Graduate Thesis Archive

PDF copies of some theses are available for download see below links as well as UMD Digital Conservatory at http://conservancy.umn.edu/

2012

Cota, Avery, 2012, M.S. Thesis (Advisor: Mooers) 122 p. STATISTICAL ANALYSIS OF THE SPATIAL AND TEMPORAL DISTRIBUTION OF ACID DEPOSITION IN THE WEST MIDLANDS ENGLAND, UNITED KINGDOM (pdf)

Chorn, Benjamin, 2012, M.S. Thesis (Advisors: Johnson, Brown) 119 p. TEPHROCHRONOLOGY OF THE LAKE MALAWI DRILL CORES: A FEASIBILITY STUDY (pdf)

Gustafson, Daniel J, 2012, M.S. Thesis (Advisors: Swenson, Wattrus) 109 p. A GEOPHYSICAL INVESTIGATION OF DEWATERING STRUCTURE IN WESTERN LAKE SUPERIOR (pdf)

Johnson, Andrea, 2012, M.S. Thesis (Advisor: Gran) 54 p. TIMING AND PATTERN OF VALLEY EXCAVATION, LE
SUEUR RIVER, SOUTH-CENTRAL MINNESOTA, USA (pdf)

Pierce-Rubesch, Megan, 2012, M.S. Thesis (Advisor: Brown/Werne) 127 p. A 40,000 YEAR GEOCHEMICAL RECORD FROM LAKE CHALCO, MEXICO (pdf)

2011

Abbott ,April, 2011, M.S. Thesis (Advisors: Johnson, Werne) p. PLEISTOCENE TEMPERATURE VARIABILITY IN EAST AFRICA: A 1.2 MILLION YEAR TEX86 RECORD FROM LAKE MALAWI (pdf)

Cervin, Dan, 2011, M.S. Thesis (Advisors: P. Morton/Miller) 155 p. CHARACTERIZATION OF PRECIOUS METAL MINERAL OCCURRENCES IN THE NORTH MET DEPOSIT OF THE PATRIDGE RIVER INTRUSION, DULUTH COMPLEX, MINNESOTA (pdf)

Dayton, Ryan, 2011, M.S. Thesis (Advisor: Miller) 99 p. THE GEOCHEMICAL EVOLUTION OF THE SONJU LAKE INTRUSION: ASSIMILATION AND FRACTIONAL CRYSSTALLIZATION IN A LAYERED MAFIC INTRUSION NEAR FINLAND, MINNESOTA (pdf)

Dunn, Emily, 2011, M.S. Thesis (Advisor: Gran) 74 p. INCIPIENT VEGETATION RECOVERY AND IT'S EFFECT ON BRAIDED CHANNEL MORPHOLOGY AT MOUNT PINATUBO, PHILIPPINES (pdf)

Foley, Daniel, 2011, M.S. Thesis (Advisor: Miller) 109 p. PETROLOGY AND Cu-Ni-PGE MINERALIZATION OF THE BOVINE IGNEOUS COMPLEX, BARAGA COUNTY, NORTHERN MICHIGAN (pdf)

Goldner, Brian, 2011, M.S. Thesis (Advisor: Miller) 156 p. PETROLOGY OF THE NI-CU-PGE MINERALIZED TAMARACK INTRUSION, AITKIN AND CARLTON COUNTIES, MINNESOTA (pdf),(Appendix)  

Theriault, Stephanie, 2011, M.S. Thesis (Advisor: Miller) 165 p. MINERALOGY SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION AND ISOTOPE GEOCHEMISTRY OF SULFIDE MINERALS IN THE BIWABIK IRON FORMATION (pdf)

Wartman, Jakob, 2011, M.S. Thesis (Advisor: Ron Morton) 165 P. PHYSICAL VOLCANOLOGY AND HYDROTHERMAL ALTERATION OF THE RAINY RIVER GOLD PROJECT, NORTHWEST ONTARIO (pdf)

2010

Costello, Daniel E., 2010, M.S. Thesis (Advisor: Miller) 118 p. GEOLOGY AND PETROGENESIS OF THE TUSCARORA INTRUSION OF THE DULUTH COMPLEX, NORTHEASTERN MINNESOTA (pdf)

Frost, Shelby J.,2010, M.S. Thesis (Advisor: Goodge) 141 p. THE EFFECTS OF CONTACT METAMORPHISM BY THE DULUTH COMPLEX ON PROTEROZOIC FOOTWALL ROCKS IN NORTHEASTERN MINNESOTA (pdf)

Hoaglund, Steven A., 2010 M.S. Thesis (Advisor: Miller) 96 p. U-PB GEOCHRONOLOGY OF THE DULUTH COMPLEX AND RELATED HYPABYSSAL INTRUSIONS: INVESTIGATING THE EMPLACEMENT HISTORY OF A LARGE MULTIPHASE INTRUSIVE COMPLEX RELATED TO THE 1.1 GA MIDCONTINENT RIFT (pdf)

Mossberger, Irvin, 2010, M.S. Thesis (Advisors: Mooers) 80 p. POTENTIAL FOR SLUMPS, SEDIMENT VOLCANOES, AND EXCESS TURBIDITY IN THE NEMADJI RIVER BASIN (pdf)

Rush, Robert A., 2010 M.S. Thesis (Advisor: Brown) 138 p. HIGH ROSOLUTION XRF DATA FROM ELK LAKE, MINNESOTA; A HOLOCENE PALEOCLIMATIC RECORD FROM VARVED LUCUSTRINE SEDIMENTS (pdf)

Voytek, Emily, 2010, M.S. Thesis (Advisors: Coleman/Wattrus) 86 p. SEISMIC STRATiGRAPHY OF THUNDER BAY AND THE ISLE ROYAL REGION OF LAKE SUPERIOR (pdf)

Wendt, Kelly, 2010, M.S. Thesis (Advisor Johnson) 47 p. A POSTGLACIAL RECORD OF CLIMATE CHANGE FROM EAST CROOKED LAKE AND TOFTE LAKE, MINNESOTA (pdf)

White, Christopher, 2010, M.S. Thesis (Advisors: Goodge/Miller) 221 p. THE PETROLOGY, PETROGENESIS, AND METALLOGENESIS OF THE SOUTH KAWISHIWI INTRUSION IN THE NOKOMIS DEPOSIT AREA, DULUTH COMPLEX NORTHEASTERN MINNESOTA (pdf)

 

2009

Bjonnes, Emily E., 2009, M.S. Thesis (Advisors: Hansen/Swenson) 80 p. THE PLAUSIBILITY OF VENUSIAN EQUILIBRIUM RESURFACING USING MONTE CARLO MODELS (pdf)

Gary, Jessica L., 2009, M.S. Thesis (Advisors: Wattrus/Coleman) 89 p. CHARACTERIZING THE DISCHARGE FEATURES OF GLACIAL LAKE AGASSIZ DURING THE POST-MARQUETTE PERIOD USING MARINE SEISMIC-REFLECTION METHODS (pdf)

Johnson, Thomas K., 2009, M.S. Thesis (Advisor: Hansen/Hudak) 143 p. STRUCTURAL, KINEMATIC, AND HYDROTHERMAL FLUID INVESTIGATION OF THE GOLD-BEARING MURRAY SHEAR ZONE, NORTHEASTERN MINNESOTA (pdf)

Karberg, Susan M., 2009, M.S. Thesis (Advisors: Hansen) 70 p. STRUCTURAL AND KINEMATIC ANALYSIS OF THE MUD CREEK SHEAR ZONE, NORTHEASTERN MINNESOTA (pdf)

