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Theses Titles in Structural Geology and Tectonics
| In Progress |
Whitehill, C.S., (anticipated 2007), Slip history and magnitude of extension across the Nightingale-Shawave block, northwestern Basin and Range Province, Nevada. |
| In Progress |
Lerch, D.W., (anticipated 2007), Crustal structure of the northwestern Basin and Range transition zone: A geophysical and geological investigation of northwestern Nevada and northeastern California. |
| In Progress |
Cindy Martinez (Ph.D) Miocene syn-tectonic sedimentary basins associated with low-angle normal faults in the Basin and Range province, western U.S.A. (AGI, Washington DC) |
| 2005 |
Colgan, J.P.: Timing and Kinematic History of Basin and Range Extension in NW Nevada, Ph.D (160 p.) (U.S. Geologica Survey) |
| 2002 |
Jeremy Hourigan: Magmatic and Tectonic Evolution of the Pacific Margin of NE Russia, Ph. D (Assistant Professor U.C. Santa Cruz) |
| 2001 |
Anne Egger (MS) Tertiary plutonism and uplift in the central and southern Grouse Creek Mountains, Utah. (Undergraduate Coordinator, Geological and Environmental Sciences, Stanford) |
| 2000 |
Scott Johnston (MS) Upper plate faulting in the northern
Snake Range. (Ph. D Student U.C. Santa Barbara) |
| 1999 |
Danny Stockli, Regional Timing and Spatial Distribution of Miocene Extension in the Northern Basin and Range Province (Assistant Professor, University of Kansas). |
| 1999 |
Benjamin Surpless, Structural and thermal history of the northern Sierra Nevada-Basin Range transition zone. (Trinity College, San Antonio, TX) |
| 1998 |
Jaime Toro, Structure and thermochronology of the metamorphic core of the central Brooks Range, Alaska (Ph.D.) (Associate Professor, University of West Virginia). |
| 1995 |
Jeffrey M. Amato, Tectonic Evolution and Petrogenesis of the Kigluaik Gneiss Dome, Seward Peninsula,Alaska: An integrated structural and geochemical study of extensional processes in the middle crust (Ph.D.) (Associate Professor, New Mexico State University). |
| 1993 |
Kimberly A. Hannula, The relation between metamorphism, deformation and uplift in the Nome Group, western Seward Peninsula, Alaska (Ph.D.) (Associate Professor, Fort Lewis College, Durango, Colorado). |
| 1992 |
Andrew T. Calvert, Deformational and uplift history of the Cretaceous Kigluaik metamorphic complex, Seward Peninsula, Alaska (MS) (U.S. Geological Survey). |
| 1991 |
Sandra J.Wyld, Geology and geochronology of the Pine Forest Range, northwest Nevada: Stratigraphic, structural and magmatic history and regional implications (Ph.D.) (Professor, U. Georgia, Athens). |
| 1990 |
Andrew Tomlinson, Stratigraphy, sedimentology and paleontology of upper Paleozoic allochthonous basinal sequences, Nevada (Ph.D.) (Geological Survey of Chile, Santiago, Chile). |
| 1989 |
Carrie Huggins, Metamorphic petrology and geochronology of the Smith Creek region, Snake Range metamorphic core complex, Nevada (MS) (Blue Mountain Minerals).
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| 1989 |
Peter P. Christiansen, Polyphase metamorphism in the Cosmos Hills, southern Brooks Range, Alaska (MS). |
| 1989 |
Jeffrey Lee, Structural Geology and 40Ar/39Ar geochronology of the northern Snake Range, Nevada (Ph.D.) (Associate Professor, Central Washington U.). |
| 1988 |
David L. Smith, Structural geology and tectonic development of the Toiyabe Ranges, Lander and Nye Counties, Nevada (Ph.D.) (Professor, La Salle U.).
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| 1988 |
Timothy A. Little, Tertiary tectonics of the Border Ranges fault system, north-central Chugach Mts., Alaska: Sedimentation, deformation and uplift along the inboard edge of a subduction complex (Ph.D.) (Professor, Dept. Geology, U. Wellington, NZ).
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| 1988 |
Johan P. Erikson, Structural study of the Paleogene deformation in and around the southern Puerto Rico fault zone of south-central Puerto Rico (MS).
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| 1987 |
Raul J.J. Madrid, Stratigraphy and structure of the Roberts Mountains allochthon, north-central Nevada (Ph.D.) (Cortez Gold Co.). |
| 1987 |
David W.Rodgers, Structural and metamorphic evolution of the Deep Creek Mts., Utah (Ph.D.) (Professor, Idaho State University, Pocatello). |
| 1986 |
Mary M. Miller, Island arcs preserved in the western U.S Cordillera (Ph.D.) (Professor, Central Washington U., Ellinsburg, WA). |
| 1986 |
Allan J. McGrew, Magmatism, metamorphism and deformation in the southern Snake Range, Nevada (MS) (Associate Professor, Dept. Geology, U. Dayton, Ohio). |
| 1985 |
Douglas H. Clark, Tectonic evolution of the Red Hills, southwestern Kern Mountains area, east-central Nevada (MS) (Associate Professor, Western Washington University ). |
| 1984 |
Susan P.Grier, Alluvial fan and lacustrine carbonate deposits in the Snake Range: A study of Tertiary sedimentation and associated tectonism (MS) (Core Laboratories, Dallas, Texas). |
| 1984 |
William B. Whiteford, Age relations and provenance of upper Paleozoic sandstones in the Golconda allochthon: The Schoonover sequence, northern Independence Mts., Elko Co., Nevada (MS) (self-employed, Denver, Colorado). |
| 1983 |
Charles R. Karish, Mesozoic geology of the Ord Mountains, Mojave Desert; Structure, igneous petrology and radiometric dating of a failed incipient intra-arc rift (MS) (Google).
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| 1983 |
Timothy A. Little, Structure and metamorphism of upper Paleozoic rocks in the Mountain City quadrangle, Elko Co., Nevada (MS) (Professor, Dept. Geology,.U. Wellington, NZ). |
| 1982 |
Lisa D. Rowles, Deformational history of the Hampton Cr. Canyon area, northern Snake Range, Nevada (MS) (GeoMatrix Consultants, San Francisco). |
| 1982 |
Robert J.W. Turner, The geology of the central Tobin Range, Nevada (MS) (Geological Survey of Canada, Vancouver).
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| 1981 |
Steven L. Wust, Geology and Structure of the Paradise Range, Mojave Desert, California (MS). |
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