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- 2015. Abdollahian, Nina. Diversity and Community Structure of Marine Invertebrate Fossil Assemblages from the Neogene of the Dominican Republic. 45 p.
- 1978. Albert, Nairn R. D. Application of Computer-Enhanced Landsat Imagery to Mineral Resource Assessment in South-Central Alaska. 141 p.
- 1991. Alger, Christopher S. Debris Flows and the Morphogenesis of Hollows Near Sunol, Alameda County, California. 105 p.
- 1982. Allaway, William H., Jr. Sedimentology and Petrography of the Shelikof Formation, Alaska Peninsula. 81 p.
- 2003. Allen, James R. Stratigraphy and Tectonics of Neogene Strata, Northern San Francisco Bay Area. 190 p.
- 2000. Alsleben, Helge. Structural Analysis of the Swakane Terrane, North Cascades Core, Washington. 168 p.
- 1969. Anderson, Gery F. An Earthquake Hazard Study of a Dune Sand Site in San Francisco, California. 78 p.
- 1983. Anderson, Peter C. Geology of the Quien Sabe Valley 7 1/2 Minute quadrangle San Benito County, California. 105 p.
- 1993. Arif, Muhammad. Modeling of Contaminant Transport at the Eastern General Services Area, Site 300, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, San Joaquin County, California. 104 p.
- 1979. Armin, Richard A. Geology of the Southeastern Stansbury Mountains and Southern Onaqui Mountains, Tooele County, Utah, With a Paleoenvironmental Study of Part of the Oquirrh Group. 105 p.
- 1971. Austin, Steven A. Critique of Uniformitarianism. 121 p.
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- 1989. Babcock, Sarah J. Side Slope Sedimentation Following New Work Dredging on the Lower Columbia River, Oregon and Washington. 129 p.
- 1990. Bachhuber, Jeffrey L. Engineering Geology, and Seismic and Landslide Hazards of the Scotts Valley Area, Santa Cruz County, California. 105 p.
- 1987. Bader, Jeffrey W. Surface and Subsurface Structural Relations of the Cherokee Ridge Arch, South-central Wyoming. 68 p.
- 1996. Baldwin, John N., Jr. Paleoseismic Investigation of the San Andreas Fault on the North Coast Segment, Near Manchester, California. 127 p.
- 1975. Bargar, Keith E. Effects of Water Storage Regulation upon Sedimentation in Lexington and Coyote Reservoirs, Santa Clara County, California. 151 p.
- 1988. Barlock, Vincent. Sedimentology of the Livermore Gravels (Miocene-Pleistocene), Southern Livermore Valley, California. 110 p.
- 1993. Barry, Thomas F. Structure and Tectonics of the Bear Mountains Fault Zone and Western Foothills Terrane Between Lake Don Pedro and Lake McSwain, Central Sierra Nevada, California. 56 p.
- 1976. Bartsch-Winkler, Susan. Geology of the Oak Flat Ranch Area, Santa Clara County, California. 52 p.
- 1973. Batchelder, John N. A Study of Stable Isotopes and Fluid Inclusions at Copper Canyon, Lander County, Nevada. 92 p.
- 1971. Bauer, Paul G. Geology of the Redwood Retreat-Croy Ridge Area of Santa Clara County, California. 74 p.
- 2011. Beers, Sarah R. Investigation of the Impact of CO₂ on Water-Rock Interactions Using Sequential Extractions. 86 p.
- 1988. Belasky, Paul. Stratigraphy and Paleogeographic Setting of the Mississippian Monte Cristo Group in the Spring Mountains, Nevada. 156p.
- 1979. Bennett, Michael J. Depositional Environment and Geotechnical Properties of Quaternary Sediment from South San Francisco Bay, San Mateo County, California. 133 p.
- 1972. Bennett, Reb E. Geology of the Dexter Canyon Area, Santa Clara County, California. 67 p.
- 1969. Berkland, James. Geology of the Novato Quadrangle, Marin County, California. 146 p.
- 1999. Berube, Nathan. Geologic Properties of the Cleveland Corral Landslide, Riverton, California. 131 p.
- 1968. Blanchard, Maxwell B. A Contribution to the Analysis of Near Earth Interplanetary Dust Particles. 55 p.
