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Department of Geological Sciences
2008-2009 Thesis Defenses

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Loren Wimmer
Loren Wimmer

Scenario-Based Seismic Loss Estimation for San Diego County, California
M.S. Candidate
Advisor Dr. Steven Day

May 22nd, 2009 1:00pm
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Krista Muela
Krista Muela

Stratigraphy and structure of the Miocene Bear Canyon Conglomerate, Imperial County SE California: Evidence for the episodic growth of the Chocolate Mountains anticlinorium
B.S. Candidate
Advisor Dr. Gary Girty

May 13th, 2009 8:00am
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Jerehme Acosta
Jerehme Acosta

Petrology of the Santiago Peak Volcanics, San Diego County, California
B.S. Candidate
Advisor Dr. Dave Kimbrough

May 13th, 2009 8:20am
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Justin Kerl
Justin Kerl

Possible relationship of the Iron Mountain metavolcanic assemblage to the El Cajon Mtn ring complex, San Diego Country, California
B.S. Candidate
Advisor Dr. Dave Kimbrough

May 13th, 2009 8:40am
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Robert Gallardo
Robert Gallardo

Seismic Anisotropy in the Julian Schist, San Diego CA
B.S. Candidate
Advisor Dr. Robert Mellors

May 13th, 2009 9:00am
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Robert Edie
Robert Edie

Using XRD Peak Broadening Analysis on Quartz to Identify Shatter Cones of the Santa Fe New Mexico Impact Structure
B.S. Candidate
Advisor Dr. Jared Morrow

May 13th, 2009 9:20am
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Dylan Collins
Dylan Collins

Latitunal Controls on the Martian Crater Densities
B.S. Candidate
Dr. Brad Thomson
The Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory

May 13th, 2009 9:40am
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Peter Winther
Peter Winther

Magnetotelluric Investigation of the Santo Domingo Basin, Rio Grande Rift, New Mexico
M.S. Candidate
Advisor Dr. George Jiracek

May 13th, 2009 10:00am
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Frank Forcino
Frank Forcino

Mytilus californianus as an environmental monitor: a case study from central California
M.S. Candidate
Advisor Dr. Stephen Schellenberg

May 13th, 2009 10:45am
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Jared Warner
Jared Warner

Biotic Response of Ostracodes to the Middle Eocene Climatic Optimum (MECO; 40.0 Ma) in the Southern Indian Ocean (ODP Site 748)
M.S. Candidate
Advisor Dr. Stephen Schellenberg

May 13th, 2009 11:30am
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Emily Allen
Emily Allen

Physical and Chemical Characteristics of Unweathered Pulverized Rock along the San Andreas Fault, Little Rock, CA
M.S. Candidate
Advisor Dr. Tom Rockwell

May 13th, 2009 1:00pm
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Dale Burns
Dale Burns

The Recent Prehistoric Geochemical Evolution of Summit Lavas From Kilauea Volcano, Hawaii
M.S. Candidate
Advisor Dr. Aaron Pietruszka

May 13th, 2009 3:15pm
Watch Webinar **Best Master Thesis Presentation**

Kean Bliss
Kean Bliss

Evaluation of XRD and Raman peak broadening in shock-metamorphosed carbonates from selected carbonate-target bolide impact structures
M.S. Candidate
Advisor Dr. Jared Morrow

May 13th, 2009 2:30pm
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Matthew Sisk
Matthew Sisk

Chemical and Physical Characteristics of Pulverized Tejon Lookout Granite Adjacent to the San Andreas and Garlock Faults: Implications for Earthquake Physics
M.S. Candidate
Advisor Dr. Tom Rockwell

May 8th, 2009 3:00pm
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Andrew Gritz
Andrew Gritz

Effect of Heterogeneous Prestress on Near-Field Rupture Directivity
M.S. Candidate
Advisor Dr. Steven Day

March 9th, 2009 11:00am
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Rumi Takedatsu
Rumi Takedatsu

Study of crustal structure in the Caucasus and Caspian regions using receiver functions
B.S. Candidate
Advisor Dr. Rob Mellors

December 12th, 2008 9:00am
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Jason Ricketts
Jason Ricketts

Crustal Structure of the Caucasus/Caspian region using gravity and receiver functions
B.S. Candidate
Advisor Dr. Rob Mellors

December 12th, 2008 9:20am
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Tiffany Schillereff
Tiffany Schillereff

Potential Controls Affecting Gastropod Biomass in the the High Intertidal Zones at Neighboring Locations
B.S. Candidate
Advisor Dr. Stephen Schellenberg

December 12th, 2008 9:40am
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Afton Van Zandt
Afton Van Zandt

Southern Coyote Creek Fault to Superstition Hills Fault: New Insight to the San Jacinto Fault System
M.S. Candidate
Advisors Dr. Rob Mellors, Dr. Thomas Rockwell, and Dr. Douglas Stow

December 12th, 2008 10:00am
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Matt Burgess
Matt Burgess

Characterizing an Artificial-Recharge Site in a Desert Environment Using Time-Domain Electromagnetics
M.S. Candidate
Advisor Dr. George Jiracek, Dr. Paul Bedrosian (USGS)

December 12th, 2008 11:00am
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Steven Stuart
Steven Stuart

Groundwater and Surface Water Interactions at the Tijuana Estuary, San Diego County, California
M.S. Candidate
Advisor Dr. Kathy Thorbjarnarson

October 15th, 2008 2:00pm
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Ben Slotnick
Ben Slotnick

Biotic response of Tethyan bathyal ostracodes through the Eocene-Oligocene Transition from the Massignano Composite Stratotype Section (east central Italy)
M.S. Candidate
Advisor Dr. Stephen Schellenberg

September 8th, 2008 2:00pm
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Cameron Campbell
Cameron Campbell

Identification of a New Class of Deformation Bands
M.S. Candidate
Advisor Dr. Gary Girty

August 14th, 2008 1:30 pm
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