Department of Geology
Portland State University
PSU Geology Thesis Titles
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Timothy Abbe
Sediment Dynamics on the Shore Slopes of the Puget Island Reach of the Columbia River, Oregon and Washington, 1989.
William Ackland
Ackland - Title not yet available, 0000.
Fathi Al-Azzaby
Stratigraphy and Sedimentation of the Spencer Formation in Yamhill and Washington Counties, Oregon, 1980.
Abdul-Rahman Al-Eisa
The Structure and Stratigraphy of the Columbia River Basalt in the Chehalem Mountains, Oregon, 1980.
Gennaro Alvolio
Granulometric Analysis of Recent Sediments of Tillamook Bay, Oregon, 1973.
James Anderson
The Stratigraphy and Structure of the Columbia River Basalt in the Clackamas River Drainage, 1978.
Evan Arntzen
Arntzen - Title not yet available, 0000.
Stuart Ashbaugh
The Distribution of Naturally Occurring Soil Radionuclides and Radon Potential of Northwest Oregon, 1995.
Charles Baker
A Study of Estuarine Sedimentation in South Slough, Coos Bay, Oregon, 1978.
Diana Baker
Baker - Title not yet available, 0000.
Michelle Barnes
Geochemistry of the Boring Lava along the West Side of the Tualatin Mountains and of Sediments from Drill Holes in the Portland and Tualatin Basins, Portland, Oregon, 1995.
J. Barnett
Nonaqueous Phase Liquid Transport and Fate at the McCormick and Baxter Site, Portland, Oregon, 1993.
Elson Barnett
Potential for Coastal Flooding due to Coseismic Subsidence in the Central Cascadia Margin, 1997.
Dirk Baron
Analysis and Numerical Simulation of the Ground Water System at the Bonneville Navigation Lock Site, Oregon, 1990.
Darren Beckstrand
Beckstrand - Title not yet available, 0000.
Susan Bednarz
Bednarz - Title not yet available, 0000.
Paul Beeson
Gravity Maps, Models and Analysis of the Greater Portland Area, Oregon, 1990.
Dulcy Berri
Geology and Hydrothermal Alteration, Glass Buttes, Southeast Oregon, 1982.
Scott Bittenger
Hydrologic Analysis of Government Island, Oregon, 1995.
Gerald Black
Structural Geology of the Southeast Quarter of the Dutchman Butte Quadrangle, Oregon, 1979.
Karen Boelling
Geochemical Characteristics and Correlations within the Triassic-Jurassic age Gabbs and Sunrise Formations of West Central Nevada, 1997.
Jon Bounds
The Geology of the Floras Creek Area, Curry County, Oregon, 1982.
Thomas Boyd
Groundwater Recharge of the Middle Deschutes Basin, Oregon, 1996.
Gregory Briggs
Coastal Crossing of the Elastic Strain Zero-Isobase, Cascadia Margin, South Central Oregon Coast, 1994.
Brett Brodersen
The Geology of Parrett Mountain, Oregon, and its Influences on the Local Groundwater Systems, 1994.
Edward Brown
Tiltmeter Analysis of Mt. St. Helens, Skamania County, Washington, 1984.
Christine Budai
Depositional Model of the Antelope Coal Field, Wyoming, 1983.
Martin Burck
The Stratigraphy and Structure of the Columbia River Basalt Group in the Salmon River area, Oregon, 1986.
William Burns
Engineering geology and relative stability of the southern half of Newell Creek Canyon, Oregon City, Oregon, 1999.
Laura Burris
Landslide Inventory and Susceptibility in the Salmonberry River Drainage Basin, Northern Oregon Coast Range, 1999.
Mark Byrnes
Provenance Study of late Eocene Arkosic Sandstones in Southwest and Central Washington, 1985.
Rodney Caldwell
Geochemistry, Alluvial Facies Distribution, Hydrogeology, and Groundwater Quality of the Dallas-Monmouth Area, Oregon, 1993.
Arden Callender
Middle and Upper Eocene Biostratigraphy (Foraminifera) of the Cascade Head Area, Lincoln and Tillamook Counties, Oregon, 1977.
Kenneth Cameron
Geology of the South-central Margin of the Tillamook Highlands: Southwest Quarter of the Enright Quadrangle, Tillamook County, Oregon, 1980.