- 1999. Bogar, Robert S. Paleoseismic Investigations of the Maacama Fault, Near Talmage California. 82 p.
- 1988. Bork, Kenneth R. Post Miocene History of Antarctic Bottom Water Paleospeed and Polar Front Zone Migrations in the Argentine Basin. 96 p.
- 1985. Borum, Jeffrey D. Mass-wasting, geomorphology, and geology headwaters of the south fork of the Trinity river in northern California. 119 p.
- 1987. Bottaro, Joseph L. Geology of the Middle Buttes Volcanic Complex Mojave District, Kern County, California. 94 p.
- 1982. Braun, Don R. The stratigraphy of the Niland Tongue of the Wasatch Formation in the Western Washakie Basin, southwestern Wyoming. 124 p.
- 2002. Brennan, Eileen M. Slope Stability Analysis of a Portion of Santa Clara County, California. 99 p.
- 1981. Brooks, William M. Determination of the Size and Shape of Macromolecules in Suspension by Electro-Optic Birefringence. 51. p.
- 2003. Brown, Christina M. Sedimentology and Sequence Stratigraphy of the Chinle Formation, Southern Utah. 217 p.
- 1990. Brown, Cynthia L. Depositional History at a Site in the Northwestern Gulf of Mexico Revealed by Tephrochronology and Oxygen Isotope Stratigraphy. 100 p.
- 1970. Brown, James P., Jr. Geophysical Investigations of the Empire Cave, North of Santa Cruz, California. 59 p.
- 1978. Brown, Janet L. Sedimentology of a Late Pleistocene and Holocene Continental and Estuarine Deposit, Mountain View California. 74 p.
- 2017. Bryant, Kathleen. Structural Analysis of Eocene Dike Swarms In and Near the Duncan Hill Pluton, North Cascades, Washington. 61 p.
- 1967. Buckley, Christopher P. Structure and Stratigraphy of the Kingsley Mountains, Elko and White Pine Counties, Nevada. 50 p.
- 2017 Buerer, Bradley. Construction and Emplacement of Cretaceous Plutons in the Crystal Range, Southwest of Lake Tahoe, California. 82 p.
- 2006. Burgess, Seth D. Field, Geochemical, and Geochronologic Study of the Inner Tuolumne Intrusive Series. 142 p.
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- 1972. Calk, Lewis C. The Effects of a Basalt Intrusion on the Fission Tract Ages of Accessory Minerals in the Cathedral Peak Granite, California. 37 p.
- 1976. Carothers, William W. Alphatic Acids and Stable Carbon Isotopes of Oil Field Waters in the San Joaquin Valley, California. 68 p.
- 1970. Carter, C. H. Geology of the Pelassou Ridge Area, California. 70 p.
- 1995. Chetelat, Guy Felix. Provenance of the Upper-Miocene Briones Formation in the Central Diablo Range, California. 130 p.
- 1995. Chi, Wu-Cheng. Distribution of the Bottom-Simulating Reflector in the Offshore Taiwan Collision Zone: Implications for Fluid Migration. 46 p.
- 1984. Chin, John L. Late Quaternary coastal sedimentation and depositional history, south-central Monterey Bay, California. 130 p.
- 1985. Chinburg, Susan J. Sediment dynamics in Monterey Canyon, central California. 89 p.
- 1997. Chrisley, Sheila Marie. Geology and Hydrogeology of the George Air Force Base Vicinity, California. 188 p.
- 1985. Christie, Kyle A. The geology of the Sunol regional wilderness. 112 p.
- 2012. Cioco, Ramon W. Hydrostratigraphy of the Shallow Aquifer in the Niles Cone Groundwater Basin. 52 p.
- 1996. Clahan, Kevin B. Paleoseismic Characteristics of the San Andreas Fault, Woodside, California. 96 p.
- 2014. Clay, Pamela J. Structure, Construction, and Emplacement of Jurassic and Cretaceous Plutons in the Keiths Dome-Echo Lake Area, Southwest of Lake Tahoe, California. 94 p.
- 1983. Clynne, Michael A. Stratigraphy and Major Element Geochemistry of the Lassen Volcanic Center, California. 168 p.
