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2010 2010

High-Resolution Holocene Alluvial Chronostratigraphy at Archaeological Sites in Eastern Grand Canyon, Arizona, Erin Margaret Tainer

2009 2009

The Pliocene/Pleistocene Evolution of the Western Snake River Plain Near Grand View Idaho, Meagan R. DeRaps

Evolution of the Lower Cretaceous Chifeng Half-Graben Basins, Inner Mongolia, China, Scott Joshua Friedman

Reconciling Holocene Alluvial Records in Buckskin Wash, Southern Utah, Jonathan E. Harvey

Investigations into Mapping Lava Flows in the Snake River Plain, Idaho, Vinita Ruth Hobson-Broko

Using Real-World Data as a Basis for Problem-Based Learning: Investigating Preservation Biases of Fish in Fossil Butte National Monument, Blair Larsen

Fluvial Systems Tied Together Through a Common Base Level: The Geomorphic Response of the Dirty Devil River, North Wash Creek, and the Colorado River to the Rapid Base Level Drop of Lake Powell, Adam L. Majeski

Geochemical Provenance of Clastic Sedimentary Rocks in the Western Cordillera: Utah, Colorado, Wyoming, and Oregon, John Aaron Peterson

A Geologic and Hydrochemical Investigation of the Suitability of Central Utah's Navajo Sandstone for the Disposal of Saline Process Water and CO2, Kevin L. Randall

Correlation, Paleogeography, and Provenance of the Neoproterozoic Eastern Uinta Mountain Group, Goslin Mountain Area, Northeastern Utah, Daniel J. Rybczynski

Geologic Mapping, Alluvial Stratigraphy, and Optically Stimulated Luminescence Dating of the Kanab Creek Area, Southern Utah, Michelle Carlene Summa

2008 2008

Sedimentology, Stratigraphy, and Organic Geochemistry of the Red Pine Shale, Uinta Mountains, Utah: A Prograding Deltaic System in a Mid-Neoproterozoic Interior Seaway, Caroline Amelia Myer

Decadal-Scale Changes on Coral Reefs in Quintana Roo, Mexico, Thaddeus Allen Nicholls

2007 2007

Does the Southern Farmington Canyon Complex Record a Late Archean/Early Proterozoic Accretionary Complex?, Kyle C. Andreasen

Structural Characterization of Three Southeast Segments of the Clark Fault, Salton Trough California, Benjamin E. Belgarde

Re-Evaluation of the Jesse Ewing Canyon Formation: Implications for Neoproterozoic Paleogeography and Tectonic Setting of Northeastern Utah, Andrew M. Brehm

Quaternary Evolution of the Colorado River at Lees Ferry, Arizona, William Scott Cragun

Effects of Quaternary Climate Change on Tributary Sedimentation and Geomorphology in Eastern Grand Canyon, Benjamin D. DeJong

The Geologic History of Subsurface Arkosic Sedimentary Rocks in the San Andreas Fault Observatory at Depth (SAFOD) Borehole, Central California, Sarah D. Draper

The Marriage of Eolian Rock Properties and Deformation of the Nugget Formation; Anschutz Ranch East Field: Northeast Utah and Southwest Wyoming, Dustin J. Keele

Discharge Monitoring, Chemical Characterization, and Source Identification of Springs Along the East Side of Southern Cache Valley, Utah, Aric Alan Olsen

Sequence Stratigraphy of the Middle Cambrian Marjum Formation: Response of Sedimentary Facies and Biota to Sea-Level Changes, Douglas D. Smith

2006 2006

Lower Paleozoic Sequence Stratigraphy, Deposystems and Paleogeography of Northwestern Ordos Basin, North China, Benjamin J. Kessel

The Evolution from Late Miocene West Salton Detachment Faulting to Cross-Cutting Pleistocene Oblique Strike-Slip Faults in the SW Salton Trough, Southern California, Alexander N. Steely

