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Theses/Dissertations from 2024

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Slope Stability Below Historic Pre-Law Mine Benches in the Northern Coalfields of West Virginia, Muhammad Ali

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FLUID-ROCK AND FLUID-STEEL INTERACTION IN GEOTHERMAL ENERGY DEVELOPMENT IN THE APPALACHAIN BASIN, Samuel H. Bowman

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(Non-) Recovery of An Agricultural Stream from Straightening and Dredging, Aras Anderson Mann

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Advances in machine learning aided seismic interpretation and inversion for subsurface characterization, Tobi Micheal Ore

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Spatial Degradation and Livelihood Diversification in the Ever-changing Landscape of Pastoralist Kajiado, Kenya, John A. Paine

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Estimating inorganic carbon flux from coal mining discharge portals in the bituminous coal field region of Pennsylvania, Lauren J. Rockwell

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The phylogeny of Chasmataspidida, B.D. Voss

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Reconstructing Δ14C production events using tree rings: does tree physiology affect estimates of atmospheric Δ14C?, Meagan Rory Walker

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Quantifying chemical erosion in the lithologically-heterogenous Appalachian Valley and Ridge, Amelia Jayne Zanoni

Theses/Dissertations from 2023

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the uncertain future of landscapes subjected to mountaintop removal mining, Samuel James Bower

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Continental saline environments interpreted from bedded gypsum of the Triassic Red Peak Formation (Chugwater Group), northcentral Wyoming, Maya Yamei Bradford

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Bedrock channel geometry: meter to micron scale controls on fluvial incision, NICHOLAS J. COLAIANNE

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Use of Carbonation for Treatment of Coal Mine Drainage to Increase Limestone Dissolution and Generate Alkalinity, Dietrich Henry Kuhlmann IV

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The Role Of Digital Spaces in Caring For Children With Feeding Tubes: Home, Family, and Community Reconsidered, Sara Gilbert Loftus

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An Analysis of Urban Land use land cover (LULC) Changes in Lilongwe City, Central Malawi (2002–2022), Zola Manyungwa

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Using Extended Two-Step Floating Catchment Area to Map Children’s Level of Access to Physical Books in West Virginia, Heather A. Maxey

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Natural Fracture Evolution: Investigations into the Middle Devonian Marcellus Shale, Appalachian Basin, USA, Natalie Abigail Mitchell

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Relationships between geochemistry, carbon content, and grain size in clastic cave sediments, Rebekah Rose Nicholas

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Spatial Variability in Above Ground Carbon Within an Appalachian Forest, Megan A. Ponczek

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A study of accidental daughter crystals in fluid inclusions in bedded halite from the Permian Opeche Shale and Cedar Hills Sandstone of the midcontinental United States, Ryan James Prchlik

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Linkages between Atmospheric Circulation, Weather, Climate, Land Cover and Social Dynamics of the Tibetan Plateau, Shobha Kumari Yadav

Theses/Dissertations from 2022

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Understanding Surface Water--Groundwater Connectivity and Discharge in Arctic Deltas, Lindsey N. Aman

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The Burning Bush: Linking LiDAR-derived Shrub Architecture to Flammability, Michelle S. Bester

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Using Landsat-Based Phenology Metrics, Terrain Variables, and Machine Learning for Mapping and Probabilistic Prediction of Forest Community Types in West Virginia, Faith M. Hartley

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Critical Perspectives on Produce Prescription Programs & US Federal Nutrition Policy, Alanna K. Higgins

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Embodied Energy Geographies: An Exploration of Fracked Landscapes in the Ohio River Valley, Rachael L. Hood

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Structural and petrologic insights into the emplacement of effusive silicic lavas: Inyo Domes, California, Shelby L. Isom

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Examining Evolutionary Rate in Xiphosura, Samantha B. Ocon

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Chemical characterization of clastic cave sediments and insights into particle transport and storage in karst aquifers, Jill L. Riddell

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The Potential of Diabase Sills in Eastern Pennsylvania to Store CO2 and H2, Rhiannon R. Schmitt

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Regional Correlation and Depositional History using Well Log and Core Data of the Geneseo-Burket from the Poseidon 8M Well, Westmoreland County PA, USA, Spencer Leonard Williams Jr.

