Explore our collection of dissertations, master's theses and master's reports from the Department of Geological and Mining Engineering and Sciences below.
Theses/Dissertations/Reports from 2024
ANOMALY MAPPING OF HEAVY AND LIGHT RARE EARTH ELEMENTS IN CENTRAL UPPER PENINSULA OF MICHIGAN USING GEOSTATISTICS AND FRACTAL ANALYSIS, Sunday Joseph
FORECASTING OF THE NEXT THREE (3) DECADES GLOBAL LITHIUM DEMAND AND PRICING USING MULTIVARIATE STOCHASTIC MODEL., Enoch Nii- Okai
Response of Open Volcanic Systems to Static Stress Changes, Aimee Zimmerman
THE INFLUENCE OF VOLCANO EDIFICE RESONANCE ON THE SEISMIC TRIGGERING OF THERMAL ACTIVITY AT ACTIVE VOLCANOES, Morgana M. Wilke
Theses/Dissertations/Reports from 2023
AGE AND CHEMISTRY OF BELL CREEK BATHOLITH, Elana G. Barth
AN ENTROPY-BASED RISK INDEX (ERI) OF MINING HEALTH AND SAFETY USING CLUSTERING AND STATISTICAL METHODS, Dharmasai Eshwar Reddy Sirigiri
AN INVESTIGATION OF MICROSEISMICITY DURING THE 2018 KILAUEA CALDERA COLLAPSE, Isabella S. Metts
CLIMATE CHANGES IN EL SALVADOR: IMPACTS OF ‘LA CANÍCULA’ (MIDSUMMER DROUGHT) ON AGRICULTURAL PRACTICES AND DECISION-MAKING IN RURAL COMMUNITIES, Paola M. Rivera González
COMPREHENSIVE ANALYSIS OF SEISMIC SIGNALS FROM PACAYA VOLCANO USING DEEP LEARNING EVENT DETECTION, Jessica L. DeVlieg
Developing a regional scale landslide early warning system in a data-sparse region using remote sensing, geostatistics, and Google Earth Engine, Vishnu Chakrapani Lekha
EVALUATING GEOMECHANICAL UNCERTAINTY IN OPEN PIT MINE PLANNING, Evan Ricchio-Hitchcock
EXPLORING GROUND-PENETRATING RADAR RESPONSES TO BASALTIC TERRAIN FOR UPCOMING LUNAR EXPEDITIONS, Caleb J. Kaminski
Information use and decision-making for evacuation at Fuego volcano, Guatemala, Beth A. Bartel
RAIN-INDUCED HAZARDS IN REMOTE, LOW-RESOURCE COMMUNITIES: A CASE STUDY OF FLASH FLOODING IN THE USULUTÁN DEPARTMENT, EL SALVADOR, Natalea Cohen
REMOTE SENSING APPROACH FOR TERRAMECHANICS APPLICATIONS UTILIZING MACHINE AND DEEP LEARNING, Jordan J. Ewing
STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS AND INTERPRETATION OF DEFORMATION ALONG THE KEWEENAW FAULT SYSTEM FROM LAKE LINDEN TO MOHAWK, MICHIGAN, Nolan G. Gamet
STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS AND SLIP KINEMATICS OF THE KEWEENAW FAULT SYSTEM BETWEEN BÊTE GRISE BAY AND GRATIOT LAKE, KEWEENAW COUNTY, MICHIGAN, Daniel J. Lizzadro-McPherson
Theses/Dissertations/Reports from 2022
A GLOBAL SURVEY OF VOLCANIC SO2 EMISSIONS AND HEAT FLUX MEASURED FROM SPACE, Nelmary Rodríguez-Sepúlveda
DEFINING THE ENDMEMBER SYSTEM OF US SOILS AND QUANTIFYING RELATIONSHIPS, AND A HYPERSPECTRAL APPROACH TO THE ALTERATION STRENGTH INDEX, Rachel Rulison
EVALUATION OF PRODUCTION-WELL PERFORMANCE IN RESPONSE TO FORMATION CLOGGING AND REHABILITATION FOR THE KEWEENAW BAY TRIBAL FISH HATCHERY, Brock O. Howell