Meyer, Margretta S., 2009, M.S. Thesis (Advisor: Mooers) 64 p. PALEOGLACIOLOGICAL CONTEXT OF ROGEN MORAINE, NORTHEASTERN MINNESOTA (pdf)

Petrick, Benjamin F., 2009, M.S. Thesis (Advisor: Brown) 109 p. A 2000 YEAR SU-ANNUAL RECORD OF CLIMATE CHANGE FROM LAKE MALAWI

2008

Erickson, Emerald J., 2008, M.S. Thesis (Advisor: Hansen) 62 p. STRUCTURAL AND KINEMATIC ANALYSIS OF THE SHAGAWA LAKE SHEAR ZONE, SUPERIOR PROVINCE, NORTHEASTERN MINNESOTA (pdf)

Gamble, Valerie C., 2008, M.S. Thesis (Advisor: Gallup) 98 p. AN APPLICATION OF U-TH DATING TO LACUSTRINE SYSTEM; LAKE PETEN-ITZA, GUATEMALA AND LAKE MALAWI, MALAWI (pdf)

Goodman, Sally K., 2008, M.S. Thesis (Advisor: Hansen) 82 p. STRUCTURAL AND KINEMATIC ANALYSIS OF THE KAWISHIWI SHEAR ZONE, SUPERIOR PROVINCE (pdf)

Gruhn, Leah M., 2008, M.S. Thesis (Advisor: Gallup) 117 p. SEASONAL DELTA 18 O AND SR/CA RECORDS FROM SUBMERGED PLEISTOCENE FOSSIL CORALS IN THE WESTERN EQUATORIAL PACIFIC (Pdf)

Larson, Phillip C., 2008, Ph.D. Thesis (Advisor: Mooers) 76 p. QUANTIFICATION OF GLACIAL SEDIMENT EROSION, ENTRAINMENT, AND TRANSPORT PROCESSES AND THEIR IMPLICATIONS FOR THE DYNAMIC HISTORY OF THE LAURENTIDE ICE SHEET (pdf)

Sharpe, Andrew T., 2008, M.S. Thesis (Advisor: Wattrus) 82 p. EVIDENCE OF SOFT-SEDIMENT POST-DEPOSITIONAL DEFORMATION IN LAKE SUPERIOR

Shankar, Bhairavi, 2008, M.S. Thesis (Advisor: Hansen) 86 p. A GLOBAL SURVEY OF CIRCULAR LOWS: A SUBSET OF CORONEA, VENUS (pdf)

2007

Ali-Adeeb, Riyad, 2007, M.S. Thesis (Advisors: Demko/Swenson) 159 p. FLUVIAL EVOLUTION BETWEEN THE SALT WASH AND BRUSHY BASIN MEMBERS OF THE UPPER JURASSIC MORRISON FORMATION, SOUTH-CENTRAL UTAH

Brecke, Devon, 2007, M.S. Thesis (Advisor: Goodge) 117 p. PROVENANCE OF GLACIALLY TRANSPORTED MATERIAL NEAR NIMROD GLACIER, EAST ANTARCTICA: EVIDENCE OF THE ICE-COVERED EAST ANTARCTIC SHIELD

Castaneda, Isla, 2007, Ph.D. Thesis (Advisors: Johnson/Werne) 203 p. PALEOENVIRONMENTAL VARIABILITY IN THE SOUTHEAST AFRICAN TROPICS SINCE THE LAST GLACIAL MAXIMUM: MOLECULAR AND ISOTOPIC RECORDS FROM LAKE MALAWI

Endsley, Erin, 2007, M.S. Thesis (Advisor: Gallup) 46 p. LATE HOLOCENE DRY PERIODS RECORDED IN SPELEOTHEM FROM THE MAYA LOWLANDS OF THE YUCATAN PENINSULA, MEXICO

Erickson, Ryan, 2007, M.S. Thesis (Advisors: Demko/Swenson) 114 p. THE SEQUENCE STRATIGRAPHY OF THE CHINLE FORMATION IN THE DINOSAUR NATIONAL MONUMENT REGION, UTAH AND COLORADO, USA

Freiburger, Nicholas, 2007, M.S. Thesis (Advisor: Gallup) 47 p. NEW U-SERIES FOSSIL CORAL DATES FROM THE LAST INTERGLACIAL TERRACE, BARBADOS, WEST INDIES: A REEVALUATION OF EVIDENCE FOR TERMINATION II

Hoffman, Adam, 2007, M.S. Thesis (Advisors: Peterson/Hudak) 295 p. LITHOSTRATIGRAPHY, HYDROTHERMAL ALTERATION, AND LITHOGEOCHEMISTRY OF NEOARCHEAN ROCKS IN THE LOWER AND SOUDAN MEMBER OF THE ELY GREENSTONE FORMATION, VERMILLION DISTRICT, NORTHEASTERN MINNESOTA: IMPLICATIONS FOR VOLCANOGENIC MASSIVE SULFIDES

2006

Albers, Paul, 2006, M.S. Thesis (Advisor: Miller) 206 p. THE GEOLOGY AND PETROLOGY OF THE LEVEAUX PORPHYRITIC DIORITE INTRUSTION: INVESTIGATING POSSIBLE MAGMATIC RELATIONSHIPS TO THE ANORTHOSITIC SERIES OF THE DULUTH COMPLEX COOK COUNTY, MINNESOTA

Bannister, Roger, 2006, M.S. Thesis, (Advisor: Hansen) 83 p. GEOLOGIC ANALYSIS OF DEFORMATION IN THE INTERIOR OF ARTEMIS (VENUS, 34°S, 132°E) [Abstract and TOC PDF, ~20 KB] [Text PDF, ~ 6.6 MB] [Plate 1 PDF, ~8.6 MB]

Lang, Nicholas, 2006, Ph.D. Thesis, University of Minnesota (Advisor: Hansen) ?? p. GEOLOGICAL PROCESSES IN VENUS' LOWLANDS

Mohr, Jere, 2006, M.S. Thesis, (Advisor: Swenson) 54 p. FLUVIAL SEDIMENTATION CONTROLLED BY DISTAL SUBAQUEOUS SEDIMENT DYNAMICS

Van Alstine, Jon, 2006, M.S. Thesis, (Advisor: Johnson) 154 p. A HIGH RESOLUTION STUDY OF THE SPATIAL AND TEMPORAL VARIABILITY OF NATURAL AND ANTHROPOGENIC COMPOUNDS IN OFFSHORE LAKE SUPERIOR SEDIMENTS

2005

Beer, Joseph, 2005, M.S. Thesis, (Advisor: Demko) 180 p. SEQUENCE STRATIGRAPHY OF FLUVIAL AND LACUSTRINE DEPOSITS IN THE LOWER PART OF THE CHINLE FORMATION, SOUTH CENTRAL UTAH, UNITED STATES: PALEOCLIMATIC AND TECTONIC IMPLICATIONS [PDF, ~6.8 MB]

Breckenridge, Andy, 2005, Ph.D. Thesis, University of Minnesota (Advisor: Johnson) 250 p. LAKE SUPERIOR VARVES: RECORDS OF LAKE AGASSIZ OVERFLOW AND ICE SHEET DYNAMICS

McDaniel, Kelly, 2005, M.S. Thesis, (Advisor: Hansen) 79 p. CIRCULAR LOWS, A GENETICALLY DISTINCT SUBSET OF CORONAE ON VENUS? [Abstract and TOC PDF, ~44 KB] [Text PDF, ~2.8 MB]

