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).
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.).
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).
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).
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).
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).
1981 Steven L. Wust, Geology and Structure of the Paradise Range, Mojave Desert, California (MS).