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Amidon, William Henry (2010) Cosmogenic ³He and ²¹Ne Dating in Accessory Mineral Phases. Dissertation (Ph.D.), California Institute of Technology. doi:10.7907/R6JB-BW27. https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechTHESIS:05192010-102315391

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

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Burt, Emelia Anna (1993) Oxygen isotope studies of some sedimentary and metasedimentary rocks of the central and northern Appalachian Mountains, the Colorado Plateau, and the Ouachita Mountains. Dissertation (Ph.D.), California Institute of Technology. doi:10.7907/qgxa-rq43. https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechTHESIS:11292012-100814038

Blum, Joel David (1990) Geochemistry and Resonance Ionization of Platinum-Group Elements. Dissertation (Ph.D.), California Institute of Technology. doi:10.7907/KXRF-AQ49. https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechTHESIS:09042014-150651827

Breneman, Hugh Herbert, III (1985) Solar Photospheric and Coronal Abundances from Solar Energetic Particle Measurements. Dissertation (Ph.D.), California Institute of Technology. doi:10.7907/4mma-e885. https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechTHESIS:10092014-111031305

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Chimiak, Laura Marie (2021) Prebiotic Fingerprints. Dissertation (Ph.D.), California Institute of Technology. doi:10.7907/0hvh-xz81. https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechTHESIS:01102021-045431757

Cox, Stephen Ellis (2017) New Techniques for Noble Gas Geochronometry and Thermochronometry. Dissertation (Ph.D.), California Institute of Technology. doi:10.7907/Z9V69GKV. https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechTHESIS:12212016-095346656

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

Clancy, Robert Todd (1983) Carbon Monoxide in the Atmospheres of the Terrestrial Planets. Dissertation (Ph.D.), California Institute of Technology. doi:10.7907/mf7e-1581. https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechTHESIS:01252013-152959933

Cooper, Barbara Hope (1982) Erosion of Ice Films by Energetic Ions. Dissertation (Ph.D.), California Institute of Technology. doi:10.7907/yyye-qc47. https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechTHESIS:04182018-111515439

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Dixon, Jacqueline Eaby (1992) Water and carbon dioxide in basaltic magmas. Dissertation (Ph.D.), California Institute of Technology. doi:10.7907/KPWW-6M36. https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechTHESIS:09302011-113009730

Dumke, Mark Frederick (1982) Sputtering of the Gallium-Indium Eutectic Alloy in the Liquid Phase. Dissertation (Ph.D.), California Institute of Technology. doi:10.7907/psdd-pp78. https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechTHESIS:10292015-112154529

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Fine, Gerald Jonathan (1986) Carbon Dioxide in Synthetic and Natural Silicate Glasses. Dissertation (Ph.D.), California Institute of Technology. doi:10.7907/xmqc-xv31. https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechTHESIS:09032019-144830666

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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

Goreva, Julia S. (2001) Origin of Th/U Variations in Chondritic Meteorites. Dissertation (Ph.D.), California Institute of Technology. doi:10.7907/hfsz-ym11. https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechTHESIS:04252014-150216789

Gazis, Carey Alice (1995) An isotopic study of the fluid flow and thermal history of the 2.8 Ma Chegem ash-flow caldera and related intrusive rocks (Caucasus Mountains, Russia). Dissertation (Ph.D.), California Institute of Technology. doi:10.7907/mjb1-6r66. https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechETD:etd-11022007-110943

Gladstone, George Randall (1983) Radiative Transfer and Photochemistry in the Upper Atmosphere of Jupiter. Dissertation (Ph.D.), California Institute of Technology. doi:10.7907/pzzp-2209. https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechTHESIS:02042013-113709002

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Holt, Elizabeth Warner (2000) ¹⁸O/¹⁶O Studies of Short-Lived (10-25 Year), Fumarolic (>500°C) Meteoric-Hydrothermal Events in the Outflow Sheets of Ash-Flow Tuffs. Dissertation (Ph.D.), California Institute of Technology. doi:10.7907/8vdb-7r67. https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechTHESIS:11282022-190922104