Rieser, Michael E., 2005, M.S. Thesis, (Advisor: Goodge) 96 p. DEFORMATION AND METAMORPHISM OF TECTONITES EXPOSED IN THE NEW YORK AND CLARK MOUNTAINS , EASTERN CALIFORNIA: A CASE FOR PROTEROZOIC MID-CRUSTAL SHORTENING IN THE MOJAVE PROVINCE [Abstract and TOC PDF, ~102 KB] [Text PDF, ~3.2 MB]

2004

Joslin, Gregory D. , 2004, M.S. Thesis, (Advisor: Miller) 186 p. STRATIFORM PALLADIUM-PLATINUM-GOLD MINERALIZATION IN THE SONJU LAKE INTRUSION, LAKE COUNTY , MINNESOTA

Marlow, Lisa M. , 2004, M.S. Thesis, (Advisor: Mooers) 84 p. LATE GLACIAL AND EARLY HOLOCENE HISTORY OF THE GLACIAL LAKES AITKIN AND UPHAM BASIN , NORTH-CENTRAL MINNESOTA : IMPLICATIONS FOR THE TIMING OF POST GLACIAL EOLIAN ACTIVITY

Wittkop , Chad M ., 2004, Ph.D. Thesis, University of Minnesota (Advisor: Johnson) PALEOENVIRONMENTAL RECONSTRUCTION USING LAMINATED SEDIMENTS CONTAINING AUTHIGENIC CARBONATE MINERALS: CASE STUDIES FROM THE GREAT LAKES REGION OF NORTH AMERICA.

2003

Neilson, Kimberly J. , 2003, M.S. Thesis, (Advisor: Ojakangas) 92 p. STRATIGRAPHIC STUDY AND JOINT-PATTERN ANALYSIS IN THE BIWABIK IRON FORMATION, VIRGINIA HORN AREA, NORTHEAST MINNESOTA

2002

Whitehill, Matthew F. , 2002, M.S. Thesis, (Advisor: Mooers) 122 p. MORAINES OF THE BONANZA VALLEY, WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA [PDF ~9.3 MB]

2001

Bray, Lois M., 2001, M.S. Thesis, (Advisor: Rapp) 68 p. PETROGRAPHIC, X-RAY DIFFRACTION, AND CHEMICAL ANALYSIS OF POTTERY FROM ANYANG, CHINA

Hovis, Steven T., 2001, M.S. Thesis, (Advisor: R. Morton) 136 p. PHYSICAL VOLCANOLOGY AND HYDROTHERMAL ALTERATION OF THE ARCHEAN VOLCANIC ROCKS AT THE EAGLES NEST VOLCANOGENIC MASSIVE SULPHIDE PROSPECT, NORTHERN MINNESOTA

Peterson, Dean, 2001, Ph.D. Thesis, University of Minnesota (Advisor: R. Morton) 503 p. DEVELOPMENT OF ARCHEAN LODE-GOLD AND MASSIVE SULFIDE DEPOSIT EXPLORATION MODELS USING GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEM APPLICATIONS: TARGETING MINERAL EXPLORATION IN NORTHEASTERN MINNESOTA FROM ANALYSIS OF ANALOG CANADIAN MINING CAMPS.

2000

Heinzel , Chad E. , 2000, M.S. Thesis, (Advisor: Ojakangas) 90 p. STRATIGRAPHIC, PETROGRAPHIC, AND SEDIMENTOLOGIC ANALYSIS OF UPPER CRETACEOUS DELTAIC SEDIMENTATION OF THE ADAVILLE FORMATION, KEMMERER COAL MINE AREA, SOUTHWESTERN WYOMING

Klawiter, Brian N. , 2000, M.S. Thesis, (Advisor: Rapp) 77 p. AN INVESTIGATION INTO THE POTENTIAL FOR GEOCHEMICAL/GEOARCHAEOLOGICAL PROVENANCE OF PRAIRIE DU CHIEN CHERTS

Knoke, Kevin , 2000, M.S. Thesis, (Advisor: Mooers) 86 p. EFFECTS OF FREE FLOWING SALINE WELLS ON WATER QUALITY IN A SURFICIAL AQUIFER

Lehr, James D. , 2000, M.S. Thesis, (Advisor: Matsch) 157 p. PLEISTOCENE GEOLOGY OF THE EMBARRASS AREA, ST. LOUIS COUNTY, MINNESOTA

Norton, Kevin P. , 2000, M.S. Thesis, (Advisor: Rapp) 91 p. QUATERNARY HISTORY OF THE LOWER ST. LOUIS RIVER AND ESTUARY, LAKE SUPERIOR, NORTHEASTERN MINNESOTA (pdf)

1999

Arbit, Natalya I. , 1999, M.S. Thesis, (Advisor: Mooers) 98 p. STATISTICAL ANALYSIS OF STREAMFLOW HYDROGRAPHS AND THE RELATION OF HYDROGRAPH CHARACTERISTICS TO GEOLOGICAL AND ECOLOGICAL LANDSCAPE UNITS

Holmes, Mark , 1999, M.S. Thesis, (Advisor: Mooers) 113 p. IMPACTS OF MUNICIPAL AND COMMERCIAL USAGE OF A SHALLOW UNCONFINED AQUIFER, NAGS HEAD AREA MARITIME FOREST AND WETLANDS, ATLANTIC COAST BARRIER ISLANDS, NORTH CAROLINA

Liu, Xiaochun (Shirley), 1999, M.S. Thesis, (Advisor: Johnson) 80 p. OSTRACODE ABUNDANCE ANALYSIS OF LAKE ISSYK-KYRGYZSTAN, CENTRAL ASIA

Madigan, Thomas , 1999, M.S. Thesis, (Advisor: Mooers) 131 p. GEOMORPHOLOGY AND LANDSCAPE EVOLUTION OF THE UPPER MISSISSIPPI VALLEY : MINNEAPOLIS, MINNESOTA TO GUTTENBERG, IOWA

1998

Bekker, Andrey , 1998, M.S. Thesis, (Advisor: Ojakangas) 104 p. CHEMOSTRATIGRAPHY AND CLIMATOSTRATIGRAPHY OF THE PALEOPROTEROZOIC SNOWY PASS SUPERGROUP, WYOMING AND ITS APPLICATION FOR CORRELATION WITH OTHER SEQUENCES IN NORTH AMERICA

Niendorf, Christopher R. , 1998, M.S. Thesis, (Advisor: Brown) 121 p. AN EVALUATION OF ANTHROPOGENIC TRACE METALS IN THE WESTERN BASIN OF LAKE SUPERIOR

1997

Adamson , Kent F. , 1997, M.S. Thesis, (Advisor: Ojakangas) 203 p. PETROLOGY STRATIGRAPHY AND SEDIMENTATION OF THE MIDDLE PROTEROZOIC BAYFIELD GROUP, NORTHWESTERN WISCONSIN

Anderson, Keri A. , 1997, M.S. Thesis, (Advisor: Wattrus) 82 p. A SEISMIC STRATIGRAPHIC STUDY OF WESTERN LAKE

Besonen, Mark R. , 1997, M.S. Thesis, (Advisor: Rip Rapp) 161 p. THE MIDDLE AND LATE HOLOCENE GEOLOGY AND LANDSCAPE EVOLUTION OF THE LOWER ACHERON RIVER VALLEY, EPIRUS, GREECE

de Beer, Jan A. , 1997, M.S. Thesis, (Advisor: Grant/R. Morton) 79 p. PHYSICAL VOLCANOLOGY, HYDROTHERMAL ALTERATION, AND METAMORPHIC PETROLOGY OF THE BEAVER LAKE AREA , NEAR MINE CENTRE, NORTHWESTERN ONTARIO, CANADA