Rachel Carlin
A Geochemical Study of the Eagle Creek Formation in the Columbia River Gorge, Oregon, 1988.
Larry Chitwood
Stratigraphy, Structures, and Petrology of the Snoqualmie Pass Area, Washington, 1976.
Julie Clark
Effects of Urbanization on Streamflow in Three Basins in the Pacific Northwest, 1999.
Clifford Clayton
Geology of the Breitenbush Hot Springs Area, Cascade Range, Oregon, 1976.
David Cole
A Preliminary Investigation of the Litholoigical Characteristics of the Troutdale Formation in Portions of the Camas, Sandy, Washougal, and Bridal Veil Quadrangles, 1982.
Jeffrey Conaway
Hydrogeology and paleohydrology in the Williamson River Basin, Klamath County, Oregon, 1999.
David Cordero
Early to Middle Pleistocene catastrophic flood deposits, The Dalles, Oregon, 1997.
Stuart Cowburn
Cowburn - Title not yet available, 0000.
Brent Cunderla
Stratigraphic and Petrologic Analysis of Trends within the Spencer Formation Sandstones: From, Corvallis, Benton County to Henry Hagg Lake, Yamhill and Washington Counties, Oregon, 1986.
Suzanne D'Agnese
The Engineering Geology of the Fountain Landslide, Hood River County, Oregon, 1986.
Mark E. Darienzo
Late Holocene Paleoseismicity along the Northern Oregon Coast, 1991.
Steven Davis
An Analysis of the Eastern Margin of the Portland Basin using Gravity Surveys, 1987.
John Doerr
The Structural Controls of the Vale Rhinehart Buttes Complex, Vale KGRA, Malhuer County, Oregon, 1986.
William Douglas
Distribution of naturally occurring soil radionuclides and radon potential in southwest Oregon, 1998.
Debra Doyle
Beach Response to Subsidence Following a Cascadia Subduction Zone Earthquake Along the Washington-Oregon Coast, 1996.
Ellen Eberhardt
Dynamics of Intermediate-Size Stream Outlets, Northern Oregon Coast, 1988.
Carol Evans
The Geology, Geochemistry and Alteration of Red Butte, Oregon: A Precious-Metal Bearing Paleo Hot Spring System, 1985.
Leonard Farr
Stratigraphy, Diagenesis, and Depositional Environment of the Cowlitz Formation (Eocene), Northwest Oregon, 1989.
Joseph Fassio
Geochemical Evolution of Ferruginous Bauxite Deposits in Northwestern Oregon and Southwestern Washington, 1990.
Brooke Fiedorowicz
Geologic Evidence of Historic and Prehistoric Tsunami Inundation at Seaside, Oregon, 1997.
Allen Fiksdal
Geology for Land Use Planning in Part of Pierce County, Washington, 1979.
Reka Gabor
The Influence of Halloysite Content on the Shear Strength of Kaolinite, 1981.
Marshall Gannett
A Geochemical Study of the Rhododendron and Dalles Formations in the Area of Mount Hood, Oregon, 1981.
Brian Gannon
Geology of a volcanic complex on the South Flank of Mount Jefferson. Oregon, 1981.
Larry Gaston
Biostratigraphy of the Type Yamhill Formation, Polk County, Oregon, 1973.
Edward Gates
The Holocene Sedimentary Framework of the Lower Columbia River Basin, 1994.
James Gless
Slope Stability as Related to Geology at Rainier, Columbia County, Oregon, 1989.
Frank Granshaw
Glacier Change in the North Cascades National Park Complex, Washintong State USA, 1958-1998, 2001.
Lawrence Growney
Landslide Inventory and Susceptibility Mapping of the Upper Canyon Creek Basin, Cascade Range, Skamania County, Washington, 1994.
C. Gullixson
The Structure, Geologic Evolution and Regional Significance of the Bethel Creek-North Fork Area, Coos and Curry Counties, Oregon, 1981.
Nina Haas
A Geophysical Study of the North Scappoose Creek-Alder Creek-Clatskanie River Lineament, along the trend of the Portland Hills Fault, Columbia County, Oregon, 1982.
Michael Hagood
Structure and Evolution of the Horse Heaven Hills in south-central Washington, 1985.
Doann Hamilton
Sediment Yield Analysis of Reservoir #1, Bull Run Watershed, West Cascade Mountains, Oregon, 1994.
