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2025

Bonan, David B. (2025) Explications of a Changing Climate. Dissertation (Ph.D.), California Institute of Technology. doi:10.7907/afb5-ns06. https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechTHESIS:06262024-011209069

2024

Dong, Guannan (2024) Taking the Pulse of Life: Intramolecular and Clumped Isotopic Perspectives on the Origins and Evolution of Hydrocarbons in Geological and Prebiotic Systems. Dissertation (Ph.D.), California Institute of Technology. doi:10.7907/yw0g-s893. https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechTHESIS:06012024-213407041

2023

Dove, Lilian Aja (2023) Impacts of Zonal Asymmetry on Southern Ocean Dynamics and Biogeochemistry. Dissertation (Ph.D.), California Institute of Technology. doi:10.7907/qnah-sc58. https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechTHESIS:05302023-201452585

Osorio Rodríguez, Daniela (2023) Microbial Transformations of Sulfur: Environmental and (Paleo) Ecological Implications. Dissertation (Ph.D.), California Institute of Technology. doi:10.7907/9bn5-z794. https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechTHESIS:06092023-201353115

2022

Kemeny, Preston Cosslett (2022) A Fluvial Perspective on the Role of Sulfide Oxidation in the Global Carbon Cycle. Dissertation (Ph.D.), California Institute of Technology. doi:10.7907/59hb-zp37. https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechTHESIS:05272022-003433646

2021

Johnson, Daniel Lee (2021) Sulfur Isotopic Insights into the Modern and Ancient Marine Sulfur Cycles. Dissertation (Ph.D.), California Institute of Technology. doi:10.7907/vc71-ht05. https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechTHESIS:10202020-173641319

Phillips, Alexandra Atlee (2021) Sulfur Cycling in the Water Columns of Lakes and Oceans. Dissertation (Ph.D.), California Institute of Technology. doi:10.7907/tmxk-7f90. https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechTHESIS:06042021-142625243

2020

Finke, Cody Enslin (2020) An Experimental and Economic Analysis of Electrochemical Technologies to Reduce Greenhouse Gas Emissions. Dissertation (Ph.D.), California Institute of Technology. doi:10.7907/msvc-8t85. http://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechTHESIS:07132019-171515484

Naviaux, John David (2020) Chemical and Physical Mechanisms of Calcite Dissolution in Seawater. Dissertation (Ph.D.), California Institute of Technology. doi:10.7907/DA32-MY55. https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechTHESIS:11062019-135828667

2019

Chen, Sang (2019) Understanding Geochemical Tracers in Deep-Sea Corals from a Biomineralization Perspective. Dissertation (Ph.D.), California Institute of Technology. doi:10.7907/54TA-JK92. https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechTHESIS:06072019-145745731

Erickson, Zachary K. (2019) Physical Processes Leading to Export of Fixed Carbon Out of the Surface Ocean. Dissertation (Ph.D.), California Institute of Technology. doi:10.7907/XDX7-8J36. https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechTHESIS:06092019-160257514

Viglione, Giuliana Augusta (2019) Dynamics of Southern Ocean Mixed Layers. Dissertation (Ph.D.), California Institute of Technology. doi:10.7907/CYRK-SB71. https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechTHESIS:06102019-132644524

2018

Hines, Sophia Katharine Vizza (2018) Glacial Ocean Dynamics: Insight from Deep-Sea Coral Reconstructions and A Time-Dependent Dynamical Box Model. Dissertation (Ph.D.), California Institute of Technology. doi:10.7907/Z9RF5S72. https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechTHESIS:10242017-152242759

Present, Theodore Michael (2018) Controls on the Sulfur Isotopic Composition of Carbonate-Associated Sulfate. Dissertation (Ph.D.), California Institute of Technology. doi:10.7907/6SFR-EX25. https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechTHESIS:04042018-153105432

2017

Bischoff, Tobias (2017) Dynamics of the Intertropical Convergence Zone. Dissertation (Ph.D.), California Institute of Technology. doi:10.7907/Z97M05XR. https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechTHESIS:11122016-111133209

Malatesta, Luca Claude (2017) Impact of Climate and Tectonics on the Morphodynamics of Alluvial Piedmonts, Implications for Sediment Transfer and the Stratigraphic Record. Dissertation (Ph.D.), California Institute of Technology. doi:10.7907/Z9HD7SP4. https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechTHESIS:04072017-164424209

Subhas, Adam Vinay (2017) Chemical Controls on the Dissolution Kinetics of Calcite in Seawater. Dissertation (Ph.D.), California Institute of Technology. doi:10.7907/Z93X84P3. https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechTHESIS:06092017-091849904

2016

Case, David Hamilton (2016) Carbonate-Associated Microbial Ecology at Methane Seeps: Assemblage Composition, Response to Changing Environmental Conditions, and Implications for Biomarker Longevity. Dissertation (Ph.D.), California Institute of Technology. doi:10.7907/Z9TD9V84. https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechTHESIS:05262016-170051580

Raven, Morgan Reed (2016) Organic Matter Sulfurization in the Modern Ocean. Dissertation (Ph.D.), California Institute of Technology. doi:10.7907/Z91Z42B0. https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechTHESIS:05262016-125832967

Su, Zhan (2016) High-Latitude Ocean Convection and Gyre Dynamics. Dissertation (Ph.D.), California Institute of Technology. doi:10.7907/Z9H12ZZ3. https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechTHESIS:05262016-174848616

