MA/MS Theses and Research Projects

MA/MS Theses and Research Projects
Name Title Year Committee
Cassandra Wolf Evaluating factors that control recharge in a thick vadose zone under climate variability and change Jason Gurdak, Leora Nanus, Alexander (Zan) Stine
Hannah Morgan Dailey Quantifying impacts of climate change and variability on groundwater recharge in Tulelake, California Yadira Ibarra, Jason Gurdak, Leora Nanus
Lawrence Fujiwara Evaluating the role of low impact development recharge for sustainable groundwater resources Jason Gurdak, Leora Nanus, Piero Mazzini
Jacob DeAngelo Nevada geothermal favorability mapping, weights of evidence smoothed functions and refined methodology John Caskey, Jason Gurdak, Mark Coolbaugh, , Jonathan Glen
Suzanne Goldstein Modeling climate change impacts on flooding and community vulnerability Novato, Ca Jason Gurdak, Leonard Sklar, Edwin Maurer
Jessica Rodriguez Groundwater recharge sensitivity to low impact development design and future climate variability Jason Gurdak, Yadira Ibarra, Piero Mazzini
Deandra Jenelle Alvear Water resource responses to climate in the water-energy-food nexus of the Pajaro Valley Watershed, CA Jason Gurdak, Alexander (Zan) Stine, Piero Mazzini
Katie Michelle Sullivan Correlation of erupted plutonic clasts and volcanic deposits from Newberry Volcano, Oregon Mary Leech, Jason Gurdak, Mark Stelten
Molly Katherine Mclaughlin How small bugs tie down big rocks: measuring and modeling the forces acting between nets spun by Caddisfly larvae (Hydropsychidae) and gravel particles at the onset of motion Leonard Sklar, Piero Mazzini, Lindsey Albertson
Alexandria Desirae Lagos Oceanographic conditions in the southern Bay of Bengal from ~0.8 - 1.3ma Petra Dekens, Alexander (Zan) Stine, Piero Mazzini
Lauren Rachael Finkelstein Implications of the water-energy-food nexus on coastal groundwater management, Pajaro Valley, CA Jason Gurdak, Piero Mazzini, , Wesley Henson, , Qinqin Liu
Mobin Mahmoudi Comparing model predictions of hillslope sediment size distribution with field measurements Leonard Sklar, Jerry Davis, Alexander (Zan) Stine
Lan Ma Physical controls on Sierra Nevada treeline growth and implications for climate reconstruction Alexander (Zan) Stine, Petra Dekens, Kevin Simonin
Jackson Vincent Reeder Formation of kyanite-bearing migmatites in the Central Adirondacks Mary Leech, Ellen Metzger
Brandon Alexander Swanson Pressure-temperature conditions of kyanite-bearing migmatites at Ledge Mountain, central Adirondack Highlands Mary Leech, Jason Gurdak, Ellen Metzger
Gionata Bianchi Particle size reduction in geophysical granular flows: the role of rock fragmentation Leonard Sklar, Jason Gurdak, Alexander (Zan) Stine
Jason Michael Poague Detecting global hydrological cycle intensification Alexander (Zan) Stine, Petra Dekens, Piero Mazzini
Derik Paul Gonzales Investigating lesbian, gay, and bisexual (LGB) visibility and climate in the natural sciences Leonard Sklar, Kimberly Tanner, , Adrienne Cool
John Hart Niles Post-middle pliocene tectonic development of the Noble Hills, southern Death Valley, California John Caskey, David Mustart, Leonard Sklar
Burcin Kelez Stratigraphic and diagenetic comparisons of the Monterey Formation, Point Reyes and Monterey areas, California John Caskey, Lisa White, Thomas MacKinnon
Rui Liu Regional tectonic evolution of the pioneer core complex, South-Central Idaho Mary Leech, John Caskey, Karen Grove
Andrew Robert Nieblas Pressure-temperature-time-deformation history of the Lahul Valley, NW Indian Himalaya Mary Leech, Jason Gurdak, Karen Grove
Shawn Wesley Henderson The effect of bulk density on debris flow mobilization, Marin County, CA Leonard Sklar, Karen Grove, Jonathan Stock
Theresa Fritz-Endres Sedimentary controls on foraminifera deposition in the Bay of Bengal Petra Dekens, Alexander (Zan) Stine, Ivano Aiello
Claudia Rebecca Corona Climate variability and vadose zone controls on damping of transient recharge fluxes Jason Gurdak, Alexander (Zan) Stine, Jesse Dickinson
