Theses/Dissertations from 2011
Scalar Imperialism, Janice M. Hardin
Mesozoic tectonic history and geochronology of the Kular Dome, Russia and Bendeleben Mountains, Seward Peninsula, Alaska, Daniel B. Harris
The Historical Industrial Development, Regional Economic Analysis, and Household Livelihood strategies of a Rural Pennsylvania Community: A Case Study, Amanda. L. Krugh
Hydroclimatic Variability in North-central Mongolia as Inferred from Tree Rings, Caroline Leland
The Politics of Self-provisioning in North-central West Virginia, Autumn Long
Subsurface and Reservoir Analysis of the Upper Devonian Fourth Sand in Taylor County, West Virginia, Julia Dare McConnell
What makes good climbing rock? A petrographic, structural, and mechanical investigation of the lower Nuttall Sandstone in the New River Gorge, West Virginia, Katelyn A. Huffman Olcott
Role of lineaments in the hydrogeology of Knobly Mountain, Mineral and Grant Counties, West Virginia, Kevin P. Rega
Systematics, Phylogenetics, and Biogeography of Early Mississippian Camerate Crinoids of the Nunn Member, Lake Valley Formation, in south-central New Mexico, Elizabeth C. Rhenberg
Land Use Pressure and Climate Impacts on Fire Regimes and Forest Regeneration in the Upper Tuul River Watershed, Mongolia, Thomas M. Saladyga
Outcrop Lithostratigraphy and Petrophysics of the Middle Devonian Marcellus Shale in West Virginia and Adjacent States, Margaret E. Walker-Milani
Subsurface horizontal microfracture propagation within the middle member of the Bakken Formation, Williston basin, North Dakota: Evidence and implications, Travis Blackburn Warner
Theses/Dissertations from 2010
Sub-surface stratigraphy and petrophysical analysis of the Middle Devonian interval of the central Appalachian basin; West Virginia and southwest Pennsylvania, Matthew Louis Boyce
Seasonal trends in separability of leaf reflectance spectra for Ailanthus altissima and four other tree species, Aaron Burkholder
Systematics and evolutionary paleoecology of crinoids from the St. Louis Limestone (Mississippian, Meramecian) of the Illinois Basin, Lewis Anderson Cook
State spatial practices and uneven development: Flexible rescaling in Appalachia, Jacquelyn Jordon Core
Assessing the cumulative impact of disturbance on canopy structure and chemistry in Appalachian forests, Lindsay N. Deel
Hegemonic conflict in the Caspian region: Accumulation by dispossession and the spatial fix, Patrick L. Ehland
Exploring the utility of a GIScience approach to modeling invasive species: A case study of Ailanthus altissima, Arthur Elmes
A leap of faith: *Scale, critical realism and *emergence in the geography of religion, Michael P. Ferber
Analysis of LiDAR point data and derived elevation models for mapping and characterizing bouldery landforms, Aaron Edward Maxwell
Hydroclimate reconstructions of the Potomac River Basin using tree rings, Richard Stockton Maxwell
The natural and social production of a lake shore environment: The case of Erie and Presque Isle, Pennsylvania, Christopher R. Schaney
Basin analysis and aqueous chemistry of fluids in the Oriskany Sandstone, Appalachian Basin, USA, Jamie C. Skeen
Ethnicity, boundaries, and nationalism in a "European" Croatia, Jennifer L. Titanski
Further hydrogeologic investigations in the Davis Spring drainage basin, Greenbrier County, West Virginia, John Kazimierz Tudek Jr.
