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Geosciences Master's Theses

The Geosciences Master's Theses Collection contains manuscripts written by Fort Hays graduate students. Due to copyright restrictions some works are limited to on-campus access only. Please contact ScholarsRepository@fhsu.edu for questions regarding access to individual works.

Theses from 2020 2020

Analysis of Clastic Cave Sediment in a Fluviokarst System, Russell Cave, Northeast Alabama, Jonathan Camelo

Weighing the Impacts of Airbnb in Iceland: Multivariate Perspectives, Alexa Gorlick

A Karst Feature Predictability Model within Barber County, Kansas, Gary M. Kelner

State Park Selection as Determined by User Health, Connor Phelan

An assessment of convergence in the feeding morphology of Xiphactinus audax and Megalops atlanticus using landmark-based geometric morphometrics, Edward Chase Shelburne

Use of GIS Spatial Analysis, Remote Sensing, and Unmanned Aerial Systems in Determining the Susceptibility to Wildfires in Barber County, Kansas, Kara Sill

Theses from 2019 2019

Gypsum Karst Speleogenesis in Barber County, Kansas of the Permian Blaine Formation, Kaitlyn Gauvey

Theses from 2018 2018

Exploring The Relationship Between The Nemaha Uplift And The Mid-Continent Rift Using 3D Mapping Visual Analysis, Faris Abanumay

Osteohistology And Skeletochronology Of An Ontogenetic Series Of Clidastes (Squamata: Mosasauridae): Growth And Metabolism In Basal Mosasaurids, Cyrus C. Green

Prospecting for Coal Bed Uranium in Kansas Through the Use of ArcGIS and Uranium Proxies, Logan Howell

Spatial Patterns of Precipitation Trends in the Continental United States, 1950-2016, Shayne O'Brien

Theses from 2017 2017

The Relationship Among Suture Complexity, Shell Form, and Stratigraphic Formation In Ammonites Of The Western Interior Seaway, Darrah Jorgensen

Characterizing Basement Structures to Evaluate Their Influence on Overlaying Sedimentary Layers: Case Study of Three Fields in the Central Kansas Uplift, Muhammad S. Karim

Morphometric Changes In Semicircular Canal Shape Within Theropoda (Dinosauria: Saurischia) And Their Dietary Implications, James Logan King

Analysis Of Big Creek Aquifer Alluvial Facies and Associated Phreatic Surface Contour Maps Hays, Ellis County, Kansas, Krisopher John Neuhauser

UAS-Collected Multispectral Imagery For The Identification Of Rangeland Vegetation In A Southern Mixed-Grass Prairie, Adam Rusk

Hydrogeological Study Of A Municipal Groundwater Well Field In Central Kansas, Tyler Saryerwinnie

Stable Isotope Diet Analysis Of Teleoceras Fossiger From The High Plains Of Kansas, Patrick J. Wilson

Theses from 2016 2016

Dental Microwear Variation In Teleoceras Fossiger (Rhinocerotidae) From The Miocene (Hemphillian) Of Kansas, With Consideration Of Masticatory Processes And Enamel Microstructure, Kelsie Abrams

Petrophysical Attributes, Depositional Environment, And Diagenetic History Of A Mississippian Interval From McPherson County, Kansas, USA, John Hunter Green

An Integrated Analysis Of The Oppliger and Harkness Oil Fields Using Well Log Data and 3D Seismic Data, Casey B. Langdon

Theses from 2015 2015

Redescription Of A Specimen Of Pentaceratops (Ornithischia: Ceratopsidae) And Phylogenetic Evaluation Of Five Referred Specimens From The Upper Cretaceous Of New Mexico, Joshua J. Fry

3D Geometric Morphometrics In Modern And Extinct Foot-Propelled Diving Birds: An Evaluation Of The Tarsometatarsus For Species Identification, Mackenzie E. Kirchner-Smith

Construction Of High Resolution Contour Maps Of Major Oil-Producing Subsurface Layers In Trego, Ellis, Russell, Rush, Barton, And Pawnee Counties, Kansas Using ArcMap, Carol M. Schaffer

