Theses/Dissertations from 2024
Detrital Zircon Geochronology of the Central Maine Basin: Implications for Provenance and Tectonic History, Piper Kramer
Theses/Dissertations from 2023
Quantifying Tidewater Glacier-Fjord Environments in the Rapidly Changing Regions of West and South Greenland, Sydney Baratta
Quantifying Tidewater Glacier-Fjord Environments in the Rapidly Changing Regions of West and South Greenland, Sydney Baratta
The Upper Ocean at the End of an Ice Age: Using Proxies in Benthic Foraminifera to Investigate Intermediate Water Changes During the Last Glacial Termination, Cassandre R. Stirpe
Scaling Up the Relevance of Land-Sea Connections in Coastal Bacteria Pollution Vulnerability, Bea E. Van Dam
Investigating Mercer's Paradox: A 10Be Chronology of Moraines Deposited During the Last Glaciation at Soda Lake, Wind River Range, Wyoming, U.S.A., Lauren M. Woods
Theses/Dissertations from 2022
Assessing Past and Present Changes in the Chemical Climate of Three High Mountain Regions: Himalayas, Andes, European Alps, Heather Clifford
First-row Transition Element Distribution Across the Blueschist-Eclogite Transition: a Case Study From New Caledonia, Natalie M. Harmon
Investigation of Cryptotephra in Polar Ice Cores, Meredith Helmick
Regional Scale Generalizations of Firn Thickness and Snow Accumulation in Southeast Alaska: an Applied Deep Learning Framework, Jonathan Maurer
Glaciochemical Investigations in Three Southern Hemisphere Mountain Sites, Mariusz Potocki
ArcMap Hydrology Toolset: WPES, How Do I...? Quick Guide, Bea E. Van Dam
Survey Control with GNSS Receiver: WPES, How Do I...? Quick Guide, Bea E. Van Dam
Total Station Field Surveying: WPES, How Do I...? Quick Guide, Bea E. Van Dam
ArcMap Basics: WPES, How Do I...? Quick Guide, Bea E. Van Dam
Structure From Motion Methodology Captures Seasonal Influences on Coastal Bluff Erosion and Landslide Hazards in Casco Bay, ME, Nicholas Whiteman
Theses/Dissertations from 2021
Modern and Paleo Perspectives on the Role of the Westerlies in Glaciation, Alexander Audet
Quantifying Surface Changes on McMurdo Ice Shelf, Antarctica, Ann M. Hill
Characterization and Influence of the McMurdo Shear Zone, Antarctica on the Ross Ice Shelf and Its Tributary, Lynn Kaluzienski
10Be Chronology of Moraines Deposited During the Last Glaciation by the Khumbu Glacier, Nepalese Himalaya, Laura Alexandra Mattas
Geology and Lithogeochemistry of the Pickett Mountain Volcanogenic Massive Sulfide Deposit, Northern Maine, Michael J. McCormick
Sulfur Isotope Composition of Sulfides in Mafic Cumulates, Lesser Antilles Arc, Tyler Pollock
Theses/Dissertations from 2020
A Groundwater Flow Model to Aid in Water Resource Management for the Carraipia Basin in the coastal semi-arid region of La Guajira state (Colombia), Efren D. Gomez Arevalo
Extratropical Cyclones and Associated Climate Impacts in the Northeastern United States, Julia Simonson
Variations in the Southern Hemisphere Westerlies Over the Last 23,000 Years from Lake Records in the Falkland Islands, Meghan M. Spoth
Reconstruction of Koettlitz Glacier, Southern McMurdo Sound, Antarctica, During the Last Glacial Maximum and Termination, Tess Louise Walther
Theses/Dissertations from 2019
Past, Present, and Future Arctic Climate and National/Community Risk Assessment, Jeff Auger
Investigating connections between Iceberg Melt Rates and Glacier Dynamics on the Antarctic Peninsula, Mariama C. Dryak
Blacklegged Tick (Ixodes scapularis) Distribution in Maine, USA, as Related to Climate Change, White-tailed Deer, and the Landscape, Susan P. Elias
Determining the Influence of Lateral Margin Mechanical Properties on Glacial Flow, Kate Hruby
Why Do Glaciers Surge? Understanding the Last Eight Surges of Donjek Glacier, Yukon, Canada, William Kochtitzky