Theses/Dissertations from 2009
Subsurface mapping and reservoir analysis of the Upper Devonian Venango and Bradford groups in Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, Michael F. Coughlin
The case of uneven development in Palestine: An investigation of scalar fix as an act of dispossession, Sandra Lange
Facies interpretation and regional stratigraphic study of the Upper Devonian Gordon zone and associated beds in northern West Virginia and southwestern Pennsylvania, James H. Moore III
Chemical and physical properties of abandoned underground coal mine pools, Eric F. Perry
Holocene landform evolution and natural site formation processes at the West Blennerhassett archaeological site (46WD83-A), Wood County, West Virginia, Ryan W. Robinson
Quantitative evaluation of mining-induced changes to spring discharge above a mine in the northern Appalachian coal field, Joshua M. Silvis
Climatic and edaphic influences on the radial growth of eastern redcedar (Juniperus virginiana), Smoke Hole Canyon, West Virginia, Joshua A. Wixom
Theses/Dissertations from 2008
Obesity and spatial context in Appalachia, Roberta J. Alt
Hydrogeochemical characterization of springs and wells in the Cacapon Mountain Aquifer, Lacoa L. Corder
Development and analysis of lithologically controlled regional curves of hydraulic geometry for Appalachian mountain streams, Ridge and Valley Physiographic Province, Pennsylvania, Matthew S. Finkenbinder
Seasonal changes in Diel cycling of dissolved iron species in a coal mine drainage impacted creek, Daniel B. Harris
Subsurface stratigraphy of the Upper Devonian Bradford Group in the Greater Punxsutawney area, Pennsylvania, Anthony G. Johnson
LiDAR, GIS, and multivariate statistical analysis to assess landslide risk, Horseshoe Run watershed, West Virginia, Kory M. Konsoer
Structure and crustal balance of the Herald Arch and Hope Basin in the Chukchi Sea, Alaska, D. Alex Patthoff
State policy and food insecurity in Kenya's arid and semi-arid land (ASAL) regions, Naomi Shanguhyia
Modeling natural fracture networks: Establishing the groundwork for flow simulation at Teapot Dome, Wyoming, Valerie L. Smith
Surficial mapping and kinematic modeling of the St. Clair Thrust Fault, Monroe County, West Virginia, Jason M. Sturms
Subsurface stratigraphy and depositional patterns of the Lower Mississippian Weir zone of Doddridge County, West Virginia, with emphasis on reservoir potential, John Hamilton Tellers
Recharge processes within the Cacapon Mountain Aquifer, Ridge and Valley Province, West Virginia, Cristine M. Vinciguerra
Stream flow characterization over longwall coal mines in Pennsylvania, Ohio, and West Virginia, Scott A. Wade
Theses/Dissertations from 2007
Marine paleoecology of the Fivemile Member of the Hinton Formation, Upper Mississippian, West Virginia and Virginia, Thomas R. Cawthern
Creating a GIS database for nursing home evacuation planning in Virginia Beach, Virginia, Randall S. Dawson
Integrating Participatory GIS and political ecology to study flood vulnerability in the Limpopo Province of South Africa, Nthaduleni S. Nethengwe
Petrologic study of the Murrysville sandstone in southwestern Pennsylvania, Melissa L. Sager
Marine paleoecology of the Eads Mill Member, Hinton Formation, Upper Mississippian, West Virginia and Virginia, Timothy Vance
Theses/Dissertations from 2006
Subsurface mapping of Ellesmerian onlaps: Testing the opening of the Arctic Canada Basin, Brian Connelly
Subsurface stratigraphy and depositional controls on Late Devonian-Early Mississippian sediments in southwestern Pennsylvania, Bret A. McDaniel
Women's livelihood strategies in diverse contexts: Constructing feminist topographies in Appalachia and South Africa, Amy Danielle Pratt
Understanding political ecologies of land use change using household surveys in Mankweng, South Africa, Joshua Edward Rutkowski
Fracture pattern characterization of the Tensleep Formation, Teapot Dome, Wyoming, Bryan C. Schwartz
Shoeprint analysis: A GIS application in forensic evidence, Michael Anthony Walnoha Jr.
Stratigraphic and structural analysis of the J1 Sandstone, Scotts Bluff Trend, Scotts Bluff and Morrill counties, Nebraska, Jeremy M. Wolpert
Interpreting site formation processes affecting re-emergent cultural sites within reservoirs: A case study of St. Thomas, Nevada, Denyse Wyskup
Theses/Dissertations from 2005
Regional characterization of a carbon sequestration pilot site with implications for enhanced oil recovery, William O. Carpenter Jr.