2005 2005

The Quaternary Stratigraphy of the Henrys Fork and Western Browns Park, Northeastern Uinta Mountains, Utah and Wyoming, Ronald C. Counts

Characterizing Deformation, Damage Parameters, and Clay Composition in Fault Zones: Insights from the Chelungpu Thrust, Taiwan, and Mozumi Right Lateral Fault, Japan, Angela J. Isaacs

Examination of Exhumed Faults in the Western San Bernardino Mountains, California: Implications for Fault Growth and Earthquake Rupture, Joseph R. Jacobs

The Quaternary Tectonic and Structural Evolution of the San Felipe Hills, California, Stefan M. Kirby

Stratigraphic and Structural Analysis of Coals in the Ferron Sandstone Member of the Mancos Shale and Fruitland Formation: Relationship to Coal Reservoir Permeability and Coalbed Methane Production, Jason Lynn Kneedy

Relating Bedrock Strength to Hydraulic Driving Forces along the Large-Scale Profile of the Colorado River in Glen and Grand Canyons, Rob D. Mackley

2004 2004

Geochemistry of Ground Water - Surface Water Interactions and Metals Loading Rates in the North Fork of the American Fork River, Utah, from an Abandoned Silver/Lead Mine, Neil I. Burk

Hydraulic Testing of the Big Hole Fault, Northern San Rafael Swell, Utah, William M. Schieb

Structural Analysis of CO2 Leakage Through the Salt Wash and Little Grand Wash Faults from Natural Reservoirs in the Colorado Plateau, Southeastern Utah, Anthony P. Williams

2003 2003

Quaternary Geology and Landscape Evolution of Eastern Grand Canyon, Arizona, Matt D. Anders

Characteristics, Evolution, and Lateral Variation of Lower Cretaceous Supradetachment Basins in the Daqing Shan, Inner Mongolia, China, Adrian K. Berry

Evaluation of Chela Formation in Kambala-Livuite Area, Southern Block 0, Cabinda, Angola, Alba B. Bias dos Santos

Geology of the Deseret Peak East 7.5' Quadrangle, Tooele County, Utah, and Impacts for Hydrology of the Region, Torrey J. Copfer

The Middle Cambrian Wheeler Formation: Sequence Stratigraphy and Geochemistry Across a Ramp-to-Basin Transition, Elizabeth S. Langenburg

From the Rim to the River: The Geomorphology of Debris flows in the Green River Canyons of Dinosaur National Monument, Colorado and Utah, Isaac J. Larsen

One-Dimensional Modeling of Bromide Tracer and Trichloroethylene Transport Based on Laboratory Experiments in Vertical Soil Columns, Keri L. Murch

Simulation of Groundwater Flow in Cache Valley, Utah and Idaho, Barry Myers

Mitigation, Monitoring, and Geomorphology Related to Gully Erosion of Archaeological Sites in Grand Canyon, Paul A. Petersen

2002 2002

Evolution of a Miocene-Pliocene Low-Angle Normal-Fault System in the Southern Bannock Range, Southeast Idaho, Stephanie M. Carney

Stratigraphy and Paleoecology of the Morrison Formation, Como Bluff, Wyoming, Melissa V. Connely

Relationships between Tributary Catchments, Valley-Bottom Width, Debris-Fan Area, and Mainstem Gradient on the Colorado Plateau: A Case Study in Desolation and Gray Canyons on the Green River, Caroline M. Elliott

Geometry and Physical Properties of the Chelungpu Fault, Taiwan, and Their Effect on Fault Rupture, Richard V. Heermance

Structural and Kinematic Evolution of Eocene-Oligocene Grasshopper Extensional Basin, Southwest Montana, Julie C. Kickham

The Stratigraphic, Sedimentologic, and Paleogeographic Evolution of the Eocene- Oligocene Grasshopper Extensional Basin, Southwest Montana, Joseph P. Matoush