- 1978. Conley, David E. Stratigraphy and Depositional History of the Owens Valley formation at the Type Locality, Inyo County, California. 63 p.
- 1988. Connelly, Steven. The Strawberry Creek and Pyramid Guard Station landslides. 105 p.
- 1963. Conomos, T. John. Geologic Aspects of the Recent Sediments of San Francisco Bay. 118 p.
- 1993. Conrad, James E. Late Cenozoic Tectonics of the Southern Inyo Mountains, Eastern California. 84 p.
*OUTSTANDING UNIVERSITY THESIS AWARD 1993/1994- First Place* - 1996. Cook, George E., II. The Efficacy of Soil Vapor Extraction in Remediation of a Gasoline Spill. 174 p.
- 1971. Cooper, Alan. Structure of the Continental Shelf West of San Francisco, California. 65 p.
- 1990. Cooper, Jon W. A Geophysical Study of the Hydrogeology of the Carrizo Plain Area San Luis Obispo, California. 77 p.
- 1967. Cotton, William R. Geology of the Halls Valley-Mount Hamilton Area, California. 152 p.
- 1984. Coyle, John M. Bedrock and surficial geology of the San Jose - Milpitas foothills area, Santa Clara County, California. 234 p.
- 1972. Cress, Leland D. Geology of the Carlin Window Area, Eureka County, Nevada. 103 p.
- 1989. Cummings, Carrie A. Computer Modeling of Slug and Bail Tests. 161 p.
- 1973. Cunningham, Gary. Ablation Studies of an Artificial Meteor of Olivine Composition. 59 p.
- 1980. Curtis, George D. The Stratigraphy and Structure of Portions of the Bonanza King, and Schell Mountain Quadrangle, Trinity County, California. 132 p.
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- 1975. Davis, Alice. Artificial Meteor Ablation Studies: Iron and Nickel-Iron. 67 p.
- 1979. DeCoster, Judith. Landslide Deposits, their Slope, Exposure, and Degree of Slope in the Area of Mt. Hamilton, California. 43 p.
- 2017. Denton, Kevin. Geophysical Characterization of Rare Earth Element Enriched Carbonate Terrane at Mountain Pass, California Eastern Mojave Desert. 71 p.
- 1988. Deschenes, Michael. A Magnetic & Pseudogravity Invest of the Cobar Area, New South Wales, Australia. 49 p.
- 1983. Diggles, Michael. Geologic and Mineral-resource Evaluation of the White Mountains, California and Nevada. 120 p.
- 1987. DiLeonardo, Christopher. Structural Evolution of the Smith Canyon Fault, Northeastern Cascades, Washington. 85 p.
- 1972. Dittmer, Eric. A Sediment Budget Analysis of Monterey Bay. 132 p.
- 1978. Dockter, Roger. Stratigraphy and Fusulinid Paleontology of Permian Exposures in the Diamond Spring Quadrangle, Nevada. 128 p.
- 2009. Doran, Brigid A. Structure of the Swauk Formation and Teanaway Dike Swarm, Washington Cascades. 97 p.
- 2004. Dornfest, Robin. Sequence Stratigraphy of Lower Paleozoic Rocks, Inyo Mountains, California. 99 p.
- 1983. Doukas, Michael. Volcanic Geology of Big Chico Creek Area, Butte County, California. 157 p.
- 1983. Drinkwater, James. Geology of the Northeastern Part of the Quien Sabe Volcanics Merced County, California. 102 p.
- 1994. Dugan, William. The Hydrogeology of Doall Ravine and Northern Portions of Elk Ravine Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory Site 300. 43 p.
- 1970. Dunne, George. Petrology of a Portion of the Pat Keyes Pluton, Inyo County, California. 73 p.
- 2015. Dustin, Kelly N. Structure, Construction, and Geochemistry of the Cretaceous Seven-Fingered-Jack Intrusive Complex in the Klone Peak Area, North Cascades, Washington. 95 p.
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- 1985. Eberz, Noel. Geology of the Badger Flat limestone (Middle Ordovician) southeastern California. 91 p.