INJURY SEVERITY MODELING IN MINING INDUSTRY USING WORKERS' COMPENSATION DATA AND DATA ANALYTICS, Poorva Kadrolli
SIMULATING GROUNDWATER POLLUTANT TRANSPORT FOR REMEDIATION DESIGN, ANTRIM COUNTY, MICHIGAN, Abilynn Raetz
THERMOMECHANICAL EVOLUTION OF A MAGMATIC SYSTEM DURING A CALDERA CYCLE: OKATAINA VOLCANIC CENTER, NEW ZEALAND, Jacob Bonessi
USING SENTINEL-1 SYNTHETIC APERTURE RADAR TO DETECT BURN AREA AND BURN SEVERITY IN COASTAL AREAS, CALIFORNIA, Kassidy O'Connor
Theses/Dissertations/Reports from 2021
Advancement of full-vector variable-temperature magnetometry for rock-magnetic and paleointensity applications, Leonid Surovitskii
A METHODOLOGY FOR THE CREATION OF VOLCANIC GAS HAZARD MAPS USING SATELLITE-DERIVED SULFUR DIOXIDE, Sanna J. Mairet
APPLICATION OF REMOTE SENSING FOR PERMAFROST MONITORING IN ALASKA, Iuliia V. Tcibulnikova
COMPARING SCOOP3D AND GIS-TISSA MODELS FOR SLOPE STABILITY ANALYSIS IN IDUKKI, KERALA, INDIA, Stepan Pikul
DYNAMICS OF THE TOBA MAGMATIC SYSTEM AS RECORDED BY CRYSTALS, Olivia Barbee
GAS AND HEAT FLUXES DURING MULTIPLE EFFUSIVE ERUPTIONS OF PITON DE LA FOURNAISE (RÉUNION) AND THEIR IMPLICATIONS FOR MAGMATIC PROCESSES, Pauline Verdurme
HYDROLOGIC INVESTIGATION OF THE CHIWAUKEE PRAIRIE (WISCONSIN) RESTORATION, Nick Potter
ORIGIN AND DISTRIBUTION OF DIFFUSE SOIL CO2 GAS EMISSIONS ACROSS TURRIALBA AND IRAZÚ VOLCANOES, COSTA RICA, Katie Nelson
SEISMOTECTONIC INTERPRETATION OF AN EXPANSIVE SET OF EARTHQUAKE FOCAL MECHANISMS FROM FIRST MOTIONS AND AMPLITUDE RATIOS ON THE YELLOWSTONE PLATEAU, Cristhian Salas Pazmiño
SOIL CO2 DIFFUSE DEGASSING AT CHACHIMBIRO VOLCANO, ECUADOR, Domenicca Mileth Guillen Pachacama
Structural Analysis and Interpretation of Deformation Along the Keweenaw Fault System West of Lake Gratiot, Keweenaw County, Michigan, Sophie A. Mueller
UTILIZATION OF PAENIBACILLUS POLYMYXA IN THE RECOVERY OF LITHIUM BEARING MINERALS, Diana Bullen
Volcan de Fuego: A Machine Learning Approach in Understanding the Eruptive Cycles Using Precursory Tilt Signals, Kay Sivaraj
Theses/Dissertations/Reports from 2020
Assessing the Accuracy of a UAV Snow Depth Survey: Utqiagvik (Barrow), Alaska CALM Grid, Ian Nichols
DEVELOPING INNOVATIVE SPECTRAL AND MACHINE LEARNING METHODS FOR MINERAL AND LITHOLOGICAL CLASSIFICATION USING MULTI-SENSOR DATASETS, Chandan Kumar
Exploring the Need for Improved Precipitation Measurements for Rainfall-Induced Landslides, Katelyn E. Kring
FLUID INCLUSION STUDY OF SELECTED CALCITE ASSOCIATED WITH NATIVE COPPER, QUINCY MINE, KEWEENAW PENINSULA, MICHIGAN, David Kelly
GEOCHEMICAL AND PETROLOGICAL EVIDENCE OF THE GEODYNAMIC EVOLUTION OF THE BELL CREEK BATHOLITH, REPUBLIC QUADRANGLE, MARQUETTE, Anna Dalle Fratte
GLOBAL OPTIMIZATION OF THE OPEN PIT MINING COMPLEX WITH INTEGRATED CUT-OFF GRADE OPTIMIZATION UNDER UNCERTAINTY, Amol Paithankar
