Theses from 2020
Geochemistry of the Lazufre Volcanic Complex: Determining the Geometries and Processes of the Magmatic Sources in the Central Andean Volcanic Zone, Brooke Erin Benz
Core and Geophysical Analysis of Biogenic Tufa Deposits in the Spring River in Northern Arkansas, Tyler W. Engelbart
Geology and Geophysics of the Mogollon Mining District and the Bearwallow Mountain 7.5 Minute Quadrangle, Catron County, New Mexico, Charles Frost Hoffman
Detrital Zircon Petrochronology for Sedimentary Provenance Analysis: Source to Sink of the Mississippi/Missouri River Drainage Basin, Sage Denali Muttel
Pumice Compositions and Mineral Chemistry from Lascar Volcano, Chile, Madelaine M. Stearn
Theses from 2019
Greenway Trail Viewshed Characteristics: Planning Applications Using GIS and Remote Sensing, Aric Addison Beehler
Assessing Bioavailability, Metal Fractionation, Magnetic Susceptibility, and Organic Matter Interactivity in Mine-Waste Contaminated Sediments in Turkey Creek, Joplin, Missouri, Zachary Joseph Collette
Geologic Mapping and Geochronology of the Heavens gate 7.5-Minute Quadrangle: How Long Does it Take to Accrete an Island Arc to a Continent?, Samuel Gordon DeYoung
3d Canopy Model Reconstruction from Unmanned Aerial System and Automated Single Tree Extraction, Hai Ha Duong
Stream Channel Morphology and Riparian Forest Response to a 500-year Flood in the Missouri Ozarks, Joshua William Hess
Determining the Effect of Mission Design and Point Cloud Filtering on the Quality and Accuracy of SfM Photogrammetric Products Derived from sUAS Imagery, Daniel Shay Hostens
Quantifying the Effectiveness of Cedar Revetment in Mitigating Bank Erosion in Riceford Creek, Minnesota, Talia A. Klein
Geomorphic Response to Catastrophic Flooding in a Karst Mountain Stream System, Brighton-Blue Hole Watershed, Southwest Jamaica, Sarah M. LeTarte
Geomorphic Effects of Engineered Log Structures and Response to a Catastrophic Flood Event in a Missouri Ozarks River, Joseph S. Nash
Petrology and Geochemistry of the Bearwallow Mountain Andesite, Mogollon-Datil Volcanic Field, New Mexico, Conor Lee O'Dowd
Geochemical Fractionation of Stream Sediments Impacted by Pb-Zn Mining Wastes: Missouri, USA, Miles A. Pearson, Richard N. Biagioni, and Melida Gutierrez
Historical Land Use Influence on Fine-Grained Sedimentation in Channel and Floodplain Deposits in a Forested Missouri Ozark Watershed, Katy Nicole Reminga
Step-Pool Channel Morphology, Forcing Effects, and Geomorphic Classification in the Ozark Highlands, SE Missouri, Triston Ralland Rice
Geomorphic and Land Use Controls on Headwater Channel Morphology in Mark Twain National Forest, Grace F. Roman
Theses from 2018
Crustal Structure of the Bhutanese Himalaya: New Insights from a Gravity Analysis in Western and Central Bhutan, Kinzang Duba
Overcoming Barriers to Tiny and Small Home Urban Integration: A Comparative Case Study in the Carolinas, Krista Evans
Regional Stratigraphy and Distribution of the Coastal Group, St. Elizabeth Parish, Southwestern Jamaica, Brett M. Kenning
Spatial and Temporal Trends of Mining-Related Lead-Zinc Sediment Contamination, Galena River Watershed, SW Wisconsin-NW Illinois, Dylan Alexander King
Chemical and Statistical Analysis of Karst Groundwater Basin Signatures - Springfield, Mo, Benjamin E. Lockwood
