Doctoral Dissertations

2005

Leal-Bautista, Rosa Maria, "The Influence of Methyl Tert-Butyl Ether (MTBE) and Ethanol on the Sorption and Biodegradation of Benzene in Fine-Grained Materials," 143 p. (Director: Melissa Lenczewski)

2004

Heinzel, Chad, "Greek, Phoenician, and Roman Colonization Versus Holocene Landscape Development: Environmental Implications on a Developing Indigenous Society, Western Sicily," 155 p. (Co-Directors: Jay Stravers, Michael Kolb)

Lefticariu, Liliana, "Geochemical constraints on the evolution of the fluid-rock system in the salt-detached Nuncios Fold Complex, Mexico," 277 p. (Director: Eugene Perry)

Lefticariu, Mihai, "Diagenetic History of the Cenozoic Carbonate Sedimentary Rocks of Northwestern Yucatan Peninsula, Mexico," 325 p. (Director: Eugene Perry)

2002

Ahmed, Shawkat, "Geophysical Response of Bedrock Fractures, Karst Conduits, and Associated Surficial Features, Bourbonnais, Illinois," 260 p. (Director: Philip J. Carpenter)

2001

Stelford, Mark, "Identification of Hydrologic Response Units (HRUs) in Low-Relief Soil Landscapes of Northern Illinois: a Process-Based Aproach," 339 p. (Co-Directors: Jay Stravers and Andrew Krmenec)

1999

Fariduddin, Mohammad, "Reconstruction of Surface Ocean Biological Productivity and its Seasonal Variation: Using Deep-Sea Benthic Foraminifera," 291 p. (Director: Paul Loubere)

Mekik, Figen A., "Late Jurassic and Cretaceous Radiolarian Biochronology in Resedimented Deposits Near Ankara, Turkey," 337 p. (Director: Hsin Yi Ling)

1998

Cameron, Barry I., "Melt Generation and Magma Evolution in Southeastern Guatemala," 400 p. (Director: James A. Walker)

1997

Thompson, Michael D., "Seismic Compressional Wave Character and Gas Rich Sediment with Implications on Subsidence Potential in Coastal Louisiana," 235 p. (Director: C. Patrick Ervin)

1996

Bogner, Jean E., "Rates of Greenhouse Gas Emissions at the Mallard Lake Landfill, DuPage County, IL: Major Controls and Implications for Global Methane Budgets," 164 p. (Director: Elizabeth A. Burton)

Qi, Jun, "Anomalous Magnetization associated with Hydrocarbon Seepage: Hydrogeological, Geochemical, and Geophysical Modeling," 144 p. (Director: Elizabeth A. Burton)

1995

Karaman, Abdullah, "Analysis of the Impact of Longwall Mine Subsidence on Unconsolidated Sediments: A Hydro-Geophysical Model," 160 p. (Director: Philip J. Carpenter)

1994

Cai, Jinkui, "Sediment Yields, Lithofacies Architecture and Mudrock Characteristics in Glaci-marine Environments," 442 p. (Director: Ross D. Powell)

Dickey, D. Neil, Jr., ( 2 volumes ), "On the Central Arizona Sill Complex," 777p. (Director: Jonathan H. Berg)

Hunter, Lewis E., "Grounding-Line Systems and Glacier Mass Balance of Modern Temperature Glaciers and Their Effects on Glacier Stability," 467 p. (Director: Ross D. Powell)

Johnston, Matthew A., "Geophysical Characteristics of Subsidence-Induced Fractures and Associated Hydrogeological Effects Over Longwall Coal Mine Panels, Saline County, Illinois," 245 p. (Director: Philip J. Carpenter)

1992

Hutasoit, Lambok M., "Investigation and Numerical Modeling of the Regional Groundwater Flow System of the Illinois Basin," 202 p. (Director: Colin J. Booth)

Mattox, Stephen R., ( 2 volumes ), "Geochemistry, Origin, and Tectonic Implications of Mid-Tertiary and Late Tertiary and Quaternary Volcanic Rocks, Southern Marysvale Volcanic Field, Utah," 502 p. (Director: James A. Walker)

1991

Doss, Paul K., "Physical and Chemical Dynamics of the Hydrogeologic System in Wetlands Along the Southern Shore of Lake Michigan," 267 p. (Director: Colin J. Booth)

El-Hussain, Issa W., "An Investigation of Tidally Triggered Seismicity in the Central Rio Grande Rift of New Mexico," 168 p. (Director: Philip J. Carpenter)

Kim, Ki Hyune, "Biostratigraphic and Paleoceanographic Significance of Paleogene Radiolarian Assemblages from the Subantarctic South Atlantic," 240 p. (Director: Donald M. Davidson, Jr.)

1990

Marín, Luis Ernesto, "Field Investigations and Numerical Simulation of Ground-Water Flow in the Karstic Aquifer of Northwestern Yucatan, Mexico," 183 p. (Director: Eugene C. Perry)