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Asimow, Paul David (1997) A Thermodynamic Model of Adiabatic Melting of the Mantle. Dissertation (Ph.D.), California Institute of Technology. doi:10.7907/93RY-AN70. https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechETD:etd-11202003-144820

Aines, Roger Deane (1984) Trace Hydrogen in Minerals. Dissertation (Ph.D.), California Institute of Technology. doi:10.7907/n7vk-f724. https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechTHESIS:11092018-122937399

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Balta, Joseph Brian (2010) 1. Experimental Investigation of Hydrous Melting of the Earth’s Upper Mantle, and 2. Olivine Abundances and Compositions in Hawaiian Lavas. Dissertation (Ph.D.), California Institute of Technology. doi:10.7907/7NM9-AB40. https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechTHESIS:11062009-091851899

Brodsky, Emily Elizabeth (2001) Studies in Fluid Dynamics as Applied to Seismology and Volcanology. Dissertation (Ph.D.), California Institute of Technology. doi:10.7907/XF8B-3F65. https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechETD:etd-08152001-152200

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

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Channon, Melanie Beth (2013) Oxygen Isotopes and Volatiles in Martian Meteorite. Dissertation (Ph.D.), California Institute of Technology. doi:10.7907/HZ47-BJ39. https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechTHESIS:06032013-094453023

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

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

Conca, James Louis (1985) Differential Weathering Effects and Mechanisms. Dissertation (Ph.D.), California Institute of Technology. doi:10.7907/VBEQ-RB90. https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechETD:etd-04072004-154813

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Erel, Yigal (1991) Transport of Natural Lead and Cadmium in Rivers: Global Flux Implications. Dissertation (Ph.D.), California Institute of Technology. doi:10.7907/1RX3-W586. https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechTHESIS:04112011-111843025

Edwards, Richard Lawrence (1988) High Precision Thorium-230 Ages of Corals and the Timing of Sea Level Fluctuations in the Late Quaternary. Dissertation (Ph.D.), California Institute of Technology. doi:10.7907/S2FW-0463. https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechETD:etd-10112005-103528

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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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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

Given, Jeffrey Wayne (1984) Inversion of Body-Wave Seismograms for Upper Mantle Structure. Dissertation (Ph.D.), California Institute of Technology. doi:10.7907/cgdh-0e19. https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechTHESIS:10242018-091909982

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Hofmann, Amy Elizabeth (2010) Micron- to Sub-Micron-Scale Trace Element Zonations in Zircon and Olivine. Dissertation (Ph.D.), California Institute of Technology. doi:10.7907/24H9-0565. https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechTHESIS:05272010-121809591

Hill, Robert Ian (1984) Petrology and Petrogenesis of Batholithic Rocks, San Jacinto Mountains, Southern California. Dissertation (Ph.D.), California Institute of Technology. doi:10.7907/9x01-1n85. https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechTHESIS:09132016-161520143

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

Keszthelyi, László P. (1994) On the Thermal Budget of Pahoehoe Lava Flows. Dissertation (Ph.D.), California Institute of Technology. doi:10.7907/G5V5-T293. https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechTHESIS:03182013-160237674

Knott, Diane Clemens (1992) Geologic and isotopic investigations of the early Cretaceous Sierra Nevada Batholith, Tulare Co., CA, and the Ivrea Zone, NW Italian Alps: examples of interaction between mantle-derived magma and continental crust. Dissertation (Ph.D.), California Institute of Technology. doi:10.7907/AA6N-EY25. https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechTHESIS:04222011-143434002

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Lewis, Madeline Janine (2021) Magmatic Differentiation in Arc and Mid Ocean Ridge Settings. Dissertation (Ph.D.), California Institute of Technology. doi:10.7907/a1ky-ab66. https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechTHESIS:06022021-034345855

Lee, Woh-jer (1996) Experimental Study on Liquid Immiscibility in Silicate-Carbonate Systems with Applications to Carbonatites. Dissertation (Ph.D.), California Institute of Technology. doi:10.7907/vpan-h802. https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechTHESIS:09192023-212841699

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

Larson, Peter Brennan (1984) I. An ¹⁸O/¹⁶O Investigation of the Lake City Caldera, San Juan Mountains, Colorado. II. ¹⁸O/¹⁶O Relationships in Tertiary Ash-Flow Tuffs from Complex Caldera Structures in Central Nevada and the San Juan Mountains, Colorado. Dissertation (Ph.D.), California Institute of Technology. doi:10.7907/aeb1-ct78. https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechTHESIS:09142018-134243270

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Marquez, Ren Thomas Caburnay (2024) Primitive Stellar Remnants and their Signatures as Probes to the Nascent Solar System. Dissertation (Ph.D.), California Institute of Technology. doi:10.7907/ge1c-kj54. https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechTHESIS:06042024-171635742

Matzen, Andrew Keith (2012) Fe-Mg and Ni Partitioning between Olivine and Silicate Melt. Dissertation (Ph.D.), California Institute of Technology. doi:10.7907/AB6Y-3374. https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechTHESIS:04232012-061531097

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

Mattson, Stephanie Margaret (1985) Optical Expressions of Ion-Pair Interactions in Minerals. Dissertation (Ph.D.), California Institute of Technology. doi:10.7907/acn3-nr54. https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechETD:etd-04082005-133814

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Newcombe, Megan Eve (2016) Solubility and Diffusivity of Water in Lunar Basalt, and Chemical Zonation in Olivine-Hosted Melt Inclusions. Dissertation (Ph.D.), California Institute of Technology. doi:10.7907/Z9V985ZQ. https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechTHESIS:12212015-153532580

Navon, Oded (1989) Chemical and Mineralogical Characterization of Micro-Inclusions in Diamonds. Dissertation (Ph.D.), California Institute of Technology. doi:10.7907/A88J-S465. https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechTHESIS:10232013-113130725

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O'Leary, Julie Ann (2007) Hydrogen Isotope Geochemistry of the Mantle: Constraints from Back Arc Basin Basalts and Mantle Xenoliths. Dissertation (Ph.D.), California Institute of Technology. doi:10.7907/6QQX-ED22. https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechETD:etd-12182006-072449

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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

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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

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

Ruff, Larry John (1982) I. Great Earthquakes and Seismic Coupling at Subduction Zones. II. The Structure of the Lowermost Mantle Determined by Short Period P-Wave Amplitudes. Dissertation (Ph.D.), California Institute of Technology. doi:10.7907/YW3Y-AZ37. https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechETD:etd-09062006-105439

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Swindle, Carl Raymond (2024) Fluid-Rock Interactions from the Lithosphere to Earth’s Surface. Dissertation (Ph.D.), California Institute of Technology. doi:10.7907/5mbh-jw64. https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechTHESIS:09282023-195100516

Saper, Lee Michael (2022) Experimental Studies on the Thermodynamics and Kinetics of Coexisting Olivine, Silicate Melt, and Vapor. Dissertation (Ph.D.), California Institute of Technology. doi:10.7907/f8qb-3g41. https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechTHESIS:08242021-041734202

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

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

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

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Thomas, Claire Waller (2013) Liquid Silicate Equation of State: Using Shock Waves to Understand the Properties of the Deep Earth. Dissertation (Ph.D.), California Institute of Technology. doi:10.7907/8JTY-MQ03. https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechTHESIS:04162013-132730413

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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

Walck, Marianne Carol (1984) Teleseismic Array Analysis of Upper Mantle Compressional Velocity Structure. Dissertation (Ph.D.), California Institute of Technology. doi:10.7907/76q0-ye98. https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechTHESIS:10092013-142945359