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2023

Luo, Yangcheng (2023) Tracer Transport in Three Dimensions: Dispersion of Methane on Mars, Coupled Chemistry and Dynamics on Exoplanets, and Submesoscale Mixing in the Ocean. Dissertation (Ph.D.), California Institute of Technology. doi:10.7907/91p7-gg59. https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechTHESIS:01302023-185542422

2022

Scheller, Eva Linghan (2022) A Multi-Disciplinary Approach: How Aqueous Minerals Hold the Key to Understanding the Climate and Habitability of Terrestrial Planets. Dissertation (Ph.D.), California Institute of Technology. doi:10.7907/8rj3-6k52. https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechTHESIS:05252022-013922276

2021

Hayden, Alistair Thompson (2021) Exhumed Fluvial Deposits: New Paleohydrological Tools Indicate Long-Duration Fluvial Activity on Early Mars. Dissertation (Ph.D.), California Institute of Technology. doi:10.7907/68ft-xm49. https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechTHESIS:09072020-172907018

Neamati, Daniel A. (2021) New Method and Analysis of Proximity Trajectory-Only Learned Dynamics for Small Body Gravity Fields. Senior thesis (Major), California Institute of Technology. doi:10.7907/4csx-4636. https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechTHESIS:05272021-220554457

Roback, Kevin Patrick (2021) Investigating Sand Transport and Landslides, and Implications for Past and Present Environments on Mars and Earth. Dissertation (Ph.D.), California Institute of Technology. doi:10.7907/gykg-wz60. https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechTHESIS:05202021-183729767

Trumbo, Samantha Kathleen (2021) Views of an Ocean World: The Signatures of Internal and External Processes on the Surface of Europa. Dissertation (Ph.D.), California Institute of Technology. doi:10.7907/d63b-y030. https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechTHESIS:01082021-174930437

2020

Anderson, Dana Eklund (2020) Tracking Volatile Elements in Protoplanetary Disks and on Planetary Surfaces. Dissertation (Ph.D.), California Institute of Technology. doi:10.7907/GZSA-DK98. http://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechTHESIS:09282019-173537468

Leask, Ellen Kathleen (2020) Investigating the Evolution of Surface Water on Mars through Spectroscopy of Secondary Minerals. Dissertation (Ph.D.), California Institute of Technology. doi:10.7907/TWR4-N128. https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechTHESIS:02192020-182835054

Martin, Peter Eckels (2020) Detection and Analysis of Martian Low-Temperature Geochemistry. Dissertation (Ph.D.), California Institute of Technology. doi:10.7907/EF7Y-D584. https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechTHESIS:12112019-142555725

Stein, Nathaniel Thomas (2020) Investigation of Past Habitable Environments through Remote Sensing of Planetary Surfaces. Dissertation (Ph.D.), California Institute of Technology. doi:10.7907/cq9c-sg21. https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechTHESIS:06092020-122543624

2019

Thomas, Nancy Helen (2019) Remotely Sensing Aqueous Alteration on Mars: Innovative Statistical and Analytical Methods for Large Spectral Datasets. Dissertation (Ph.D.), California Institute of Technology. doi:10.7907/8JFC-BY64. https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechTHESIS:06072019-115333958

Witkosky, Rebecca Amber (2019) Tectonics in Nevada and Southern California: Subsidence of the Ediacaran Johnnie Formation, Cumulative Offset Along the Lavic Lake Fault, and Geomorphic Surface Development Along the Southern San Andreas Fault. Dissertation (Ph.D.), California Institute of Technology. doi:10.7907/XTZX-X107. https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechTHESIS:01172019-113222535

2018

Buhler, Peter Benjamin (2018) Measuring and Modeling the Interplay between Planetary Orbits, Interiors, Surfaces, and Atmospheres. Dissertation (Ph.D.), California Institute of Technology. doi:10.7907/MEXZ-2586. https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechTHESIS:05312018-155112365

Buz, Jennifer (2018) Macro Mars to Micro Mars: Mapping Minerals and Magnetization. Dissertation (Ph.D.), California Institute of Technology. doi:10.7907/Z6EH-M526. https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechTHESIS:05242018-144308725

Quinn, Daven Patel (2018) Regional Structural Geology of Earth and Mars. Dissertation (Ph.D.), California Institute of Technology. doi:10.7907/9enj-wn23. https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechTHESIS:05282018-115947263

Wong, Ian Yu (2018) Probing the Trojan-Hilda-KBO Connection: An Empirical Test of Dynamical Instability Models of Solar System Evolution. Dissertation (Ph.D.), California Institute of Technology. doi:10.7907/Z9B856BX. https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechTHESIS:03012018-170927159

Wong, Michael L. (2018) A Planetary Perspective of Life. Dissertation (Ph.D.), California Institute of Technology. doi:10.7907/KVBE-HJ52. https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechTHESIS:06052018-220558731

2017

Lapôtre, Mathieu Gaetan Andre (2017) Sedimentary Processes on Earth and Mars: Canyon Erosion, Sand-Ripple Formation, and Mineral Composition. Dissertation (Ph.D.), California Institute of Technology. doi:10.7907/Z9RF5S2T. https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechTHESIS:05152017-105730412

O'Rourke, Joseph Ghilarducci (2017) The Divergent Evolution of Earth and Venus. Dissertation (Ph.D.), California Institute of Technology. doi:10.7907/Z9JH3J6S. https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechTHESIS:03182017-212454688

Pan, Lu (2017) Insights into the Geologic History of Mars’ Northern Lowlands from Near-Infrared Spectroscopy. Dissertation (Ph.D.), California Institute of Technology. doi:10.7907/Z94747WX. https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechTHESIS:04132017-163326100

2016

Siebach, Kirsten Leigh (2016) Formation and Diagenesis of Sedimentary Rocks in Gale Crater, Mars. Dissertation (Ph.D.), California Institute of Technology. doi:10.7907/Z97D2S4K. https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechTHESIS:06032016-155530034

2015

Limaye, Ajay Brian Sanjay (2015) Valley Evolution by Meandering Rivers. Dissertation (Ph.D.), California Institute of Technology. doi:10.7907/Z9MG7MFJ. https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechTHESIS:10272014-105243856

Stack, Kathryn Marie Morgan (2015) Reconstructing Past Depositional and Diagenetic Processes through Quantitative Stratigraphic Analysis of the Martian Sedimentary Rock Record. Dissertation (Ph.D.), California Institute of Technology. doi:10.7907/Z9FN144M . https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechTHESIS:12042014-212249920

2013

Chemtob, Steven Michael (2013) The Origin and Evolution of Amorphous Silica Coatings on Young Hawaiian Basalts. Dissertation (Ph.D.), California Institute of Technology. doi:10.7907/RGT1-NK93. https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechTHESIS:12192012-121428518

2012

Soto, Alejandro (2012) Dynamical Paleoclimatology of Mars. Dissertation (Ph.D.), California Institute of Technology. doi:10.7907/3D9Y-DC44. https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechTHESIS:01252012-143955675