- 1982. Egbert, Robert. Sedimentology and petrography of the Middle and Upper Jurassic rocks in the Tuxedni Bay Area, Cook Inlet Alaska. 128 p.
- 1974. Elayer, Robert. Stratigraphy and Structure of the Southern Inyo Mountains, Inyo County, California. 121 p.
- 2015. Elkins, Scott W. Structure, Construction, and Geochemistry of the Highly Elongate, Cretaceous Seven-Fingered Jack Pluton in the Devil's Smokestack Area, North Cascades, Washington. 101 p.
- 1986. Elliott, Geoffrey. Early-Proterozoic High-Grade Metamorphic Rocks of Willow Wash, New York Mountains, Southeastern California. 110 p.
- 2016. Emerson, Samuel. The Role of Bed Shear Stress in Sediment Sorting Patterns in a Reconstructed, Gravel Bed River. 55 p.
- 1971. Endo, Elliot. Focal Mechanisms for the May 15-18, 1970 Shallow Kilauea Earthquake Swarm. 165 p.
- 2016. Enriquez, Evan Scott. Debris Flow Fans in Yosemite Valley National Park, California. 69 p.
- 2006. Ericksen, Shelly M. Fractionation, Recharge, and Hybridization in a Shallow, Bimodal Magma Reservoir. 117 p.
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- 1988. Falls, James. The Development of a Liquefaction Hazard Map for the City of San
Jose, California. 188 p.
*COLLEGE OF SCIENCE: Best Student Researcher 1988/89 - First Place* - 1980. Fedewa, William. Stratigraphy and Phosphate Resources of the Murdock Mountain Area, Elko County, Nevada. 98 p.
- 2017. Fisher, Anthony W. Spatial Distribution of Artesian Conditions within the Niles Cone Basin, Alameda County, California. 91 p.
- 1984. Flora, Larry. Origin and distribution of sediment in the Pennsylvanian- Permian Keeler Canyon formation, Inyo County, California. 151 p.
- 1974. Frame, Philip. Landslides in the Mt. Sizer Area, Santa Clara County, California. 87 p.
- 1984. Fraticelli, Luis. Geology of portions of the Project City and Bella Vista quadrangles, Shasta County, California. 110 p.
- 2001. Frey, Carolyn. Geomorphic Study of Searsville Lake Watershed, Portola Valley, California. 137 p.
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- 1985. Garlow, Richard. The stratigraphy, petrology and paleogeographic setting of the middle Pennsylvanian Tihvipah limestone of southeastern California. 134 p.
- 1985. Gartner, Anne. Geometry and emplacement history of a basaltic intrusive complex, San Rafael Swell and Capitol Reef areas, Utah. 149 p.
- 1987. Glick, Linda. Structural Geology of the Northern Toano Range, Elko County, Nevada. 141 p.
- 1983. Golia, Ralph. Depositional environments and paleogeography of the Upper Miocene Wassuk Group, Lyon and Mineral Counties, West-central Nevada. 105 p.
- 1966. Gram, Ralph. The Marine Geology of the Recent Sediments of San Francisco Bay. 132 p.
- 1988. Grasty, James. A Gravity and Magnetic Study, Armstrong Ranch Area, Monterey County, CA. 87 p.
- 1970. Greene, Gary. Morphology, Sedimentation and Seismic Characteristics of an Arctic Beach, Nome, Alaska and with Economic Significances. 139 p.
- 1983. Guffanti, Mariane. Temperature gradients in the conterminous United States. 139 p.
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- 1978. Haltenhoff, Frederick. Geology of the Great Valley Sequence and Related Rocks in a Portion of the Dublin 7 1/2 Minute Quadrangle, California. 78 p.
- 1997. Halverson, Jens R. Seismic Velocities and Depositional Environments, Upper Morrow Formation, Texas. 63 p.
- 1992. Hamilton, Christopher. Hydrothermal Alteration at Tobaru, Kagoshima Prefecture, Kyushu, Japan. 106 p.
- 1982. Hardin, Jack. A comparative study of porosity estimations derived from geophysical and petrographic analyses. 91 p.
- 1984. Harding, Michael. A geophysical investigation of a portion of Santa Theresa County Park, Santa Clara County, California. 78 p.
