars |
2005 |
Lisa White |
|
Joe Farrow |
Lithologic Influence and Experimental Variability in Gravel Abrasion: Implications for Predicting Rates of Downstream Fining of River Bed Sediments |
2005 |
Leonard Sklar |
|
Chimi Yi |
Depositional and deformational history of the Colma and uppermost Merced and Formations, southwest San Francisco |
2005 |
Karen Grove |
|
Peter Gorman |
Temporal and Spatial Variability of Hydraulic Conductivity in the Russian River Streambed, Sonoma County, California |
2004 |
Matt LaForce |
|
Matthew Horrigan |
The Etymological Dictionary of Geology |
2004 |
David Mustart |
|
Kasha A. Parker |
Surficial sediment distribution and changes in the central San Francisco Bay |
2004 |
Lisa White |
|
Anne Marie Scherer |
Geographic information analysis of Quaternary marine terraces, Point Reyes peninsula, California |
2004 |
Karen Grove |
|
Kristin Hepper |
A new cold seep locality in the Mesozoic Great Valley Group, Guenoc Ranch, northern California |
2004 |
Lisa White |
|
Regan M. Long |
Northern California shelf circulation during January 2003: possible implications for shelf retention |
2004 |
Toby Garfield |
|
Zita Maliga |
Hydrological reconstruction of extinct thermal spring systems using Hydrobiid snail paleoecology |
2004 |
Lisa White |
|
Ted Schlaepfer |
Documentation of a Tornadic Supercell in the San Joaquin Valley, California |
2004 |
John Monteverdi |
|
Megan Simpson |
Background Trace Element Concentrations in the Franciscan Formation San Francisco, California |
2004 |
Matt LaForce |
|
Charlotte Hedlund |
Hydrogeology and Geochemistry of the Northern Groundwater Basin, San Mateo County, California |
2003 |
Matt LaForce |
|
Erdmann Rogge |
Hydrostratigraphy of the Westside Groundwater Basin, San Francisco and San Mateo Counties, California ( |
2003 |
Matt LaForce |
|
Drew Kennedy |
Rapid late Pleistocene uplift and evidence for mid to late Holocene movement on the Serra fault, northern San Francisco Peninsula |
2002 |
John Caskey |
|
Carolyn Randolph |
Neotectonic investigation of the southern Rodgers Creek fault, Sonoma County, California |
2002 |
John Caskey |
|
Gary Lipari |
Thermodynamic and shear parameters associated with verified tornadoes in northern and central California, 1990-1994 |
2001 |
John Monteverdi |
|
Julie Monet |
Liquefaction susceptibility in the San Francisco South and Hunter’s Point 7.5-minute quadrangle |
2000 |
John Caskey |
|
R. David Morris |
Petrology of Franciscan Complex eclogites from Mendocino County, California: a new locality |
1999 |
David Mustart |
|
Kathy Pagan |
Detection of polar stratospheric clouds over Antarctica using AVHRR satellite imagery |
1996 |
Oswaldo Garcia |