Geology of the Cuesta Ridge Ophiolite Remnant near San Luis Obispo, California: Evidence for the Tectonic Setting and Origin of the Coast Range Ophiolite, Cameron A. Snow

Sedimentology, Facies Architecture, and Reservoir Characterization of Lacustrine Rocks, Eocene Green River and Colton Formations, Uinta Basin, Utah, Andrew W. Taylor

2001 2001

Structural and Geochemical Analyses of Disseminated-Gold Deposits, Bald Mountain-Alligator Ridge District, Nevada: Insights into Fault-Zone Architecture and its Effect on Mineralization, K. Jill Hammond

Structural Analysis and a Kink Band Model for the Formation of the Gemini Fault Zone, an Exhumed Left-Lateral Strike Slip Fault Zone in the Central Sierra Nevada, California, Matthew A. Pachell

Controls on Channel Organization and Morphology in a Glaciated Basin in the Uinta Mountains, Utah, Betty E. Paepke

2000 2000

Late Quaternary Glacier Fluctuations and Vegetation Change in the Northwestern Ahklun Mountains, Southwestern Alaska, Yarrow L. Axford

Holocene Tephrostratigraphy, Southern Kenai Peninsula, Lower Cook Inlet, Alaska, Kathleen J. Lemke

Debris-Flow Activity in Canyon of Lodore, Colorado: Implications for Debris-Fan Formation and Evolution, Jennifer A. Martin

The Sequence Stratigraphy of the Middle Cambrian Wheeler Formation in the Drum Mountains of West Central Utah, Loren P. Schneider

1999 1999

Cenozoic Structural and Stratigraphic Evolution of the Southeastern Salmon Basin, East-Central Idaho, James J. Blankenau

Tertiary Stratigraphy and Structural Geology, Wellsville Mountains to Junction Hills, North-Central Utah, Kathryn M. Goessel

Chemical and Hydrostratigraphic Characterization of Ground Water and Surface Water Interactions in Cache Valley, Utah, J. Mike Robinson

Sequence Stratigraphy and Paleoecology of the Middle Cambrian Spence Shale Member of the Langston Formation of Northeastern Utah and Southeastern Idaho, Scott H. Wright

1998 1998

Quaternary Amino Acid Geochronology of the Lahontan Basin, Nevada, and the Chewaucan Basin, Oregon, Jeffrey Bigelow

Late Pleistocene Glacial Chronology of the Western Ahklun Mountains, Southwestern Alaska, Jason P. Briner

Small Strike-Slip Faults in Granitic Rock: Implications for Three-Dimensional Models, Siang Joo Lim

Three-Dimensional Structure of Small Strike-Slip Fault Zones in Granitic Rock: Implications for Fault-Growth Models, Kim R. Robeson

1997 1997

Quaternary Bear River Paleohydrogeography Reconstructed from the 87Sr/86Sr Composition of Lacustrine Fossils, David P. Bouchard

Geomorphology of the Green River in Dinosaur National Monument, Paul E. Grams

A Hydrogeochemical Study of the Evolution of the Headwaters of the Bear River in the Uinta Mountains, Utah, Michael F. Leschin

Geochemical, Petrologic, and Structural Characterization at Multiple Scales of Deformation Associated with the Punchbowl Fault, Southern California, Steven E. Schulz

Stratigraphy, Geochronology, and Tectonics of the Salt Lake Formation (Tertiary) of Southern Cache Valley, Utah, Kristine A. Smith

Cenozoic Tectonic and Paleogeographic Evolution of the Horse Prairie Half-Graben, Southwest Montana, Colby J. VanDenburg

1996 1996

Structural Analysis of the Mitten Park Reverse Fault and Related Deformation in Dinosaur National Monument, Northwestern Colorado and Northeastern Utah, Clint M. Brown

Paleoenvironmental and Stratigraphic Interpretation of the Middle Cambrian Ute Formation, Northern Utah, Keith E. Eagan