Nutrient Transport and Storage in a Karst Spring-Reservoir System during Baseflow, Missouri Ozarks, Heather A. Moule
Geology of the Purgatory Saddle 7.5 Minute Quadrangle, and Gravity and Magnetic Analysis of Accreted Terrane Boundary, Western Idaho, Sourav Krishna Nandi
Salt Content of Dairy Farm Effluents as an Indicator of Salinization Risk to Soils, Bertha A. Rivas-Lucero, Melida Gutierrez, Eduardo J. Magaña, Francisco Marquez Saicido, and Walter Marquez Fierro
Diamond Intracrystalline Stable Isotope Chemical Image Analysis by Time-of-Flight Secondary Ionization Mass Spectrometery, Tyler J. Sundell
Theses from 2017
Lithospheric Evaluation of the Mid-Continental Rift System in Iowa from a Gravity and Magnetic Analysis, Moamen Mohamed Almaz
Land Use and Land-Cover Change Detection and Its Effect on Bengal Tiger Mortality for Central India, Tania Banerjee
Geomorphic Effects of Logging Railbeds on an Ozarks Headwater Stream, Mark Twain National Forest, Missouri, Nickolas S. Bradley
Geomorphic Disturbance and Anthropogenic Modifications in Big Barren Creek, Mark Twain National Forest, Southeast Missouri, Rachael A. Bradley
Urban Detention Basin Contamination with Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons (PAHs) and Metals, Holly Marie Duff
Geology of the Nelson Limestone, Postel Nunatak, Patuxent Range, Antarctica, Kevin Ray Evans, Lawrence W. McKenna, Bruce S. Lieberman, Wesley Donald Weichert, and Kenneth G. Macleod
A Geophysical Analysis of the Great Falls Tectonic Zone and the Surrounding Area, Montana USA, Travis Lane Fultz
Beach Form, Change, and Mangrove Interactions Along Galleon Fish Sanctuary, South Coast Jamaica, Kayla Marie Geier
Dog park users: An examination of perceived social capital and perceived neighborhood social cohesion, Edwin Gomez, Joshua W.R. Baur, and Ron Malega
Groundwater quality impacted by land use/land cover change in a semiarid region of Mexico, Victor Manuel Reyes Gomez, Melida Gutierrez, Brenda Najera Haro, Daniel Nunez Lopez, and Maria Teresa Alrcon Herrera
Influence of Prescribed Burning on Upland Soil Properties in Mark Twain National Forest, Southeast Missouri Ozarks, Megan Lynn Hente
Geology and Geochemistry of the Uvas Volcanic Field and Rubio Peak Formation of South-Central New Mexico, USA, Max Logan Hoffman
Tectonic Stress Regime Recorded in Zircon Th/U, Matthew McKay, William Jr. Jackson, and Angela Hessler
Photogrammetric UAV Mapping of Terrain under Dense Coastal Vegetation: An Object-Oriented Classification Ensemble Algorithm for Classification and Terrain Correction, Xuelian Meng, Nan Shang, Xukai Zhang, Chunyan Li, Kaiguang Zuao, Xiaomin Qiu, and Eddie Weeks
The thickness of cover sequences in the Western Desert of Iraq from a power spectrum analysis of gravity and magnetic data, Ahmed Mousa, Kevin Mickus, and Ali Al-Rahim
Channel Bar Morphology, Distribution, And Mining-Related Geochemistry In The Big River, St. Francois County, Missouri: Implications For Geomorphic Recovery, Lindsay Marie Olson
Legacy sediment, lead, and zinc storage in channel and floodplain deposits of the Big River, Old Lead Belt Mining District, Missouri, USA, Robert T. Pavlowsky, Scott A. Lecce, Marc R. Owen, and Derek J. Martin
