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Where possible the full-text of MS theses in the Department of Geology at Portland State are being made available. Abstracts of all PSU Geology theses are also available at this site.
The Geology Department still in the process of standardizing the electronic submission of theses. The goal is to make them available in PDF and HTML formats, with supplemental material in native file formats (e.g. ArcView coverages).
The text of the material in these pages is an electronic copy of the final version submitted to the University. No changes have been made to the material (e.g. no typo's are corrected, etc.). We have experienced problems in translating documents to PDF format, in that some of the pagination changes slightly.
Elston T. "Chip" Barnett, 1997. Potential for coastal flooding due to coseismic subsidence in the central Cascadia margin. Formats: HTML, MS Excel. Text only - Figures in progress.
Brooke K. Fiedorowicz, 1997. Geologic Evidence of Historic and Prehistoric Tsunami Inundation at Seaside, Oregon. Formats: HTML, ArcView. Text only - Figures in progress.
Brian J. Haug, 1998. High Resolution Seismic Reflection Interpretations of the Hood Canal-Discovery Bay Fault Zone; Puget Sound, Washingtion. Formats: HTML, AI.
Carol Stack, 1998. An examination of folded Eocene turbidites, Douglas County, southwestern Oregon. Formats: HTML, PDF, PS.
Lorraine Woxell. 1998. Prehistoric beach accretion rates and long-term response to sediment depletion in the Columbia River Littoral System, USA. Formats: HTML, PDF, PS.
William Burns, 1999. Engineering Geology And Relative Stability Of The Southern Half of Newell Creek Canyon, Oregon City, Oregon. Formats: HTML, PDF, PS.
Julie "Lou" Clark, 1999. Effects of Urbanization on Streamflow in Three Basins in the Pacific Northwest. Formats: HTML, PDF, PS.
Darren Beckstrand, 2000. Origin of the Coos Bay and Florence Dune Sheets, South Central Coast, Oregon Formats: PDF.
Jeffrey Conaway, 2000. Hydrogeology and paleohydrology in the Williamson River Basin, Klamath County, Oregon. Formats: HTML, PDF, PS.
Stuart Cowburn, 2000.
April A. Herb, 2000. Holocene stratigraphy and sediment volumes for the Columbia River Littoral Cell, Pacific Northwest, U.S.A. Formats: PDF.
Ben Perkins, 2000.
Sean Wilson, 2000.
Evan V. Arntzen, 2001. IN SITU HYDRAULIC TESTING AND WATER QUALITY SAMPLING IN THE HYPORHEIC ZONE OF THE COLUMBIA RIVER, HANFORD REACH, WASHINGTON. Formats: PDF.
Diana Baker, 2001. Holocene (2-16 ka) sedimentation in
the Columbia River Estuary.
Katherine Leonard, 2001. The role of harvester ants (Pogonomyrmex
owyheei) in desert pavement formation in the Summer Lake sand dunes, south central
Oregon.
Susan Bednarz, 2001 Influence of halloysite on the engineering behavior of basaltic saprolites in northwestern Oregon and wousthwestern Washington.
Meghan Lunney, 2001. ANDESITE MAGMA EVOLUTION BASED ON TEXTURAL AND COMPOSITIONAL ANALYSIS OF PLAGIOCLASE PHENOCRYSTS OF ARENAL VOLCANO, COSTA RICA. Formats: PDF
Jason Melady, 2001. Investigation of the Klamath Marsh, Klamath County, Oregon. Formats: PDF
Jason Taylor, 2001. Slope and seismic stability of the Castle Lake debris dam, Mount St. Helens National Monument, Washington.
Frank Granshaw – Glacier Change in the North Cascades National Park Complex,
Washington State, USA, 1958 to 1998”: A. Fountain, Chair, S. Burns, M.
Streck
Jason Melady, “Hydrogeologic Investigation of the Klamath Marsh, Klamath
County, Oregon”: M. Cummings, Chair, A. Johnson, M. Streck.
David James, “Stratigraphy, Sedimentology, and Geochemistry of Missoula
Flood Rhythmites in the Northern Willamette Valley, Oregon”: S. Burns,
Chair, M. Beeson, A. Johnson.
Adam Barber, “An Engineering and Economic Geology Quarry Feasibility
Study of Lone Mountain, Southwestern Olympic Peninsula, Washington State”:
S. Burns, Chair, G. Grathoff, M. Streck.
Michelle Cunico, “Ice Deformation Associated with the Hidden Creek Lake
Outburst Flood”, A. Fountain, Chair, C. Hulbe, J. Walder.
Jason C. Hinkle,
2003. Identification and Prediction of Debris Slides in the Hot Springs
Basin, Cascade
Range, Northwest Oregon. Formats: PDF
Don Lindsay, “Hydrological Mechanisms of the Hidden Creek Lake Outburst
Flooding“: A. Fountain, Chair, J Walder,
Sean Greeney – Compositional gradients in relict olivine grains: implications
for thermal histories of chondrules in type 3 ordinary chondrites. A. Ruzicka,
chair, S. Cady, M. Streck
Jake Griffiths – Folding in the Oregon-Idaho Graben: Relating theory to
observation in Malheur County, OR. K. Cruikshank, chair, M. Cummings, C. Hulbe
Julie Griswold –Inundation limits of debris flows and rock avalanches.
A., Fountain, chair, R. Iverson, S. Burns
Thomas Nylen – Spatial and temporal variations of glaciers (1913-1994)
on Mt Rainier and the relation with climate. A. Fountain, chair, S. Burns, C.
Hulbe
Zach Oestreicher – Geomicrobiology of Mickey Hot Springs, Eastern Oregon,
USA. S. Cady, chair, M. Cummings, G. Grathoff
Robin Johnston – Surface energy balance and channel morphology , Taylor
Glacier, Antarctica. A. Fountain, chair, C. Hulbe, M. Streck
Melinda Woods – Compositional and mineralogical relationships between
mafic inclusions and host lavas as key to andesite petrogenenesis at Mt. Hood
Volcano, OR. M. Streck, chair, C. Gardner, A. Ruzicka
Eric Nielsen – Hydrogeology and Groundwater –Surface Water interactions
of the Clatsop Plains Aquifer, Clatsop County, Oregon. M. Cummings, chair, C.
Peterson, K. Cruikshank.
Barry Sanford—West Tidewater Earthflow, Northern Oregon Coast Range.
S. Burns, chair, C. Hulbe, K. Cruikshank.
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