Department of Geography and Geology
- Senior theses completed.
Graduate programs that the students went on
to attend are included where known:
- Alder, Tina, 1998, Loess Fracture analysis
of the Omaha-Council Bluffs Region.
- Jamil A. Al-Hajhog, 1985, A Study of Wadi
Nisah Groundwater and Recharge Potential in Relation to Climate.
- Roxie Andriessen, 1985, A Surface Hydrologic
Analysis of the Loup River Basin Utilizing a Climatic Water Buget.
- Mike Archibald, 1986, A FORTRAN Program for
Creating Orthogonal Cross Sections of Parallel Folds. Rice University.
- James L.L. Barton, 1991, Comparison of relict
glacial and landslide landforms along Gravel, Pacific, and Whetstone
Creek drainages, Bridger-Teton Wilderness, Wyoming. Texas Tech
University
- Amanda Beerman, 2005, Extensional features
of Harlan County Reservoir.
- Dave Berger, 1999, Conditions and timing
of deformation of diabase sills in the SED lineament, W Svalbard
- Jason Blair, 2000, A Petrographic Analysis
of Potsherds from Tell Hisban, Jordan: University of Kansas.
- Brad Brink, 1987, Characteristics of Channel
Sediments Below the Junction of the Loup and Platte Rivers, Nebraska.
University of Nebraska - Omaha (Geography)
- Korey Brunken, 2005, Effects of applied strain
on fine-grained sediment: A model for polygonal fracture development
in passive margins.
- Jessica Brock (with Lee Todd), 2003, Multiple
Glacial Tills in an Exposure Along the Lower Elkhorn River, Nebraska:
George Washington University.
- Michael A. Brueggemann, 1993, Geochemistry
of the Carolina terrane and adjacent Modoc ductile shear zone
in central Georgia: evidence implying back-arc rifting.
- Kurt D. Brunken, 1994, The relationship of
soils to Wisconsin loess in Pottawattamie County, IA.
- Mark Capps, 1987, Microstratigraphy of Units
of the Kansas Group Exposed at Richfield P.W.A. Quarry. Northern
Arizona State University.
- Reanna Camp, 2006, XRD clay analysis of glacial
tills along the Elkhorn River, Nebraska. East Carolina University
- Gregory Caron, 1991, Structural analysis
of the Rockville orthogneiss sheet, Rockville quadrangle, Georgia,
U.S.A.. Iowa State University
- Larry Carter, 1984, The Origin of Hydrocarbons
in the Forest City Basin. Southern Methodist University.
- Teresa R. Castelhano, 1996, Kinematic evolution
of the Tertiary fold-thrust belt of Broggerhalvoya, Spitsbergen,
Norway from slip-linear plots.
- Jean Marie Saner Chytil, 1991, A hydrogeological
evaluation for the containment system proposed for the Lime Settling
basins at the Rocky Mountain Arsenal, Denver, Colorado.
- Jay Clausen, 1987, Characterization of Soil
of the Spruce Fir Zone of North Carolina. University of Maine
- Justin Covey, 2000, The Structure and Association
of the Swaen Graben within the Loppa High on the Barents Shelf
- Allen Dammann, 1992, Investigation of petroleum
hydrocarbon groundwater contamination: 20th Street and 33rd Avenue,
Columbus, Nebraska.
- John Desek, 1988, Analysis of river morphology
and vegetation along the Platte River around bridge sites.
- Donna Erickson, 1990, Investigation of the
nature of Alleghanian metamorphism in the Modoc Zone, Edgefield
County, South Carolina. University of Nebraska-Omaha (Geography)
- Ron Eriksen, Jr., 1992, Bentonite hydration.
- Rosemary Fenton, 1989, Underground storage
tank assessment: IDOT maintenance garage, Missouri Valley, Iowa.
- John Hartley, 1986, Structural Patterns in
Clay Modeling of Plate Interactions at Various Angles. University
of New Orleans.
