This collection includes theses, dissertations, and professional papers from the University of Montana Department of Geosciences. Theses, dissertations, and professional papers from all University of Montana departments and programs may be searched here.
Theses/Dissertations from 1999
Petrogenesis of the Adel Mountains volcanic field central Montana, Betsy Cunningham
Streambed armoring in Iron Spring Creek Yellowstone National Park Wyoming : ground water-surface water interactions, Jennifer M. DeMonge
Silver- and uranium-bearing veins in the Sunshine Mine, Coeur d'Alene District, Idaho| A genetic relationship?, Rene L. Foehl
Hydrothermal water/groundwater interaction: a comparative study of electromagnetic terrain-conductivity mapping and standard hydrogeochemical techniques, Matthew L. Gibson
Paleontology paleoecology and depositional environments within the Upper Triassic (Norian) carbonate strata of the Antimonio Formation northwest Sonora Mexico, David H. Goodwin
Magma mixing and mingling in the Late Cretaceous Ringing Rocks pluton Jefferson County Montana and implications for the generation of the Boulder batholith, Thomas Charles Johannesmeyer
Sedimentary structures and facies in the Helena and Wallace formations: Middle Proterzoic belt supergroup Montana, D. Jay Johnson
Contaminant and hazardous material characterization for the abondoned Paragon Mine site Shoshone County Idaho, Jeffrey K. Johnson
Early diagenesis of thermal spring deposits, Treavor A. Kendall
Virus occurrence and transport in a cold-water sand and gravel aquifer Frenchtown Montana, Bruce Charles Lauerman
High temperature fluids and calcite vein formation in the Montana disturbed belt west-central Montana, Ruth Lerman
Sedimentology taphonomy and alluvial sequence stratigraphy of the Lower Two Medicine Formation (Campanian) near Choteau Montana, Eric M. Roberts
Theses/Dissertations from 1998
Pit lakes: Their geochemistry and the potential for their remediation, James M. Castro
Hydrologic evaluation of lower Ninemile Creek Missoula County Montana, Randall J. Gould
Hydrothermal copper and platinum group element mineralization in the Revais Creek Intrusion : Flathead Indian Reservation west-central Montana, Daniel David Lauer
Assessing sedimentary architecture using ground-penetrating radar : Cretaceous (Albian) Bootlegger Member Blackleaf Formation central Montana, Timothy Ashworth Meckel
The Effects of discharge variation on dissolved element concentrations through Milltown Reservoir Montana, Jeremy W. Mickey
High grade metamorphism melting and migmatization in the Bitterroot Range Montana-Idaho, Carl M. Schafer
Hydrogen peroxide diel cycling in geothermal waters: Photochemical formation through metal redox cycling, Cindy Wilson
Theses/Dissertations from 1997
Paleomagnetic investigation of the Lower Cretaceous Kootenai Formation western Montana, Kelly M. Brunt
Paleomagnetic and structural analysis of the Wallowa terrane northeast Oregon and west-central Idaho : a reevaluation of the Salmon River suture zone, Joshua N. Distler
Long term variability of trace metal concentrations and carbon-metal relationships in fine-grained sediment of the upper Clark Fork River Montana, Glenna J. Drake
Stratigraphy and sedimentation of the Chamberlain Formation-Newland Formation boundary lower Belt Supergroup (middle Proterozoic) central Montana, Derek L. Feeback
Defining benefit and hazard: Distribution of Upper and Lower Tertiary units on the northeast flank of the Missoula Valley Montana, Will James Harris
Attenuated poliovirus bacteriophage and bromide transport through a coarse-grained aquifer western Montana, Quinn T. Kiley
Facies analysis of the volcaniclastic Two Medicine Formation Wolf Creek Montana, Jonathan T. King
The effect of fine-grained sediment remobilization on metal concentrations: A study of ice jams on the Clark Fork River Montana, Elizabeth M. Landrigan
Investigation of temporal changes of heavy metal concentrations in sediments and water of the Blackfoot River Montana, Jennifer Menges
Impacts by acidic metals-rich groundwater on the hyporheic zone of an intermontane stream, Sonia A. Nagorski
