Student Publications

Geol/GeoE Student Publications

Geology:

A Petrographic and Geochemical Evaluation of the Igneous Dikes of the Betze-Post Gold Deposit, Eureka County, Nevada:  Megan Ransom (M.S.)

Visible and Near-Infrared Spectroscopic Methods to Identify Lateral and Vertical Zonation Related to Hydrothermal Mineralization at the Navachab Gold Deposit, Namibia:   Chris Pellowski (Ph.D.)

GIS modeling of Mineral Deposits in the Northern Black Hills, South Dakota: Implications for Exploration and Genesis:  Alex Hanko (M.S.)

Faunal analysis of the upper Poleslide Member of the Brule Formation and its implications concerning the Whitneyan-Arikareean boundary:  Carrie Herbel (Ph.D.)

Review of the Tylosaurine Mosasaurs: Wayne Thompson (Ph.D.)

New isotopic radiometric dating procedures: Randy Moses (Ph.D.)

Geological Engineering:

Biological treatment potential of hydrocarbon contamination under aerobic and anaerobic conditions:  implications from Diego Garcia Atoll, Indian Ocean:  Douglas Hayes (Ph.D.)

Effects of on-site wastewater treatment systems on ground-water quality, Black Hills, South Dakota:  Foster Sawyer (Ph.D.)

Controlling factors on arsenic removal from water by limestone-based material:  Jenifer Sorensen (Ph.D.) 

Pumping test and assessment of the Deadwood aquifer at Jewel Cave National Monument, Custer County, South Dakota:  Joshua Valder (M.S.)

Paleontology:

The paleontology of the Miocene Big Springs Canyon Locality, Bennett County, SD, a reference assemblage for the Clarendonian North American Land Mammal Age: Chloe Branciforte (M.S.)

Description and Implications of a Mosasaur skull from the Fox Hills Formation, South Dakota: Terry Lynn Harrell (M.S.)

Analysis of ungulates from the Quaternary of the Pacific Northwest: Haui-Pin Hu (M.S.)

Beavers (Castoridae, Mammalia) from the Hemphillian deposits of the Pacific Northwest: Shawna Johnson (M.S.)

Ordovician fish?  Bevin O’Grady (M.S.)

The Late Cretaceous (Lancian) mammals of South Dakota: John Pappas (M.S.)

Paleoecological reconstruction of the Lance Formation of eastern Wyoming: Christopher Peters (M.S.)

Faunal analysis of the Chadronian Highway 44 paleontological assemblage and its relationship to the Eocene-Oligocene climatic shift: Heidi Minkler (M.S.)

Analysis of the large mammals from the Hemingfordian Flint Hill North Locality, Bennett County, South Dakota: Matt Sauter (M.S.)

The geology and paleontology of the Turtle Butte area, Tripp County, South Dakota, and its bearing upon the age of the Rosebud Formation: Karew Schumaker (M.S.)

Paleofauna and Geology of the Fort Randall Formation at Feyereisen Gap, Gregory County, South Dakota:  Mathew Weiler, (M.S.)

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