- 2001. Hawk, John. Petrology of Eocene Carbonates in the Wasatch Formation, Southwestern Wyoming. 84 p.
- 2000. Hayek, Cynthia L., Analysis of Stream Offset Along the San Gregorio Fault Zone, San Mateo County, California. 82 p.
- 1992. Heard, Janet. Hydrogeology of High-Salinity Ground Water in the "180-Foot" Pressure Aquifer, Southwest Salinas, Monterey County, California. 127 p.
- 1987. Heath, Kathryn. Distribution and Sedimentology of Periplatform Sediment on a Modern Open-Ocean Carbonate Slope: Northern Little Bahama Bank. 82 p.
- 1980. Hedel, Charles. Late Quaternary Faulting in Western Surprise Valley, Modoc County, California. 113 p.
- 1998. Heingartner, Gordon F. Paleoseismic Recurrence Investigation of the Santa Cruz Mountains Segment of the San
Andreas Fault Near Watsonville, California. 136 p.
*OUTSTANDING UNIVERSITY THESIS AWARD 1998/99* - 1985. Helm, Ronnie. Depositional History and Petrology of the Fort Union Formation (Paleocene) Southern Flank of the Rock Springs Uplift, Sweetwater County, Wyoming. 145 p.
- 1978. Hill, James. Stratigraphy and Paleoenvironment of the Miocene Monterey Group in the East San Francisco Bay Region, California. 113 p.
- 1996. Hirtzel, Justin O. Evolution of the Forearc Basin in Arc-Continent Collision, Offshore Taiwan. 41 p.
- 1990. Ho, Brian. Stratigraphy and Depositional History of the Bird Spring Formation (Pennsylvanian to Permian) Spring Mountains, Southern Nevada. 127 p.
- 1988. Hogan, Patrick. Modeling of Freshwater-seawater Interaction on Enjebi Island, Enewetak Atoll. 141 p.
- 1976. Holden, Kenneth. Geology of the Central Argus Range. 65 p.
- 1986. Hoose, Seena. Was There a Great Pleistocene Lake San Benito? 87 p.
- 1987. Hopkins, Willard. Geology of the Newby Group and Adjacent Units in the Southern Methow Trough, Northeast Cascades, Washington. 95 p.
- 1989. Horringa, Eric. Rocks and Structural Evolution of the Northern Kilbeck Hills, San Bernardino County, California. 180 p.
- 1981. Hovland, David. Geology of the Northwest Part of the Lower Valley Quadrangle Caribou county, Idaho. 108 p.
- 1983. Howe, Robert. Geology of the Mokelumne Peak area. 113 p.
- 1988. Hughes, William. Recent Sediment Accumulation Rates on the Monterey Fan, Central California. 63 p.
- 1983. Humphreys, Richard. The characterization of the sulfide component in layered igneous and metasedimentary Rocks in the Mouat Block of the Stillwater Complex. 135 p.
- 1979. Husk, Robert. Stratigraphy and Structure of a Portion of the Southeastern Inyo Mountains, California. 60 p.
- 2018. Hutcherson, Alex Jon. Rock Strength: A Main Control of Yosemite's Topography?. 82 p.
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- 1990. Isaacson, Kathleen. Late Tertiary Synorogenic Sedimentation, Livermore Basin, California. 104 p.
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- 2014. Jensen, Ka'ai. The Role of Lithology in Glacial Valley Cross-Sectional Shape in Sierra Nevada, California. 52 p.
- 1982. Johannesen, Dann. The geology and petrography of the Alum Creek Area, Mineral County, Nevada. 92 p.
- 2013. Johnson, Brendon L. Structure, Construction, and Emplacement of the Yosemite Valley Intrusive Suite and the Yosemite Creek Granodiorite in the Central Sierra Nevada Batholith. 89 p.
- 2014. Johnson, Brent M. Thermal and Compositional Evolution of the Mid-Miocene Searchlight Magmatic System (Nevada, USA) as Recorded in Zircon. 150 p.
- 2015. Johnson, Brittany D. Lithologic controls on knickpoint formation in Sierra Nevada bedrock channels. 62 p.
- 1968. Johnson, Edward. Structural Geology of the South Mazourka Canyon Area, Inyo County, California. 61 p.