Hydration metamorphism and diabase-granophyre relations in a thick basaltic sill emplaced into wet sediments western Montana, Michael A. Poage
Metamorphism and metasomatism of the Lower Prichard Formation : a petrologic geochemical and thermobarometric study of the lowermost member of the Belt/Purcell Supergroup, Stephen J. Porder
Investigation of the hydrogeology and geochemistry of a floodplain aquifer system impacted by mine tailings Silver Bow Creek Montana, Devin Tremayne Shay
40Ar/39Ar ages of Eocene dikes and the age of extension in a Tertiary magmatic arc Idaho and Montana, Steen W. Simonsen
Lower-Middle Jurassic through Lower Cretaceous sedimentology stratigraphy and tectonics of western Mongolia, Derek John Sjostrom
Biogeochemical cycling of selenium in Benton Lake Montana, YiQiang Zhang
Theses/Dissertations from 1996
Temporal variation of oxide and trace metals in the upper Clark Fork River Montana, Christine Brick
Cumulative effects of septic system disposal on groundwater quality in selected portions of Missoula County Montana, Jeffrey John King
Fate and transport of halogenated aliphatic compounds associated with septic system effluent in an unconfined alluvial ground water system, Sean Thomas Lambert
Hydrologic and geochemical controls on metals partitioning in the vadose zone and shallow ground water zone of a highly-contaminated floodplain near Butte Montana, Juliette Kathleen Lucy
Role of the groundwater system in controlling nutrient loading of a pristine trout stream western Montana, Thomas McCamant
Anomalous platinum-group element occurrence below the JM Reef Stillwater Complex Montana, C. L. McIlveen
Stratigraphic context of Miocene tephras in the Upper Ruby River basin and vicinity southwest Montana, Jon H. Warner
Theses/Dissertations from 1995
Natural background determination and impact quantification in trace metal contaminated river sediments, Steven O. Helgen
Study of the effects of organic matter on silica diagenesis using a geochemical modeling code, Jinliang Li
The geology petrology and volcanic history of the Crater Mountain volcanic complex Lewis and Clark County Montana, David Bruce Parker
Surface water and groundwater interaction in a shallow unconfined alluvial aquifer and small mountain stream Silver Bow Creek Montana, Eric William Smart
Theses/Dissertations from 1994
Geochemical processes in a transition zone between surface water and acidic metal-rich groundwater, Shawn Gavin Benner
Temporal and spatial variability of metal concentrations in fine-grained bed sediments and benthic insect larvae of the Clark Fork River Montana, Sally J. Boggs
Groundwater-surface water interactions along the Beaverhead River near Dillon Montana, W. H. Craig
Apparent dispersion of a contaminant plume under transient groundwater flow conditions, Viraf Eruch Engineer
Petrology and provenance of the Middle Proterozoic Bonner Formation and its correlatives Belt Supergroup Montana Idaho and Washington, Mohammad Ahmad Farooqui
Crustal structure of the northern Rocky Mountains based on gravity interpretation, Catherine L. Gaskin
Interaction of the Clark Fork River and the Hellgate Valley Aquifer near Milltown Montana, Scott L. Gestring
Theses/Dissertations from 1993
Alteration and mineralization of the Copper Cliff prospect Garnet Range Montana, Peter C. Ellsworth
Transport and fate of dense non-aqueous phase liquids in an alluvial and karst/fractured aquifer Valley and Ridge Province mid-eastern United States, James Frederick Ford
The role of Fe and Mn oxy-hydroxides in contaminated coarse-grained river sediment, Laura S. Kuzel
Hydrologic model of an intermontane basin Helena Valley western Montana, James P. Madison
Processes affecting the transport of arsenic in the Madison and Missouri Rivers Montana, M. W. Savka
Sheetflood sedimentology and stratigraphy of the Middle Proterozoic Revett Formation Scotchman Peak proposed Wilderness Area Montana, Andrew A. Young
Theses/Dissertations from 1992
Hydrogeology of the Swan River Oxbow Preserve area Lake County Montana, Robert Charles Anderson
Evaluating methods of determining the hydraulic conductivity distribution in a heterogeneous unconfined aquifer, James Gage Billings
