Department of Geology
Senior Honors Theses
AY 2002-2003 |
Honors Thesis Title |
Mentor |
Jonathan P. Allen |
Sedimentology & Plant Taphonomy of the Trout Brook Formation, Middle Devonian, Maine |
Prof. Robert A. Gastaldo |
Amy L. Lansdale |
Hydrogeochemical Analysis of a Contaminated Industrial Site |
Dr. Jennifer D. Shosa |
Justin E. Ossolinski |
An Investigation of the Hydrogeochemical Dynamics of a Forested Peat Land in Central Maine |
Dr. Jennifer D. Shosa |
AY 2003-2004 |
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Robin H. Nesbeda |
Sedimentological and Geochemical Characterization of East Pond, Belgrade Lakes Watershed, central Maine |
Prof. Robert A. Gastaldo |
AY 2005-2006 |
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Katherine E. Curtis |
A Dynamic 3-d Model of the Seasonal Surface and Sub-surface Flow in the Belgrade Lakes Watershed, South-central Maine |
Dr. Jennifer D. Shosa |
Christopher J. Russoniello |
(1) Development of a research plan for a hydrogeological investigation of the Serpentine Bog, and (2) Quantification of seasonal groundwater flux through the southern portion of the Serpentine Bog in South-Central Maine |
Dr. Jennifer D. Shosa |
AY 2007-2008 |
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Bradford M. Cantor |
Historical Records of Stomatal Indices for Quercus and Nyssa from the Southeastern U.S. |
Prof. Robert A. Gastaldo |
Rachel G. Daly |
The Effect on Stomatal Proxies as a Function of Geographical Position Relative to Growing Season Sunlight |
Prof. Robert A. Gastaldo |
AY 2009-2010 |
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Ellen Crapster-Pregont |
Lithium- and Oxygen-isotope Profiles of a Mid-Atlantic Ridge Oceanic Core Complex: The Atlantis Massif, 30?N |
Dr. Valerie S. Reynolds |
Christopher M. Englert |
Spectral Analysis of Rotary Sonar Images for Comparison to Predictive Ripple Models |
Prof. Robert A. Gastaldo |
Cassandra L. Knight |
Late Permian paleoenvironmental factors expounded through analysis of a forest-floor paleosol profile, Karoo Basin, South Africa |
Prof. Robert A. Gastaldo |
AY 2010-2011 |
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Timothy E. Becker |
EBSD Analysis of Pyroxenes in the Zagami Shergottite: Implications for Emplacement Mechanism |
Dr. Valerie S. Reynolds |
Eleanor E. Hoyt |
Rheological properties of folded layers during natural deformation as determined from quantitative geometric analysis of fold shape |
Dr. Jeffrey M. Marsh |
Bryce A. Pludow |
Comparing Middle Permian and Early Triassic environments: Mud aggregates as a proxy for climate change in the Karoo Basin, South Africa |
Prof. Robert A. Gastaldo |
AY 2011-2012 |
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Emma N. Beck |
Examination of Spatial Variations in Recrystallization Mechanisms in Quartz |
Dr. Walter A. Sullivan |
Nathan Katsiaficas |
Geodynanmic Constraints on the Flow of Samoan-Plume Mantle into the Northern Lau Basin |
Dr. Valerie S. Reynolds |