Geosciences Master's Theses
 
This 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.

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Theses from 2023

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The Anatomy and Phylogeny of a New Large Plioplatecarpine Mosasaur From the Campanian Bearpaw Shale of Montana (USA), Richard A. Carr

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Timing of Diversification, Dispersal, and Biogeography of Parrots in the Genus Amazona (Psittaciformes: Psittacidae) Throughout the Caribbean, Visualized in GIS, Christopher Kingwill

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The Relationship Between Climate Social Vulnerability and Asthma, Diane Nunez

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Developing the Housing Attribute and Spatial Index (HASI) Tool to Identify Characteristic Neighborhoods Using Variable Importance Factors Calculated Utilizing Random Forest Regression Modeling in ArcGIS Pro, William A. Wallace

Theses from 2022

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Using Geochemical Composition to Determine Paleo Environmental Conditions and Source Inputs In Paleozoic Rocks Within The Central Kansas Uplift USA, Christiana Fumnanya Eziashi

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Dye Tracing and the Effects of Infrastructure in Hidden River Cave, Horse Cave, KY, Alexa G. Franks

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Three Method Tsunami Vulnerability Analysis of the United States East Coast, Joshua Knolla

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Stable Isotope Analysis of a Platecarpus tympaniticus (Squamata, Mosasauridae) with Actinocamax sternbergi (Mollsuca, Belemnoidea) reveals possible endothermic thermoregulation, Mitchell Lukens

Theses from 2021

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Policy Analysis of Emissions Cap and Trade: The United State and The European Union, Drew Bealby

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Ecological Controls on the Campanian Distribution of Hesperornis (Aves: Hesperornithiformes) in the Western Interior Seaway, Blake Chapman

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A Karst Feature Prediction Model For Prince Of Wales Island, Alaska Based On High Resolution Lidar Imagery, Alexander Lyles

Theses from 2020

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

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

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

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State Park Selection as Determined by User Health, Connor Phelan

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

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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

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

Theses from 2018

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

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

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

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

Theses from 2017

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

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

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