• Investigating Rare Biomineralization Structures in Trilobites 

  Greenberger, Raya (University of Alabama Libraries, 2020)

  Trilobites, a diverse class of arthropods, inhabited a range of marine environments from Early Cambrian to Permian time, and their abundance and various morphologies are significant in the interpretation of evolution, ...
• Multiproxy Analysis of Paleoenvironments in the Norphlet Formation: Conecuh Sub-Basin, Escambia County, Alabama 

  Olsen, Kyle Anthony (University of Alabama Libraries, 2020)

  Reservoirs in the Jurassic Norphlet Formation have been major hydrocarbon targets for decades in the Gulf Coastal Plain, and recent discoveries offshore in the eastern Gulf of Mexico have spurred renewed interest in this ...
• Seismic interpretation and structural restoration of a seismic profile through the Southern Appalachian thrust belt under Gulf Coastal Plain sediments 

  Bailey, Ryan Michael (University of Alabama Libraries, 2007)

  In the southern part of the Appalachian thrust belt, the thrust system is buried by Gulf Coastal Plain sediments; thus, directly studying this Paleozoic thrust belt is impossible. However, multi-channel seismic data and ...
• Watershed Export of Dissolved Organic Matter in Response to Anthropogenic and Hydroclimatic Drivers in Subtropical Streams and Rivers 

  Chen, Shuo (University of Alabama Libraries, 2021)

  Dissolved organic matter (DOM) is an assemblage of heterogeneous organic compounds that play important roles in terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems. In this dissertation, I investigated changes in the amount, source, ...
• First Report of Carbonate Mudbanks in Cuba: a Geospatial Comparison with Florida Bay, USA, and Implications on Underlying Controls 

  Nibert, Lucas Allen (University of Alabama Libraries, 2021)

  Carbonate mudbanks and associated islands of Florida Bay are shallow-water to intertidal, linear Holocene sedimentary accumulations forming basins 1.5-3 m deep. The resulting reticulate-patterned banks and basins have only ...
• Revealing the Nanoscale Geochemistry of an Antarctic Micrometeorite with Atom Probe Tomography 

  Boyd, Mark Robert (University of Alabama Libraries, 2021)

  Micrometeorites (MMs) retrieved from the Earth’s surface commonly undergo frictional heating as they enter the atmosphere. The compositional and textural effects of this heat-processing have been well documented and can ...
• Investigation of K-Pg Boundary Sand Bodies At Moscow Landing Alabama, Via U-Pb Geochronology: Implications for End-Cretaceous Paleodrainage and the Chicxulub Impact 

  Culp, Ryan Patrick (University of Alabama Libraries, 2021)

  Moscow Landing is a well-known Cretaceous-Paleogene (K-Pg) boundary site located in eastern Sumter County Alabama USA and serves as a natural laboratory to study the end-Cretaceous mass extinction given its proximity to ...
• Distinctive Extinction Patterns of Late Cretaceous Hybodontiform and Lamniform Sharks in Northern Gulf of Mexico Controlled by Changing Marine Paleoenvironments 

  Comans, Chelsea M (University of Alabama Libraries, 2021)

  Abundant fossil occurrences of Late Cretaceous sharks (Chondrichthyes, Elasmobranchii), especially Hybodontiformes and Lamniformes, in the northern Gulf of Mexico offer an ideal opportunity to study shark diversity patterns ...
• Seismic Stratigraphic Analysis of Nuiqsut Area, Central North Slope Alaska, USA 

  Barin, Burcu (University of Alabama Libraries, 2021)

  This study focuses on the seismic stratigraphic analysis of the Nanuq South 3D seismic survey acquired over Nuiqsut, Central North Slope, Alaska to interpret the overall strata of the Ellesmerian, Beaufortian, and Brookian ...
• Provenance Analysis of Carboniferous Sandstone Units in the Black Warrior and Southern Appalachian Foreland Basins, USA 

  Yates, Zachary T (University of Alabama Libraries, 2021)

