2020-2021 Thesis Defense

Theses Defenses of 2020-2021

Summer 2021 Candidates

Geophysical and sedimentological interpretation of a pop-up structure within the San Diego Bay pull-apart basin, San Diego, California 

MS Candidate
Advisor: Dr. Jillian Maloney

Defense: August 6th, 2021
10:30 am

watch Xiomara’s talk

Toward high-frequency deterministic simulations: source, path and site effects

PhD Candidate
Advisor: Dr. Kim Olsen

Defense: July 27th, 2021
2 pm

watch Zhifeng’s talk

Quasistatic Modeling of Inelastic Deformation in the Sill Inflation and Caldera Floor Uplift of Sierra Negra, Galápagos Islands

MS Candidate
Advisor: Dr. Shuo Ma

Defense: June 30th, 2021 9 am

Spring 2021 MS Candidates

Gypsum/bassanite in a major southern California fault zone: observations from the Clark segment, San Jacinto fault zone, USA

MS Candidate
Advisor: Dr. Gary Girty

Defense: May 6th, 2021 10 am
watch Eric’s talk

Using an Integrated Surficial and Subsurface Approach to Understand Periods of Activity in the Dunes of Southern Bouquet Table, White River Badlands, South Dakota, USA

MS Candidate
Advisor: Dr. Allen Gontz

Defense: May 6th, 2021 10:45 am
watch Michael’s talk

Spring 2021 BS Candidates

Analysis of Arctic Beaufort Sea Cores using XRD Methods: Can Dolomite tell us Anything?

BS Candidate
Advisor: Dr. Jillian Maloney

Defense: May 10th, 2020 9:30 am
watch Athena’s talk

Sediment Core Analysis Using Visual and Numeric Datasets for Interpretation of Paleoenvironments

BS Candidate
Advisor: Dr. Jillian Maloney

Defense: May 10th, 2020 10 am
watch Matthew’s talk

Using Seismic Refraction to map the Crown Cove Fault Zone in the San Diego Bay

BS Candidate
Advisor: Dr. Jillian Maloney

Defense: May 10th, 2020 10:30 am
watch Liam’s talk

Fault Controlled Paleochannels and their Implications for Submerged Groundwater Resources

BS Candidate
Advisor: Dr. Jillian Maloney

Defense: May 10th, 2020 11 am
watch Scott’s talk

Petrology and Geochemistry of the Calingasta Caldera Complex, San Juan Province, Argentina

BS Candidate
Advisor: Dr. Dave Kimbrough

Defense: May 10th, 2020 11:30 am
watch Jasmine’s talk

Fall 2020 MS Candidates

Fluid Pressure Modeling of Faults nd Simulation Optimization of Wastewater Injection in the Raton Basin, CO-MN

MS Candidate
Advisor: Dr. Matt Weingarten

Defense: December 11th, 2020 10 am

Injection Induced Seismicity in the Raton Basin: Probabilistic Assessment of Fault Slip Potential with Application to Unmapped Faults

MS Candidate
Advisor: Dr. Matt Weingarten

Defense: December 11th, 2020 10:45 am

Analyzing Geophysical Electric Logs and Historical Geochemical Data for Regressions from Deep Resistivity to Total Dissolved Solids to Characterize the Shallow Freshwater Aquifer in the Fruitvale Oil Field, Kern County, California, USA

MS Candidate
Advisor: Dr. Gary Girty

Defense: December 11th, 2020 11:30 am
watch Neil’s defense

Fall 2020 BS Candidates

A comparison of the relative taxonomic abundances of fossil seabirds from the early to late Pliocene of California

BS Candidate
Advisor: Dr. Tom Demere and Dr. Allen Gontz

Defense: December 11th, 2020 9:30 am
watch Ross’s defense