Graduate Theses
Potential graduate students should become familiar with the Department requirements for admission and for obtaining a M.S. degree. Theses will involve the collection and interpretation of original data in the field or laboratory. I expect each student to be self-motivated, manage their own project and assist with obtaining funding. I will help make contacts with collaborators with the intent of each student establishing their own personal relationships. Working with collaborators and inspiring interest in a research project is an important aspect of every student's professional and academic development. Presentation of research results is a required outcome of the thesis, and publication is strongly encouraged.
Student Research
- Michelle Gevedon, beginning Fall 2011, T.B.A.
- Chris Buchen, in progress, Petrology and detrital zircon provenance analysis of the Kings Sequence, Lake Kaweah pendant
- Patty Robards, in progress, Isotopic study of groundwater recharge and geochemical evolution, Tustin-Irvine sub-basin, Orange Co., CA Robards-WIlson-DCK_2010.pdf
- Mike Martin, 2011, A detrital zircon provenance analysis of the Goldstein Peak formation Martin-DCK_2010.pdf
- Elizabeth Seal, 2011, Magma differentiation as recorded by changes in mineral stratigraphy within layered mafic cumulates (western Sierra Nevada batholith, CA) Seal-DCK_2010.pdf
- Bev Berekian, 2008, A mineralogic study of the Consolidated Tungsten mine skarn, Tulare County, CA BerekianGSAabs2006.PDF
- Gary Yoshiba, 1999 (M.S. Environmental Studies), A hydrogeochemical study in the lower forebay area to characterize and delineate groundwater flow in Orange County, CA DCK_AGUabs1999.PDF