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Examining the spatial relationship between maternal morbidity, access to health care, and community characteristics in West Virginia, Sarah E. Woolard

Theses/Dissertations from 2021

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Reservoir Characteristics and Lateral Variability of the Marcellus Formation at the Allegheny Mountain Front, Bruno J. Abersold

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Variations in Produced Water Chemistry and Relation to Regional Geology and Production in the Marcellus Shale, Northcentral West Virginia, Jonathan M. Brady

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The Impact of Unsaturated Zone Thickness on the Severity of Saltwater Intrusion in Coastal Aquifers from Overtopping, Dennis Jesse Carpinello

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Effect of oxidative breakers on organic matter degradation, contaminant mobility and critical mineral release during shale-fracturing fluid interactions in the Marcellus Shale, Shaun Donmoyer

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A Systematic Method for Measuring Gentrification Using Building Permits Data: A Washington D.C Case Study, Andey Fomil

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Can stable isotopes from tree rings improve our understanding of past variability in the southern annular mode?, Zachary Grzywacz

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Evaluation of a Low-Cost UAS and Phenocams for Measuring Grapevine Greenness, Timothy J. Hoheneder

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Regional Correlation and Depositional History using Well Log and Core Data of the Middle Devonian Marcellus Poseidon 8M Well, Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, USA, Emily R. Jackson

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Putting Policy in Its Place: Policy Enactment and Engagement through a Multiscalar Policy-shed Framework, barbara L. MacLennan

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Advancing the Spatial Turn in History through Deep Mapping: Ghost Maps, Neogeography, and Frederick Jackson Turner, Jessica L. Mathai

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Refining the sedimentology and geochemistry of the mid-Permian Blaine Formation of the Rebecca K. Bounds core from Greeley County, Kansas, Brigitte Petras

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Independent, Semi-Automated Classification of Petrographic Features in Volcanic Rocks Using FiJi and Weka, Holly Danielle Pettus

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Assessing Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR)-Derived Temporal Patterns and Digital Terrain Data for Palustrine Wetland Mapping, Jaimee L. Pyron

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Sexual and Place-Based Identity: A Life Course Analysis of LGBTQ+ Undergraduate Understandings of Climate Change in Appalachia, Brandon Anthony Rothrock

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A Snapshot of Ancient Microbial Life: Microorganisms and Organic Compounds in Primary Fluid Inclusions in Bedded Halite, Neoproterozoic Browne Formation of Central Australia, Sara I. Schreder-Gomes

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Petrographic and Core Analysis of the Jurassic Norphlet Formation: A Case Study in the Lithofacies Control of Diagenesis and Porosity in the Flomaton Field, AL, Jarrett Thomas Smith

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Women, Water, and Well-being: Gendered Experiences of Household Water Contamination in Parkersburg, West Virginia, Emily Brooke Tingler

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Application of 3D Seismic Signal and Geomechanical Attributes for Subsurface Fracture Characterization: A Case Study in Clearfield County, Central Pennsylvania, Iman F. Zulkapeli

Theses/Dissertations from 2020

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Process Based Analysis Of Fluvial Stratigraphic Record: Middle Pennsylvanian Allegheny Formation, North-Central WV, Oluwasegun O. Abatan

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Evolution of extreme continental saline environments: a sedimentological investigation of Permo-Triassic redbeds and evaporites in Northern Ireland and Kansas, Anna Sofia S. Andeskie

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'Making it' through migration: success (im)mobility and 'development' in The Gambia, Martin J. Aucoin

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Relating recharge mechanisms to chemical changes in an updip Appalachian coal mine discharge: A case study from Lambert Run, West Virginia, Matthew Lewis Bell

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Leaf angle and leaf stomata responses to experimental drought in Quercus velutina and Acer saccharum, Brittany Nichole Casey

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Mapping Surficial Geology in the New River Gorge National River and Bluestone National Scenic River, West Virginia, using LiDAR-derived Digital Elevation Data, Marla K. Denicola

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"We have ground to cover for each other": A case study of mentoring across Black sorority alumni in north central West Virginia, Elizabeth C. Dever

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Physical and chemical properties of clastic sediments from two caves in the northern karst region of Puerto Rico, Autum R. Downey

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Paleoecological Successions from Shallow-marine Depositional Environments in Upper Silurian Carbonate Rocks of Blair County, Pennsylvania, Shadya El-Ashkar

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Relating Sonic Velocities, Minimum Horizontal Stress, and Natural Fracture Distribution to Stimulation Efficiency during Completion of the Marcellus Shale MIP-3H Unconventional Well, West Virginia, USA, Kaitlin Gayle Evans

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Investigating Effects Of Carbonate Minerals On Shale- Hydraulic Fracturing Fluid Interactions In The Marcellus Shale, Brennan Matthew Ferguson

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Resilience in the Mountains: Exploring the Labor and Motives of Food-Caregiver Women Repairing Broken Food Systems in West Virginia Communities, Heidi Lynn Gum

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Alluvial Fans, Loess Plains, Lakes, and Distributive Fluvial Systems: Depositional Systems of the Permian-Triassic Red Beds and Evaporites of Wyoming (USA), Jonathan Knapp

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Bullets, Breeding, and Biodiversity: An analysis of trophy hunting in South Africa's green wildlife economy, Dave E. Knieter

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Gendered Access to Wetland Gardens (Dimba) in Northern Malawi, Rhoda Nyirenda