Galarowicz, Amy M. , 1997, M.S. Thesis, (Advisor: Dick Ojakangas) 92 p. PETROGRAPHIC EVIDENCE FOR THE RECYCLING OF LATE PROTEROZOIC - EARLY PALEOZOIC QUARTZOSE ARENITES, SOUTHEASTERN MINNESOTA - SOUTHWESTERN WISCONSIN

1996

Carney, Scott J. , 1996, M.S. Thesis, (Advisor: Mooers) 79 p. PALEOHYDROLOGY OF THE WESTERN OUTLETS OF GLACIAL LAKE DULUTH [PDF ~6 MB]

Hudak III, George J. , 1996, Ph.D. Thesis, University of Minnesota , (Advisor: R. Morton) 463 p. THE PHYSICAL VOLCANOLOGY AND HYDROTHERMAL ALTERATION ASSOCIATED WITH LATE CALDERA VOLCANIC AND VOLCANICLASTIC ROCKS AND VOLCANOGENIC MASSIVE SULFIDE DEPOSITS IN THE STURGEON LAKE REGION OF NORTHWESTERN ONTARIO

Kanuit, Shari A. , 1996, M.S. Thesis, (Advisor: Mooers) 138 p. DETERMINATION OF GROUNDWATER RECHARGE AND RESIDENCE TIME IN THE ITASCA MORAINE AREA, NORTH-CENTRAL MINNESOTA : A HYDROGEOCHEMICAL APPROACH [PDF ~3.3 MB]

Lindenberg, Sheila M. , 1996, M.S. Thesis, (Advisor: Matsch) 111 p. SOURCE CHARACTERIZATION OF WESTERN LAKE SUPERIOR REGION LITHICS USING NEUTRON ACTIVATION ANALYSIS: GEOARCHEOLOGICAL STUDY

Patelke, Richard L. , 1996, M.S. Thesis, (Advisors: P. Morton/Green) 232 p. THE COLVIN CREEK BODY, A METAVOLCANIC AND METASEDIMENTARY MAFIC INCLUSION IN THE KEWEENAWAN DULUTH COMPLEX, NORTHEASTERN MINNESOTA

Xirouchakis, Dimitrios , 1996, M.S. Thesis, (Advisor: Grant) 92 p. CONTACT METAMORPHISM ADJACENT TO THE LARAMIE ANORTHOSITE COMPLEX, ALBANY COUNTY, WYOMING

1995

Sharkey III, John , 1995, M.S. Thesis, [Plan B] (Advisor: Mooers) GEOMORPHIC MAPPING AND THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE LAND-TYPE ASSOCIATION LAYER OF THE ECOLOGICAL CLASSIFICATION SYSTEM

1994

Geerts, Stephen D. , 1994, M.S. Thesis, (Advisor: P. Morton) 155 p. PETROGRAPHY AND GEOCHEMISTRY OF A PLATINUM GROUP ELEMENT-BEARING MINERALIZED HORIZON IN THE DUNKA ROAD PROSPECT, (KEWEENAWAN) DULUTH COMPLEX, NORTHEASTERN MINNESOTA (pdf)

Leveinen, Jussi E. , 1994, M.S. Thesis, (Advisor: Ojakangas) 175 p. PETROLOGY OF THE KEETLY VOLCANICS IN SUMMIT AND WASATCH COUNTIES, NORTH-CENTRAL UTAH

St. George, Lynette M. , 1994, M.S. Thesis, (Advisor: Mooers) 109 p. A LANDFORM-BASED APPROACH TO THE ESTIMATION OF GROUNDWATER RECHARGE IN COMPLEX GLACIAL TOPOGRAPHY [PDF ~6.3 MB] [Plate 1 PDF ~470 KB]

Uribe, Ruben D. , 1994, M.S. Thesis, (Advisor: Ojakangas) 81 p. PETROGRAPHY AND DIAGENESIS OF THE UPPER CAMBRIAN MT. SIMON SANDSTONE, SOUTHEASTERN MINNESOTA

Yin, Xinping , 1994, M.S. Thesis, (Advisor: Grant) 123 p. METAMORPHISM AND HYDROTHERMAL ALTERATION OF EARLY PROTEROZOIC DIABASES IN THE REPUBLIC MINE, NORTHERN MICHIGAN

1993

Beaverson, Sheena K. , 1993, M.S. Thesis, (Advisor: Mooers) 95 p. RECONSTRUCTION OF THE LATE GLACIAL AND HOLOCENE PALEOENVIRONMENTS SETTING AT 20SA596, AND THE SAGINAW BASIN, MICHIGAN [PDF ~7.7 MB]

Gowan, Angela S. , 1993, M.S. Thesis, (Advisor: Mooers) 121 p. SEDIMENTOLOGY AND GEOCHEMISTRY OF SELECTED GLACIAL SEDIMENTS FROM CENTRAL MINNESOTA AS A METHOD FOR CORRELATION AND PROVENANCE STUDIES OF GLACIAL STRATIGRAPHIC UNITS

Lineburg, Joane M. , 1993, M.S. Thesis, (Advisor: Matsch) 122 p. SEDIMENTOLOGY AND STRATIGRAPHY OF PRE-WISCONSIN DRIFTS, COTEAU DES PRAIRIES, EASTERN SOUTH DAKOTA

Muhich, Thomas G. , 1993, M.S. Thesis, (Advisor: P. Morton) 154 p. MOVEMENT OF TITANIUM ACROSS THE DULUTH COMPLEX - BIWABIK IRON FORMATION CONTACT AT DUNKA PIT, MESABI IRON RANGE , NORTHEASTERN MINNESOTA

Osterberg, Steven A. , 1993, Ph.D., University of Minnesota , (Advisor: R. Morton) 255 p. STRATIGRAPHY, PHYSICAL VOLCANOLOGY AND HYDROTHERMAL ALTERATION OF THE FOOTWALL ROCKS TO THE WINSTON LAKE MASSIVE SULFIDE DEPOSIT, NORTHWESTERN ONTARIO

Skokan, Elizabeth A. , 1993, M.S. Thesis, (Advisor: Rapp) 107 p. PETROGRAPHIC AND ELEMENTAL ANALYSIS OF CLAYS AND WOODLAND PERIOD CERAMICS FROM BIG RICE LAKE , SUPERIOR NATIONAL FOREST , MINNESOTA : A STUDY IN TECHNOLOGY AND PROVENANCE

Walker, Jamieson S. , 1993, M.S. Thesis, (Advisor: R. Morton) 195 p. PHYSICAL VOLCANOLOGY AND HYDROTHERMAL ALTERATION OF THE FOOTWALL ROCKS TO THE ARCHEAN MATTABI MASSIVE SULFIDE DEPOSIT, NW ONTARIO

1992

Evavold, Glenn L. , 1992, M.S. Thesis, (Advisor: Matsch) 101 p. GROUNDWATER FLOW AND SOLUTE TRANSPORT MODELING AT A STATE SUPPORTED SITE, NORTHEASTERN ST. LOUIS COUNTY, MINNESOTA

Rausch, Deborah E. , 1992, M.S. Thesis, (Advisor: Darby) 62 p. PALEOENVIRONMENTS OF THE BAY OF CARTHAGE BASED ON OSTRACODE FAUNA

Thomas, David A. , 1992, M.S. Thesis, (Advisor: Ojakangas) 204 p. LITHOSTRATIGRAPHY, PETROLOGY, DIAGENESIS AND ENVIRONMENTS OF DEPOSITION OF THE UPPER CAMBRIAN JORDAN SANDSTONE, SOUTHEASTERN MINNESOTA

1991

Ballantyne, John W. , 1991, M.S. Thesis, (Advisor: Matsch) 157 p. LATE-WISCONSIN STRATIGRAPHY AND GLACIAL HISTORY OF SOUTHWESTERN ST. LOUIS COUNTY , MINNESOTA