- Amanda Hassler, 2003, Nitrate contamination
in the ground water of the Republican River valley in Red Willow
and Hitchcock counties from 1992-2001. University of Missouri
Columbia
- Troy Hays, 2002, Sedimentologic record of
the High Arctic Large Igneous Province in the Cretaceous Strata
of Midterhuken, Svalbard, Norway. University of Florida
- Kirk Heim, 2000, Tectonic Development of
the Asterias Fault Complex, Loppa High, Barents Shelf: University
of Washington - Bellingham
- Patricia E. Helland, 1992, Evidence for Late
Tertiary glacial climatic contitions in source areas during deposition
of parts of the Ash Hollow Formation, Ogallala Group, of western
Nebraska. University of Nebraska - Lincoln
- Gregory C. Herring, 1986, Landslip in Hummel
Park.
- Sean Higgins, 1986, A SEM Investigation of
Sand Grain Textures: Evidence for the Origin of Jalipur and Bain
Diamictites, Northwestern Pakistan. University of Maine.
- Daniel Inman, 1989, The triple junction geometry
of continental rifts in Africa. University of Kansas.
- Steven Jirousek, 1985, An Investigation into
the Possibility of Multiple Source Areas for the Lower Dakota
Group in Eastern Nebraska. University of Kansas.
- Ronald L. Johnsen, 1992, Use of a soil gas
analysis to identify volatile organic compound source areas in
low permeability soils.
- Denzil L. Jorgenson, 1988, An assessment
of glacial till deposits in the Glendon, Pennsylvania area.
- George Joyce, 2003, Multiple Glacial Till
Correlation Based on Clast Type in the Omaha Area.
- Kyle E. Juracek, 1983, Gravitational and
topographical considerations pertaining to the possibility of
plate tectonics on Mars. University of Kansas (Geography)
- Richard Karr, 1984, A Model for the Role
of Meteoric Water in the Formation of Molybdenum Ore Bodies.
Drexel University.
- Robert S. Kemp, 1988, Underground storage
tanks in Douglas County, Nebraska: a geo-referenced data base.
South Dakota School of Mines.
- Candace Krebs, 1984, Use of Mercury Anomalies
as an Indicator of Geothermal Activity With Special Reference
to Nebraska. University of Arizona.
- Sharon Lehn, 1988, Underground storage tanks
in Douglas County, Nebraska: a geo-referenced data base.
- Thomas Lowndes, 1989, Development of a threshold
model for Red Rock Pass, Idaho by trend surface analysis of remnant
aluvial fan altitudes.
- Robert F. Marten, 1983, Microstratigraphy
and depositional environments of the Winterset Limestone Member,
Upper Pennsylavanian.
- James M. McAuliffe, 1984, Sedimentology and
Valley Morphology of the Niobrara River, Nebraska. Pennsylvania
State University.
- Kim S. McIntyre, 1991, The optical properties
and associations of particles in building materials.
- Scott McIntyre, 1988, Structural analysis
of metamorphic rocks, Gundy Creek, Edgefield County, South Carolina.
University of Wisconsin.
- Jeane Miller, 2003, Ground Source Heat-pumps:
An underused alternative in the Omaha Metropolitan Area (for
UNL program).
- William Moak, 2005, Faults in White River
Group strata of Toadstool Geologic Park, Northwest Nebraska.
- Peter Muckenhaupt, 1988, A study of the strontium
geochemistry in the Fort Riley Limestone.
- Kimberlee L. Mulhern, 1991, Interrelationships
of slope failure and glacial deposits of Tensleep Canyon, Bighorn
Mountains, Wyoming. University of Nebraska-Lincoln
- Jeremy Mutrux, 2005, Ironstones within and
Nd analysis of Cretaceous rocks, Svalbard, Norway.
- Phillip Nabity, 1992, Modeling fluvial systems.
University of Nebraska-Lincoln
- Patrick Nieland, 1996, Glacio-fluvial sediment
transfer efficiency of Nanga Parbat, Pakistan.
- Amber Nightengale, 2000, Geochemical signatures
of plume related volcanism with time. Iowa State University.
- Dee E. Nistl, 1985, Determination of Surficial
Sediment Accumulation Areas Within Silver Lake, Minnesota.
- Holly L. O'Dell, 1996, Microstratigraphy
of the middle units of the Shawnee Group at Kerford Limestone
Quarry.
- Julie Pickrell, 1994, Temperature effects
on tourmaline color and structure. University of Idaho
- Maurice S. Pierce, 1993, A preliminary study
of the type and sequence of mineralization of vertebrate bone
and crocolilian teeth from the Jurassic Morrison Formation of
Dinosaur National Monument, Utah.
