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(University of Oregon, 2013-10-10)The middle Miocene thermal maximum (~16 Ma) was a period of global climate unusually warm and wet for the Neogene and is of interest as a paleo-analog for future climate change from anthropogenic global warming. In ...
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(University of Oregon, 1964)Many post-middle Oligocene bodies of intrusive rocks are located in the southern Willamette Valley near Eugene, Oregon. Six of these which fora topographic highs, Creswell Butte, Spencer Butte, East Butte, Skinner ...
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(University of Oregon, 2012)Cinder Cone is the most recent cinder cone eruption in the continental United States at ~350 years old. This study examines the physical characteristics of the explosive deposit of the volcano in order to infer eruption ...
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(University of Oregon, 2012)Long-lived and short-lived volcanic vents often form in close proximity to one another. However, the processes that distinguish between these volcano types remain unknown. Here, I investigate the differences of long-lived ...
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(University of Oregon, 2013-10-03)The focus of this research is to characterize the risk of carbon sequestration under downhole conditions with regards to wellbore cement integrity. The primary research objective was to understand the geochemical interactions ...
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(University of Oregon, 2016-02-23)Accurate sediment flux histories are critical data for deciphering the relative importance of climate and land use factors such as logging and road construction on sediment production and deposition. We use 210Pb activities ...
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(University of Oregon, 2022-02-18)Billions of people live in the shadow of a volcano. Explosive eruptions produce myriad hazards, saturating airways with noxious gases and volcanic particles that damage infrastructure and crops. Above all, these eruptions ...
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(University of Oregon, 2020-12-08)Ice streams transport the majority of the ice lost to the ocean from the Antarctic Ice Sheet. In many cases these fast-flowing streams are bordered by nearly stagnant ice ridges that supply cold ice through lateral advection. ...
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(University of Oregon, 2012)Mafic eruptions have been the dominant form of volcanic activity in central Oregon throughout the Holocene. These eruptions have produced cinder cones, extensive lava flows, and tephra blankets. In most cases, the extent ...
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(University of Oregon, 2015-08-18)Melt inclusions record valuable information about pre-eruptive melt volatile concentrations. However, a vapor bubble commonly forms in inclusions after trapping, and this decreases the dissolved CO2 concentration in the ...
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(University of Oregon, 2014-09-29)Lava flows are common at volcanoes around the world and on other terrestrial planets, but their behavior is not fully understood. In Hawai`i, advances in remote sensing are offering new insights into lava flow emplacement. ...
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(University of Oregon, 2012)Cenozoic tectonics of the Pacific Northwest (PNW) and the associated mantle structures are remarkable, the latter revealed by EarthScope seismic data. In this thesis we model teleseismic body waves constrained by ambient-noise ...
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(University of Oregon, 2012)In many mountainous settings, landslides are the primary geomorphic agent that sets fundamental landscape characteristics, such as topographic relief and catchment-averaged erosion rate. The coupled system of landslides ...
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(University of Oregon, 2014-10-17)The recent rise of inner shelf hypoxia in the California Current System has caused concern within the scientific community, sparking a surge in studies addressing the issue. While regional studies of hypoxia abound, ...
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(University of Oregon, 2012)In order to better understand the interactions between climate change, landscape erosion and sedimentation, a detailed study was conducted on Plio-Pleistocene non-marine deposits of the Palm Spring Group in the Fish ...
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(University of Oregon, 2017-05-01)The Miocene to Pliocene southern Bouse Formation preserves a record of depositional environments immediately prior to and during integration of the Colorado River to the Gulf of California. Uncertainty over Bouse ...
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(University of Oregon, 2015-01-14)The ~5.6-4.8 Ma Bouse Formation, exposed along the lower Colorado River, contains a well exposed but debated record of river integration. Sedimentologic and stratigraphic analysis aid interpretation of depositional ...
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(University of Oregon, 2020-02-27)I use seismic analysis of teleseismic data to constrain the isotropic and anisotropic mantle structure of the Cascadia subduction zone (CSZ). This work begins by estimating seismic anisotropy parameters beneath the Juan ...
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(University of Oregon, 2011-09)Vigorous convective activity in the western U.S. mantle has long been inferred from the region's widespread intra-plate crustal deformation, volcanism, and high elevations, but the specific form of convective activity and ...
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(University of Oregon, 2011-03)The Pacific Northwest of the United States has been tectonically and magmatically active with the accretion of the Farallon oceanic terrane "Siletzia" ∼50 Ma. The accretion of Siletzia terminated the flat-slab subduction ...
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