MS Theses completed in the Geological Sciences Program, University at Albany

Listing by advisor (some jointly advised and thus appear twice); each entry is a link to the abstract.
Details of any individual's subsequent employment or location may well be missing, or incomplete.

J.M. Bird (1962 - 1972; departed to Cornell)
Lang D.   1969
Origin of the Mount Merino Chert and Shale, Middle Ordovician, Eastern New York State

G.W. Putman (1967 - 1992; retired)
Peddada A.   1972
Petrology of the Nemeiben Lake Ultramafic and Associated Nickel-Sulphide Deposits
Hoffman M.A.   1975
A Study of Some Petrologic and Structural Aspects of the East Dover Ultramafic Bodies, South Central Vermont
Young, J.R.   1980
Saratoga: the bubbles of reputation and their implications for an embryonic rift system in the upper Hudson River Valley
environmental consulting company, New York
Hall P.C.   1984
Some aspects of deformation fabrics along the Highland/Lowland boundary, northwest Adirondacks, New York State
banking
Mihalich J.   1987
Granitic pegmatites in the southeastern Adirondacks: their use as indicators of temperature, pressure, and fluid conditions during a late stage of the Grenville Orogeny
environmental consulting company, New Jersey
Tice, S.  1992
A paleoseismic investigation of the McGregor Fault, east-central New York

A. Miyashiro (1971 - 1990; retired)
Lee V.J.B.   1974
Petrography, Metamorphism, and Geochemistry of the Bermeja Complex and Related Rocks in Southwestern Puerto Rico and their Significance in the Evolution of the Eastern Greater Antillian Island Arc
family business, Brazil
Ree. B. 1991
Mineral paragenesis of the granulite facies in the Lake George area, New York
spouse of Jin-Han Ree (see PhD page)

J.F. Dewey (1970- 1981; departed to Durham, UK)
Karson J.A.  1975
Structural Studies in the Mafic and Ultramafic Rocks of the Lewis Hills, Western Newfoundland
PhD SUNYA; faculty Duke University
Sengor A.M.C.  1979
Geometry and Kinematics of Continental Deformation in Zones of Collision: Examples from Central Europe and Eastern Mediterranean
PhD SUNYA; faculty Istanbul Technical Univ.
O'Connell S.   1979
Geology of the Mafic/Ultramafic Transition, Table Mountain, Western Newfoundland
PhD Columbia University; Wesleyan Univ faculty

W.D. Means (1965 - 1998, retired)
Gregg W.J.  1975
Structural Studies in the Moretown and Cram Hill Units near Ludlow, Vermont
PhD SUNYA; faculty Michigan Tech
Washington P.   1981
Structural analysis of an area near Middlebury, Vermont
PhD Univ of Connecticut, Storrs; NC Dept of Environmental Conservation; Univ NE Louisiana
Vollmer F.W.   1981
Structural Studies of the Ordovician Flysch and Melange in Albany County, New York
PhD Univ of Minnesota; faculty SUNY New Paltz
Xia Z.    1983
Geology of the western boundary of the Taconic Allochthon near Troy and the anastomosing cleavage in the Taconic Melange
faculty U Mass Boston, Geography Dept
Mora J.   1984
Chatham Fault Zone, Old Chatham-East Chatham, New York: mesostructures and microstructures: their spatial and age relationships
Venezuela oil company geologist
Hall P.C.   1984
Some aspects of deformation fabrics along the Highland/Lowland boundary, northwest Adirondacks, New York State
banking
Bradley L.    1984
Structural analysis of deformed Carboniferous strata, Mispec Beach, Southern New Brunswick
geological consulting company, Anchorage
Will T.    1987
Structural investigations on experimentally and naturally produced slickensides
PhD Monash University, Melbourne
Lee, Y-J. 1991
Slickenside petrography: slip-sense indicators and classification
PhD Texas A&M
Schimmrich, S. 1991
Evaluation of computational methods of paleostress analysis using fault-striation data
PhD U Illinois Urbana; teaching at Ulster CC
Arz, C. 1992
Thermal-mechanical response to an intruding magma chamber
Tice, S.  1992
A paleoseismic investigation of the McGregor Fault, east-central New York
Groundwater Technology, Albany; teaching high school in Plattsburgh
Hayman, N.W.   1997
Pre-thrust normal faults and post-tectonic micas in the Taconic Range of west-central Vermont
PhD Univ. Washington