  The Ouachita and Alleghanian orogenies occurred simultaneously as the collision of Laurentia and Gondwana progressed from Mississippian to Permian time. Juxtaposition of the two orogenic fronts in Alabama has led to differing ...
• Terrestrial Lidar Imaging and Fracture Analysis of the Woodford Shale; Western Arkoma Basin, Oklahoma 

  Wencel, Robert (University of Alabama Libraries, 2021)

  Since the late 1990s horizontal drilling and hydraulic fracturing of Devonian shales in the mid-continent region, such as the Woodford Shale, has revolutionized gas exploration in the United States. These two methods are ...
• Geochemistry, Thermochronometry, Petrogenesis, and Geometry of Igneous Dikes in Central Arkansas: Implications for Mississippi Embayment Evolution 

  Walker, Samuel (University of Alabama Libraries, 2021)

  The Mississippi Embayment (ME) is a south-plunging sedimentary basin which unconformably overlies the Cambrian Mississippi Valley Graben (MVG) and serves as a natural laboratory for extensional tectonics. The Arkansas ...
• Investigating Tectonic Structures in East Antarctica Using Full Waveform Ambient Noise Tomography 

  Kumar, Ashish (University of Alabama Libraries, 2021)

  Previous investigations have proposed multiple origin models to explain the formation of major tectonic structures, such as the Gamburtsev Subglacial Mountains (GSMs), the Wilkes Subglacial Basin (WSB), the Aurora Subglacial ...
• A Model of the Crust and Upper Mantle Structures in Central Anatolia, Turkey, Constrained by Gravity and Seismic Data 

  Yilmaz, Yagmur (University of Alabama Libraries, 2021)

  The complex tectonic setting of the easternmost Mediterranean Sea and central Anatolia remains largely unresolved. Previous studies, mostly based on seismic investigations, presented results that conflicted with each other. ...
• The Pressure, Temperature, and Timing of Magmatism and Metamorphism, George Sound, Fiordland, New Zealand 

  Anderson, Ian Robert (University of Alabama Libraries, 2021)

  Fiordland, New Zealand provides an opportunity to study the complex relationship between magmatism and metamorphism in the lower crust of a magmatic arc. The Eastern McKerr Intrusives, which are well exposed along George ...
• Origin and Application of the Twinned Calcite Strain Gauge 

  Groshong, Richard H., Jr. (2021)

  This paper is a personal account of the origin and development of the twinned-calcite strain gauge, its experimental verification, and its relationship to stress analysis. The method allows the calculation of the ...
• Carbonation of flue gas desulfurization gypsum for CO2 sequestration 

  Riddle, Jonathan B. (University of Alabama Libraries, 2021)

  The IPCC asserts that to prevent a 2°C global temperature increase by the year 2050, CO2 must be removed from the atmosphere by sequestration. The goal of this study was to use FGD gypsum for CO2 mineralization and ...
• Fundamental Questions and Applications of Sclerochronolgy: Community-defined Research Priorities 

  Troftmova, Tamara; Andrus, C. Fred T.; et al. (2020)

  Horizon scanning is an increasingly common strategy to identify key research needs and frame future agendas in science. Here, we present the results of the first such exercise for the field of sclerochronology, thereby ...
• P-t-time paths for mid to lower crustal metamorphism in orogenic belts: linking metamorphism with plutonism and toward a better understanding of garnet sm-nd and lu-hf geochronology 

  Bollen, Elizabeth Marie (University of Alabama Libraries, 2020-12)

  Garnet is an exceedingly useful mineral for interpretation and identification of magmatic and metamorphic processes because it records pressure, temperature, and time (P-T-t) as it grows during metamorphism. Temperatures ...
• Reservoir fluid-rock interactions during a co₂ eor/ccs pilot test at citronelle oil field, alabama 

  Rheams, Erik (University of Alabama Libraries, 2020-12)

  With the world’s expanding need for energy, new sources of petroleum or technologies to extend current petroleum reserves are required. However, concerns about global warming are increasing as atmospheric CO2 levels continue ...

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