Hofmeister, Anne Marie (1984) A Spectroscopic and Chemical Study of the Coloration of Feldspars by Irradiation and Impurities, Including Water. Dissertation (Ph.D.), California Institute of Technology. doi:10.7907/bj75-5674. https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechTHESIS:10172018-114703911

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Jones, John Hume (1981) Studies of the Geochemical Similarity of Plutonium and Samarium and Their Implications for the Abundance of ²⁴⁴Pu in the Early Solar System. Dissertation (Ph.D.), California Institute of Technology. doi:10.7907/qwv9-t340. https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechETD:etd-10052006-093021

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Kessel, Ronit (2002) The Activity of Chromite in Multicomponent Spinels: An Experimental Study with Implications for the Metamorphic History of Equilibrated Ordinary Chondrites. Dissertation (Ph.D.), California Institute of Technology. doi:10.7907/0774-JM48. https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechTHESIS:02172012-143736224

Krombel, Keith E. (1983) The Relative Abundances of Sn, Te, Xe, Ba, and Ce in the Cosmic Radiation. Dissertation (Ph.D.), California Institute of Technology. doi:10.7907/h4fg-6z05. https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechTHESIS:10092014-110007312

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Li, Liming (2007) Dynamics of the Jovian Atmosphere from Observation and Theory. Dissertation (Ph.D.), California Institute of Technology. doi:10.7907/6DAY-FJ03. https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechETD:etd-02012007-204746

Leshin, Laurie Ann (1995) The Abundance and Hydrogen Isotopic Composition of Water in SNC Meteorites: Implications for Water on Mars. Dissertation (Ph.D.), California Institute of Technology. doi:10.7907/36AJ-NW91. https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechETD:etd-11062007-091745

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Miller, Sarah Ann (2007) Alkaline Earth Element Partitioning in Simplified Magmatic Systems. Dissertation (Ph.D.), California Institute of Technology. doi:10.7907/90DK-3398. https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechETD:etd-05132007-103357

Mukhopadhyay, Sujoy (2002) I. Extraterrestrial ³He in the Sedimentary Record. II. Geochemistry of Shield Stage Lavas from Kauai, Hawaii. Dissertation (Ph.D.), California Institute of Technology. doi:10.7907/XPM2-1Q79. https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechTHESIS:02232012-115811346

Mills, Franklin Perry (1998) I. Observations and Photochemical Modeling of the Venus Middle Atmosphere. II. Thermal Infrared Spectroscopy of Europa and Callisto. Dissertation (Ph.D.), California Institute of Technology. doi:10.7907/NWPG-E852. https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechETD:etd-11222004-140151

McMuldroch, Stuart (1995) The Circumstellar Environments of FU Orionis Stars. Dissertation (Ph.D.), California Institute of Technology. doi:10.7907/14NE-ZW09. https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechETD:etd-10312007-094538

Moses, Julianne Ives (1991) I. Phase Transformations and the Spectral Reflectance of Solid Sulfur: Possible Metastable Sulfur Allotropes on Io's Surface. II. Photochemistry and Aerosol Formation in Neptune's Atmosphere. Dissertation (Ph.D.), California Institute of Technology. doi:10.7907/S8F2-V423. https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechETD:etd-08012006-093137

Mendenhall, Marcus Holden (1983) High Energy Heavy Ion Induced Enhanced Adhesion. Dissertation (Ph.D.), California Institute of Technology. doi:10.7907/99pd-7q77. https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechTHESIS:11122015-102557568

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Ng, Chihang Amy (1982) I. Ancient Arctic Ice Does Not Contain Large Excesses of Natural Lead. II. Chronological Variations in Lead and Barium Concentrations and Lead Isotopic Compositions in Sediments of Four Southern California Off-Shore Basins. Dissertation (Ph.D.), California Institute of Technology. doi:10.7907/mn3s-dd97. https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechETD:etd-08232006-143453