- Bruce A. Pletsch, 1993, Petrographic and
geochemical analysis of a recovered cumulitic gabbro from the
Siqueiros Transform Fault System. Boston University
- John R. Pray, 1990, Examination of the polyphase
deformational history of St. Jonsfjorden, Spitsbergen using microstructural
analysis and preferred orientations of Tuttle lamellae in quartzites
and quartzarenites. University of South Carolina
- Dawn Randall, 1996, Analysis of FIP in oriented
quartzite samples from Nordenskiold Land, Spitsbergen.
- Eugene S. Radziunus, 1984, Analysis of River
Meanders of the Elkhorn River, Douglas and Sarpy Counties, Nebraska.
USGS, Denver.
- Brad Roehr, 1994, Petrographic and geochemical
analysis of an ash bed exposure in Hummel Park, Omaha, Nebraska.
- Brad Routt, 1987, Rock glaciers and related
deposits of Tyndall Gorge in the Front Range of Colorado. Colorado
State University.
- Michael Schoemann, 1993, Strain analysis
of deformed conglomerates and carbonates in Svartfjella and Eidembukta
regions, West Svalbard, Norway. Lehigh University
- Angela Marie Schmidt, 1997, Terrain Classification
Using Multispectral Imagery and Digital Elevation Data, Raikot
Basin, Nanga Parbat, Himalaya
- Kenneth Schmidt, 1984, Scanning Electron
Microscope Examination of Quartz Grains from a Pliocene Sand,
Knox County, Nebraska. University of Wyoming.
- Teresa Silence, 1996, A study of sedimentation
processes within the Akrotiri-Aetokremnos rockshelter, Cyprus.
University of Nebraska-Omaha (Geography)
- Lee Todd (with Jessica Brock), 2003, Multiple
Glacial Tills in an Exposure Along the Lower Elkhorn River, Nebraska:
George Washington University.
- Jeff Salazar, 2003, Data density plots of
geochemical discriminant diagrams of the the Columbia River Basalts.
- David L. Small, 1985, An Investigation of
a Black Shale Problem.
- Marie Smith, 1989, Petrographic analysis
of granitic and orthogneiss (metagranite) bodies in the Kiokee
Belt of the Piedmont Province of South Carolina and Georgia.
- Michael Sonderman, 1987, Microbiostratigraphy
of some Members of the Kansas City Group in the Pennsylvanian
System, Southeast Nebraska. University of North Dakota.
- Edward Southwick, 1988, A subsurface investigation
of aspects of the post-Pennsylvanian geology of Sarpy County,
Nebraska. University of Nebraska-Lincoln.
- Mark Spencer, 1985, Geomorphology and Tree
Ring Dating of Sachen Glacier, Nanga Parbat, Pakistan. University
of Nebraska-Omaha (Geography).
- J. Michael Timmons, 1995, Geology of the
Monte Largo Hills area, New Mexico: structural and metamorphic
study of the eastern aureole of the Sandia pluton. University
of New Mexico
- Leo Justin Tegels, 2003, Physical Analysis
of Chalcedony Faults and Veins at Toadstool Geologic Park, Nebraska,
U.S.A..
- Richard A. Trapp, 1983, An Investigation
of Thermoluminescence Dating. University of Arizona
- Mike Turco, 1997, Locating Omaha Pioneer
Gravesites Using Geophysical Means.
- Marc F. Viola, 1988, A geochemical comparison
of some South African greenstones and their relation to modern
mid-ocean ridge basalts.
- Michael J. Walter, 1985, The Use of the Refractive
Index Glass Shard Morphology to Characterize Magma Composition
and Eruption Type of Some Tertiary Ash Deposits from Western
Nebraska. University of Texas at Dallas.
- Rick Wassell, 1983, Subsurface study of Section
32 (T. 23S., R. 11E.), Greenwood County, Kansas.
- Joseph A. Watson, 1991, A preliminary subsurface
investigation of the post-Pennsylvanian geology of the eastern
two-thirds of Douglas County, Nebraska.
- Tom Zink, 1985, Microstructure Development
with Increasing Strain within a Mylonitic Gneiss.