Theses from 2013 2013

Identification and Paleoecology of Mammoth Teeth from the Vertebrate Paleontology Collection at the Sternberg Museum of Natural History, Hays, Kansas, Elizabeth Deering

The Extent Of Wetland Vegetation And Wetness Change At Eufaula National Wildlife Refuge From 1984-2012 Examined Using Landsat Thematic Mapper And Enhanced Thematic Mapper Plus Imagery, Jeremy M. Henning

3D Seismic Analysis and Characterization of a Stacked Turbidite Channel: Niger Delta Complex, Anthony Luna

Utilizing A Magnometer To Locate Abandoned Oil Wells In Butler County, Kansas, Christopher D. Neeley

Studying the Relationship between Mud/Salt Flat Habitat and Shorebird Abundance at Two Wetland Areas using Landsat, Dustin Reagan

An Evaluation Of The Source Area For The Former Norges Cleaners Tetrachloroethylene Plume Near Centennial Boulevard And Vine Street, Hays, KS, Over A 20-Year Span Using Past Data To Estimate The Plume Concentration Reduction, Adam Staab

Theses from 2012 2012

Remote Sensing Analysis Of Hydrological Functionality Of Playa Wetlands Using Landsat TM/ETM+ Data, Benjamin F. Grover

Using Landsat Thematic Mapper Satellite Imagery: Assessing And Mapping Trophic State In Cheney Reservoir, Kansas, Dingnan Lu

3-D Seismic Interpretation, Seismic Attribute Analysis, And Well Log Interpretation Of An Area Between Ellis And Rooks Counties, Kansas, Vilma I. Perez de Pottella

Theses from 2011 2011

Mammalian Fauna From The Fullerton Gravel Pit (Ogallala Group, Late Miocene), Morton County, Kansas, Michael Anthony Calvello

Geoenabling A Rural Community Through Web GIS: A Case Study Of The City Of Hays, Ellis County Kansas, Eamonn W. Coveney

The Mammals And Paleoindian Artifact From The Feaster Sand Pit, Late Pleistocene (Wisconsin)-Early Holocene, Of Cowley County (Southeastern), Kansas, Miranda L. Lucas

Spatial Analysis Of A Bioterrorist Attack On Four Major United States Cities Using An Aerosolized Hemorrhagic Fever Virus, Kathryn Prinslow

An Allosaurus From The Morrison Formation (Late Jurassic) Of Converse County, Wyoming, Dennis D. Roth

Theses from 2010 2010

A new Carnosaur (Dinosauria: Theropoda) from the Upper Morrison Formation (Late Jurassic, Tithonian) of Colorado, Sebastian Dalman

Spatial similarities and differences of attributes of three subwatersheds within the middle Smoky Hill river watershed and their relationship to instream total suspended solids, Dustin Fross

Theses from 2008 2008

Biostratigraphy of Sea Turtles and Possible Bite Marks on a Toxochelys (Testudine, Chelonioidea) from the Niobrara Formation, Reira Konuki

Anatomy, Biostratigraphy, Paleoecology, and Systematics of Ectenosaurus Clidastoides (Squamata, Mosasauridae, Kyle Valerio

Use of Electrical Resistivity to Delineate a Suspect Abandoned Brine Evaporation Pond near Russell, Kansas, Mark E. Vishnefske

Theses from 2006 2006

Comparison of Geographic Informasystem Software (Arcgis 9.0 and Grass 6.0) : Implementation and Case Study, Todd R. Buchanan

Description and Analysis of Paleosols Within the Dakota Formation (Cretaceous) in Central Kansas, Scott W. Cumming

Quantifying Ring-Necked Pheasant (Phasianus Colchicus) Population Size in Northwest Kansas Using the Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (Ndvi), Zane A. Engelbert

Systematics, Osteology, Sexual Dimorphism, Age Classes, and Population Dynamics of Teleoceras Fossiger from Jack Swayze Quarry, Clark County, Kansas, and Minium Quarry, Graham County, Kansas, Timothy C. Mullin

Hind Limb and Pelvis Proportions of Hesperornis Regalis: A Comparison with Extant Diving Birds, Francis Nicole Reynaud

Osteology and Phylogenetic Relationships of a New Small Maniraptoran from the Upper Jurassic of Wyoming, William R. Wahl