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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

Piepgras, Donald John (1984) The Isotopic Composition of Neodymium in the Marine Environment: Investigations of the Sources and Transport of Rare Earth Elements in the Oceans. Dissertation (Ph.D.), California Institute of Technology. doi:10.7907/GATW-C580. https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechETD:etd-08152006-132531

Passey, Quinn R. (1982) Viscosity Structure of the Lithospheres of Ganymede, Callisto, and Enceladus, and of the Earth's Upper Mantle. Dissertation (Ph.D.), California Institute of Technology. doi:10.7907/A31H-FJ81. https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechTHESIS:02152013-145142740

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Rigden, Sally Miranda (1986) The Determination of the Equation of State of Molten Silicates at High Pressures Using Shock-Wave Techniques. Dissertation (Ph.D.), California Institute of Technology. doi:10.7907/5v04-ws14. https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechTHESIS:10272023-170924439

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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

Solomon, George Cleve (1989) An ¹⁸O/¹⁶O Study of Mesozoic and Early Tertiary Granitic Batholiths of the Southwestern North American Cordillera. Dissertation (Ph.D.), California Institute of Technology. doi:10.7907/T831-NP65. https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechETD:etd-01192007-082647

Silver, Lynn Alison (1988) Water in Silicate Glasses. Dissertation (Ph.D.), California Institute of Technology. doi:10.7907/z336-zw46. https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechTHESIS:03212013-080648923

Shieh, Yuch-Ning (1969) Oxygen, Carbon, and Hydrogen Isotope Studies of Contact Metamorphism. Dissertation (Ph.D.), California Institute of Technology. doi:10.7907/JJY7-J871. https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechTHESIS:02202014-142721576

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Vizgirda, Joana Marija (1982) Dynamic Properties of Carbonates and Applications to Cratering Processes. Dissertation (Ph.D.), California Institute of Technology. doi:10.7907/dat3-9s72. https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechTHESIS:04252018-105910410

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Wang, Zhengrong (2005) Oxygen Isotope Studies of the Petrogenesis of Hawaiian Lavas and a Theoretical Study on Equilibrium Thermodynamics of Multiply-Substituted Isotopologues. Dissertation (Ph.D.), California Institute of Technology. doi:10.7907/zrza-wc92. https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechETD:etd-05192005-000025

Wasylenki, Laura Eileen (1999) Partial Melting of Depleted Peridotite in the Earth's Upper Mantle and Implications for Generation of Mid-Ocean Ridge Basalts. Dissertation (Ph.D.), California Institute of Technology. doi:10.7907/9rx0-fn74. https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechTHESIS:10242019-141223855

Wolf, Richmond Andrew (1997) The development of the (U-Th)/He thermochronometer. Dissertation (Ph.D.), California Institute of Technology. doi:10.7907/kz3w-5t57. https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechETD:etd-10112005-111913

Weathers, Duncan Lee (1989) Sputtering by Multiply-Charged Ions, and Preferential Sputtering of Isotopic Mixtures. Dissertation (Ph.D.), California Institute of Technology. doi:10.7907/5bf6-s278. https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechTHESIS:10222013-084818842

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Yapp, Crayton Jeffery (1980) The Variations and Climatic Significance of D/ H Ratios in the Carbon-Bound Hydrogen of Cellulose in Trees. Dissertation (Ph.D.), California Institute of Technology. doi:10.7907/FFSK-YC27. https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechTHESIS:08132014-153838558

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Zumberge, James Frederick (1981) A Balloon Measurement of the Isotopic Composition of Galactic Cosmic Ray Boron, Carbon, and Nitrogen. Dissertation (Ph.D.), California Institute of Technology. doi:10.7907/22yw-v483. https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechTHESIS:10092014-153207228