- 1990. Johnson, Philip. Laramide Basin Subsidence and Fluvial Architecture of the Fort Union and Wasatch Formation, Southern Greene River Basin, Wyoming. 146 p.
- 2006. Jones, Christopher A. Geologic Investigation of Erosional Surfaces East of Napa Valley, California. 108 p.
- 2002. Jurasius, Michael. Rock Slope Kinematics of the Mission Peak Landslide, Fremont, California. 131 p.
- 2014. Jurek, Anne C. Vulnerability of Groundwater to Perchloroethylene Contamination from Dry Cleaners in the Niles Cone Groundwater Basin, Southern Alameda County, California. 52 p.
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- 2001. Kakouros, Evangelos. Determination of Selenium Leaching Using Batch Tests and Column Experiments. 111 p.
- 1983. Kaplan, Terry. The Lassic Outlier: an Outlier of Coast Range Ophiolite. 96 p.
- 2004. Karpowicz, Ronald A. Structure and Emplacement of the Southern Margin of the Tuolumne Intrusive Suite. 69 p.
- 1975. Keith, William. Geology of the Red Mountain Mining District, Esmeralda County, Nevada. 75 p.
- 1973. Kelley, J. S. Structural Geology of a Portion of the Southwest Quarter of the New York Butte Quadrangle, Inyo County, California. 93 p.
- 1986. Kempema, Edward. Flume studies and field observations of the interaction of frazil ice and anchor ice with sand-sized sediment. 86 p.
- 1993. Kirschner, James. Precipitation-Runoff Modeling System for the Blackwood Creek Drainage Basin, Placer County, California. 219 p.
- 1986. Klaus, Adam. Deep-sea sedimentary processes in the Argentine Basin revealed by 3.5 kHz Echograms. 51 p.
- 1999. Klaus, Alisa C. Quaternary Alluvial Surfaces and Deformation, Monterey County, California. 92 p.
- 1987. Klingman, Darrell. Depositional Environments and Paleogeographic setting of the Middle Mississippian
Section in Eastern California. 231 p.
*OUTSTANDING UNIVERSITY THESIS AWARD 1987/1988 - First Place* - 1984. Klise, David. Modern sedimentation on the California continental margin adjacent to the Russian River. 120 p.
- 2006. Kosovichev, Pavel A. Geology and Geochemistry of Volcanic Dikes in the Pacheco Pass Area, California. 163 p.
- 2014. Kuoch, Alan. Examination of Multiparticle Transport as a Function of Slope and Sediment Volume. 46 p.
- 1977. Kyte, Frank. On the Origin of Extraterrestrial Stratospheric Particles: Interplanetary Dust of Meteor Ablation Debris? 71 p.
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- 1994. LaChappelle, Robert. Taxonomy and Paleobiogeography of Permian Massive Thysanophyllinae. 98 p.
- 1989. Landgraf, Richard. Modeling the Movement of a Wetting Front in the Vadose Zone Beneath the Drainage Retention Basin, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory Site. 199 p.
- 1997. Langtry, Peter M. Evaluation of Petroleum Fuel Attenuation Rates in the Western Santa Clara Valley Ground Water Basin. 61 p.
- 1986. Lawson, William. Geology and Structure of the Covington Mill 7.5-min Quadrangle, Trinity County, California. 96 p.
- 1978. Le Compte, James. Geology of the Northeastern Part of the Leach Range, Elko County, Nevada. 71 p.
- 1988. Leitner, Kam. Development of a Computerized Geologic Structural Modeling System. 196 p.
- 2015. Lenci, Anthony M. A Snail's Tale: A Geological History of a Species. 88 p.
- 1972. Leopold, Lawrence. A Study of Seaward Dipping Internal Structures within Large Scale Ripple Marks in the Marine Environment. 61 p.
- 2016. Leopold, Monika B. Structure, Construction, and Emplacement of the Late Cretaceous Sonora Pass Intrusive Suite: Central Sierra Nevada Batholith. 99 p.
- 1972. Levine, Saul. Detection of Faults in the Hollister Valley, California by Thermal Mapping Techniques. 68 p.