Theses from 2005 2005

3-D Seismic Interpretation in the Catherine Oil Field Area of Ellis County, Kansas, Matthew L. Dreiling

A Refractory Earth Meteorite: Suggested Distant Impact Ejecta from Chicxulub Impact Crater, Neil Ray

Theses from 2004 2004

Anatomy of Camarasaurus Lentus (Dinosauria: Sauropoda) from the Morrison Formation (Late Jurassic),. . ., Takehito Ikejiri

Detection and Delineation of a Dispersed Chloride Plume in Russell County, Kansas, Roger L. Moses

Theses from 2003 2003

A Ground-Magnetic Study of Rose Dome, Woodson County, Kansas, Caroline A. Davis

Albert Bell Earthlodge Site, Sheridan County, Kansas: A Geophysical Exploration Survey, Levi B. Short

Theses from 2002 2002

Estimating Coastal Erosion Along the Potomac River Using Aerial Photography, Remote Sensing, and Gis/Gps, George Washington's Birthplace National Monument, Virginia, Sarah A. Derouin

Detectability of Salt-Affected Soil Anomalies in North-Central Oklahoma Using Hyperspectral Remote Sensing Data, Daryl W. Ebbert

Analysis of the Structural Geology in the South Desert of Capitol Reef National Park, Utah, Christopher Pellowski

Taxonomic and Taphonomic Study of a Sauropod from the Brushy Basin Member, Morrison Formation (Jurassic), Utah, David R. Schmidt

Ecological Preferences and Behavior of Palaeologus Haydeni with Implications for Leporid Evolution, Brian W. Steffen

Theses from 2001 2001

The Coyotes of Porcupine Cave, Colorado, with an Analysis of Craniodental Variation in Canis Latrans and Canis Lepophagus, Gaberiel Bever

Use of Electrical Resistivity and Seismic Refraction to Determine Brine Contamination in Western Russell County, Kansas, Denny J. Martin

Theses from 2000 2000

Systematics of the Fossil Equidae (Mammalia: Perissodactyla), Minimum Quarry, Graham County, Kansas, Michelle K. Darnell

Surficial Geology, Quartz Arenite Geometry, and Depositional Environment of the Dakota Formation (Cretaceous) in the Dorrance Nw 7.5' Quadrangle, Eastern Russell County, Kansas, Timothy Phlieger

A New Irvingtonian Water Shrew (Insectivora: Soricidae) from Nuckolls County, Nebraska: Systematics, Functional Morphology and Paleoecology, Cinda Lee Timperley

Theses from 1999 1999

Depositional Environment and Fossil Biota of a Thin Clastic Unit of the Kiowa Formation, Lower Cretaceous (Albian), McPherson County, Kansas, Joseph C. Beamon

Petrology of the Owyhee Basalt, Malheur County, Oregon : Potential Example of Renewed Magmatism Within a Post-Subductive Setting, Terry J. Crotwell

A Historical and Mechanical Description of Ptychodus (Chondrichthyes) Dententions with Notes on the Distribution and Systematics of the Genus, Michelle L. David

Teleorhinus (Crocodylimorpha) from the Dakota Formation (Cretaceous) of Kansas, with a Discussion of its Paleoecology, William Garcia

Osteology and Relationships of Spinosuchus Casseanus Huene, 1932 from Texas (Dockum Group, Upper Triassic): A New Interpretation, H.Robbins Richards

Theses from 1998 1998

Petrology, Depositional Environments, and Petroleum Potential of the Codell Sandstone and Juana Lopez Members of the Carlile Shale, Southeast, Pavel Galperin

Structural Geology of a Portion of the Big Bend Draw Quadrangle, Emery County, Utah, Emmet H. McGuire

Effects of Anthropogenic Landuse and Natural Characteristics on the Recharge of the Big Creek Aquifer, Hays, Kansas, Using Geographic Information Systems (Gis), Laura L. Rand

Stratigraphy and Petrography of the Codell Sandstone and Adjacent Units in the Subsurface of the West-Central Denver Basin, Adams, Larimer, and Weld Counties, Yelena Sablina