P.J. Fox (1971 - 1982; departed to URI)
Hoyt W.H.   1976
Long-Distance Turbidite Correlations in the Horseshoe Abyssal Plain
PhD Univ of Delaware; faculty Northern Colorado Univ.
Scanlon K.  1979
Paleoclimatic Implications of Oxygen Isotope and Sedimentological Study of Late Miocene and Early Pliocene Sediments from the South Atlantic, Western Indian Ocean, and the Gulf of Aden
US Geological Survey Woods Hole, MA
Malcolm F.   1979
Petrography, Mineral Chemistry and Microstructures of Gabbros from the Mid-Cayman Rise Spreading Center
ordained Episcopal priest, Salisbury, MD
Stroup J.   1981
Geologic investigations in the Cayman Trough and the nature of the plutonic foundation of the oceanic crust
fiction author; spouse of Fox, P.J. (see former faculty)
Moody R.H.   1982
The geology of the Oceanographer Transform Fault
Gallo D.G.    1984
The influence of Oceanic Transform Boundaries on the generation and evolution of Oceanic Lithosphere
PhD Univ of Rhode Island, Oceanography; WHOI

W.S.F. Kidd (1974 - 2010, retired)
Delano (Jacobi) L.L. 1977
Stratigraphy, Depositional Environment and Structure of the Taconic Allochthon, Central Washington County, New York
Sun Oil, Dallas;
Rowley D.B.   1979
Complex Structure and Stratigraphy of Lower Slices of the Taconic Allochthon Near Middle Granville, New York
PhD SUNYA; research scientist, faculty, Univ. of Chicago
O'Connell S.   1979
Geology of the Mafic/Ultramafic Transition, Table Mountain, Western Newfoundland
PhD Columbia University; Wesleyan Univ faculty
Livaccari R.F.   1980
Geology of the Lewisporte/Loon Bay Area, Newfoundland, Canada
Earth Satellite Corp, Chevy Chase, MD; PhD Univ. of New Mexico; Mesa State College, Colorado
Idleman B.D.   1981
Geology of the Plutonic and Hypabyssal Rocks of the Betts Cove Ophiolite Complex, Newfoundland
PhD SUNYA; faculty Western Carolina University; Research Scientist Lehigh Univ.
Blake, R.W.   1982
The Structural Geology of the Tectonized Ultramafic Suite of the Table Mountain Massif, Bay of Islands Complex, Newfoundland
Texaco, Houston/New Orleans
Moody R.H.   1982
The geology of the Oceanographer Transform Fault
Steinhardt C.  1983
Structure and Stratigraphy of West Haven, Vermont
PhD Univ of Queensland, Townsville; family business, Germany
Savci G.   1983
Structure and tectonics of the Keban metamorphics in the northern margin of the Bitlis suture zone, Southeastern Turkey
PhD Univ of Houston; environmental geology, Denver
Tanski S.     1984
Provenance study of the Middle Ordovician sandstones of New York and western Vermont
US Government
Harris J.M.   1984
The geology of ophiolitic and adjoining rocks of Chagnon Mountain, southern Quebec
Gulf Oil, Houston;
Gallo D.G.    1984
The influence of Oceanic Transform Boundaries on the generation and evolution of Oceanic Lithosphere
PhD Univ of Rhode Island, Oceanography; WHOI
Kusky T.M.   1985
Geology of the Frozen Ocean Lake - New Bay Pond area, north-central Newfoundland
PhD Johns Hopkins; faculty Boston University, St. Louis Univ.
Kozinski J. 1985
Sedimentology and tectonic significance of the Nutzotin Mountains Sequence, Alaska
USGeological Survey, New Jersey; law school
Idleman K.  1985
The Significance of Shear Zones Within the Plutonic Section of North Arm Mountain, Bay of Islands Ophiolite Complex, Newfoundland
spouse of Idleman, B.D., see above
Aparisi M.   1985
Stratigraphy and structure of the Ganson Hill area: northern Taconic Allochthon
research assistant NYS Geological Survey;
