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2024

Morris, Freya Kurt (2024) Depositional and Structural History of the Pavian and Kudu Nappes in the Naukluft Mountains, Namibia. Dissertation (Ph.D.), California Institute of Technology. doi:10.7907/ecfc-c202. https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechTHESIS:08132023-171059108

Zeichner, Sarah Soojin (2024) Fates of Carbon. Dissertation (Ph.D.), California Institute of Technology. doi:10.7907/vy9f-k705. https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechTHESIS:01022024-183348243

2023

Douglas, Madison Marie (2023) Mechanics of River Erosion and its Effects on Floodplain Biogeochemistry. Dissertation (Ph.D.), California Institute of Technology. doi:10.7907/rwmn-hq80. https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechTHESIS:06012023-210614776

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

Sanders, Cecilia Brooke (2023) Geological and Geochemical Explorations of the Salitre Formation Phosphorite, Eastern Brazil. Dissertation (Ph.D.), California Institute of Technology. doi:10.7907/rd4m-7x08. https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechTHESIS:07202022-060317708

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

Lingappa, Usha Farey (2021) Manganese Through Time and Other Stories Concerning Cyanobacteria and the World Around Them. Dissertation (Ph.D.), California Institute of Technology. doi:10.7907/9ysw-jt52. https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechTHESIS:06012021-160326752

2020

Chadwick, Austin John (2020) Mechanics of River Avulsions on Lowland River Deltas. Dissertation (Ph.D.), California Institute of Technology. doi:10.7907/97C1-JG94. https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechTHESIS:02032020-134346875

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

2018

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

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

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

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

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

Slotznick, Sarah Pearl (2016) Coupling Textural, Magnetic, and Modeling Techniques to Understand Precambrian Paleoenvironments. Dissertation (Ph.D.), California Institute of Technology. doi:10.7907/Z9HT2M8X. https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechTHESIS:06032016-150348563

2015

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

2014

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

Edgar, Lauren Ashley (2013) Identifying and Interpreting Stratification in Sedimentary Rocks on Mars: Insight from Rover and Orbital Observations and Terrestrial Field Analogs. Dissertation (Ph.D.), California Institute of Technology. doi:10.7907/RAGV-WT91. https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechTHESIS:06072013-083424637

Osburn, Magdalena Rose (2013) Isotopic Proxies for Microbial and Environmental Change: Insights from Hydrogen Isotopes and the Ediacaran Khufai Formation. Dissertation (Ph.D.), California Institute of Technology. doi:10.7907/KBAN-B073. https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechTHESIS:03202013-162430365

2012

Chapman, Alan Daniel (2012) Late Cretaceous Gravitational Collapse of the Southern Sierra Nevada Batholith and Adjacent Areas Above Underplated Schists, Southern California. Dissertation (Ph.D.), California Institute of Technology. doi:10.7907/NAQX-Y886. https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechTHESIS:07212011-115223871

2011

Hayes, Alexander Gerard (2011) Hydrocarbon Lakes on Titan and Their Role in the Methane Cycle. Dissertation (Ph.D.), California Institute of Technology. doi:10.7907/14J8-7A73. https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechTHESIS:05182011-100453420

2010

Metz, Joannah Marie (2010) A Study of the Record of Ancient Sedimentary Rocks on Mars Using MER, HiRISE and CRISM Images. Dissertation (Ph.D.), California Institute of Technology. doi:10.7907/8ZCD-SK38. https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechTHESIS:04102010-113856474

2009

Lewis, Kevin Wayne (2009) The Rock Record of Mars: Structure, Sedimentology and Stratigraphy. Dissertation (Ph.D.), California Institute of Technology. doi:10.7907/Y4JG-FZ60. https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechETD:etd-06062009-150120

Petterson, Ryan (2009) I. Glaciagenic and Related Strata of the Neoproterozoic Kingston Peak Formation in the Panamint Range, Death Valley Region, California. II. The Basal Ediacaran Noonday Formation, Eastern California, and Implications for Laurentian Equivalents. III. Rifting of Southwest Laurentia During the Sturtian-Marinoan Interglacial: The Argenta Orogeny. Dissertation (Ph.D.), California Institute of Technology. doi:10.7907/C9GZ-WE07. https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechETD:etd-05042009-102142

2007

Kopp, Robert Evans, III (2007) The Identification and Interpretation of Microbial Biogeomagnetism. Dissertation (Ph.D.), California Institute of Technology. doi:10.7907/83R3-VB23. https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechETD:etd-04122007-135320