Dokken, Kayo L. , 1991, M.S. Thesis, (Advisor: Darby) 159 p. ICHNOFOSSILS OF THE CARBONATE PLATTEVILLE FORMATION (MIDDLE ORDOVICIAN) IN SOUTHEASTERN MINNESOTA

Felger, Tracey J. , 1991, M.S. Thesis, (Advisor: Holst) 151 p. THE GEOLOGY OF THE SKINNER PEAKS QUADRANGLE, JUAB AND SANPETE COUNTIES, UTAH

Levy, Eric R. , 1991, M.S. Thesis, (Advisor: Ojakangas) 139 p. THE GEOLOGY AND SEDIMENTOLOGY OF THE ARCHEAN METASEDIMENTARY ROCKS OF THE VIRGINIA HORN AREA, NORTHEASTERN MINNESOTA

Linscheid, Eric K. , 1991, M.S. Thesis, (Advisor: P. Morton) 121 p. THE PETROGRAPHY OF THE LONGNOSE PERIDOTITE DEPOSIT AND ITS RELATIONSHIP TO THE DULUTH COMPLEX

Nelson, Nancy S. , 1991, M.S. Thesis, (Advisor: Green) 151 p. A PETROLOGIC AND GEOCHEMICAL STUDY OF GRANOPHYRIC GRANITE IN THE ROOF OF THE KEWEENAWAN DULUTH COMPLEX, EAGLE MOUNTAIN , COOK COUNTY, MINNESOTA

Suszek, Thomas J. , 1991, M.S. Thesis, (Advisor: Ojakangas) 209 p. PETROGRAPHY AND SEDIMENTOLOGY OF THE MIDDLE PROTEROZOIC (KEWEENAWAN) NONESUCH FORMATION, WESTERN LAKE SUPERIOR REGION, MIDCONTINENT RIFT SYSTEM

1990

Dunlap, William. J. , 1990, M.S. Thesis, (Advisor: Grant) 165 p. GENESIS OF MYLONITE AND STRUCTURE OF FRANCIS PEAK , WASATCH MOUNTAINS, UTAH

Gilbertson, Jay P. , 1990, M.S. Thesis, (Advisor: Matsch) 108 p. QUATERNARY GEOLOGY ALONG THE EASTERN FLANK OF THE COTEAU DES PRAIRIES, GRANT COUNTY, SOUTH DAKOTA

Jablinski, Joseph D. , 1990, M.S. Thesis, (Advisor: Holst) 77 p. STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS OF ARCHEAN METASEDIMENTARY ROCKS, JARDINE, MONTANA

Smith, Eric A ., 1990, M.S. Thesis, (Advisor: Rapp) 107 p. MERCURY GEOCHEMISTRY OF FOUR WATERSHEDS IN NORTHEAST MINNESOTA

Spicuzza, Michael J. , 1990, M.S. Thesis, (Advisor: Grant) 115 p. HIGH GRADE METAMORPHISM AND PARTIAL MELTING IN THE BLUEGRASS CREEK SUITE, CENTRAL LARAMIE MOUNTAINS, WYOMING

Turner, Scott. L. , 1990, M.S. Thesis, (Advisors: Matsch/Evavold) 121 p. GROUNDWATER FLOW AND CONTAMINANT TRANSPORT ANALYSIS OF THE KITZVILLE DUMP, ST. LOUIS COUNTY, MINNESOTA

1989

Hudak III, George J. , 1989, M.S. Thesis, (Advisor: R. Morton) 188 p. THE PHYSICAL VOLCANOLOGY AND HYDROTHERMAL ALTERATION ASSOCIATED WITH THE F-GROUP ARCHEAN VOLCANOGENIC MASSIVE SULFIDE DEPOSIT, STURGEON LAKE , NORTHWESTERN ONTARIO

Jongewaard, Peter K. , 1989, M.S. Thesis, (Advisor: R. Morton) 152 p. PHYSICAL VOLCANOLOGY AND HYDROTHERMAL ALTERATION OF THE FOOTWALL ROCKS TO THE ARCHEAN STURGEON LAKE MASSIVE SULFIDE DEPOSIT, NORTHWEST ONTARIO

MacArthur, James H. , 1989, M.S. Thesis, (Advisor: Holst) 71 p. DEFORMATION IN THE ARCHEAN KNIFE LAKE GROUP, VERMILION DISTRICT, NORTHEASTERN MINNESOTA

Schaefer, Stephen J. , 1989, M.S. Thesis, (Advisor: P. Morton) 111 p. A COMPARISON OF TWO ARCHEAN ULTRAMAFIC PYROCLASTIC ROCK UNITS FROM THE SUPERIOR PROVINCE, NORTHWESTERN ONTARIO

1988

Brown, Timothy R. , 1988, M.S. Thesis, (Advisor: Matsch) 103 p. ESKERS AND HEAVY MINERAL PROSPECTING, NORTHEASTERN MINNESOTA

Ervin, Sarah M. , 1988, M.S. Thesis, (Advisor: P. Morton) 137 p. THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE CLOUD ZONE AND THE BASAL ZONE CU-NI SULFIDES, AND THE SIGNIFICANCE OF MAFIC PEGMATITES, MINNAMAX PROPERTY, DULUTH COMPLEX, MINNESOTA

Fitz III, Thomas J. , 1988, M.S. Thesis, (Advisor: Green) 180 p. LARGE FELSIC FLOWS IN THE KEWEENAWAN NORTH SHORE VOLCANIC GROUP, COOK COUNTY, MINNESOTA

Pezzutto, Frank , 1988, M.S. Thesis, (Advisor: Ojakangas) 154 p. PETROLOGY AND SEDIMENTATION OF THE ARCHEAN QUETICO METASEDIMENTS IN THE ATIKOKAN-MINE CENTRE AREA, NORTHWESTERN ONTARIO

Wangensteen, Martin W. , 1988, M.S. Thesis, (Advisor: Rapp) 212 p. THE HYDROGEOLOGICAL IMPACT OF HEAVY METAL-LADEN ASH LANDFILLING AT THE WLSSD LANDFILL, RICE LAKE, MINNESOTA

1987

Boerboom, Terrance J. , 1987, M.S. Thesis, (Advisor: Ojakangas) 212 p. TOURMALINITES, NELSONITES, AND RELATED ROCKS (EARLY PROTEROZOIC) NEAR PHILBROOK, TODD COUNTY, MINNESOTA

Davis, Douglas S. , 1987, M.S. Thesis, (Advisor: R. Morton) 124 p. STRATIGRAPHY AND HYDROTHERMAL ALTERATION OF THE GAGNE LAKE PROSPECT : AN OCCURRENCE OF VOLCANOGENIC-TYPE MASSIVE SULFIDES NEAR MINE CENTRE, NORTHWESTERN ONTARIO, CANADA

Frantes, James R. , 1987, M.S. Thesis, (Advisor: Ojakangas) 162 p. PETROLOGY AND SEDIMENTATION OF THE ARCHEAN SEINE GROUP CONGLOMERATE AND SANDSTONE, WESTERN WABIGOON BELT, NORTHERN MINNESOTA AND WESTERN ONTARIO

Huber, James K. , 1987, M.S. Thesis, (Advisor: Rapp) 206 p. A LATE HOLOCENE VEGETATIONAL SEQUENCE FROM THE SOUTHEAST MISSOURI OZARKS

Johnson-Rozacky, Wendy J. , 1987, M.S. Thesis, (Advisor: Ojakangas) 94 p. THE PETROLOGY AND SEDIMENTATION OF THE LOWER PROTEROZOIC BARRON QUARTZITE, NW WISCONSIN