A 2000 Year Detailed Climate Reconstruction Using a South Pole Ice Core, Elena Korotkikh
Theses/Dissertations from 2018
A Glacial History of Roberts Massif, Central Transantarctic Mountains, Antarctica, Using Cosmogenic 3He, 10Be, and 21Ne Surface Exposure Ages, Alexandra M. Balter
Stream Dynamics in the Headwaters of Post-Glacial Watershed Systems, Brett Gerard
The Effects of Seasonal Variations In Chemistry and Hydrology on the Microbial Community and Its Sulfide Oxidation Potential In a Naturally Acidic Maine Stream, Raymond C. Kahler III
Utilizing Ground-Penetrating Radar in the Delineation and Cultural Resource Management of Eroding Maine Coastal Shell Middens, Jacquelynn F. Miller
Developing a Risk Assessment Protocol to Quantify Distribution and Uptake of Persistent Organic Pollutants in Glacial Outflows, Kimberley Rain Miner
Three-Dimensional Bedrock Channel Evolution with Smoothed Particle Hydrodynamics, Nick Richmond
Remote Sensing of Icebergs in Greenland's Fjords and Coastal Waters, Jessica Scheick
Fault-Adjacent Damage at the Base of the Seismogenic Zone and Seismic Anisotropy of Fold Structures, Won Joon Song
Assessing the Reliability of the Benthic Mg/Ca–Temperature Proxy: a Uvigerina Core-top Study from New Zealand, Cassandre R. Stirpe
Theses/Dissertations from 2017
Constraining the Spatial Extent of Strain Localization at the Base of the Seismogenic Zone: A Case Study from the Sandhill Corner Shear Zone, Maine, USA, Erik Kristian Anderson
Evaluating Potential for Water Quality Decline in Maine Lakes, Kaci N. Fitzgibbon
Influence of Common Bean (Phaseolus vulgaris) Grown in Elevated CO2 on Apatite Dissolution, Brian Matthew Morra
Cathedral Glacier: Quantifying Forty Years of Surface Elevation Change Using Structure from Motion, Benjamin W. Partan
In Situ Dating of Multiple Events in Granulite-Facies Rocks of the Larsemann Hills, Prydz Bay, East Antarctica Using Electron Microprobe Analysis of Monazite, Steven K. Spreitzer
Characterizing Hydrologic Fluxes in Six Central Maine Vernal Pools with a Focus on Groundwater Flow, Kelli M. Straka
Theses/Dissertations from 2016
Sediment Accumulations Patterns in the Damariscotta River Estuary, Emily A. Chandler
Late Holocene Climate and Environmental Reconstruction Derived from the Asian Ice Core Array (AICA), Bjorn Grigholm
Processes Leading to the Formation of Deep Granitic Shear Zones in the Grenville Front Tectonic Zone, Ontario, Canada, Deborah J. Shulman
Theses/Dissertations from 2015
Temperature as a Proxy to Study the Flow of Water Within Two Maine Streambeds, Jarrod D. Cicha
Glacier Fluctuations During Termination 1 in Mackenzie Stream Valley, Southern Alps, New Zealand, Colin William Dowey
Processes Leading to Localization in the Granitoid Units of the Grenville Front Tectonic Zone, Philip Edward Island, Ontario, Canada, Maura Bernice Foley
Cathodoluminescent Quartz Microstructures: Their Formation and Role in High Grade Rocks of the Parry Sound Domain, Grenville Province, Ontario, Canada, Stephanie Gayle Mills
Topographic Signatures of Geodynamics, Samuel G. Roy
Theses/Dissertations from 2014
State of the Art High Resolution Glacio-Chemistry from Greenland and Antarctic Ice Cores, Implications to Climate Reconstructions, Thomas Manuel Beers
Holocene Sea-Surface Temperatures in the McMurdo Sound Region, Antarctica, Reconstructed from Isotope Records of Adamussium colbecki, Scott Braddock
Paleoclimatic Events of the Past 15,000 Years Inferred from Beryllium-10 Chronologies of Moraines in New Zealand, Tobias Nicholas Buttersworth Koffman
Determining Basin Geometry, Stability, and Flow Dynamics of Valley Glaciers with Ground-Penetrating Radar, Seth William Campbell