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A Machine Learning and Data-Driven Prediction and Inversion of Reservoir Brittleness from Geophysical Logs and Seismic Signals: A Case Study in Southwest Pennsylvania, Central Appalachian Basin, Tobi Micheal Ore

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The Spatial Historian: Creating a Spatially Aware Historical Research System, JAMES P. SCHINDLING

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Reservoir Characterization and Static Earth Modeling for Potential CO2 Storage in Upper Pennsylvanian Cyclothems of Midcontinent, USA, Valerie Lynn Smith

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Innovative Approaches to 3D GIS Modeling for Volumetric and Geoprocessing Applications in Subsurface Infrastructures in a Virtual Immersive Environment, Pragya Srivastava

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Knickzones in Southwest Pennsylvania Streams Indicate Accelerated Pleistocene Landscape Evolution, Mark D. Swift

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Estimating Evolutionary Volatility in a Maximum-Likelihood Framework, Samuel Warren Tybout

Theses/Dissertations from 2019

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Utilizing Lipid Biomarkers To Understand The Microbial Community Structure Of Deep Subsurface Black Shale Formations, Rawlings Akondi

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Using lidar to approximate keystone structure and evaluate management practices in potential habitats of the endangered Karner blue butterfly (Lycaeides melissa samuelis), Brandyn Balch

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Boundaries and Policing: Space, Jurisdictions, and Roles in the Collection of Official Crime Data, Cynthia Suzanne Barnett-Ryan

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Death-defying Morphologies: Mass Extinction and Disparity in the Order Harpetida, James Desmond Beech

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Reconciling the dissonance between Historic Preservation and Virtual Reality through a Place-based Virtual Heritage system., Danny J. Bonenberger

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Super-Localizing Food as Tourism Development™: Producing the 30 Mile Meal™ in Athens, Ohio, Jed DeBruin

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Historic Log Buildings as Archives of Past Forest Ecology, Kristen K. de Graauw

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Crown-level mapping of tree species and health from remote sensing of rural and urban forests, Fang Fang

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Sediment Provenance Study of the Lower Hamilton Group: An Analysis of the Organic-Rich Facies and its Depositional History, Luke Patrick Fritz

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Application of Lidar to 3D Structural Mapping, Bertrand Gaschot

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Discerning the Diets of Sweep-Feeding Eurypterids Through Analyses of Mesh-Modified Appendage Armature, Emily Samantha Hughes

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Beneath the Gypsum Dunes: Cenozoic History of Wind and Water from a Core Drilled at White Sands, New Mexico, Jackson Bentley Jakeway

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Structural Style And Stratigraphic Architecture Of The Northeastern Brooks Range, Alaska, Benjamin G. Johnson

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Detecting Balsam Woolly Adelgid Infestations Using Tree Rings, Morgan Lane Leef

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The Food Bank Fix: Hunger, Capitalism and Humanitarian Reason, Joshua David Lohnes

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X-Ray Fluorescence Applications in Mudrock Characterization: Investigations into Middle Devonian Stratigraphy, Appalachian Basin, USA, Keithan Garrett Martin

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A Machine-Aided Seismic Signal Analysis Workflow for Subsurface Faults and Facies Visualization and Interpretation, South Central Anadarko Basin, Oklahoma, Wade Martin

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Ground Ingredients: Analysis of Lead Exposure in the California Condor’s (Gymnogyps Californianus) Ground Foraging Habitat, Evan Michael McWreath

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Multidimensional Analysis of Vulnerability: Methodological Advances and a Case Study from Malawi., PARK MCMILLAN MUHONDA

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Object-Based Supervised Machine Learning Regional-Scale Land-Cover Classification Using High Resolution Remotely Sensed Data, Christopher A. Ramezan

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Peatlands and Histosols in Canaan Valley National Wildlife Refuge, West Virginia, Mitzy Leigh Schaney

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West Virginia waterscapes: Surface and mineral owners’ perspectives on groundwater contamination due to natural gas extraction, Bethani Turley

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Richwood, West Virginia after the 2016 Flood: Place, Devastation, and Hope in an Appalachian Community, Christine Elizabeth Witt

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Petrophysical and Geomechanical Characterization of the Marcellus Shale in the Appalachian Basin, Yixuan Zhu

Theses/Dissertations from 2018

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Molecular Evolution of Sedimentary Organic Matter in Marcellus Shale., Vikas Agrawal

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Qualitative and Quantitative Analysis of Carbonate Waters in the Peters Mountain Region of Monroe County, WV, Emily A. Bausher

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Economic Diversity and Regional Development: Geographical Scale, Structural Measurement, and Modeling Method, Jing Chen

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(De)Homogenizing Diaspora: An Analysis Of Indian Tamil Identities In The Us, Christabel Devadoss

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Annual Aboveground Biomass Growth in Temperate Forests of Eastern North America, Alex W. Dye