Hoffman P.M.   1986
Dolomitization of the Hatch Hill Arenites and the Burden Iron Ore
PhD Queens College, CUNY;
Stella P.   1987
Geology of the northern Baie Verte Peninsula, Newfoundland, Canada
Ministry of Geology, Sultanate of Oman; mining geology company, Chile, Colorado
Roma M.   1987
The Providence Island Formation in the northern Appalachian Region - a Lower-lower Middle Ordovician analogue to recent arid-semiarid tidal-flat carbonates of the Persian Gulf Trucial Coast
environmental consulting company; NYS Dept. of Transportation
Hoak T.E.   1987
Structural Analysis Across the Northeast Boundary of the Taconic Allochthon, West-Central Vermont
PhD Univ of Texas, Austin;
Bierbrauer, K. 1990
The geology of Taconic thrust sheets and surrounding carbonates of the west central Vermont marble belt, north of Rutland, Vermont
PhD Wurzburg
Bruchert, V. 1992
The origin of metalliferous argillites in the Shoal Arm Formation of north-central Newfoundland
PhD Indiana
Herrman, R. 1992
The geology of the Vermont Valley and the western flank of the Green Mountains between Dorset Mountain and Wallingford, Vermont
environmental co, Germany
Achong, C.  1993
Identifying key variables associated with the temporal and spatial distribution of prolific marine petroleum source rock (MPSR) units and its application to the Taconic Foreland Basin, eastern New York
PhD Cornell; Texaco
Plesch, A.  1994
Structure and tectonic significance of deformed medial Ordovician flysch and melange between Albany and Saratoga Lake and in the central Hudson Valley, New York
PhD GeoForschungsZentrum Potsdam; post-doc Harvard
Haschke, M.R.  1994
The Champlain thrust system in northwestern Vermont - structure and lithology of the Taconic foreland sequence in the Highgate center quadrangle
PhD Berlin;
Granducci, J.L.  1995
Stratigraphy and structure at the southern end of Lake Champlain in Benson, Vermont
Hayman, N.W.   1997
Pre-thrust normal faults and post-tectonic micas in the Taconic Range of west-central Vermont
PhD Univ. Washington
Short, H.A.   1999
The geology of the Liberty-Orrington-Passagassawakeag/Fredericton Trough terrane boundary in the Bucksport-Orland area, coastal Maine
PhD Univ. Maine
Ashcroft, T.J.   2002
Field relations, structural geology, and geochemistry of the Jonestown volcanic field, Lebanon County, southeastern Pennsylvania
Marsellos, A.E., 2006
Mapping of a detachment fault in Kythera Island and study of the related structural shear sense indicators

K.C. Burke  (1973 - 1983; departed to LPI Houston)
Grippi J.  1978
Geology of the Lucea Inlier, Western Jamaica
Cities Service Oil; Amoco, Bakersfield;
Sengor A.M.C.  1979
Geometry and Kinematics of Continental Deformation in Zones of Collision: Examples from Central Europe and Eastern Mediterranean
PhD SUNYA; faculty Istanbul Technical Univ.
Pindell J.     1981
Permo-Triassic reconstruction of Western Pangea and the evolution of the Gulf Of Mexico-Caribbean region
PhD Univ of Durham, UK; independent consultant
Klimetz M.P.   1983
The Pre-Tertiary geology and Mesozoic tectonic evolution of Eastern China, Southeast Asia and adjacent regions
Plenum Publishers, New York; high school teaching NYC
Cooper C.     1983
Geology of the Fondo Negro region, Dominican Republic
PhD Rice University;
Baldwin S.   1984
Fission track dating of detrital zircons from the Scotland Sandstones, Barbados, West Indies
PhD SUNYA; post-doc ANU; faculty Univ. of Arizona; Syracuse Univ.

