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DISTINCTION THESES SUPERVISED

Alan Manley (1986) Glacial geomorphology and Pleistocene ice dynamics of Fourmile Gulch, Colorado

Bill Whitter (1987) Projection of future nitrogen levels in the Widefield Aquifer, southwestern El Paso County, Colorado (co-advisor)

Laurie Grigg (1991) Deformational styles and tectonics along the Rockfish Valley Fault Zone in central Virginia

Lee Vierling (1992) Late Quaternary paleoenvironmental history of Lost Park, Tarryall Mountains, central Colorado: a palynological study (co-advisor)

Michael Kerwin (1992) Late Quaternary glacial history and climate modeling in the Fryingpan Basin, Park Range, Colorado

Tona Winterbottom (1992) Beach sediment and littoral processes of Malbaie Bay, Gaspe, Quebec

Alex Durst (1993) Ice flow dynamics and geometry of the Rio Grande Ice Sheet, San Juan Mountains, Colorado

Josh Lowell (1994) Pieces of the puzzle: a metamorphic and deformational history of the Spuhler Peak Formation, Tobacco Root Mountains, Montana (co-advisor)

Robert Wilson (1994) Stream terrace genesis and soil development in the Potamia Valley, Gravena, Greece

Nathan English (1996) The stratigraphy and chronology of Quaternary sediments at Point Delgada, Mendocino County, California: implications for uplift history and the location of the northern San Andreas Fault

Michael Feuer (1996) Snow physics and an analysis of mass and energy transfer in the winter snowpack of Pike's Peak, 1996

Gregory Schorr (1996) Interpretations of structural geometries of the King Peak subterrane from Telegraph Creek to Miller Flat, Mendocino County, northern California

Peter Mortimer (1997) Stratigraphic and rheological analysis of debris flow deposits in Chalk Creek Canyon, Colorado

Karl Brunner (1997) The Cathedral Cliffs Landslide: kinematics, stratigraphic controls, and causes, Park County, Wyoming

Greg Dehn (1998) Late Quaternary vegetation and climatic history of the Canadian Rocky Mountain Region: evidence from the Diana Lake pollen record

Ryan Ewing (1998) Formation of debris aprons on Mars

Mike Heublein (1998) Out-of-phase relationships between alpine glaciers, Beartooth and Absoroka Mountains, Wyoming

Eric Bilderback (1999) Late Quaternary glacial geology and paleoclimatic interpretations of the Anthony Lakes drainages, Elkhorn Mountains, Oregon

Emily Jemison (1999) Tectonic and climatic implications of differential incision rates in the upper Arkansas River valley, Colorado

Natalie Kehrwald (1999) Marine terrace response to active tectonics of the southern Peninsula de Nicoya, Costa Rica

Meadow Koslen (2000) Evidence for recent change in strain orientations near Point Arena, on the Gualala Block, northern California (co-advisor)

Dan Niemala (2000) An evaluation of groundwater development potential of the Slate River aquifer in Crested Butte, Colorado (co-advisor)

Drew Beckwith (2001) Sedimentology and origin of glacigenic deposits and landforms at the Herbert Glacier ice front, southeast Alaska

Aaron Davis (2003) Cycles of sea level change, aridity, and dune building in southeast Australia

David Trench (2004) Geomorphic evidence of middle and late Pleistocene differential uplift in coastal Mendocino County, northern California

Phillip Armstrong (2007) Glacier Dynamics and paleoclimate in the Sangre de Cristo Mountains, Colorado

Caroline Alden (2007) Glacial history of the Little Ice Age in Kongress Valley, Svalbard: a study of lacustrine sediment

Emily Parker (2007) Movement of the Egiyn Davaa Fault, Hangay Mountains, Mongolia

NON-THESIS INDEPENDENT STUDENT RESEARCH PROJECTS SUPERVISED

Geoff Gushée (1985) Tidal flat sedimentation in arid regions: a study of the Bahia la Choya tidal flat, Sonora, Mexico

