Student Research

A Sample of Recent Senior Theses

Emma Crow-Willard, 2011

Thesis: "Global geological mapping of Enceladus shows complex tectonic history"

Sylvana DeSantis, 2011

Thesis: "Size and shape change in Rancho La Brea Horse limbs during the last glacial-interglacial cycle"

Alexandra Forman, 2011

Alexandra Forman, 2011

Thesis: "Effects of sea-level rise on microbes and soil productivity along the California coast"

Edward Linden, 2011

Thesis: "Morphological responses of the dire wolves (Canis dirus) of Rancho La Brea over time due to climate changes"

Victoria Rutledge, 2011

Thesis: "Miocene basalts from Joshua Tree, CA show fault block rotation"

John Wros, 2011

John Wros, 2011

Thesis: "Deformation of the Coast Mountains from transform motion in the Juneau Icefield Region of SE Alaska and British Columbia"


Meilani Bowman-Kamaha'o, 2010

Meilani Bowman-Kamaha'o, 2010

Thesis: "Evolution of the eastern flank of the Queen Charlotte Basin, British Columbia, from apatite fission track analysis"



Daniel Goldstein, 2010

Thesis: "Origin of elevated methylmercury levels in Bear Valley and the Bear Creek Watershed, CA"


Stephanie Kay, 2010

Thesis: "New constraints on thrust faults on the western flank of Coast Mountains near Douglas Channel, British Columbia"



Zachary Martin, 2010

Thesis: "Apatite fission track analyses of the San Jacinto block, California: Constraining the exhumational history"