S.E. Delong (1973 ~ 1993; absconded to administration)
White C.A.   1979
Petrology and Mineral Chemistry of some Jan Mayen volcanics
Sullivan J.W.   1981
Some chemical and mineralogical aspects of plutonic rocks from the North Arm Mountain Massif, Bay Of Islands Ophiolite, Newfoundland
Technical Specialist, Univ of Houston, Dept of Geology; computer network administrator
Ach J.   1982
The Petrochemistry of the Ankara Volcanics, Central Turkey
USGS Menlo Park;
Wolf D.    1987
Identification of endmembers for magma mixing in Little Sitkin Volcano, Alaska
environmental consulting company, Albany, NY; MBA sunya;
Dyer J.      1987
Petrology of the Kula Volcanic Field, Western Turkey
PhD Minnesota;
Eberle, U. 1990
Application of a trace element fractionation model to cumulate gabbroic xenoliths of Mauna Kea, Hawaii
Gaetani, G.A. 1990
Petrology and major element geochemistry of basaltic glasses from the Blanco Trough, northeast Pacific
PhD MIT; post-docs Caltech; RPI;  WHOI
Vogel, S.  1993
Trace-element modelling of melting in spinel peridotites

T.M. Harrison (1982 - 1989; departed to UCLA)
Be K.  1983
Geological and thermal aspects of the southern San Joaquin Basin, California: application of the 40Ar/39Ar stepwise heating technique to detrital microclines
art conservation - Cleveland Museum
Cushing G.W.   1984
The tectonic evolution of the eastern Yukon Tanana Upland, Alaska
ARCO; International Technology Corporation Rochester, NY
Baldwin S.   1984
Fission track dating of detrital zircons from the Scotland Sandstones, Barbados, West Indies
PhD SUNYA; post-doc ANU; faculty Univ. of Arizona; Syracuse Univ.
Mahon K.   1985
A numerical approach for determining the variable ascent velocity of a granitoid diapir
Northrup Corp, Los Angeles

E. Landing [adjunct]
Roma M.   1987
The Providence Island Formation in the northern Appalachian Region - a Lower-lower Middle Ordovician analogue to recent arid-semiarid tidal-flat carbonates of the Persian Gulf Trucial Coast
environmental consulting company; NYS Dept. of Transportation; NY Attorney General's office GIS

G.D. Harper (1984 - 2004; retired)
Ohr M.   1987
Geology, geochemistry, and geochronology of the Lems Ridge olistostrome, Klamath Mountains, California
PhD Univ of Michigan, Ann Arbor; geologist Dames & Moore>URSCorp, Philadelphia
Jones F.R.   1988
Structural geology of the northern Galice Formation, western Klamath Mountains, Oregon and California
environmental consulting company, New Jersey; now in Minnesota
Park-Jones R.E.   1988
Sedimentology, structure, and geochemistry of the Galice Formation: sediment fill of a back-arc basin and island arc in the western Klamath Mountains
environmental consulting company, New Jersey; now in Minnesota
Grady K.A.   1990
Geology and structure of the rocks associated with the basal (Madstone) thrust of the Josephine Ophiolite in southwestern Oregon: evidence for a metamorphic sole
environmental consulting company, Albany, NY; now in Seattle
Greisau, N. 1992
A kinematic study of the Summit Valley Plutonic Complex, Klamath Mountains, California
Law Environmental, Albany; died 2002.
Renda, J.F., 2004

Structural analysis of the Gonic Formation in Berwick, Maine
Katrib [McClung], J., 2005

Source of meta-igneous blocks and structure of the Colebrooke Schist in the Snowcamp Peak area, Pickett Peak terrane, southwestern Oregon

J.W. Delano (1983 - 2012; retired)
Schirnick C.   1990
Origin, sedimentary geochemistry, and correlation of middle and late Ordovician K-bentonites: Constraints from melt inclusions and zircon morphology