Brian Haug
High Resolution Seismic Reflection Interpretations of the Hood Canal-Discovery Bay Fault Zone; Puget Sound, Washingtion, 1998.
April Herb
Holocene Stratigraphy and Sediment Volumes for the Columbia River Littoral Cell, Pacific Northwest, USA, 2000.
Suzanne Hess
Structural Evolution of the Dry Creek Buttes fault zone, Oregon-Idaho, Malheur County, Oregon, 1998.
Charles Hoffman
A Stratigraphic and Geochemical Investigation of Ferruginous Bauxite Deposits in the Salem Hills, Marion County, Oregon, 1981.
Christopher Humphrey
Correlation of the upper Ellensburg Formation with the Old Scab Mountain eruptive center, east-central Cascade Range, Washington, 1996.
Laurence Istas
Chlorine Distribution in the Idaho Batholith, 1976.
Ronald Jackson
A Mineralogical and Geochemical Study of the Ferruginous Bauxite Deposits in Columbia County, Oregon and Wahkiakum County, Washington, 1974.
James Jackson
Petrology of the Bull-of-the-Woods Intrusive Complex, 1979.
Michael Jackson
Stratigraphic Relationships of the Tillamook Volcanics and the Cowlitz Formation in the Upper Nehalem River-Wolf Creek Area, Northwestern Oregon, 1983.
Rebecca Jaffers
A Study of the Diagenesis of the Overburden Between the Badger and School Coal Seams, Dave Johnston Coal Field, Converse County. Wyoming, 1983.
Michael Johnson
Geology, Alteration, and Mineralization of a Silicic Volcanic Center, Glass Buttes, Oregon, 1984.
Terry Jones
Analysis of a Gravity Traverse South of Portland, Oregon, 1977.
Moinoddin Kadri
Structure and Influence of the Tillamook Uplift on the Stratigraphy of the Mist Area, Oregon, 1982.
Kevin Kelty
Stratigraphy, Lithofacies, and Environment of Deposition of the Scappoose Formation in Central Columbia County, Oregon, 1981.
Steven Kenitz
Correlation of volcanic rocks within Middle Late Eocene (Narizian Stage) sedimentary rocks in the Mist glas field area, Columbia County, Oregon, 1997.
Richard Kent
The Geology of the Southeast Quarter of the Bone Mountain Quadrangle Oregon, 1972.
Mavis Kent
Stratigraphy and Petrography of the Selah Member of the Ellensburg Formation in South-Central Washington and North-Central Oregon, 1978.
Nancy Ketrenos
The Stratigraphy of the Scappoose Formation, the Astoria Formation, and the Columbia River Basalt Group in Northwestern Columbia County, Oregon, 1986.
Rafiqul Khandoker
Distribution of Heavy Metals and Trace Elements in Soils of Southwest Oregon, 1997.
John King
Magmatic Evolution and Eruptive History of the Granitic Bumping Lake Pluton, Washington: Source of the Bumping River and Cash Prairie Tuffs, 1994.
Thomas Koler
Stratigraphy and Sedimentary Petrology of the Northwest Quarter of the Dutchman Butte Quadrangle, Southwest Oregon, 1979.
John Lawes
Geochemistry, Stratigraphy and Provenance of the Portland Hills Silt in the Tualatin Mountains, Portland, Oregon, 1997.
Christy Lee
Magmatic processes operating during the middle to late Pliocene and Pleistocene along the Cascades - Basin and Range transition zone near 43º North, 2000.
Rodney Lentz
The Petrology and Stratigraphy of the Portland Hills Silt, 1977.
Katherine Leonard
Leonard - Title not yet available, 0000.
Olga Lira
Subsurface and Geochemical Stratigraphy of Northwestern Oregon, 1990.
Kenneth Lite
Stratigraphy and Structure of the Southeast Part of the Portland Basin, Oregon, 1992.
David Lofgren
The Bedrock Geology of the Southwest Part of the Kachess Lake Quadrangle, Washington, 1973.
David Long
Source Rock Geochemistry of the Southern Tyee Basin, Southwest Oregon, 1994.
Harry Ludowise
The Recognition, Investigation, Interpretation and Treatment of Landslides in the Pacific Northwest, 1974.