Geochronology Of Calc-Alkaline Ash Flow Tuff Units In The Ogollon Datil Volcanic Field, Southern New Mexico: U-Pb In Zircon, Shannon Porter Rentz
Stratigraphy, paleomagnetism, and cosmogenic-isotope burial ages of fossil-bearing strata within Riverbluff Cave, Greene County, Missouri, Charles W. Rovey, Greg Balco, Matt Forir, and William F. Kean
Petrography and Geochemistry of Oligocene Rhyolitic Volcanic Rocks, Western Mogollon-Datil Volcanic Field, New Mexico, Emily Elizabeth Salings
Provenance Analysis of the Grover Gravel Using Detrital Zircon Geochronology, Petrology and Heavy Mineral Analysis, Grant Spoering
Geomorphic Characteristics and Sediment Transport in Natural and Channelized Reaches of Big Barren Creek, Southeast Missouri, Matthew S. Thies
Deposition Patterns and Rates of Mining-Contaminated Sediment within a Sedimentation Basin System, S.E. Missouri, Joshua Carl Voss
Using Survey Data and HEC-RAS Modeling to Assess a Riffle-Remediation Structure on the Big River, Bonne Terre, Missouri, Nichole Renee Weedman
Cyclostratigraphic Trends of δ13C in Upper Cambrian Strata, Great Basin, Usa: Implications for Astronomical Forcing, Wesley Donald Weichert
Submissions from 2016
Making the case for internationalisation: reflections on the transnational planning studio experience, Krista Evans
Abandoned Pb-Zn mining wastes and their mobility as proxy to toxicity: A review, Melida Gutierrez, Kevin Mickus, and Lucy Mar Camacho
Assessing the State of Contamination in a Historic Mining Town Using Sediment Chemistry, Melida Gutierrez, Shuo-Sheng Wu, Jameelah Rodriguez, Ashton D. Jones, and Benjamin Lockwood
Channel Sediment And Mining-Lead Storage In Flat River Creek, Old Lead Belt, Missouri, Ralph Joseph Hill
Spatial Distribution And Geomorphic Factors Of Lead Contamination On Floodplains Affected By Historical Mining, Big Rover, S.E. Missouri, David Bower Huggins
State of remediation and metal toxicity in the Tri-State Mining District, USA, Aaron Johnson, Melida Gutierrez, Douglas R. Gouzie, and Rex McAliley
Seismic Reflection, Well Log, And Gravity Analysis Of The Thrace Basin, Northwestern Turkey, Murat Kuvanc
An Assessment Of Long-Term Changes In The Characterisitcs Of Precipitation In The Upper Midwest, Blake Steven Lea
The Relationship between Lead in Groundwater and Elementary School Students' Academic Performance in Missouri, Lynnette Xiangling Li
Regional Differences in Affluent Black and Affluent White Residential Outcomes, Ron Malega and Rebecca Y. Stallings
Reach-scale characterization of large woody debris in a low-gradient, Midwestern U.S.A. river system, Derek J. Martin, Robert T. Pavlowsky, and Carol P. Harden
Object-Based Arctic Sea Ice Ridge Detection From High-Spatial-Resolution Imagery, Xin Miao, Hongjie Xie, Stephen F. Ackley, and Songfeng Zheng
Curie Depth Analysis of the Salton Sea Region, Southern California, Kevin Mickus and Musa Hussein
A Knowledge-Based Computerized Approach to the Development of a Sinkhole Database, Xiaomin Qiu and Shuo-Sheng Wu
Land Use And Land Cover Classification And Change Detection Using Naip Imagery From 2009 To 2014: Table Rock Lake Region, Missouri, Dexuan Sha Sha
The Evolution of the Golden Temple of Amritsar into a Major Sikh Pilgrimage Center, Jutla, Rajinder S.