Reichhoff, Jayne A. , 1987, M.S. Thesis, (Advisor: Green) 206 p. TWO KEWEENAWAN BASALTIC DIKE SWARMS IN THE DULUTH AREA, MINNESOTA

Vervoort, Jeffrey D. , 1987, M.S. Thesis, (Advisor: Green) 207 p. PETROLOGY AND GEOCHEMISTRY OF THE ARCHEAN ROCKS OF THE JAP LAKE AREA, N.E. MINNESOTA

Wonson-Liukkonen, Barbara , 1987, M.S. Thesis, (Advisor: Rapp) 191 p. GEOCHEMISTRY OF TWO SMALL LAKES IN NORTHEASTERN MINNESOTA IN RELATION TO ATMOSPHERIC INPUTS

1986

England , Daniel L. , 1986, M.S. Thesis, (Advisor: R. Morton) 96 p. GEOLOGY IN THE MODOC PB-AG-ZN DISTRICT, INYO COUNTY, CALIFORNIA

Holm, Daniel K. , 1986, M.S. Thesis, (Advisor: Holst) 141 p. A STRUCTURAL INVESTIGATION AND TECTONIC INTERPRETATION OF THE PENOKEAN OROGENY: EAST-CENTRAL MINNESOTA

Lannon, Patrick M. , 1986, M.S. Thesis, (Advisor: Matsch) 119 p. THE QUATERNARY STRATIGRAPHY AND GLACIAL HISTORY OF THE DULUTH-SUPERIOR AREA

Reichhoff, Colin L. , 1986, M.S. Thesis, (Advisor: Ojakangas) 137 p. GEOLOGY OF LOWER PROTEROZOIC VOLCANICLASTIC SEQUENCE NEAR WAUSAU , MARATHON COUNTY, WISCONSIN

1985

Clark, Richard C. , 1985, M.S. Thesis, (Advisor: Holst) 114 p. THE STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY OF THE THOMSON FORMATION: CLOQUET AND ESKO QUADRANGLES, EAST-CENTRAL MINNESOTA

Neumann, Scott N. , 1985, M.S. Thesis, (Advisor: Ojakangas) 180 p. LOWER AND MIDDLE PRECAMBRIAN GEOLOGY OF THE DENHAM AREA, NORTHERN PINE COUNTY, EAST-CENTRAL MINNESOTA

Osterberg, Steven A. , 1985, M.S. Thesis, (Advisor: Morton) 154 p. STRATIGRAPHY AND HYDROTHERMAL ALTERATION OF ARCHEAN VOLCANIC ROCKS AT THE HEADWAY-COULEE MASSIVE SULFIDE PROSPECT, NORTHERN ONAMAN AREA, NORTHWESTERN ONTARIO

Rosen, Lawrence C. , 1985, M.S. Thesis, (Advisor: Ojakangas) 170 p. THE SEDIMENTOLOGY AND PETROLOGY OF THE EARLY PROTEROZOIC GOWGANDA FORMATION AROUND GOWGANDA - ELK LAKE, ONTARIO , CANADA

Scholz, Christopher A. , 1985, M.S. Thesis, (Advisor: Darby) 129 p. SEDIMENT DISTRIBUTION AND SEDIMENTATION RATES IN THE WESTERN ARM OF LAKE SUPERIOR USING 3.5 KHZ SEISMIC REFLECTION PROFILES AND 210PB GEOCHRONOLOGY

Sykes, Julia A. , 1985, M.S. Thesis, (Advisor: Grant) 131 p. HIGH-GRADE METAMORPHISM OF IRON-RICH BODIES IN ARCHEAN GNEISS, WIND RIVER MOUNTAINS, WYOMING

Verhagen, Ingrid , 1985, M.S. Thesis, (Advisor: Grant) 82 p. HYDROTHERMAL ALTERATION AND METAMORPHISM OF A METADIABASE SILL, LAKE MICHIGAMME , NORTHERN MICHIGAN

1984

Groves , David A. , 1984, M.S. Thesis, (Advisor: R. Morton) 141 p. STRATIGRAPHY AND ALTERATION OF THE FOOTWALL VOLCANIC ROCKS BENEATH THE ARCHEAN MATTABI MASSIVE SULFIDE DEPOSIT, STURGEON LAKE, ONTARIO

Halfman, Barbara M. , 1984, M.S. Thesis, (Advisor: Johnson) 49 p. SUSPENDED SOLIDS IN THE WESTERN ARM OF LAKE SUPERIOR

Motamedi, Shoaeallah , 1984, M.S. Thesis, (Advisor: Green) 140 p. THE KEWEENAWAN LAVAS IN THE CITY OF DULUTH

Yeomans, Bruce W. , 1984, M.S. Thesis, (Advisor: Marsden) 133 p. THE GEOLOGY AND ECONOMIC PETROLOGY OF THE ARCHEAN NEWTON LAKE FORMATION , BOULDER BAY AREA, ST. LOUIS COUNTY, MINNESOTA

1983

Barlaz, Dora B. , 1983, M.S. Thesis, (Advisor: Johnson) 123 p. SEDIMENTATION IN THE DULUTH-SUPERIOR HARBOR, LAKE SUPERIOR

Steinmaus, Karen L. , 1983, M.S. Thesis, (Advisor: Matsch) 131 p. GEOLOGY AND EXPLORATION GEOCHEMISTRY OF THE GLACIAL DEPOSITS OF NORTHEASTERN ITASCA COUNTY, MINNESOTA

1982

Gross, Laura B. , 1982, M.S. Thesis, (Advisor: Matsch) 151 p. THE STRATIGRAPHY AND LITHOLOGY OF THE GLACIOGENIC SEDIMENTS OF THE TWO HARBORS AREA, NORTHEASTERN MINNESOTA

Hyrkas, Gerald L. , 1982, M.S. Thesis, (Advisor: Ojakangas) 164 p. THE SEDIMENTOLOGY AND STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY OF THE MIDDLE PRECAMBRIAN THOMSON FORMATION, CENTRAL CARLTON COUNTY, MINNESOTA

Nebel, Mark L. , 1982, M.S. Thesis, (Advisor: R. Morton) 136 p. STRATIGRAPHY, DEPOSITIONAL ENVIRONMENT, AND ALTERATION OF ARCHEAN FELSIC VOLCANICS, WAWA , ONTARIO

Norton, Arthur R. , 1982, M.S. Thesis, (Advisor: Matsch) 144 p. QUATERNARY GEOLOGY OF THE ITASCA-ST. CROIX MORAINE INTERLOBATE AREA, NORTH-CENTRAL MINNESOTA

Olson, Jean M. , 1982, M.S. Thesis, (Advisor: Ojakangas) 106 p. THE SEDIMENTATION AND PETROLOGY OF THE LOWER PROTEROZOIC MCCASLIN FORMATION, NORTHEASTERN WISCONSIN

Osterberg, Mark W. , 1982, M.S. Thesis, (Advisor: R. Morton) 77 p. SUBAQUEOUS PYROCLASTIC VOLCANISM IN THE VICINITY OF THE HELEN MINE, WAWA, ONTARIO

1981

Campbell, Frederick K. , 1981, M.S. Thesis, (Advisor: Ojakangas) 176 p. GEOLOGY OF THE UPPER PRECAMBRIAN FLAMBEAU QUARTZITE, CHIPPEWA COUNTY, NORTH-CENTRAL WISCONSIN