PhD equivalent, GEOMAR, Kiel, Germany
Bock B.       1990
Geochemistry of garnet xenocrysts and garnet-bearing xenoliths in Ordovician bentonites
PhD SUNY Stony Brook
Bruchert, V. 1992
The origin of metalliferous argillites in the Shoal Arm Formation of north-central Newfoundland
PhD Indiana
Waechter, J.  1993
Correlation of the Tioga Bentonites using rhyolitic melt inclusions found in quartz phenocrysts as geochemical fingerprints
IT Corporation, Albany
Dannenmann, S.   1997
Analysis of glasses present in quartz and apatite phenocrysts from Ordovician K-bentonites in the Mohawk Valley, NY
PhD SUNYA
Fernandes, V.A.   1999
Major-and minor-element analysis of Apollo 14 volcanic green glasses B, and petrogenic modeling of Apollo 14 green glasses A and B
PhD Manchester

J.L. Pindell [adjunct]
Achong, C.  1993
Identifying key variables associated with the temporal and spatial distribution of prolific marine petroleum source rock (MPSR) units and its application to the Taconic Foreland Basin, eastern New York
PhD Cornell; Texaco

B.K. Linsley (1995 - 2012; departed to LamontDGO)
Ren, L.    1998
Identification of past climate variability of the eastern Pacific Ocean using both d13C and d18O records in corals from Clipperton Atoll (1994-1906)
PhD SUNYA;
Nadeau, J.M.   2000
Oxygen isotopes and metalachlor residues in water samples from a portion of the Canajoharie Creek Watershed, Central New York
Alpha Geoscience, Albany
Ambrosino, A.M.   2001
Sediment characteristics around the Kenyon Island group, Great Sacandaga Lake (NY): economic potential of dredging and land reclamation
Bagnato, S., 2003 
Assessing the paleoclimatic utility of the Indo-Pacific coral genus Diploastrea in a 225-year oxygen isotope record from Fiji
MacDonald, J., 2004 
Stable isotopic and trace metal analyses of two Porites Lobata colonies - Oahu, Hawaii: implications for past seasonal variation and sea surface temperatures and anthropogenic effects on the reef environment
Lantier [Hourigan] G., 2006

Evaluating the deep-sea coral Acanella from Hawaii as a paleoceanographic archive
 
Stolorow, A., 2006

Assessing the Paleoceanographic Potential of the coral Montipora venosa at Fanning Atoll, Central Equatorial Pacific

Zhang, P.,   2007 
Interdecadal-Decadal Climate Variability from Multi-Coral Oxygen Isotope Records in the South Pacific Convergence Zone Region Since 1650AD

J.G. Arnason (1996/2004 - 2008; resigned)
Scott, E.    2002
The use of a synthetic binary solid solution to model igneous textural evolution
Erickson, E.K., 2004 
Road salt application and its effects on sodium and chloride ion concentrations in an urban stream Patroon Creek, Albany, NY
Ratigliano, A.,  2005

The effects of land use changes on soil carbon in the Russian steppe
Begeal C.J.   2008

The effect of chloride ion on heavy metal partitioning and transport in an urban watershed: Patroon Creek, Albany, NY

Gillen J.   2009 
The effect of vegetated roofs on acid precipitation runoff
Kricheff J.   2009 
Metal concentrations in native Yupik foodstuffs from St. Lawrence Island, Alaska
Neumann B.G.   2009 
Mercury uptake by aquatic Macrophytes in urban and rural watersheds, Albany County, NY 

C. ver Straeten [adjunct]
Benedict L.    2004
Complexity of Devonian K-bentonites in the Appalachian foreland basin:
geochemical and physical evidence supporting multi-layered K-bentonite horizons

A. Lapenas [joint appointment; primary in Geography & Planning]
Ratigliano A.    2005
The effects of land use changes on soil carbon in the Russian steppe

J. Garver [adjunct]
Montario M.    2006
Thermochronological evidence for Neogene incision of the Rio Pativilca Canyon, northern Peru

Perry S.    2006 
Thermochronology and provenance of the Yakutat terrane, southern Alaska based on fission-track and U/Pb analysis of detrital zircon

L. Taury Smith [adjunct]
Slater B.E.    2007 
Outcrop analog for Lower Paleozoic hydrothermal dolomite reservoirs, Mohawk Valley, NY

 
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