Theses Defenses of 2018-2019

Summer 2019 MS Candidates
Andrew Wilson
Andrew Wilson
Wedge Plasticity and Coupled Simulations of Dynamic Rupture and Tsunami in the Cascadia Subduction Zone
MS Candidate
Advisor: Dr. Shuo Ma

Defense: August 14th, 2019 1 pm
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Summer 2019 PhD Candidates
Yongfei Wang
Yongfei Wang
Dynamic Modeling of Pulse-like earthquake and ground motion
PhD Candidate
Advisors: Dr. Steve Day and Dr. Peter Shearer

Defense: August 6th, 2019 3 pm
UCSD: IGPP 4301 – Revelle Conference Room

Spring 2019 MS Candidates
Emma Vierra
Emma Vierra
Characterizing mineralogical and textural changes within the SW damage zone of the Buck Ridge fault, southern California

MS Candidate
Advisor: Dr. Gary Girty

Defense: May 22nd, 2019 9 am

Chelsea Blanton
Chelsea Blanton
Refining the Spatial and Temporal Signatures of Creep and Co-Seismic Slip Along the Southern San Andreas Fault Using Very High Resolution SfM Imagery, Coachella Valley, California

MS Candidate
Advisor: Dr. Tom Rockwell

Defense: May 10th, 2019 8 am
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Abbey Warner
Abbey Warner
Beaches, Dunes, and Blowouts- Using GPR to Relate Coastal Features and Climates, Young Husband Peninsula and Coorong Lagoon, Southern Australia
MS Candidate
Advisor: Dr. Allen Gontz

Defense: May 10th, 2019 8:45 am
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Mark Korte Nahabedian
Mark Korte-Nahabedian
Detrital Zircon-Garnet-Hornblende Provenance Study of the Middle to Late Miocene Stevens Sandstone: Implications for Evolution of the San Joaquin Basin, California
MS Candidate
Advisor: Dr. Dave Kimbrough

Defense: May 10th, 2019 9:30 am
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Spring 2019 BS Candidates
Christianne Ormsby
Christianne Ormsby
Paleoecology as relates to Morphology of an extinct North American canid (Mammalia:Carnivora)
BS Candidate
Advisor: Dr. Tom Demere and Dr. Allen Gontz

Defense: May 10th, 2019 10:20 am
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Klynt Olver
Klynt Olver
Using MODFLOW to Simulate the Effect of Hypothetical Injection in the Salton Trough Near the San Andreas Fault
BS Candidate
Advisor: Dr. Matthew Weingarten

Defense: May 10th, 2019 10:40 am
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Arturo Gregor
Arturo Gregor
Are littoral cells from central California beaches closed systems? Insight from detrital heavy mineral distributions at Andrew Molera and El Capitan Statebeaches
BS Candidate
Advisor: Dr. Dave Kimbrough

Defense: May 10th, 2019 11 am
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Dianna Jorgenson
Dianna Jorgenson
Directivity Effect and Surface Wave Comparison of Hawaii Shallow Megathrust Earthquake
BS Candidate
Advisor: Dr. Shuo Ma

Defense: May 10th, 2019 11:20 am
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Serena Garcia
Serena Garcia
Comparison Of Directivity Effect On Shallow And Deep Sunda Megathrust Earthquakes
BS Candidate
Advisor: Dr. Shuo Ma

Defense: May 10th, 2019 11:40 am
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Sarina Mazzone
Sarina Mazzone
Stratigraphic Signatures Of Lake-Level Changes At Swallow Lagoon, North Stradbroke Island, Australia
BS Candidate
Advisor: Dr. Allen Gontz

Defense: May 10th, 2019 12:30 pm
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Eric Surratt
Eric Surratt
Reconstructing Coastal Events Recorded in Ancient San Diego River Delta Deposits
BS Candidate
Advisor: Dr. Jillian Maloney

Defense: May 10th, 2019 12:50 pm
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Nick Poser
Nick Poser
Characterization of seafloor sediment and morphology offshore from the Northern Channel Islands, California
BS Candidate
Advisor: Dr. Shannon Klotsko and Dr. Jillian Maloney

Defense: May 10th, 2019 1:10 pm
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Mackenzie Young
Mackenzie Young
Geologic Investigation of the Kirby Hills Fault along the Sacramento River
BS Candidate
Advisor: Dr. Shannon Klotsko and Dr. Jillian Maloney

Defense: May 10th, 2019 1:30 pm
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Dalia Rodriguez
Dalia Rodriguez
Sediment transport and deposition of marine sands through the Silver Strand littoral cell
BA Candidate
Advisor: Dr. Jillian Maloney 

Defense: May 10th, 2019 1:50 pm
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Fall 2018 MS Candidates
Kemille Greene
Kemille Greene
Petrology and Tectonic Implications of Middle Miocene Rosarito Beach Formation Volcanic Rocks, Baja California, Mexico

MS Candidate
Advisor: Dr. Dave Kimbrough

Defense: December 17th, 2018 9:30 am
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Matthew Skakun
Matthew Skakun
Controls on Paleochannel Morphology on the Continental Shelf Offshore Central Oregon, USA

MS Candidate
Advisor: Dr. Jillian Maloney

Defense: December 17th, 2018 10:30 am
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Dillon Murphy
Dillon Murphy
Remotely Sensed Migration Maps of the Algodones Dunes Southeastern California

MS Candidate
Advisor: Dr. Allen Gontz

Defense: December 17th, 2018 11:30 am
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Nicole Fenton
Nicole Fenton
Zircon U-Pb dating of tuff in the Monterey Formation of California by Inductively Coupled Plasma Mass Spectrometry

MS Candidate
Advisor: Dr. Dave Kimbrough

Defense: November 19th, 2018 1 pm
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