- 2000. Lewis, Angus. Recharge Estimates Obtained from Centrifuge Measurements, Abo Arroyo, New Mexico. 71 p.
- 1967. Lewis, Robert. A geophysical investigation of a landslide using electrical resisitivity, seismic refraction and gravity techniques. 81 p.
- 1983. Lico, Michael. Lower Permian submarine sediment gravity flows in the Owens Valley Formation, southeastern California. 80 p.
- 2014. Lidzbarski, Marsha I. U-Pb Geochronology of the Miocene Peach Spring Tuff Supereruption And Precursor Cook Canyon Tuff, Western Arizona, USA. 105 p.
- 2002. Liebhardt, Martin. The Thornton Beach State Park Deep Rotational Landslide, Daly City, California. 81 p.
- 1986. Liniecki, Margaret. Late Miocene Paleoenvironments of the Lowere Mulholland Formation, West-Central California. 88 p.
- 1979. Littlefield, Robert. Structural Analysis of the Long John Canyon Area in the New York Butte Quadrangle, Inyo County, California. 118 p.
- 1971. Locke, James. Sedimentation and Foraminiferal Aspects of the Recent Sediments of San Pablo Bay. 100 p.
- 2011. Locke, Karen M. Composition and Provenance of Sand From Wells, Santa Clara Valley, California. 92 p.
- 1985. Luken, Michael. Petrography and origin of limestones in the WPZ and TR belt,
Klamath mountains, California. 130 p.
*COLLEGE OF SCIENCE: Best Student Researcher 1985/86 - Second Place*
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- 1976. Macy, Jonathan. Sediment yield of the Upper San Lorenzo Watershed Using quantitative geomorphic and sediment sampling approaches. 127 p.
- 1983. Magginetti, Robert. Fusulinid biostratigraphy of the Darwin Canyon and Conglomerate
Mesa Areas, Inyo County, California. 416 p.
*COLLEGE OF SCIENCE: Best Student Researcher 1983/84 - First Place* - 1999. Malzonen, Christopher M. Tidal Scour and its Relation to Erosion and Sediment Transport in Elkhorn Slough. 73 p.
- 1971. Mankinen, Edward. Paleomagnetism and Potassium-Argos Ages of the Sonoma Volcanics, California. 67 p.
- 2015. Marcaida, Mae. Resolving the Timing of Late Pleistocene Dome Emplacement at Mono Craters, California, from U-Th and Ar/Ar Dating. 73 p.
- 1993. Mariant, Judy. Origin of Sediment Ripple Bands and Zones on the Inner Shelf of Southern Monterey Bay, California. 63 p.
- 2017. Marie, Christina T. Unravelling the paleotopography and extent of Eocene-Oligocene gravel deposition by ancient Sierran drainage systems. 31 p.
- 2019. Martin, Brittany M. Magnesium-rich Phyllosilicates in Creeping Faults: A Study of the Maacama Fault Zone, Mendocino County, California. 69 p.
- 1981. Martindale, Steven. Stratigraphy and Structural Geology of the Southern Part of the Leach Range, Elko County, Nevada. 117 p.
- 1988. Maslonkowski, Dennis. Hydrogeology of the Bay Plain Groundwater Basin, Alameda County. 143 p.
- 1983. McCoy, Gail. Analysis of fractures and speleogenesis at Lilburn Cave, Tulare County, California. 83 p.
- 1982. McCusker, Robert. Geology of the Soledad Mountain volcanic complex, Mojave Desert, California. 113 p.
- 2013. McDonell, Amanda. Geophysical Expression of the Northern Part of the Mono-Inyo Volcanic Chain, Mono Basin, California. 60 p.
- 2007. McFarlan, Renee. Structure and Emplacement of Buena Vista Crest Intrusive Suite, California. 81 p.
- 2016. McKee, Ryan A. Structure and Volcanic Evolution of the Northern Highland Range, Colorado River Extensional Corridor, Clark County, Nevada. 119 p.
- 1988. McLaughlin, Philip. Stratigraphy and Depositional Environments, Imperial County, CA. 103 p.
- 1973. McLaughlin, Robert. Geology of the Sargent Fault Zone in the Vicinity of Mount Madonna, Santa Clara and Santa Cruz Counties, California. 131 p.