Hydrochemical Definition of Ground Water and Surface Water, with an Emphasis on the Origin of the Ground-Water Salinity in Southern Juab Valley, Juab County, Utah, Heidi K. Hadley

Aminostratigraphy of Thatcher Basin, SE Idaho: Reassessment of Pleistocene Lakes, Amy Hochberg

Pre-Late-Wisconsin Glacial History of the Naknek River Valley, Southwestern Alaska, Caleb H. Thompson

1995 1995

The Quaternary Geology of the Eastern Side of the Greys River Valley and the Neotectonics of the Greys River fault in Western Wyoming, L. C. Allen Jones

Groundwater and Surface-Water Interactions along Lower Medano Creek, Great Sand Dunes National Monument, Colorado, Gregg L. Hadlock

Analysis of Perched Groundwater Bodies beneath the Radioactive Waste Management Complex at the Idaho National Engineering Laboratory, Alan V. Jones

Late Quaternary Glacial Geology, Shoreline Morphology, and Tephrochronology of the lliamna/Naknek/Brooks Lake Area, Southwestern Alaska, Karen B. Stilwell

1994 1994

Hydrogeology and Hydrochemistry of the East-Central Portion of The Salt Lake Valley, Utah, as Applied to Wellhead Protection in a Confined To Semiconfined Aquifer, Jeff W. Gadt

The Tectonic Evolution of the Panther Creek Half-Graben in East-Central Idaho, Brian F. Hammond

Magnitude of Displacement and Styles of Deformation on the Paris and Laketown Thrust Faults, Northern Utah, Richard D. Kendrick

Sedimentology and Foraminiferal Taphonomy in Siliciclastic Environments: The Northern Gulf of California, Mexico, Liping Zhang

1993 1993

Hydrogeology and Hydrochemistry of the Delta Wadi El-Arish Area Sinai Peninsula, Egypt, Medhat A. El-Bihery

Internal Deformation, Evolution, and Fluid Flow in Basement-Involved Thrust Faults, Northwestern Wyoming, James V. Goddard

1992 1992

Spatial and Temporal Variations of the Pilot Valley Playa Interpreted From Remotely Sensed Images, Llyn Doremus

The Paleoecology and Geomorphology of Holocene Deposits of the Southern Malad River, Box Elder County, Utah, Ann Schaffer Elder

Sedimentology and Community Structure of Reefs of the Yucatan Peninsula, Mexico, Matthew J. Novak

Quaternary Geology and Neotectonics of Southern Star Valley and the Southwest Flank of the Salt River Range, Western Wyoming, Gregory A. Warren

1991 1991

Origins of Low-Angle Normal Faults Along the West Side of the Bear River Range in Northern Utah, Jon E. Brummer

1990 1990

Laramide Deformation in Precambrian Granitic Rocks, Northeastern Wind River Range, Wyoming, Mark A. DuBois

1989 1989

Groundwater Flow Systems and Thermal Regimes Near Cooling Igneous Plutons: Influence of Surface Topography, Mark U. Birch

Origin and Evolution of Dolostone in the Middle Cambrian Langston Formation, Northern Utah, Mark C. Hall

Footwall Deformation and Structural Analysis of the Footwall of the Willard Thrust Fault, Northern Wasatch Range, Utah, Douglas Scott Neves

1988 1988

Quaternary Geology and Tectonic Geomorphology of the Pocatello Valley Area, Idaho-Utah, John D. Garr

Petrology of Passive Margin-Epeiric Sea Sediments: The Garden City Formation, North-Central Utah, Susan K. Morgan

1987 1987

Petrology of Pliocene (?) Basalts of Curlew Valley (Box Elder Co.), Utah, Steven Brent Kerr

Surficial Geology of the Smithfield Quadrangle, Cache County, Utah, Michael V. Lowe

Spatial and Temporal Landslide Distribution and Hazard Evaluation Analyzed by Photogeologic Mapping and Relative-Dating Techniques, Salt River Range, Wyoming, John B. Rice Jr.