Theses from 1997 1997

Static Water Level Fluctuations of the Big Creek Alluvial Aquifer in the Vine Street Area, Hays, Ellis County, Kansas, 1993-1994, Karen Schmidt

Mammals of the Rhino Hill West Fauna, Miocene (Hemphillian), Wallace County, KS, Steven C. Wallace

Theses from 1996 1996

The Kiowa Formation as an Aquitard Between the Dakota Formation and the Cedar Hills Sandstone in Rooks, Ellis, and Russell Counties of North- Central Kansas, Bruce D. Basye

An Integrated Gis Database, Geologic and Paleontologic Reconnaissance, and Areal Correlation of Soils to Geology Within Cimarron National Grasslands, Morton County, Kansas, Kevin L. McNinch

Theses from 1995 1995

Exploration Criteria for Au and Ag-Ore Deposits in the Pony Express Member of the Jurassic Wanakah Formation, Northeastern San Miguel County, Colorado, Douglas N. Dreiling

Simulation and Interpretation of Groundwater Flow in the Dakota Aquifer, Hays Area, Ellis County, Kansas, Karuppiah Muralidaran

Theses from 1994 1994

Interpretation of Groundwater Quality in Lower Cretaceous Rocks of Western Kansas Using Borehole Geophysical Logs, Kevin R. Collins

The Beckerdite Local Biota, (Miocene: Early Hemphillian) Clark County, Southwestern Kansas, Gregory A. Liggett

Soil-Gas Radon Concentrations in Selected Rock Units and Sediments in Ellis County, North-Central Kansas, Robert M. Rohlfs

Paleobiology of the Late Cretaceous Shark, Cretoxyrhina Mantelli (Lamniformes: Cretoxyrhinidae), from Kansas, Kenshu Shimada

Theses from 1993 1993

Selection of Potential Landfill Sites for Ellis County, Kansas Utilizing the Geographic Information System Idrisi, Theron Barton

Geology and Avifauna of the Late Pleistocene and Middle Holocene Blonquist Rockshelter, Summit County, Utah, Barbara A. Beasley

Climatic Implications of Terrestrial Arthropods from the Parachute Creek Member (Middle Eocene), Green River Formation, Garfield County, Colorado, Larry A. Codington

Biostratigraphy of Mosasauridae (Squamata, Varanoidea) from the Smoky Hill Chalk Member, Niobrara Chalk (Upper Cretaceous) of Western Kansas, Bruce Schumacher

Theses from 1992 1992

Depositional Environment of the Ogallala Group (Miocene), Minium Quarry, Graham County, Kansas, Julie M. Churchill

Comparative Morphology and Evolution of Teleoceras (Mammalia: Rhinocerotidae), George J. Gerhold

Groundwater Conditions in the Ranegras Plain Basin, La Paz and Yuma Counties, Arizona, Bradley Johnson

Geochemistry of Groundwater and Gases in the Vadose Zone in Selected Parts of Hays, Kansas, Satya P. Sinha

Aspects of the Functional Morphology, Phylogeny, and Paleoecology of the North American Miocene Rhinoceros, Aphelops, David Wilcots

Theses from 1991 1991

Geologic Characteristics of the Calvert Ash Bed, Ogallala Group (Miocene), Western Kansas, Sandra L. Potter

Hydrogeology of the Codell Sandstone Member, Carlile Shale (Upper Cretaceous), in Western Kansas, Russell G. Weigand

Theses from 1990 1990

An Analysis of Mesoscopic Structures in Selected Areas Within the Potato Hills, Ouachita Mountains, Oklahoma, Mark W. Allen

Stratigraphy, Sedimentation, and Paleoenvironment of the Cedar Mountain Formation and the Dakota Sandstone (Cretaceous) in West-Central Emery County, Utah, David A. Hunter

Spatial and Temporal Variations in Precipitation and Runoff in the Upper Saline River Drainage Basin, Kansas, 1956-1987, Rodney Tremblay

Geologic and Cultural Effects Upon Water Quality of the Hillsdale Reservoir, Miami County, Kansas, Thomas E. Zahner

Theses from 1989 1989

Ground Water Investigation of Possible Leaching from Sanitary Landfill Disposal Sites : Ellis and Russell Counties, Kansas, John Douglas Anderson

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