Cenozoic volcanism and extensional tectonics of the Timber Hill map area southwestern Montana : disruption of a Neogene paleovalley, Yves Nicholas Garson
Magmatic differentiation of Square Butte laccolith central Montana alkalic province, Cora Terrell Helm
Ductile strain and thrust fault development in the Jocko Mountains west-central Montana, Kathleen M. Ort
Petrology and geochemistry of the peridotite zone in the West Fork area Stillwater Complex Montana, Pavel Reichl
Structure stratigraphy and contact relationships in Mesozoic volcanic and sedimentary rocks east of Pemberton southwestern British Columbia, Janet M. Riddell
Hydrogeology of the central and northwestern Missoula Valley, Clifford A. Smith
The geology and geomorphology of Lobo Mesa: Evidence of middle Miocene volcanism and Quaternary tectonism in the Gravelly Range Montana, Monte P. Smith
Hydrogeologic investigation of the former Burlington Northern fueling site, Missoula, Montana, A. Campbell Stringer
The association of alkalic and subalkalic rocks in the Bearpaw Mountains Montana, Kathy Tureck-Schwartz
Lithostratigraphy and conodont biostratigraphy of the Grove Creek dolomite member of the Snowy Range Formation (Cambrian-Ordovician) Big Snowy Mountains Montana, Patricia G. Weaver
Theses/Dissertations from 1991
Paleomagnetic evidence for thrust sheet rotation along the Rocky Mountain front west-central Montana, Arthur Din Jolly
Numerical flow model of the Missoula Aquifer : interpretation of aquifer properties and river interaction, Ross D. Miller
Structural geology of the Blackfoot thrust system in the Cramer Creek area Missoula County Montana, Patrick H. Reynolds
Structural variations in illite and chlorite in the Belt Supergroup western Montana and northern Idaho, Peter Ryan
Stratigraphy and sedimentology of Baicalia-Conophyton cycles Helena Formation (Middle Proterozoic Belt Supergroup) northwest Montana, Alicia J. Stickney
Hydrologic investigation of Durr and McDonald Swamps Teton County Montana, Allan Wylie
Theses/Dissertations from 1990
Gold mineralization at the American Girl B-zone mine Cargo Muchacho Mountains southeasternmost California, Raul H. Borrastero
Ductile extension in a Late Cretaceous fold and thrust belt Granite County west-central Montana, Stephen N. Buckley
Paleomagnetism of Eocene dikes from the Bitterroot metamorphic core complex: Clockwise crustal rotation during Tertiary extension, Paul Theodore Doughty
Gas bubble and expansion crack origin of "molar tooth" calcite structures in Middle Proterozoic Belt Supergroup western Montana, George Furniss
Intrusion emplacement and thrust faulting Pioneer Mountains Beaverhead County Montana, Kristin L. Gunckel
Burial diagenesis in two non-marine Tertiary basins southwestern Montana, Douglas K. McCarty
Systematic paleontology stratigraphic occurrence and paleoecology of halobiid bivalves from the Martin Bridge Formation (Upper Triassic) Wallowa Terrane Oregon, Christopher A. McRoberts
Survey of the clay mineralogy and diagenesis in the Williston Basin, Jeffery A. Moe
Stratigraphy and chemistry of metal-contaminated floodplain sediments upper Clark Fork River valley Montana, David A. Nimick
Theses/Dissertations from 1989
Hydrogeology of the lower Hayes Creek drainage basin western Montana, Dana S. Bayuk
Epithermal and hot spring gold-silver deposits Republic mining district Ferry County Washington, Eric R. Braun
Structural style in a left-lateral thrust ramp zone Bearmouth Montana, Joseph H. Griffin
Paleomagnetism of the late Cretaceous-Paleocene Adel Mountain volcanics west-central Montana, Jay A. Gunderson
Cenozoic basin evolution in a part of southwestern Montana, Debra L. Hanneman
Simulation of ground water flow in a coarse grained alluvial aquifer in the Jocko Valley Flathead Indian Reservation Montana, Seth V. Makepeace
Modeling of hydrogeologic conditions and ground water quality at an oil well reserve pit Richland County Montana, Scott M. Payne
Depositional environments and tectonic setting of the Lower Cambrian Rosella Formation Cassiar Mountains north-central British Columbia, Michael C. Pope