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2006

Ai, Huirong (Anita) (2006) Shock-Induced Damage in Rocks: Application to Impact Cratering. Dissertation (Ph.D.), California Institute of Technology. doi:10.7907/39ZE-SY71. https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechETD:etd-05262006-173355

2002

Stewart, Sarah Toby (2002) Collisional Processes Involving Icy Bodies in the Solar System. Dissertation (Ph.D.), California Institute of Technology. doi:10.7907/0V4Q-VF61. https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechETD:etd-09242008-095607

2001

Ni, Sidao (2001) 2D Modeling of Lower Mantle Structure with WKM Synthetics. Dissertation (Ph.D.), California Institute of Technology. doi:10.7907/J8XC-TF53. https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechTHESIS:03252014-144322918

1999

Holland, Kathleen Gabrielle (1999) Phase Changes and Transport Properties of Geophysical Materials Under Shock Loading. Dissertation (Ph.D.), California Institute of Technology. doi:10.7907/cbd3-mk54. https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechTHESIS:10062023-181634008

Liu, Cangli (1999) I. Rigid Body Penetration into Brittle Material. II. Phase Change Effect on Shock Wave Propagation. Dissertation (Ph.D.), California Institute of Technology. doi:10.7907/w8gc-n615. https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechTHESIS:04232013-084302487

Melbourne, Timothy Ian (1999) I. Rupture Properties of Large Subduction Earthquakes. II. Broadband Upper Mantle Structure of Western North America. Dissertation (Ph.D.), California Institute of Technology. doi:10.7907/87nd-p040. https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechTHESIS:09122016-121754817

Winfree, Nancy A. (1999) Impact-Induced Phase Transformations in Elastic Solids: A Continuum Study Including Numerical Simulations for GeO₂. Dissertation (Ph.D.), California Institute of Technology. doi:10.7907/4dhf-fj83. https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechETD:etd-02262008-153435

1998

Chen, George (Guangqing) (1998) I. High pressure melting of [gamma]-iron and the thermal profile in the Earth's core. II. High pressure, high temperature equation of state of fayalite (Fe2SiO4). Dissertation (Ph.D.), California Institute of Technology. doi:10.7907/z7r2-xf47. https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechETD:etd-02262007-141751

Zajac, Blair J. (1998) The State of Stress as Inferred from Deviated Boreholes: Constraints on the Tectonics of Offshore Central California and Cook Inlet, Alaska. Dissertation (Ph.D.), California Institute of Technology. doi:10.7907/S3V0-3M43. https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechTHESIS:06072010-160325894

1995

Takata, Toshiko (1995) Three-dimensional analysis of impact processes on planets. Dissertation (Ph.D.), California Institute of Technology. doi:10.7907/2jtf-x438. https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechETD:etd-11012007-084634

1993

Rowan, Linda Rose (1993) Equation of state of molten mid-ocean ridge basalt. Structure of Kilauea volcano. Dissertation (Ph.D.), California Institute of Technology. doi:10.7907/J6D0-GV56. https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechTHESIS:01142013-104747074

1992

Duffy, Thomas Sheehan (1992) Elastic Properties of Metals and Minerals under Shock Compression. Dissertation (Ph.D.), California Institute of Technology. doi:10.7907/m63k-zj81. https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechETD:etd-05172007-104609

Smither, Catherine Louise (1992) Stress-relief displacements induced by drilling and three-dimensional modeling of planetary impacts. Dissertation (Ph.D.), California Institute of Technology. doi:10.7907/49fn-dg49. https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechTHESIS:09282011-151807180

Zhao, Lian-She (1992) Seismic waveform modeling of regional phases and wavefields from an off-center explosion. Dissertation (Ph.D.), California Institute of Technology. doi:10.7907/thvj-vd30. https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechTHESIS:10032011-142032525

1990

Anderson, William Wyatt (1990) High Pressure States in Condensed Matter: I. High Pressure Behavior of the Iron-Sulfur System with Applications to the Earth's Core. II. Empirical Equation of State for Organic Compounds at High Pressures. Dissertation (Ph.D.), California Institute of Technology. doi:10.7907/7dsx-ed25. https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechTHESIS:03182015-092735941

Miller, Gregory Hale (1990) The Equation of State and Petrogenesis of Komatiite. Dissertation (Ph.D.), California Institute of Technology. doi:10.7907/r0pt-2227. https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechTHESIS:03272015-161328191

1989

Polanskey, Carol Ann (1989) I. Impact Spallation Experiments: Fracture Patterns and Spall Velocities. II. Craters in Carbonate Rocks: An Electron Paramagnetic Resonance Analysis of Shock Damage. Dissertation (Ph.D.), California Institute of Technology. doi:10.7907/3rgr-f070. https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechTHESIS:10172013-085025235

