• No Triassic structural control of the development of the Middle Ground Arch, Eastern Gulf of Mexico 

  Taggart, Catherine (University of Alabama Libraries, 2017)

  Reconstructing the paleogeography and basement structure of the Eastern Gulf of Mexico before and during deposition of the Upper Jurassic Norphlet, Smackover, and Haynesville Formations is important because these formations ...
• Seismic investigations of the northern Transantarctic Mountains 

  Graw, Jordan Hunter (University of Alabama Libraries, 2017)

  Stretching ~3500 km across Antarctica and reaching elevations of ~4500 m, the Transantarctic Mountains (TAMs) are the largest non-compressional mountain chain on Earth. The TAMs show no evidence of folding or reverse ...
• Structural evolution of the Haymana Basin, Central Anatolia, Turkey 

  Tokgil Karaket, Mine (University of Alabama Libraries, 2016)

  The Haymana Basin is located in the south of the Izmir-Ankara suture zone in Central Anatolia, Turkey. Convergence and collision of the Eurasia and Godwana continents during the late Cretaceous to the late Eocene caused ...
• Integrated modeling and management of groundwater and surface water, zhangye basin, northwest China 

  Huang, Li (University of Alabama Libraries, 2016)

  This dissertation consists of three self-contained, yet closely related, papers summarizing the results of a comprehensive study aimed at the development of a decision support system for sustainable water resources management ...
• Kinematic evolution of the Büyük Menderes Graben in Western Turkey inferred from 2-d seismic interpretation and cross section restoration 

  Merey, Osman (University of Alabama Libraries, 2016)

  The Alaşehir and Büyük Menderes Grabens are two major E-W trending grabens that border the central part of the Menderes Metamorphic Core Complex (MMCC) to the north and south, respectively. These two grabens were previously ...
• Regional correlation of facies within the Haynesville formation from onshore Alabama: analysis and implications for provenance and paleostructure 

  Essex, Caleb William (University of Alabama Libraries, 2016)

  Although the Upper Jurassic Haynesville Formation is a proven hydrocarbon reservoir in the onshore eastern Gulf of Mexico, the unit remains understudied because exploration has been focused on the older and more productive ...
• The crust and upper mantle structure of eastern Anatolia, Turkey from gravity modeling constrained by seismic data 

  Onal, Gokay (University of Alabama Libraries, 2016)

  The Eastern Anatolian region is part of a young continental collision zone between the Arabian and Eurasian plates. The lithosphere in Eastern Anatolia is underlain by a low-velocity zone associated with asthenospheric ...
• Biogeochemical analysis of late cretaceous vertebrate fossils of western Alabama, USA 

  Harrell, Terry Lynn (University of Alabama Libraries, 2016)

  In the past, vertebrate paleontologists in Alabama focused primarily on classical methods of investigation, for example, by examining the gross anatomy of fossilized skeletal elements. More recently, new methods were ...
• A model of the crust and upper mantle structure of the Hellenic and Cyprus subduction zones constrained by gravity and seismic data 

  Alemdar, Suleyman (University of Alabama Libraries, 2015)

  The Aegean-Anatolian region is one of the most dynamically complex and seismically active tectonic settings on Earth. The dynamic evolution of this region is dominated by the African plate subduction along the Hellenic and ...
• Δ15n as a potential proxy for anthropogenic nitrogen loading in Charleston harbor, South Carolina 

  Payne, Taylor Norris (University of Alabama Libraries, 2016)

  Bivalve shell geochemistry can serve as a useful indicator of changes in coastal environments. There is increasing interest in developing paleoenvironmental proxies from mollusk shell organic components. Numerous studies ...
• Cave air and dripwater variability in Cathedral Caverns, Alabama 

  McKay, Kathleen Kingry (University of Alabama Libraries, 2016)

  Monthly monitoring of dripwater (δ18O, δD, [DIC], δ13CDIC, and pH) and air (pCO2 and δ13CCO2) chemistry from within Cathedral Caverns (Grant, AL) was conducted for 12 months (January 2015-December 2015) to better characterize ...
• Determining the upper mantle seismic structure beneath the northern transantarctic mountains, Antarctica, form regional p- and s-wave tomography 

  Brenn, Gregory (University of Alabama Libraries, 2016)

  Stretching ~3,500 km across Antarctica, with peak elevations up to 4,500 m, the Transantarctic Mountains (TAMs) are the largest non-compressional continental mountain range on Earth and represent a tectonic boundary between ...
• Clams and climate: implications for measuring seasonality in the marine bivalve, saxidomus gigantea 

  Bassett, Christine Nicole (University of Alabama Libraries, 2016)

  Sclerochronological and sclerochemical analysis of shellfish remains from archaeological sites afford the opportunity to understand environmental change and its impacts on human populations through time. During the Late ...
• Lidar based fracture analysis in outcrops of Chattanooga shale along the wills valley anticline, northeastern Alabama 

  Clark, Jeff (University of Alabama Libraries, 2016)

  Unconventional reservoirs produce gas and/or oil from fracture porosity and permeability. Therefore, understanding natural fracture patterns is important for effective production from unconventional gas-shale reservoirs ...
• Biomineralization of giant clam shells (tridacna gigas): implications for paleoclimate applications 

  Gannon, Michelle E. (University of Alabama Libraries, 2016)

  The giant clam, Tridacna gigas, is an important faunal component of Indo-Pacific reef ecosystems, for which its shell is often used as an environmental archive for modern and past climates. This thesis is a study of the ...
• Using the growth patterns and geochemistry of coralline red algae to develop proxies for paleoclimate reconstruction in tropical and subarctic environments 

  Sletten, Hillary Rae (University of Alabama Libraries, 2016)

  The purpose of this research is to further develop the use of encrusting and free-living forms (i.e. rhodoliths) of crustose coralline red algae (CCA) as geochemical proxy sources for paleoenvironmental and paleoclimate ...
• Pyroclastic evidence of syn-eruptive degassing at the explosive/effusive transition 

  Matthews, Emily Suzanne (University of Alabama Libraries, 2016)

  The 2010 eruption of Merapi (Java, Indonesia) initiated with an uncharacteristic explosion, followed by rapid lava dome growth and collapse, all of which generated deadly pyroclastic density currents (PDCs). PDC samples ...
• Structural modeling and volumetric reservoir estimations of the cretaceous derdere and karababa reservoirs in the Çemberlitaş oil field, southeastern Turkey 

  Tığlı, Tufan (University of Alabama Libraries, 2016)

  The Adiyaman region is located in the frontal belt of the southeastern Anatolia fold and thrust belt in Turkey. The region is in the northwestern continuation of the Zagros fold-thrust belt and contains several small-to-medium ...
• Role of changing effective bulk composition in the formation of grossular zoning during garnet granulite metamorphism in the Western Fiordland Orthogneiss, NZ 

  Norton, Rebecca Ann (University of Alabama Libraries, 2015)

  Garnet compositions and zoning, which are important records of crustal processes, are often used to constrain P-T-t paths for deep crustal rocks now exposed at the surface. These P-T-t paths require knowledge of the stable ...
• Explaining discontinuous garnet zoning using reaction history p-t models: an example from the Salmon River suture zone, west-central Idaho 

  Bollen, Elizabeth Marie (University of Alabama Libraries, 2015)

  Discontinuously zoned or two-stage garnet has been observed in numerous locations and geologic settings worldwide. These garnets are characterized by sharp breaks in inclusion density and compositional zoning, and often, ...

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