The Late Quaternary Stratigraphy and Paleogeographic Evolution of the New Meadows Embayment, Northeastern Casco Bay, Gulf of Maine, Eliza M. Cronkite
Testing GPR and LiDAR Techniques for Identifying Landslides on the Maine Coast, Kara Jacobacci
¹⁰Be Surface-Exposure Chronology of the Tres Hermanos and Rosa Irene Moraines Near Bahía Inútil, Chilean Patagonia, Jennifer Renee Lennon
¹⁰Be Surface Exposure Chronology of Left-Lateral Moraines of the Pukaki Glacier, Southern Alps, New Zealand, Peter Douglas Strand
Elemental Release Behavior of Serpentinite in the Presence of Organic Acids: Implications for Studying the Habitability of Europa, Agnes R. Taylor
Modeling Glaciers and Ice Sheets in Greenland and Antarctica with an Emphasis on Embedded Modeling and Subglacial Hydrology, Nora Amelie Weitz
Theses/Dissertations from 2013
Using hydrologic measurements to investigate free phase gas in a Maine peatland, USA, Christiaan Bon
Ice Core Chemistry: Enhanced Sea Ice Proxy and Micrometer Resolution Analysis, Sharon Buchanan Sneed
Glacial geology of Miers Valley, Antarctica: a record of the western margin of the Ross Sea Ice Sheet during the local last glacial maximum, Tobias Nicholas Buttersworth Koffman
Late Quaternary history of Shackleton Glacier, Antarctica, Elizabeth Dengler
Glacial history of Salmon Valley, Royal Society Range, Antarctica, Margaret S. Jackson
Atmospheric Dust Deposition in West Antarctica Over the Past Two Millennia, Bess Koffman
Holocene Glacial History of Renland, East Greenland Reconstructed From Lake Sediments, Aaron Medford
Serpentine Dissolution in the Presence of Iron-Oxidizing Bacteria, Kimberly A. Negrich
Periodic Episodes of Catastrophic Aeolian Sand Deposition, Shetland UK, Lee M. Sorrell
Exploration and Development of the Climate Archive of the Allan Hills Blue Ice Area, Antarctica, Nicole E. Spaulding
Modeling the Influence of the Last Glacial Maximum Ice Load on the Tectonics of Southeast Alaska and the South Island, New Zealand, Lauren Bronwyn Wheeler
Theses/Dissertations from 2012
History of the Ross Sea Ice Sheet Based on Glacial and Lacustrine Records from Marshall Valley, Antarctica, Stephanie Allard
The Effect of Microstructural and Rheological Heterogeneity on Porphyroblast Kinematics and Bulk Strength in Porphyroblastic Schists, Ben Michael Frieman
Boron Isotopic Study of the Borosilicates Tourmaline, Prismatine and Grandidierite in Granulite Facies Paragneisses, from the Larsemann Hills, Prydz Bay, East Antarctica, JohnRyan MacGregor
The Critical Leading Edge of Gulf of Maine Salt Marshes: Interface with Freshwater Wetlands, Margot Elena Mansfield
Structure and Rheology of the Sandhill Corner Shear Zone, Norumbega Fault System, Maine: a Study of a Fault from the Base of the Seismogenic Zone, Nancy Ann Price
Characterization of the Traveler and Kineo Rhyolites and Implications for Geoarchaeology, Ian Edward Putnam
Enhancing the Dissolution of Lizardite with Oxalate, Eileen Yardley
Theses/Dissertations from 2011
High Resolution Antarctic Glaciochemical Climate Proxy Records and Their Global Implications, Daniel Arthur Dixon
Schlieren Structures in the Mount Waldo Granitic Pluton, Maine: Implications for Magma Chamber Processes, Brianna Force
Late-Pleistocene Glacial and Climate Fluctuations in the Torres del Paine Region (51ºS), Southern South America, Juan Luis Garcia
¹⁰Be Surface Exposure Chronology of Pinedale and Bull Lake Moraines of the Fremont Lake Region, Wind River Range, Western Wyoming, U.S.A., Kathryn Lee Ladig
Holocene Fluctuations of Istorvet Ice Cap, Liverpool Land, East Greenland, Amanda Rose Lusas
Crenulation Cleavage Development and the Influence of Rock Microstructure on Crustal Seismic Anisotropy, Felice Maria Johanna Naus-Thijssen
Spatial and Temporal Variability of Antarctic Accumulation Rates, Monica Palmer