Richard Malin
Interpretation of the Thermal Behavior of Groundwater in an Alluvial Terrace: Bonneville Dam, Columbia Gorge, Oregon, 1991.
Richard Marty
Formation and Zonation of Ferruginous Bauxite Deposits in the Chapman Quadrangle, Oregon, 1983.
Richard Mathiot
A Preliminary Investigation of the Land Use Limitations of the Major Landforms Along a Portion of the Lincoln County Coast, Oregon, 1973.
David Matty
The Geology and Geochemistry of the North Fork Stock, Northeastern Oregon, 1979.
Paul Maywood
Stratigraphic Model of the Southern Portion of the Jim Bridger Coal Field, Sweetwater County, Wyoming, 1987.
Matthew McClincy
Tephrostratigraphy of the Middle Eocene Chumstick Formation, Cascade Range, Douglas County, Washington, 1986.
William McCulloch
Metasomatism Between Amphibolite and Metaultramafic Rocks During Upper Amphibolite Facies Metamorphism, Tobacco Root Mountains, Southwest Montana, 1988.
Krista McGowan
Geochemistry of Alteration and Mineralization of the Wind River Gold Prospect, Skamania County, Washington, 1985.
Sarah Meyer
Bonneville Navigation Lock Ground Water Temperature Monitoring Program and Ground Water Model for the New Fish Hatchery Well System, 1991.
Richard Mulder
Regional Tectonic Deformation of the Northern Oregon Coast as Recorded by Pleistocene Marine Terraces, 1992.
David Nazy
A Seismic Refraction Study of a Portion of the Northeastern Margin of the Tualatin Valley, Oregon, 1987.
Kenneth Neal
A Tectonic Study of a Part of the Northern Eagle Cap Wilderness Area, Northeastern Oregon, 1973.
Elizabeth Norman
Geology of the Columbia River Basalt in Silver Falls State Park, Oregon, 1980.
Leonard Orzol
Explosion Structures in Grande Ronde Basalt of the Columbia River Basalt Group, near Troy, Oregon, 1987.
Benjamin Perkins
The Solubility and Thermodynamic Properties of Ettringite, Its Chromium Analogs, and Calcium Aluminum Monochromate (3CaO·Al2O3·CaCrO4·nH2O)., 2000.
Rauno Perttu
Structural Geology of the Northeast Quarter of the Dutchman Butte Quadrangle, Southwest Oregon, 1976.
Janice Perttu
An Analysis of Gravity Surveys in the Portland Basin. Oregon, 1980.
Don Pettit
Distribution of Sand Within Selected Littoral Cells of the Pacific Northwest, 1990.
Virginia Pfaff
Geophysical and Geochemical Analyses of Selected Miocene Coastal Basalt Features, Clatsop County, Oregon, 1980.
David Polivka
Quaternary Volcanology of the West Crater-Soda Peaks Area, Southern Washington Cascade Range, 1984.
J. Pollock
Geology and Geochemistry of Hydrothermal Alteration, Eastern Portion of the North Santiam Mining Area, 1985.
Christian Poppeliers
Wear due to the physical and petrographic properties of rocks and their dynamic interations with mining equipment, 1996.
Barbara Portwood
Structure and Stratigraphy of a Portion of the Fish Creek Mountain 15' Quadrangle, Clackamas County, Oregon, 1979.
David Rankin
Holocene Geologic History of the Clatsop Plains Foredune Ridge Complex, 1983.
Kommajosyula Ravi
Mineralogy, Geochemistry, and Dispersal of Opaque Oxides on the Continental Shelf of the Cascadia Margin, 1992.
Roger Redfern
Environmental Geology of the Marquam Hill Area, 1973.
Richard Roche
Stratigraphic and Geochemical Evolution of the Glass Buttes Complex, Oregon, 1987.
Robert Schlicting
Establishing the inundation distance and overtopping height of paleotsunami from the late-Holocene geologic record at open-coastal wetland sites, central Cascadia margin, 2000.
Ronald Schmela
Geophysical and Geological Analysis of a Fault-like Linearity in the Lower Clackamas River Area, Clackamas County, Oregon, 1971.
Neil Shaw
Biostratigraphy of the Cowlitz Formation in the Upper Nehalem River Basin, Northwest Oregon, 1986.
