• The earliest forest and associated wildfires linked to marine anoxia and mass extinctions during the late Devonian: geochemical and paleontological evidence 

  Lu, Man (University of Alabama Libraries, 2020)

  The diversification and radiation of vascular plants during the Devonian is a critical life event in geological history. The overarching goal of this dissertation is to reconstruct the evolution patterns of early vascular ...
• Deposition, burial and cooling of the Indus Basin, Ladakh, Northwest India: implications for orogenic processes in the India-Asia collision zone 

  Bhattacharya, Gourab (University of Alabama Libraries, 2019)

  The >2000 km India-Asia collision zone is an archive of Cenozoic tectono-sedimentary processes in the interior of the Himalayan orogenic system. The Indus Basin is a critical element of the India-Asia collision zone in ...
• One step closer to fully automated structure interpretation in 3D seismic data 

  Lou, Yihuai (University of Alabama Libraries, 2020)

  Seismic structure interpretation is the compulsory step for 3D seismic structure modeling, stratigraphic features analysis, and 3D reservoir modeling. The modern 3D seismic surveys usually cover up to hundreds of square ...
• Stratigraphy and Depositional Environments of Part of the Pennsylvanian Pottsville Formation in the Black Warrior Basin: Alabama and Mississippi 

  Sestak, Helen Maria (University of Alabama Libraries, 1984)

  Determination of depositional environments is based on the interpretation of geophysical log signatures and the distribution of sandstones and coals. Most of these data have been obtained from dual induction and density ...
• Depositional Systems in the Lower Part of the Pottsville Formation, Black Warrior Basin, Alabama 

  Engman, Mary Anne (University of Alabama Libraries, 1985)

  Three depositional systems have been defined and named within the lower Pottsville Formation in the subsurface in Alabama: (1) the Fayette-Walker barrier system, (2) the Lamar marsh-lagoon system, and (3) the Pickens-Tuscaloosa ...
• Sulfur, carbon, and oxygen isotopes of coexisting sulfides and carbonates in gas and oil seeps from the Gulf of Mexico 

  Morelli, Erica C. (University of Alabama Libraries, 2019)

  Microbial processes consisting of bacterial sulfate reduction (BSR), bacterial disproportionation of sulfur (BDS), and BSR coupled with anaerobic oxidation of methane (BSR-AOM) occur in the Gulf of Mexico (GOM) at sites ...
• Floods and nutrients in Weeks Bay, AL: an evaluation of long-term environmental change and human impacts on coastal estuaries 

  Parker, Lauren Elizabeth (University of Alabama Libraries, 2019)

  Climate change and sea level rise are major concerns for coastal environments, with predicted increased storm intensity, coastal erosion, and ecological degradation. Long paleoenvironmental records can advance our understanding ...
• Quantifying non-Fickian transport in porous and fractured media using fractional-calculus based stochastic models 

  Lu, Bingqing (University of Alabama Libraries, 2019)

  Non-Fickian or “anomalous” transport, where the target’s spatial variance grows nonlinearly in time, describes the pollutant dynamics widely observed in heterogeneous geological media deviating significantly from that ...
• Environments of Deposition of the Norphlet Formation (Jurassic) in South Alabama 

  Wilkerson, Richard P. (University of Alabama Libraries, 1981)

  In the western Gulf Coastal Plain area the Jurassic Norphlet Formation is typically characterized by non-marine and red bed lithofacies. In south Alabama the Norphlet consists of an updip conglomerate, a discontinous basal ...
• New evidence for complex mosasaur paleobiology: oxygen isotopes in enamel reveal habitat variation of clidastes from the Mooreville Chalk, Alabama 

  Travis Taylor, Leah Marie (University of Alabama Libraries, 2019)

  The Late Cretaceous Mississippi Embayment includes some of the most complete, well-preserved mosasaur specimens in the world. Here I investigate the paleobiology of these extinct swimming lizards through schlerochronological ...
• Seismic interpretation with the aid of deep learning 

  Wu, Hao (University of Alabama Libraries, 2019)

  Nowadays one of the biggest challenges for geoscientists is effectively extracting the useful information from massive geo-datasets. Deep learning algorithms have become incredibly good at analyzing and identifying pieces ...
• Oceanographic and climatic influences on Trooz Glacier and Collins Bay, Antarctic Peninsula, during the Holocene 

  Fonseca, Adlai Nathanael Reuel (University of Alabama Libraries, 2019)

  The Antarctic Peninsula (AP) has dramatically warmed with the majority of its outlet glaciers receeding since the 1970’s. Relatively warm Circumpolar Deepwater (CDW) that undermelts ice shelves is prevalent on the western ...
• Anthropogenic and environmental drivers of the input and uptake of dissolved organic matter in temperate streams 

  Shang, Peng (University of Alabama Libraries, 2019)

  Dissolved organic matter (DOM) is a complex mixture of organic compounds and plays an essential role in regulating substrate and energy flows in aquatic ecosystems. However, environmental factors and biogeochemical mechanisms ...
• Source, composition, and biodegradability of dissolved organic matter in the Parlung Zangbo river in southern Tibet, China 

  Warren, Olivia Marie (University of Alabama Libraries, 2019)

  Regions of the Tibetan Plateau are experiencing increasing temperatures and decreasing glacial mass at a faster rate than the global average. Our study area, the Parlung Zangbo River basin, is within the southeastern region ...
• Lithospheric structure of the Central Andean fore-arc from gravity data modeling: implication for plate coupling 

  Gushurst, Greg (University of Alabama Libraries, 2019)

  Geodetic and seismological data indicates that the Central Andes subduction zone is highly coupled. To understand the plate locking mechanism within the Central Andes, I developed 2.5-D gravity models of the lithosphere ...
• Possible Origins of the Livingston Fault Zone 

  Schneeflock, Robert Donald Jr. (University of Alabama Libraries, 1972)

  The Livingston fault zone is restricted to the outcrop of the Selma Chalk of upper Cretaceous age in Sumter and Marengo Counties, Alabama. This zone is unique among Gulf Coastal Plain structures in that it contains many ...
• Depositional History of the Smackover Formation, Appleton Field, Escambia County, Alabama 

  Markland, Lisa Ann (University of Alabama Libraries, 1992)

  Appleton field is situated across two northwest-southeast trending, pre-Mesozoic "basement" highs near the updip limit of the Smackover Formation in the northern portion of the Conecuh embayment. Smackover deposition at ...
• Depositional Environment of the Tombigbee Sand Member - Mooreville Formation Contact at Selected Outcrops in Alabama 

  Britton, Thomas A. Jr. (The University of Alabama Libraries, 1968)

  A study was made of eighteen samples collected at four selected exposures of the contact of the Eutaw and Selma groups (Tombigbee Sand Member and Mooreville Formation) of Late Cretaceous (Austinian) age in central and ...
• Biostratigraphy of the Bluffport Marl Member of the Demopolis Chalk, Cretaceous of Alabama 

  Newman, Harry Ellsworth, III. (University of Alabama Libraries, 1969)

  The Bluffport Marl Member of the Demopolis Chalk was sampled to find what lithologic and paleontologic variations occur along the strike of this unit. The Bluffport Marl Member has been traced in Alabama from Sumter County ...
• Using thermochronology to test the validity of two balanced cross sections, Karnali River, far-western Nepal 

  Battistella, Claire (University of Alabama Libraries, 2019)

  A balanced cross section provides a viable subsurface geometry; however, multiple subsurface cross section geometries may be possible to match the observed surface geology. Low-temperature thermochronologic data and ...

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