JOINT SIMULATION OF CONTINUOUS AND CATEGORICAL VARIABLES FOR MINERAL RESOURCE MODELING AND RECOVERABLE RESERVES CALCULATION, Sentle Augustinus Hlajoane
PHYSICAL MODELING OF THE KRAUKLIS WAVES: INSIGHTS FROM TWO EXPERIMENTAL APPARATUSES, Haitao Cao
QUANTIFYING WATER RECHARGE AND WATER USE IN HAND DUG WELLS: A CASE STUDY OF THIAWOR, SENEGAL, WEST AFRICA, Celine Carus
RAIN GENERATED LAHARS PRIOR TO THE 2018 CATASTROPHIC ERUPTION OF FUEGO VOLCANO, GUATEMALA, Claudia Buondonno
Reconstruction of the 2018 Anak Krakatau collapse using PlanetScope imaging and numerical modeling, Davide Saviano
ROCK MAGNETIC PROPERTIES OF THE L5 ORDINARY CHONDRITE DAULE, Katie E. Bristol
STOCHASTIC INVERSION INTEGRATING SEISMIC DATA, LITHO-FACIES PHYSICAL PROPERTIES, AND MULTIPLE-POINT GEOSTATISTICS FOR RESERVOIR CHARACTERIZATION, Mohamed Mohamed
THE EFFECT OF SPACING OF VETIVER GRASS (CHRYSOPOGON ZIZANIOIDES) HEDGEROWS ON HILLSLOPE EROSION IN EASTERN REGION, GHANA, Evan R. Lanese
The impacts of accessibility on vulnerability of place in Comfort Castle, Jamaica, Heather Thole
THE OVEREXPLOITATION OF THE VALLE DE QUERÉTARO AQUIFER AND ITS IMPACT IN SMALL PERI-URBAN COMMUNITIES, QUERÉTARO, MÉXICO, Kelsey Kirkland
Theses/Dissertations/Reports from 2019
APPLICATION OF A DISTRIBUTED HYDROLOGIC MODEL FOR THE ANALYSIS OF LAND USE CHANGE IN KEDOUGOU, SENEGAL, Francisco Perez
Assessing the spatial and temporal variability of the Detroit River and harmful algal blooms in western Lake Erie, Angela W. Yu
CHARACTERIZING FRESHWATER PHYTOPLANKTON DYNAMICS WITH ELECTRO-OPTICAL REMOTE SENSING, Michael Sayers
Determination of Reduced Salt Dome Hydrocarbon Accumulation Using Full-Azimuth 3D Seismic Data: A Case Study, Ben Pletcher
KEWEENAW FAULT GEOMETRY AND SLIP KINEMATICS - BÊTE GRISE BAY, KEWEENAW PENINSULA, MICHIGAN, Colin Tyrrell
LINKING HISTORICAL, FIELD, AND SATELLITE DATA TO DETERMINE THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN GAS EMISSIONS AND VEGETATION CHANGE IN THE PUHIMAU GEOTHERMAL AREA EAST RIFT ZONE KILAUEA, HAWAII, Christie Torres Rosa
Magnetic Characterization of Iron Formations from drill cores near Iron Mountain, Michigan, Adren Rigdon
PALEOMAGNETIC INVESTIGATION OF IGNEOUS ROCKS DEFORMED BY THE KEWEENAW FAULT IN THE NORTHWESTERN KEWEENAW PENINSULA., Daniel Trekas
SEISMIC SIGNALS AND SOURCES AT FUEGO VOLCANO, GUATEMALA DURING JANUARY 2012, Kyle Brill
SPECTRAL DECOMPOSITION OF SEISMIC DATA USING SPARSE S-TRANSFORM COMPARED TO CONVENTIONAL METHODS, Kara Donahue
TESTING THE USE OF VEGETATION INDICES AS INDICATORS OF PRE-ERUPTIVE VOLCANIC UNREST AT KILAUEA VOLCANO, HAWAII, Quelyn Bekkering
THE ORIGIN OF AN ARCHEAN BATHOLITH IN MICHIGAN’S UPPER PENINSULA, Brandi Petryk
VOLCANO MONITORING FROM SPACE USING HIGH-CADENCE PLANET CUBESATS: APPLICATION TO FUEGO VOLCANO, GUATEMALA, Anna Aldeghi
Theses/Dissertations/Reports from 2018
ANALYZING THE LIFE-CYCLE OF UNSTABLE SLOPES USING APPLIED REMOTE SENSING WITHIN AN ASSET MANAGEMENT FRAMEWORK, El Hachemi Y. Bouali