Mehrdad Hejazian Hydrogeochemistry of two contrasting atoll island aquifers, Roi-Namur, Republic of the Marshall Islands Jason Gurdak, Mary Leech, Peter Swarzenski
Larry L. Alden Segregation ice fracturing of river bank rock: implications for the width of bedrock channels Leonard Sklar, Jason Gurdak, Joseph Barranco
Omid Arabnia Particle size reduction in debris flows: laboratory experiments compared to field data from Inyo Creek, CA Leonard Sklar, Jason Gurdak, Jerry Davis
Elzie Monique Lapus Velasco Relations between climate variability and groundwater fluctuations in U.S. principal aquifers Jason Gurdak, Leonard Sklar, John Monteverdi
Seniha Ozum Basta The tectonometamorphic evolution of the greater Himalayan sequence along the Zanskar Shear Zone, NW India Mary Leech, Karen Grove, Suha Ozden
Gabriela Eliai Geyer Vulnerability of recently recharged groundwater in the California coastal basins to NO3− contamination Jason Gurdak, Leonard Sklar, Leora Nanus
Michael Paul Wrigley ICP-MS and XRF soil metal concentration screening comparison by quantitative analysis Jason Gurdak, Leonard Sklar, Bruce Manning
ZiZi Angelica Searles Error propagation and uncertainty in predicting nonpoint-source nitrate contamination in groundwater Jason Gurdak, Leonard Sklar, Don Hodge
Ryan Michael Corbett Mathematical modeling of fog water deposition, San Francisco, California Jason Gurdak, John Monteverdi, Jean Moran
Geoffrey Scott Roest Quasigeostrophic diagnosis of an explosively developing cyclone along the Northern California coast John Monteverdi, Petra Dekens, Dave Dempsey
Emma Nye Beck P-T-t-d history of the Greater Himalaya sequence in the Zanskar Shear zone, NW India Mary Leech, John Caskey, Walter (Bill) Sullivan
Maeve Kathleen Daugharty Origins of water at the Exploratorium in central San Francisco Bay Toby Garfield, Erika McPhee-Shaw, , James Cloern
Valerie Evelyn Schwartz Productivity along the California margin during early Pliocene warmth Petra Dekens, Lisa White, Ivano Aiello
Zachary Howard Lauffenburger Land use and climate change controls on recharge, northern High Plains aquifer, USA Jason Gurdak, Leonard Sklar, Karen Grove
Jennifer Rebecca Davis The influence of bed roughness on partial alluviation in bedrock channels Leonard Sklar, Jerry Davis, Karen Grove
Kathryn Grace Kynett Reconstructing thermocline depth in the south Atlantic subtropical gyre during the Pliocene-Pleistocene Petra Dekens, Lisa White, Tim Janssen
Carla Marie Rosa Near-surface structure of the San Andreas fault, San Francisco Peninsula segment Karen Grove, Leonard Sklar, Rufus Catchings
Jonathan David Beyeler The influence of rock properties on bedrock and sediment erodibility in rivers Leonard Sklar, Clive Hayzelden
Michelle E. Newcomer Recharge beneath low impact development and the effects of climate variability Jason Gurdak, Leonard Sklar, Rachel Kraai
Brian Andrew Stozek Geophysical evidence for quaternary deformation within the offshore San Andreas Fault System, Northern California Karen Grove, John Caskey, Holly Ryan
Christopher J. Stumpf A comprehensive survey of buoyancy and shear parameters for California tornadoes: 1951-2011 John Monteverdi, Oswaldo Garcia, Dave Dempsey
Dylan Jacques Duvergé Establishing background arsenic in soil of the urbanized San Francisco Bay region Jason Gurdak, Jerry Davis, Mary Rose Cassa
Deborah Joy Shulman Fluid controlled metamorphism of eclogitic pseudotachylite-bearing shear zones, Flakstadøy, northern Norway Mary Leech, Karen Grove, Christopher Gerbi
James Alan Chayka Quantitative linkages between watershed conditions and mainstem channel characteristics in Lagunitas Creek, Northern California Leonard Sklar, Karen Grove, Ray Pestrong
Anita Cathrine Engelstad Damping characteristics of wave propagation across the muddy Louisiana shelf , Tim Janssen, , Newell (Toby) Garfield, , Thomas H.C. Herbers
Brent Corbin Everett Pore-scale dual-domain flow and temporal variability in recharge, High Plains Aquifer, USA
Eric Donaldson Geomorphic controls on spatial distributions of cobbles and boulders in stream-channel networks Leonard Sklar, Jason Gurdak, Tim Janssen