William Sidle
Geology of North Craters of the Moon National Monument, Idaho, 1979.
Elizabeth Simkover
A Groundwater Flow Model of the Aquifer Intercommunication Area, Hanford Site, Washington, 1986.
Paul Smith
Biostratigraphy of the Snowshoe Formation (Jurassic) in the Izee Area, Grant County, Oregon, 1976.
Anna St. John
Hydrogeochemical Characterization of the Alvord Valley Known Geothermal Resources Area, Harney County, Oregon, 1993.
Carol Stack
An examination of folded Eocene turbidites, Douglas County, southwestern Oregon, 1998.
Cynthia Stine
Stratigraphy of the Ohanapecosh Formation North of Hamilton Buttes, South-Central Washington, 1987.
Rodney Swanson
A Stratigraphic-Geochemical Study of the Troutdale Formation and Sandy River Mudstone in the Portland Basin and Lower Columbia River Gorge, 1986.
Fouad Tawfik
Water Quality Within East Portland Terraces, 1974.
David Taylor
Biostratigraphy of the Type Weberg Member, Snowshoe Formation, Grant County, Oregon, 1977.
Jason Taylor
Slope and seismic stability of the Castle lake debris dam, Mount St. Helens National Monument., 2002.
Susan Timm
The Structure and Stratigraphy of the Columbia River Basalt in the Hood River Valley, Oregon, 1979.
Dale Timmons
Stratigraphy, Lithofacies and Depositional Environment of the Cowlitz Formation, T4 and 5N, R5W Northwest Oregon. August 6, 1981., 1981.
Willard Titus
Development and Application of some Quantitative Stratigraphic Techniques to the Coos Bay Coalfield, a Tertiary Fluvio-Deltaic Complex in Southwestern Oregon, 1987.
Terry Tolan
The Stratigraphic Relationships of the Columbia River Basalt Group in the Lower Columbia River Gorge of Oregon and Washington, 1982.
Paul Townley
Preliminary Investigation for Underground Storage of Pipeline Gas in the Bruer and Flora Pools, Mist Gas Field, Columbia County, Oregon, 1985.
Paul Trone
Textural and Mineralogical Characteristics of Altered Grande Ronde Basalt, Northeastern Oregon: A Natural Analog for a Nuclear Waste Repository in Basalt, 1986.
Margot Truini
The use of hydrochemistry to identify potential processes operating in the Saddle Mountain Basalt aquifer and the use of the nitrate-nitrogen isotope to distinguish between potential sources of nitrate to the shallow alluvial aquifer in the Lower Umatilla Basin, Oregon, 1996.
Cynthia Veen
A Geophysical Definition of a Klamath Falls Graben Fault, 1979.
Greg Visconty
Rock Slope Stability Studies in Siskiyou National Forest, 1988.
Beverly Vogt
The Stratigraphy and Structure of the Columbia River Basalt Group in the Bull Run Watershed, Multnomah and Clackamas Counties, Oregon, 1981.
Jennifer Whitebread
Whitebread - Title not yet available, 0000.
David Whitson
Geochemical Stratigraphy of the Dooley Rhyolite Breccia and Tertiary Basalts in the Dooley Mountain Quadrangle, Oregon, 1988.
R. Wilkening
The Geology and Hydrothermal Alteration of the Bear Creek Butte Area, Crook County, Central Oregon, 1986.
James Wilkinson
Hydrogeology of an Alluvial Aquifer in the Blue Lake Area, East Multnomah County, Oregon, 1991.
Doyle Wilson
Post-middle Miocene geologic history of the Tualatin basin, Oregon with hydrogeologic implications, 1997.
Sean Wilson
Geology and Slope Stability of the Borax Lake Hydrothermal Mound, Alvord Basin, Oregon, 2000.
Warren Winters
Stratigraphy and Sedimentology of Paleogene Arkosic and Volcaniclastic Strata, Johnson Creek-Chambers Creek Area, Southern Cascade Range, Washington, 1984.
Neil Woller
Geology of the Willamette Pass Area, Cascade Range, Oregon, 1986.
John Wood
The Geology of the Castle Rock Area, Grant, Harney and Malheur Counties, Oregon, 1976.
Lorraine Woxell
Prehistoric beach accretion rates and long-term response to sediment depletion in the Columbia River Littoral System, USA, 1998.