Thesis Defenses 2009-2010

	Near Surface Infiltration Measurements and the Implications for Artificial Recharge M.S. Candidate Advisor Dr. Kathy Thorbjarnarson Defense May 17th, 2010, 10:00 am
	Timing of extension, NS shortening, and conjugate strike-slip faulting in the evolution of the Chocolate Mountains anticlinorium: Evidence from the Gavilan Hills, SE California M.S. Candidate Advisor Dr. Gary Girty Defense May 12th, 2010, 8:00 am
	Miocene growth of a depression in the Chocolate Mountains anticlinorium recorded by the Bear Canyon conglomerate, SE California M.S. Candidate Advisor Dr. Gary Girty Defense May 12th, 2010, 9:00 am Outstanding Graduate Thesis Presentation
	The Rattlesnake Valley and Oriflamme Canyon plutons: key temporal markers in the Jurassic and Cretaceous development of the transition zone of the Peninsular Ranges batholith M.S. Candidate Advisor Dr. Gary Girty Defense May 12th, 2010, 10:00 am
	Assessing mass and volume changes in the development of saprock from corestone near the Elsinore fault zone, San Diego County, California: potential implications for ground shaking events M.S. Candidate Advisor Dr. Gary Girty Defense May 12th, 2010, 11:00 am
	A Seawater-derived Uranium Signature and Possible Mechanisms of Crustal Contamination in Loihi Seamount Glasses B.S. Candidate Advisor Dr. Aaron Pietruszka Defense May 12th, 2010, 12:00 pm
	The Smoke Creek Dike Swarm, Northwestern Nevada B.S. Candidate Advisor Dr. Vic Camp Defense May 12th, 2010, 12:20 pm
	Tertiary Volcanism in the Southern Buffalo Hills, Smoke Creek, Nevada B.S. Candidate Advisor Dr. Vic Camp Defense May 12th, 2010, 12:40 pm Outstanding Undergraduate Thesis Presentation
	Relocation of earthquakes in the Eastern Greater Caucasus region and its tectonic implications B.S. Candidate Advisor Dr. Rob Mellors Defense May 12th, 2010, 1:40 pm
	Testing the Waveguide Effect in the Los Angeles Area using Ambient Seismic Noise B.S. Candidate Advisor Dr. Shuo Ma Defense May 12th, 2010, 2:00 pm
	Bulk and Elemental Mass Change in Development of Granitic Corestone and Saprolite near the Elsinore Fault B.S. Candidate Advisor Dr. Gary Girty Defense May 12th, 2010, 2:20 pm
	Geochemistry of the Alverson Andesite, Volcanic Hills, San Diego County, California B.S. Candidate Advisor Dr. Dave Kimbrough Defense May 12th, 2010, 2:40 pm
	Vertebrae Morphology of Leptoceratops Gracilis B.S. Candidate Advisor Dr. Jared Morrow Defense May 12th, 2010, 4:00 pm Outstanding Undergraduate Thesis Presentation
	A new species of the extinct baleen whale genus Hepetocetus (Cetacea, Herpetocetinae) from the San Diego Formation of San Diego, California B.S. Candidate Advisor Dr. Tom Deméré and Jared Morrow Defense May 12th, 2010, 4:20 pm
	Seismic Analysis of the Umiat Basin, NPRA, North Slope, Alaska M.S. Candidate Advisor Dr. Rob Mellors Defense May 7th, 2010; 12:00 pm
	Seismic Hazard Analysis of Kyrgyzstan using Data from the 2006 MW 5.8 Kochkor earthquake M.S. Candidate Advisor Robert Mellors Defense March 22nd, 2010 1:00pm
	Major and minor elemental analyses of distal channel deposits from the Late Devonian marine Alamo Impact Event B.S. Candidate Advisor Jared Morrow Defense December 11th, 2009 9:00am
	Late Devonian Alamo Impact, Southern Nevada: Analysis of Hematite Inclusions within Quartz Grains B.S. Candidate Advisor Jared Morrow Defense December 11th, 2009 9:20am
	Bulk and Elemental Mass Change in Development of Gabbroic Corestone and Saprolite near the Elsinore Fault B.S. Candidate Advisor Gary Girty Defense December 11th, 2009 9:40am
	Geologic Mapping and Petrochemical Stratigraphy of Southern Warner Valley, Southern Oregon, USA M.S. Candidate Advisor Dr. Vic Camp Defense December 11th, 2009 11:00am
	Boreflow Analysis for Simulated Well Modification: Improving Water Quality in a High Arsenic Production Well M.S. Candidate Advisor Dr. Kathy Thorjarnarson Defense December 9th, 2009 2:00pm
	Goodness-of-fit Criteria for Broadband Synthetic Seismograms, With Application to the 2008 Mw5.4 Chino Hills, CA, Earthquake M.S. Candidate Advisor Dr. Kim Bak Olsen Defense July 22nd, 2009 10:00am