Paleoenvironmental reconstruction of the Upper Mississippian Reynolds Limestone in the Central Appalachian Basin of West Virginia, Simon L. Cole III
Controls, characterization and small scale chemical variations of a Karst system: A geochemical assessment of Tuscarora Creek watershed, West Virginia, Rachel V. Grand
Suicide and socioeconomic context in the Appalachian region, Joel A. Halverson
Participatory GIS for growth management in the Cheat Lake planning district of Monongalia County, West Virginia, Timothy L. Hawthorne
An analysis of fragmented land-use *policy and land-use change: The case study of metropolitan Pittsburgh, Richard J. Hoch
Gradient and recurrence analyses of four marine zones in the Glenshaw Formation (Upper Pennsylvanian, Appalachian Basin), Joseph G. Lebold
3D P- and Converted Shear wave characteristics of the Morrow production trend in the Buffalo Valley field, Chaves-Eddy County, New Mexico, Sandeep Pyakurel
Geologic and geomorphic controls of alluvial island location in Cheat River, West Virginia, Mitzy L. Schaney
Theses/Dissertations from 2004
Depositional environments and sequence stratigraphy of the Rockwell-Price Formation in western Maryland, south-central Pennsylvania, and northern West Virginia, Darin A. Dolezal
Effects of drought on the growth of young and mature temperate forests in West Virginia, Nicholas R. Doner
Natural gas exploration associated with fracture systems in Alleghenian thrust faults in the Greenbrier Formation, southern West Virginia, Craig A. Edmonds
Visual Basic time-space query modeling for geovisualization of life paths, Ryan Heaslip
Factors controlling landslide initiation as a result of July 2001 high-precipitation events in a section of the Lower New River Gorge, West Virginia, M. Patrick Kish
Facies analysis of the Devonian Gordon Stray Sandstone in West Virginia, Patrick S. McBride
Depositional environments comprising the Birch River section (Middle Pennsylvanian), Powell Mountain, Nicholas County, West Virginia, Jeffrey R. Rutland
Using dendrochronology to identify species-specific ice storm damage in Delaware, Matthew John Smolnik
West Virginia coal fly ash sorption of BTEX, Jerome C. Wentz
Geomorphic analysis of stream crossings in a portion of the Upper Cheat River basin, Joshua A. White
Theses/Dissertations from 2003
A Geological and Geophysical Investigation of Ice Mountain Algific Talus, Hampshire County, West Virginia, Kevin M. Andrews
Conceptual and application issues in the implementation of object-oriented GIS, Janette Elizabeth Bennett
Seismic interpretation and structural evaluation of the Hope Basin, Alaska, Virginia L. Elswick
Geophysical investigation of the T and T Mine Complex, Preston County, West Virginia, Jennifer S. Mabie
Numerical analysis of source-water dynamics for stream-bounded alluvial aquifers, Sarah E. Webb
Theses/Dissertations from 2002
Kinematics of detachment folding, Appalachian Valley and Ridge, West Virginia, Matthew N. Giffels
Taxonomic revision and paleoecology of Middle Devonian (Eifelian) fishes of the Onondaga, Columbus and Delaware limestones of the eastern United States, Robert Lewis Martin
Geospatial and statistical foundations for streamflow synthesis in West Virginia, Annie J. Morris
Sedimentary and petrologic analysis of the Mississippian Price Formation at Sherwood Lake, West Virginia, Laura Ruth Sheehan
Design and implementation of Web-based GIS for forest fragmentation analysis, Fei Wang
Theses/Dissertations from 2001
Exploring object-oriented GIS for watershed resource management, Nalishebo Nally Kaunda
Influence of the West Virginia Dome on paleocurrent patterns in the Upper Devonian-Lower Mississippian Price Formation in the Central Appalachians, Sheldon James Murphy