A Trace Metal Content Database Of Cave Sediments Of Midcontinent U.S.A., Matthew Dale Smith
Submissions from 2015
A geoquímica isotópica de espeleotemas na compreensao da dinamica climática holocénica na regiao do Monumento Natural Cuevas de Fuentes de León, Estremadura, Espanha [The isotope geochemistry of speleothems in the comprehension of Holocene climate dynamics at Natural Monument Cuevas de Fuentes de León region, Extremadura, Spain], L. C. S. Campos, R. J. S. Teixeira, A. I. P. C. Rodrigues, X. Wang, K. MacLeod, and Damon Bassett
Sustainable Tourism Assessment for a Marine Protected Area in Southwest Jamaica, Emma Louise Clegg
The application of quantitative fluorescent dye tracing to evaluate karst hydrogeologic response to varying recharge conditions in an urban area, Douglas Gouzie, James Berglund, and Kevin L. Mickus
A Qualitative Study of Yellowstone National Park: Using Repeat Photography to Assess Landscape Change, Kortney Kaye Huffman
Gravity and Magnetic Investigations into Possible Economic Mineral Deposits within the Northwest St. Francois Terrane, Southeastern Missouri, Brandon Todd Ives
Stream Bank Erosion Trends and Sediment Contributions in a Southwestern Missouri River, Ezekiel Allen Kuehn
Thermal perturbations beneath the incipient Okavango Rift Zone, northwest Botswana, Khumo Leseane, Estella A. Atekwana, Kevin L. Mickus, Mohamed G. Abdelsalam, Elisha M. Shemang, and Eliot A. Atekwana
Object-based detection of Arctic sea ice and melt ponds using high spatial resolution aerial photographs, Xin Miao, Hongjie Xie, Stephen F. Ackley, Donald K. Perovich, and Changquing Ke
Proposed GSSP for the base of Cambrian Stage 10 at the lowest occurrence of Eoconodontus notchpeakensis in the House Range, Utah, USA, James F. Miller, Robert L. Ripperdan, James D. Loch, Rebecca L. Freeman, Kevin R. Evans, John F. Taylor, and Zachary C. Tolbart
Sediment-Phosphorus Response to Reduced Point Source Loading in the James River Watershed, Southwest Missouri, Adam Dale Mulling
Arsenic and fluoride variations in groundwater of an endorheic basin undergoing land-use changes, Victor M. Reyes-Gómez, Teresa Alarcón-Herrera, Mélida Gutiérrez, and Daniel Núñez López
Paleoclimatic interpretations of buried paleosols within the pre-Illinoian till sequence in northern Missouri, USA, Charles W. Rovey and Greg Balco
A near synthesis of pre-Illinoian till stratigraphy in the central United States: Iowa, Nebraska and Missouri, C. W. Rovey and Trevor McLouth
Field Validation of DEM- and GIS-Derived Longitudinal Stream Profiles, Kathryn E. Schroeder, Eric W. Peterson, and Toby J. Dogwiler
Longitudinal profile and sediment mobility as geomorphic tools to interpret the history of a fluviokarst stream system, John Woodside, Eric Wade Peterson, and Toby Dogwiler
A joint receiver function and gravity study of crustal structure beneath the incipient Okavango Rift, Botswana, Youqiang Yu, Kelly H. Liu, Cory A. Reed, Moikwathai Moidaki, Kevin Mickus, Estella A. Aetkwana, and Stephen S. Gao
Recent Shoreline Erosion Rates Along Black River Bay, Jamaica: Erosion and Recovery After Hurricane Ivan in 2004, Karen Louise Zelzer
Theses from 2014
Estimates of Recharge to the Unconfined Aquifer and Leakage to the Confined Aquifer in Greene County, Missouri, Emily C. Austin
Determining a Relationship between a Newly Forming Sinkhole and a Former Dry Stream Using Electric Resistivity Tomography and Very Low-Frequency Electromagnetics in an Urban Karst Setting, James Berglund, Kevin Mickus, and Douglas R. Gouzie
Gravity Analysis of the Precambrian Basement Topography Associated with the Northern Boundary of Ghadames Basin (Southern Tunisia), M Dhaoui, Hakim Gabtni, Chorki Jallouli, A Jleilia, Kevin Mickus, and Mohamed Moncef Turki
Climate Change Influence on Historical Flood Variability in Ozark Highland Rivers, Andrew Thomas Foreman
Geochemical mapping of Pb- and Zn-contaminated streambed sediments in southwest Missouri, USA, Melida Gutierrez, Shuo-Sheng Wu, and Jessica L. Peebles
Evaluating the Potential of Using Multispectral Imagery to Identify Areas of Methamphetamine Production in Jasper County, Missouri, Mellora L. Hall
Site Specific Geochemical Modeling of Groundwater and Co₂ Interactions: Implications for Geologic Carbon Sequestration, Elizabeth Kaylen Johns
Plant Uptake of Cr, Zn, and Pb From Historical Mining Areas, Springfield, Mo, Jennifer Darling Kissel
Barriers to Low Impact Development in the City Code of Springfield, Missouri, Carrie Anne Lamb
Floodplain storage of sediment contaminated by mercury and copper from historic gold mining at Gold Hill, North Carolina, USA, Scott A. Lecce and Robert T. Pavlowsky