Carlson, Diane H. , 1981, M.S. Thesis, (Advisor: Grant) 121 p. THE PETROLOGY OF THE MIGMATITE COMPLEX ALONG THE SOUTH FORK OF THE CLEARWATER RIVER, IDAHO

Connolly, Marc R. , 1981, M.S. Thesis, (Advisor: Holst) 133 p. THE GEOLOGY OF THE MIDDLE PRECAMBRIAN THOMSON FORMATION IN SOUTHERN CARLTON COUNTY , EAST-CENTRAL MINNESOTA

Flood, Timothy P. , 1981, M.S. Thesis, (Advisor: Ojakangas) 142 p. GEOLOGY OF THE CYPRESS , HANSON AND SOUTH ARM OF KNIFE LAKE AREA , BOUNDARY WATERS CANOE AREA: EASTERN VERMILION DISTRICT, NORTHEASTERN MINNESOTA

Giangrande, Peter A. , 1981, M.S. Thesis, (Advisor: Green) 116 p. GEOLOGY AND SULPHIDE MINERALIZATION OF THE SKELETON LAKE PROSPECT , ST. LOUIS COUNTY, MINNESOTA

Rismeyer, Neil W. , 1981, M.S. Thesis (Advisor: Grant) , 99 p. GEOLOGY OF THE PRECAMBRIAN FARMINGTON COMPLEX, BOUNTIFUL PEAK , MORGAN AND DAVIS COUNTIES, UTAH

Weber, Richard E. , 1981, M.S. Thesis, (Advisor: Ojakangas) 151 p. PETROLOGY AND SEDIMENTATION OF THE UPPER PRECAMBRIAN SIOUX QUARTZITE, MINNESOTA, SOUTH DAKOTA AND IOWA

1980

Evans, James E. , 1980, M.S. Thesis, (Advisor: Johnson) 130 p. 210PB GEOCHRONOLOGY IN LAKE SUPERIOR SEDIMENTS: SEDIMENTATION RATES, ORGANIC CARBON DEPOSITION, SEDIMENTARY ENVIRONMENTS AND POST-DEPOSITIONAL PROCESSES

Jirsa, Mark A. , 1980, M.S. Thesis, (Advisor: Green) 125 p. THE PETROLOGY AND TECTONIC SIGNIFICANCE OF INTERFLOW SEDIMENTS IN THE KEWEENAWAN NORTH SHORE VOLCANIC GROUP OF NORTHEASTERN MINNESOTA

Kohlmann, Nicholas A. , 1980, M.S. Thesis, (Advisor: Grant) 119 p. THE POLYMETAMORPHISM OF THE LITTLE WILLOW FORMATION, WASATCH MOUNTAINS, UTAH

Lehman, George A. , 1980, M.S. Thesis, (Advisor: Davidson) 132 p. THE BEDROCK GEOLOGY OF A PORTION OF THE CRAMER 15' QUADRANGLE, LAKE COUNTY, MINNESOTA

Matlack, William Fuller, 1980, M.S. Thesis, (Advisors: Marsden/Grant) 90 p. GEOLOGY AND SULFIDE MINERALIZATION OF THE DULUTH COMPLEX-VIRGINIA FORMATION CONTACT, MINNAMAX DEPOSIT, ST. LOUIS COUNTRY, MINNESOTA

Palmer, Elizabeth A. , 1980, M.S. Thesis, (Advisors: Davidson/Grant) 136 p. THE STRUCTURE AND PETROLOGY OF PRECAMBRIAN METAMORPHIC ROCK UNITS, NORTHWESTERN MARATHON COUNTY, WISCONSIN

Stone, David J. , 1980, M.S. Thesis, (Advisors: Darby/Ojakangas) 133 p. THE GEOLOGY OF THE UPPER DENLEITH FORMATION (PROSSER MEMBER GALENA FORMATION) OF MIDDLE ORDOVICIAN AGE IN SOUTHEASTERN MINNESOTA

Wurdinger, Stephanie R. , 1980, M.S. Thesis, (Advisor: Davidson) 93 p. PETROLOGY AND STRUCTURE OF PRECAMBRIAN GNEISSES AT HOLCOMBE, CHIPPEWA COUNTY, WISCONSIN

1979

Juneau , Peter J. , 1979, M.S. Thesis, (Advisor: Marsden) 209 p. ORIGIN AND PETROLOGY OF IRON SILICATE-RICH BODIES IN THE BIWABIK IRON FORMATION, MINNESOTA

Kirstein, Mark H. , 1979, M.S. Thesis, (Advisor: Grant) 60 p. CONTACT METAMORPHISM OF THE VIRGINIA FORMATION IN THE MINNAMAX DEPOSIT, ST. LOUIS COUNTY, MINNESOTA

Laybourn, Dennis P. , 1979, M.S. Thesis, (Advisor: Marsden) 239 p. THE GEOLOGY AND METAMORPHISM OF THE IRONWOOD IRON-FORMATION, GOGEBIC RANGE, WISCONSIN

Squillace, Paul J. , 1979, M.S. Thesis, (Advisor: Ojakangas) 95 p. THE GEOLOGY OF THE NEW RICHMOND MEMBER OF THE SHAKOPEE FORMATION (LOWER ORDOVICIAN) UPPER MISSISSIPPI VALLEY

Zamzow, Craig E. , 1979, M.S. Thesis, (Advisors: Davidson/Ojakangas) 116 p. EARLY PRECAMBRIAN BEDROCK GEOLOGY OF THE NORTHWEST ANGLE, LAKE OF THE WOODS COUNTY, MINNESOTA

1978

Gladen , Leon W. , 1978, M.S. Thesis, (Advisors: Marsden/Ojakangas) 111 p. GEOLOGY OF LOWER PRECAMBRIAN ROCKS AND ASSOCIATED SULFIDE MINERALIZATION IN AN AREA SOUTH OF INDUS, KOOCHICHING COUNTY, MINNESOTA

Severson, Mark J. , 1978, M.S. Thesis, (Advisor: Ojakangas) 150 p. PETROLOGY AND SEDIMENTATION OF EARLY PRECAMBRIAN GRAYWACKES IN THE EASTERN VERMILION DISTRICT, NORTHEASTERN MINNESOTA

Vinje, Steven P. , 1978, M.S. Thesis, (Advisor: Ojakangas) 176 p. ARCHEAN GEOLOGY OF AN AREA BETWEEN KNIFE LAKE AND KEKEBABIC LAKE, EASTERN VERMILION DISTRICT, NORTHEASTERN MINNESOTA

1977

Berner, Heinz , 1977, M.S. Thesis, [Plan B] (Advisor: Ojakangas) GEOLOGIC PROCESSES AND HAZARDS IN HIGH-RELIEF TERRAIN, 96 p. A LAND SUITABILITY STUDY FOR LAKEWOOD TOWNSHIP IN ST. LOUIS COUNTY, MINNESOTA, 64 p. MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE DISPOSAL: A PROBLEM IN ENVIRONMENTAL GEOLOGY, 84 p.