Matthew Huston (1985) Glacial history of the upper Blue River drainage, Ten Mile Range, Colorado

Geoff Mason (1985) Avalanche chronology, No Name Valley, San Juan Mountains, Colorado

Van King (1986) Neotectonics along the Teton Fault, Wyoming

Tom Twitmeyer (1986) Experimental deformation of the Lyons Sandstone

Victor Sunshine (1987) Mechanisms of carbonate precipitation in glacial lakes in the Canadian Rocky Mountains -- climatic implications

Brian Link (1988) Paleohydraulic flood reconstruction in the Arkansas River Valley, Colorado

Mike Tabor (1988) Spruce Creek Rock Glacier: an analysis of two years of movement (MAT Research Paper)

Ross Freeman (1990) Tephrochronology of north coastal Chile: differentiation of units and comparison of petrographic and geochemical methods

Todd Burke (1991) 1990 accumulation studies on the Juneau Icefield, Alaska

Kurt Anderson (1993) Kinematics of the Precambrian Homestake Shear Zone, Sawatch Range, Colorado

Brad Jaeckel (1994) Tephrochronology of glacial lake varves, Hector Lake, Alberta, Canada

Andrew Bradford (1994) An examination of length shortening at various scales: applications to a cross section of the central Appalachians, Virginia (co-advisor)

Evan Howe (1994) Structural interpretation of Rockbrdige County, Virginia, central Appalachian Valley and Ridge province (co advisor)

Bryan Shuman (1994) Faint foliations related to Quetico-Wawa subprovince docking event, Reid Lake area, Ontario, Canada (co-advisor)

Carrie Causey (1995) Analysis of climatic parameters and varve thicknesses in Hector Lake, Alberta

James Bradbury (1995) Holocene movement history of the Spruce Creek rock glacier, Ten Mile Range, Colorado

Stephen Boese (1995) Morphological, sedimentological, and rheological study of debris flow and hyperconcentrated flow deposits on Index Creek, northwest Wyoming

Jennifer Pierce (1995) A classification and mineralogical description of ferricrete samples from the New World Mining District, Montana

Daniel Starr (1996) Snow pack stability studies in intermontane and continental alpine settings.

Erica Langbecker (1997) A photogrammetric exploration of movement of the Spruce Creek Rock Glacier, Ten Mile Range, Colorado.

Craig Isenberg (1997) Geodetic activities on the Juneau Icefield during the 1996 Juneau Icefields Research Program field season.

Michael Toomey (2000) Vertical and lateral displacement of marine terraces at Alder Creek, Mendocino County, California

Nathan Williams (2000) Structural deformation in Quaternary alluvium as evidence of salt tectonism near Carbondale, Colorado

Timothy Crawford (2000) South Broadmoor landslide hazard assessment

Kate Poulter (2001) Morphology of the Marte Valles channel system, Mars

Greg Schopoff (2001) A geometric analysis of panholes in City of Rocks, Idaho: implications for evolutionary models

Andrew Tankersley (2001) Alpine geomorphology in Banff National Park, Alberta, Canada

Suzanne Moore (2002) Late Plesitocene paleoglacier reconstruction, equilibrium-line altitude, and relative age dating of moraines, southern Sawatch Range, Colorado

Paul Bovet (2003) A paleoenvironmental record of the late Pleistocene and Holocene inferred from organic carbon analysis of glacial lake sediments in the Albion Range, Idaho

Kelsey McArthur (2003) Glacial-interglacial environmental change as inferred from organic carbon content and carbon isotope analysis of peat, Brewster Bog, Ohio (coadvisor)

Geoff Christensen (2004) Timing and magnitude of uplift in the Pikes Peak region: based on apatite fission-track thermochronology

Laura McCarthy (2005) Channel morphology as evidence for the evolution of tectonic basins: Jid Fault, Mongolian Altai

Alice DuVivier (2006) Reconstruction of Asian summer monsoon winds from Holocene Arabian Sea sediments (co-advisor)

 

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