1987

Schmitt, Douglas Ray (1987) I. Applications of Double-Exposure Holography to the Measurement of In Situ Stress and the Elastic Moduli of Rock from Boreholes. II. Shock Temperature Measurements in Fused Quartz and Crystalline NaCl to 35 GPa. Dissertation (Ph.D.), California Institute of Technology. doi:10.7907/vr7c-6j57. https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechTHESIS:10242023-225432851

Scott, David Russell (1987) Magmons: Solitary Waves Arising in the Buoyant Ascent of Magma by Porous Flow through a Viscously Deformable Matrix. Dissertation (Ph.D.), California Institute of Technology. doi:10.7907/mvdj-ty73. https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechTHESIS:04052019-172938000

Vidale, John Emilio (1987) Application of Two-Dimensional Finite-Difference Wave Simulation to Earthquakes, Earth Structure, and Seismic Hazard. Dissertation (Ph.D.), California Institute of Technology. doi:10.7907/7TQ9-X746. https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechTHESIS:10132011-090721112

1986

Richards, Mark Alan (1986) Dynamical Models for the Earth's Geoid. Dissertation (Ph.D.), California Institute of Technology. doi:10.7907/ncf0-0c06. https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechTHESIS:02122016-151411807

1985

Humphreys, Eugene Drake (1985) Studies of the Crust-Mantle System Beneath Southern California. Dissertation (Ph.D.), California Institute of Technology. doi:10.7907/j2xf-gq29. https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechTHESIS:02142013-085850235

Le Bras, Ronan (1985) Methods of Multiparameter Inversion of Seismic Data Using the Acoustic and Elastic Born Approximations. Dissertation (Ph.D.), California Institute of Technology. doi:10.7907/14q2-fa62. https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechTHESIS:10092013-140441093

1984

Boslough, Mark Bruce (1984) Shock-Wave Properties and High-Pressure Equations of State of Geophysically Important Materials. Dissertation (Ph.D.), California Institute of Technology. doi:10.7907/C9GZ-3121. https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechETD:etd-09262002-154053

1982

Gillespie, Alan Reed (1982) Quaternary Glaciation and Tectonism in the Southeastern Sierra Nevada, Inyo County, California. Dissertation (Ph.D.), California Institute of Technology. doi:10.7907/GNES-QH83. https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechETD:etd-04102003-122837

1981

Cipar, John Joseph (1981) Seismic Source Processes and Tectonics: Observations of Four Intracontinental Earthquakes. Dissertation (Ph.D.), California Institute of Technology. doi:10.7907/bwpb-4c04. https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechETD:etd-09152006-102853

1980

Jeanloz, Raymond (1980) Physics of Mantle and Core Minerals. Dissertation (Ph.D.), California Institute of Technology. doi:10.7907/dzss-k041. https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechTHESIS:07072023-223914164

Lyzenga, Gregory Allen (1980) Shock Temperatures of Materials: Experiments and Applications to the High Pressure Equation of State. Dissertation (Ph.D.), California Institute of Technology. doi:10.7907/VSBK-ZA43. https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechETD:etd-08032004-150047

1978

Raikes, Susan Ann (1978) I. Regional Variations in Upper Mantle Compressional Velocities beneath Southern California. II. Post-Shock Temperatures: Their Experimental Determination, Calculation, and Implications. Dissertation (Ph.D.), California Institute of Technology. doi:10.7907/3323-8080. https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechTHESIS:04142020-164137815

1974

Gibbons, Rex Vincent (1974) Experimental Effects of High Shock Pressure on Materials of Geological and Geophysical Interest. Dissertation (Ph.D.), California Institute of Technology. doi:10.7907/9BJQ-N519. https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechETD:etd-11032005-141608

Lagus, Peter Leonard (1974) The Equations of State of Hydrogen and Argon: Applications to the Jovian Interior. Dissertation (Ph.D.), California Institute of Technology. doi:10.7907/zzpq-2876. https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechTHESIS:12072020-234014838

1973

Davies, Geoffrey Frederick (1973) Elasticity of Solids at High Pressures and Temperatures: Theory, Measurement, and Geophysical Application. Dissertation (Ph.D.), California Institute of Technology. doi:10.7907/SK7X-EE20. https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechTHESIS:02072018-154915291

Gaffney, Edward Stowell (1973) Crystal Field Effects in Mantle Minerals. Dissertation (Ph.D.), California Institute of Technology. doi:10.7907/3DS0-XR25. https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechTHESIS:07202018-110502938