Everson, Curtis I. , 1977, M.S. Thesis, (Advisor: Matsch) 70 p. DRIFT LITHOLOGY IN RELATION TO BEDROCK GEOLOGY, LONG ISLAND LAKE QUADRANGLE, COOK COUNTY, MINNESOTA

Feirn, Wm. C. , 1977, M.A. Thesis, (Advisor: Davidson) 146 p. THE GEOLOGY OF THE EARLY PRECAMBRIAN ROCKS OF THE JASPER LAKE AREA , COOK COUNTY, MINNESOTA

Moss, Carol M. , 1977, M.S. Thesis (Advisor: Green/Matsch) 69 p. THE SURFICIAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL GEOLOGY OF THE FRENCH RIVER QUADRANGLE, COOK COUNTY, MINNESOTA

Orlando, Mario E. , 1977, M.S. Thesis, [Plan B], (Advisor: Matsch) 88 p. LATE PLEISTOCENE MAMMALIAN EXTINCTIONS IN NORTH AMERICA : EXTENT, THEORIZE CAUSES, AND IMPLICATIONS

Schulz, Klaus J. , 1977, Ph. D Thesis, University of Minnesota , 349 p., (Advisor: Weiblen) THE PETROLOGY AND GEOCHEMISTRY OF ARCHEAN VOLCANICS, WESTERN VERMILLION DISTRICT, NORTHEASTERN MINNESOTA

Seeling, Randall R. , 1977, M.S. Thesis, (Advisor: Grant) 80 p., RB-SR WHOLE ROCK ISOTOPIC GEOCHEMISTRY AND PETROLOGY OF THE TONALITIC-TRONDJEMITIC PHASE OF THE ARCHEAN QUARTZO-FELDSPATHIC GNEISSES, SACRED HEART - NORTH REDWOOD AREA, MINNESOTA RIVER VALLEY

Zarth, Randee J. , 1977, M.S. Thesis, (Advisor: Matsch) 93 p. THE QUATERNARY GEOLOGY OF THE WRENSHALL AND FROGNER QUADRANGLES, NORTHEASTERN MINNESOTA

1976

Alwin, Bevan Wm. , 1976, M.S. Thesis, (Advisor: Ojakangas) 200 p. SEDIMENTATION OF THE MIDDLE PRECAMBRIAN TYLER FORMATION OF NORTH-CENTRAL WISCONSIN AND NORTHWESTERN MICHIGAN

Burnell Jr., James R. , 1976, M.S. Thesis, (Advisor: Davidson) 105 p. PETROLOGY AND STRUCTURAL RELATIONS OF THE BRULE LAKE INTRUSIONS , COOK COUNTY, MINNESOTA

Curet, Angel F. , 1976, M.S. Thesis, (Advisor: Ojakangas) 121 p. GEOLOGY OF THE CRETACEOUS-TERTIARY (?) ROCKS OF THE SOUTHWEST QUARTER OF THE MONTE GUILARTE QUADRANGLE, WEST-CENTRAL PUERTO RICO

Pope, Neil M. , 1976, M.S. Thesis, (Advisor: Green) 157 p. PETROLOGY AND STRUCTURE OF THE LATE PRECAMBRIAN MAFIC SILLS EAST OF SILVER CREEK, LAKE COUNTY , MINNESOTA

Welsh, James L. , 1976, M.S. Thesis, (Advisor: Grant) 109 p. PETROLOGY OF THE NORTHWEST MARGIN OF THE SACRED HEART PLUTON AND ADJACENT ARCHAEAN GNEISSES FROM THE MINNESOTA RIVER VALLEY , REDWOOD AND YELLOW MEDICINE COUNTIES, MINNESOTA

Wilson, Wendell E. , 1976, Ph.D. University of Minnesota, (Advisor: Murthy) 140 p. TRACE ELEMENT GEOCHEMISTRY AND GEOCHRONOLOGY OF EARLY PRECAMBRIAN GRANULITE FACIES METAMORPHIC ROCKS NEAR GRANITE FALLS IN THE MINNESOTA RIVER VALLEY

1975

Cummings, Michael L. , 1975, M.S. Thesis, (Advisor: Grant) 168 p. PETROLOGY AND STRUCTURE OF PRECAMBRIAN GNEISSES AT, BIG FALLS, EAU CLAIRE COUNTY, WISCONSIN

Goodner, Dave , 1975, M.S. Thesis, (Advisor: Darby) 52 p. PALEOECOLOGY OF THE LATE CRETACEOUS UPPER FRONTIER HENEFER FORMATIONS (WANSHIP) NEAR COALVILLE, UTAH

1974

Listerud, William H. , 1974, M.S. Thesis, (Advisors: Marsden/Ojakangas) 108 p. GEOLOGY OF A SULFIDE DEPOSIT IN THE LOWER PRECAMBRIAN METAVOLCANIC-METASEDIMENTARY ROCKS NEAR BIRCHDALE, KOOCHICHING COUNTY , MINNESOTA

Reid, David F. , 1974, M.S. Thesis, (Advisor: Matsch) 91 p. THE QUATERNARY GEOLOGY OF THE LAKE JOHANNA REGION, WEST-CENTRAL MINNESOTA

Schulz, Klaus J. , 1974, M.S. Thesis, (Advisor: Green) 212 p. THE PETROLOGY AND STRUCTURAL RELATIONS OF SOME ULTRAMAFIC BODIES IN THE EARLY PRECAMBRIAN NEWTON LAKE FORMATION, VERMILION DISTRICT, NORTHEASTERN MINNESOTA

Stevenson, Robert J. , 1974, M.S. Thesis, (Advisor: Green) 160 p. A MAFIC LAYERED INTRUSION OF KEWEENAWAN AGE NEAR FINLAND , LAKE COUNTY, MINNESOTA

1973

Mudrey Jr., Michael G. , 1973, Ph.D. Thesis, University of Minnesota (Advisor: Weiblen) 310 p.STRUCTURE AND PETROLOGY OF THE SILL ON PIGEON POINT, COOK COUNTY , MN

Ripley, Edward M. , 1973, M.S. Thesis, (Advisor: Davidson) 143 p. THE ORE PETROLOGY AND STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY OF THE DEER LAKE MAFIC-ULTRAMAFICCOMPLEX, EFFIE, ITASCA COUNTY, MINNESOTA

Saremba, Scott P. , 1973, M.S. Thesis, 62 p. [Plan B] (See 1971)

1972

Kilburg, James A. , 1972, M.S. Thesis, (Advisor: Green) 97 p. PETROLOGY, STRUCTURE, AND CORRELATION OF THE UPPER PRECAMBRIAN ELY'S PEAK BASALT

Mattis, Allen F. , 1972, M.S. Thesis, (Advisor: Ojakangas) 123 p. THE PETROLOGY AND SEDIMENTATION OF THE BASAL KEWEENAWAN SANDSTONES OF THE NORTH AND SOUTH SHORES OF LAKE SUPERIOR

McLimans, Roger K. , 1972, M.S. Thesis, (Advisor: Ojakangas) 130 p. GRANITE-BEARING CONGLOMERATES OF THE LOWER PRECAMBRIAN IN THE VERMILION DISTRICT, NORTHEASTERN MINNESOTA

1971

Saremba, Scott. P. , M.S. Thesis, [Plan B] University of Minnesota Macrofabric analysis of glacial till, 33 p. A testing of the prediction of floating or settling of phenocrysts in a magma by mathematical models, 37 p. Development of a copper-nickel industry in northeastern Minnesota , 62 p.

1969

Nathan, Harold D. , Ph.D. University of Minnesota, 198 p. (Advisor: Green) THE GEOLOGY OF A PORTION OF THE DULUTH COMPLEX, COOK COUNTY

1963

Jones, N.W. , M.S., University of Minnesota , 90 p. THE RELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN THE DULUTH GABBRO AND THE DIKES AND SILLS IN THE VICINITY OF HOVLAND, MINNESOTA

1942

Gryc, G. , M.S., University of Minnesota , 54 p. THE KEWEENAUAN GEOLOGY OF THE GRAND PORTAGE INDIAN RESERVATION

1940

Grogan, R.M. , Ph.D. University of Minnesota , 110 p. GEOLOGY OF A PART OF THE MINNESOTA SHARE OF LAKE SUPERIOR NORTHEAST OF TWO HARBORS, MN