- 1996. Mello, Joseph E., Jr. The Relative Impact of Off-Road Motorcycles of Differing Sizes on Rates of Mechanical Erosion. 99 p.
- 2006. Mendonça, Jennifer A. Neotectonic Evolution of the Avawatz Mountains, Southern Death Valley, California. 88 p.
- 2010. Mendoza, Morgan K. Modeling Particle Transport Distances as a Function of Slope and Surface Roughness. 34 p.
- 1978. Metz, Jenny. Petrology of the Santa Rita Flat Pluton, Inyo Mountains, California. 95 p.
- 2008. Michels, Zachary D. Structure of the Central Skagit Gneiss Complex, North Cascades, Washington. 95 p.
- 1970. Mitchell, Martha. Vapor Pressure of Mercury Sulfide and Mercury Selenide. 92 p.
- 2003. Mitts, Patrick. Deposition and Provenance of Modern Coarse Sediment in Monterey Submarine Canyon. 185 p.
- 1978. Moffitt, Jay. Depositional History of Late Paleozoic Rocks in the Southeastern Darwin Hills, California. 66 p.
- 1980. Moore, David. An Evaluation of the Use of Primary Sedimentary Fabrics for the Determination of Strain in Metaconglomerates. 115 p.
- 1991. Moore, Donald. Stratigraphy, Sedimentology, & Provenance of the Lower Campanian Forbes and Marsh
Creek Formations, Southern Sacramento & Northern San Joaquin Basins, CA. 194 p.
*OUTSTANDING UNIVERSITY THESIS AWARD 1991/1992 - Second Place* - 1981. Moore, Steven. Geology of a Part of the Southern Monte Cristo Range, Esmeralda County, Nevada. 157 p.
- 2002. Morrison, Halle R. Geophysical Studies of the Lavic Lake Fault, Lavic Lake Playa, California. 91 p.
- 1996. Mullen, Michael William. Distribution of Modern Foraminifers on the Margins of the Northern Bahamas. 81 p.
- 2016. Murphy, Michael J. Geochemical Modeling and Hydrothermal Experiments used to Constrain the Conditions of Illite Diagenesis in Sedimentary Basins. 69 p.
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- 1983. Nagel, David. Evolution of the Ascension Submarine Canyon: Central California continental margin. 88 p.
- 2017. Nakamura, Tyler K. Remains of the 19th Century: Deep Storage of Hydraulic Mining Sediment Along the Lower Yuba River, California.
- 1977. Nakata, John. Distribution and Petrology of the Anderson-Coyote Reservoir Volcanic Rocks. 105 p.
- 1986. Nedell, Susan. Sedimentary Geology of the Valles Marineris, Mars and Antarctic
Dry Valley Lakes. 150 p.
*COLLEGE OF SCIENCE: Best Student Researcher 1984/85 - First Place* - 1985. Nelson, James. Geotechnical and geologic properties of the Santa Clara formation claystone, Saratoga foothills, Santa Clara County, California. 120 p.
- 1998. Nguyen, Tuan A. Offshore Taiwan Accretionary Prism: New Insights from Reprocessed Multichannel Seismic Data. 53 p.
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- 1983. Oberlindacher, Hans. Geology of the southern part of the Wooley Range Caribou County, Idaho. 110 p.
- 1970. O'Kane, John Jr. Silicoflagellates of Monterey Bay, California. 92 p.
- 1970. Olson, Robert. Geology of the Northweastern Inyo Mountains, Inyo County, California. 73 p.
- 1983. Orlando, Robert. Sedimentology and bedform Morphology in Lower Cook Inlet, Alaska. 75 p.
- 1983. Orris, Greta. A quantitative investigation of landslides in a portion of the Santa Clara formation, Santa Clara County, California (1979). 80 p.
- 1975. Osbun, Erik. Geology of the Sveadal Area, Southern Santa Cruz Mountains, California. 156 p.
- 1981. Ostendorf, Paul. Geology of the Highland Lakes Area Alpine County, California. 89 p.
- 1991. Ostergren, Carol. Tephrochronology of Core E67-126A, Northwestern Gulf of Mexico. 95 p.
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