Thesis Defenses 2013-2014 – Department of Earth & Environmental Sciences

Theses Defenses of 2013-2014
Luke Weidman	Landslide Hazard Analysis and Mitigation for Sepanjang Village, Central Java Indonesia B.S. Candidate Advisor Dr. David Kimbrough Defense December 11th, 2013, 9:00 am watch Luke’s defense here
George Zack	The Chemistry and Mineralogy of Mafic Dikes in the Lookout Mountain – West Point Area, Skamania County, Washington: Feeders for the Basaltic Andesite of Elkhorn Mountain? B.S. Candidate Advisor Dr. Vic Camp Defense December 11th, 2013, 9:30 am watch George’s defense here
Jason Parizek	Assessing volumetric strains and mass balance relationships resulting from biotite-controlled weathering: implications for the isovolumetric weathering of the Boulder Creek Granodiorite, Boulder County, Colorado, USA M.S. Candidate Advisor Dr. Gary Girty Defense December 11th, 2013, 10:00 am watch Jason’s defense here
Rachel Errthum	Effects of translocated clays on saprock mass balance, REE, and A-CN-K linear compositional trends, Santa Margarita Ecological Reserve, Peninsular Ranges, southern California, USA M.S. Candidate Advisor Dr. Gary Girty Defense December 20th, 2013, 1:00 pm watch Rachel’s defense here
Paul Alexander	Amplification of Long Period Ground Motion by the Los Angeles Basin M.S. Candidate Advisor Dr. Steven Day Defense Jaunary 13th, 2014, 10:00 am watch Paul’s defense here
Brendon Walker	Range, Moisture, and Spatial Resolution Comparison of Fault Stratigraphy Using Hyperspectral Imagery M.S. Candidate Advisor Dr. Thomas Rockwell Defense April 18th, 2014, 9:00 am watch Brendon’s defense here
Joe Whearty	Incipient Pulverization at Shallow Burial Depths Along the San Jacinto Fault, Southern California M.S. Candidate Advisor Dr. Thomas Rockwell Defense April 25th, 2014, 3:30 pm watch Joe’s defense here
David Anthony	The 2011 Tohoku-Oki Earthquake: Cross Correlation of Bathymetric Data model Horizontal Displacement Reaching the Japan Trench Axis B.S. Candidate Advisor Dr. Shuo Ma Defense May 8th, 2014, 8:00 am watch David’s defense here
Antonio Cusumano	Chemical weathering of volcanic protolith to bauxite ore: A geochemical analysis using major element compositional data B.S. Candidate Advisor Kevin Robinson Defense May 8th, 2014, 8:20 am watch Antonio’s defense here
Hillary Price	Potassic olivine basalt of the Alverson Formation, Superstition Mountain, Imperial County, California B.S. Candidate Advisor Dr. David Kimbrough Defense May 8th, 2014, 8:40 am watch Hillary’s defense here
Taylor Carrasco	Identifying a Reference Frame for Calculating Mass Change during Weathering: A Review and Case Study Utilizing the C# Program Assessing Element Immobility M.S. Candidate Advisor Dr. Gary Girty Defense May 8th, 2014, 9:00 am
Greg Collins	Chemical and hydrologic investigation of the intermediate aquifer in Harper Lake Basin, San Bernardino County, California B.S. Candidate Advisor Dr. David Kimbrough Defense May 8th, 2014, 10:00 am watch Greg’s defense here
Steve Phillips	Inventory and geochemical evaluation of groundwater springs and streams in San Diego County; upper Sweetwater watershed B.S. Candidate Advisor Dr. Kathy Thorbjarnarson Defense May 8th, 2014, 10:20 am watch Steve’s defense here
Ashley Davis	Seismicity Parameters and Wastewater Correlation at the Salton Sea Geothermal Plant, Imperial, California B.S. Candidate Advisor Dr. Shuo Ma Defense May 8th, 2014, 10:40 am watch Ashley’s defense here
Shelby Matsuoka	Comparative morphometrics of the diminutive Oligocene oreodont Sespia californica and the larger Sespia ultima from Southern California B.S. Candidate Advisor Dr. Stephen Schellenberg Defense May 8th, 2014, 11:00 am watch Shelby’s defense here
Neil Seitz	Physical and clay mineralogical characteristics of an imbricate in the Copper Basin fault, SE California B.S. Candidate Advisor Dr. Gary Girty Defense May 8th, 2014, 11:20 am watch Neil’s defense here
Daniel Peppard	Quantifying Mass Change Associated with an Imbricate of the Copper Basin fault, SE California B.S. Candidate Advisor Dr. Gary Girty Defense May 8th, 2014, 11:40 am watch Dan’s defense here
Greg Fisch	Arc-rift transition volcanism in the Volcanic Hills, Jacumba and Coyote Mountains, Imperial County, California M.S. Candidate Advisor Dr. David Kimbrough Defense June 5th, 2014, 11:00 am watch Greg’s defense here

Theses Defenses of 2013-2014