Application of remote sensing and machine learning modeling to post-wildfire debris flow risks, Priscilla Addison
APPLICATION OF SEISMIC RADIAL ANISOTROPY FOR NEAR-SURFACE FRACTURES IDENTIFICATION, Jer-Yu Jeng
CHARACTERIZING CDOM SPECTRAL VARIABILITY FROM SEAS TO SPACE, Brice Grunert
COMPARISON OF KARSTIFICATION METHODS AND ISOSTATIC REBOUND IN THE SUWANNEE RIVER BASIN, FLORIDA, Toni Larche
DISASTER RISK IN THE LAKE NYOS AREA, CAMEROON: EFFECTS OF THE GAS HAZARD AND SOCIALLY PRODUCED VULNERABILITY, Mary Witucki
GROUND DEFORMATION STUDIES AND EVACUATION BEHAVIOR DURING ERUPTIONS AT GUATEMALAN VOLCANOES, Hans Lechner
Long-term Changes in Extreme Air Pollution Meteorology and Implications for Air Quality, Pei Hou
PROBABILISTIC REGIONAL LANDSLIDE HAZARD ASSESSMENT FOR THE ENGURI DAM (JIVARI, GEORGIA), MARIA DILETTA ACCIARO
RISK QUANTIFICATION IN PRODUCTION PHASE-DESIGN BY CONSIDERING PRICE, VOLUME, AND CALORIFIC VALUE: AN APPLICATION FROM INDONESIAN COAL MINE, Fanteri Aji Dharma Suparno
THE EFFECTS OF EUCALYPTUS PLANTATIONS ON SLOPE STABILITY IN ABAJALE, ETHIOPIA, Levi Rhody
WILDFIRE EMISSIONS IN THE CONTEXT OF GLOBAL CHANGE AND THE IMPLICATIONS FOR MERCURY POLLUTION, Aditya Kumar
Theses/Dissertations/Reports from 2017
COMPARISON OF AMBIENT NOISE METHODS TO FIND SURFACE - WAVE DISPERSION CURVES AT PACAYA VOLCANO, GUATEMALA, Simone Puel
Detecting Overpressure Zones by Using Model Based Inversion in Kupe Field, New Zealand, Timucin Cakir
DEVELOPING A GIS TOOL FOR INFINITE SLOPE STABILITY ANALYSIS (GIS-TISSA), Jonathon Sanders
FORENSIC ANALYSIS OF SHALLOW PRECIPITATION TRIGGERED LAHARS IN 2016 ON CONCEPCIÓN AND MADERAS VOLCANOES, OMETEPE ISLAND, NICARAGUA, Lindsay Ellingson
Magnetic Petrophysics of the Vulcan Iron Formation (Michigan, USA), Matthew Laird
Multiple Suppression from 2-D Shallow Marine Seismic Reflection Data Using Filtering and Deconvolution Approaches: A Case Study from Southwest Taiwan, Fatma Sinem Boyaci
NOVEL METHODS FOR QUANTIFYING SPATIO-TEMPORAL CHANGE IN GLACIATED AND SUBAQUEOUS ENVIRONMENTS, Jordan Mertes
Patterns in eruptions at Fuego from statistical analysis of video surveillance, Monica Castro-Escobar
RISK CONTROL IN PRODUCTION SCHEDULING BY CONSIDERING VOLUME AND GRADE UNCERTAINTIES IN RESOURCE ESTIMATION, Amol Paithankar
Rock Magnetic Investigation of the Michigan Basin Soils and Sediments Overlying the Oil-Bearing Silurian Pinnacle Reefs, Jake Tresnak
USING LiDAR TO MAP THE GEOLOGY AND MORPHOLOGY OF ALLUVIAL FANS: SALTON SEA AREA, CALIFORNIA, Eric Alexander Macleod
Theses/Dissertations/Reports from 2016
A PETROPHYSICAL EVALUATION FOR PERMEABILITY OF A GAS RESERVOIR IN THE TARANAKI BASIN, NEW ZEALAND, Musa Cetin
A SIGNAL ANALYSIS OF CROSSWELL SEISMIC INTERFEROMETRY USING 2D FINITE DIFFERENCE MODELING OF AMBIENT NOISE, Garvie Crane