Wills, Robert Christopher (2016) Stationary Eddies and Zonal Variations of the Global Hydrological Cycle in a Changing Climate. Dissertation (Ph.D.), California Institute of Technology. doi:10.7907/Z91V5BX8. https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechTHESIS:01202016-022601840

2014

Miller, Madeline Diane (2014) The Deep Ocean Density Structure at the Last Glacial Maximum: What Was It and Why? Dissertation (Ph.D.), California Institute of Technology. doi:10.7907/QHD5-FH77. https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechTHESIS:10312013-000733635

Stolper, Daniel Aaron (2014) New Insights into the Formation and Modification of Carbonate-Bearing Minerals and Methane Gas in Geological Systems using Multiply Substituted Isotopologues. Dissertation (Ph.D.), California Institute of Technology. doi:10.7907/Z9CF9N3Q. https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechTHESIS:05272014-225828922

2013

Bergmann, Kristin Diane (2013) Constraints on the Carbon Cycle and Climate During the Early Evolution of Animals. Dissertation (Ph.D.), California Institute of Technology. doi:10.7907/KFJX-7S28. https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechTHESIS:06102013-045943358

2012

Beck, Anna Rose (2012) Iron in the Ocean: Laboratory Experiments of Iron Geochemistry in the Presence of Marine Particles. Dissertation (Ph.D.), California Institute of Technology. doi:10.7907/0CAB-KF69. https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechTHESIS:09282011-141454915

Merlis, Timothy Moore (2012) The General Circulation of the Tropical Atmosphere and Climate Changes. Dissertation (Ph.D.), California Institute of Technology. doi:10.7907/DH11-0926. https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechTHESIS:07012011-191902511

Thiagarajan, Nivedita (2012) Using Clumped Isotopes and Radiocarbon to Characterize Rapid Climate Change During the Last Glacial Cycle. Dissertation (Ph.D.), California Institute of Technology. doi:10.7907/Z9CV4FR0. https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechTHESIS:05312012-104144486

2011

Farnsworth, Claire Elizabeth (2011) Processes Controlling the Fate and Transport of Trace Metals in the Subsurface During Changing Redox Potential. Dissertation (Ph.D.), California Institute of Technology. doi:10.7907/TB3A-Z569. https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechTHESIS:05132011-121157483

Harrison, Benjamin Kimball (2011) Microbial Colonization of Minerals in Marine Sediments – Method Development and Ecological Significance. Dissertation (Ph.D.), California Institute of Technology. doi:10.7907/3891-QQ56. https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechTHESIS:05262011-085126961

2010

Gagnon, Alexander C. (2010) Geochemical Mechanisms of Biomineralization from Analysis of Deep-Sea and Laboratory Cultured Corals. Dissertation (Ph.D.), California Institute of Technology. doi:10.7907/N1MW-8Q84. https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechTHESIS:05102010-102555148

2009

Guo, Weifu (2009) Carbonate Clumped Isotope Thermometry: Applications to Carbonaceous Chondrites and Effects of Kinetic Isotope Fractionation. Dissertation (Ph.D.), California Institute of Technology. doi:10.7907/BWC2-RH54. https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechETD:etd-12182008-115035

Wildman, Richard Alan (2009) Biogeochemical Implications of Changing Groundwater and Surface Water Hydrology at Lake Powell, Utah and Arizona, and the Merced River, California, USA. Dissertation (Ph.D.), California Institute of Technology. doi:10.7907/2BQF-KR29. https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechETD:etd-05182009-162828

2008

Mendez, Jeffrey Michael (2008) Iron and Manganese in the Ocean: Investigation of Atmospheric Input by Dust and Coastal Ocean Time Series. Dissertation (Ph.D.), California Institute of Technology. doi:10.7907/Q7JK-MV77. https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechETD:etd-05022008-220144

Yang, Zhonghua (2008) Constraining Global Carbon Budget Using Vertically-Integrated CO₂ Measurements. Dissertation (Ph.D.), California Institute of Technology. doi:10.7907/3XR2-7185. https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechETD:etd-12132007-145150

2006

Eltgroth, Selene Farrell (2006) Unraveling Deep-Ocean Connections to Climate with Deep-Sea Coral Records of Radiocarbon and Cd/Ca. Dissertation (Ph.D.), California Institute of Technology. doi:10.7907/ZXHZ-EH83. https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechETD:etd-05262006-110220

Krakauer, Nir Yitzhak (2006) Characterizing Carbon-Dioxide Fluxes from Oceans and Terrestrial Ecosystems. Dissertation (Ph.D.), California Institute of Technology. doi:10.7907/8B12-1G19. https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechETD:etd-05262006-111949

Welp, Lisa Renee (2006) Links Between Carbon and Water Cycles in Northern Ecosystems: Constraints from Stable Isotopes. Dissertation (Ph.D.), California Institute of Technology. doi:10.7907/KY54-DC47. https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechETD:etd-06022006-105702

2005

Shuster, David Lawrence (2005) Application of Spallogenic Noble Gases Induced by Energetic Proton Irradiation to Problems in Geochemistry and Thermochronometry. Dissertation (Ph.D.), California Institute of Technology. doi:10.7907/EXV3-GG18. https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechETD:etd-06012005-135600

2003

Natawidjaja, Danny Hilman (2003) Neotectonics of the Sumatran Fault and Paleogeodesy of the Sumatran Subduction Zone. Dissertation (Ph.D.), California Institute of Technology. doi:10.7907/KBXR-5B89. https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechETD:etd-05222003-155554