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 1989
Digital filtering and modelling of the gravity field of the Bitterroot Valley western Montana, Kenneth J. Wells
Theses/Dissertations from 1988
The stratigraphy and sedimentology of the Middle Proterozoic Snowslip Formation in the Lewis Whitefish and Flathead Ranges northwest Montana, Brad C. Ackman
Role of water in the formation of granulite and amphibolite facies rocks Tobacco Root Mountains Montana, Linda M. Angeloni
Particle-size and chemical control of metals in Clark Fork River bed sediment, Edward J. Brook
Distribution and concentration of metals in sediments and water of the Clark Fork River floodplain, Montana, Rebekah Brooks
Stratigraphy and sedimentation of the Ravalli Group (middle Proterozoic Belt Supergroup) in the Mission Swan and Flathead Ranges northwest Montana, Christopher Cronin
The geology and mineralization at the Omar Copper Prospect Baird Mountains Quadrangle Alaska, Peter F. Folger
Relationship between electrical resistivity and hydraulic conductivity in two fractured bedrock aquifers in western Montana, Raymond Lazuk
The Source fate and movement of herbicides in an unconfined sand and gravel aquifer in Missoula Montana, Michael H. Pottinger
Temperature of deformation and minimum amount of transport in the Bitterroot mylonite zone Bitterroot Range Montana, Karen C. Sixt
Hydrogeology of the Jocko Valley west-central Montana, William R. Thompson
Arsenic mobilization in response to the draining and filling of the reservoir at Milltown, Montana, Anne Greenough Udaloy
Hydrogeology of the Hamilton north and Corvallis quadrangles Bitterroot Valley southwestern Montana, William Uthman
Effect of urban storm water injection by Class V wells on the Missoula aquifer Missoula Montana, Karen L. Wogsland
Theses/Dissertations from 1987
Water resource analysis of the Sullivan Flats area near Niarada, Flathead Indian Reservation, Montana, David W. Briar
The geology and geochemistry of the Cotter Basin stratabound + vein copper-silver deposit Helena Formation Lincoln Lewis and Clark County Montana, Gregory B. Byer
Petrogenesis of the Yogo Peak stock Little Belt Mountains Montana, Paige A. Embry
The Stratigraphy and Sedimentology of the Middle Proterozoic Grinnell Formation Glacier National Park and the Whitefish Range NW Montana, Jeffrey A. Kuhn
Depositional history of the Deer Lodge basin western Montana, Paul J. McLeod
Paleoenvironmental interpretation of Tertiary carbonates in western Montana, Anneliese A. Ripley
Structural geology along part of the Blackfoot fault system near Potomac Missoula County Montana, Michael B. Thomas
Paleontology and carbonate petrology across the Marjumiid-Pterocephaliid biomere boundary southwestern Montana, Robert C. Thomas
Nature and origin of bentonites and potassium bentonites northwestern Montana, Susan Claire Walker
A comparison of the thermal profiles of two adjacent thrust plates in western Montana, Christopher Paul Weiss
Petrology structure and tectonic setting of the Hog Heaven volcanics and their relationship to mineralization, Richard E. Zehner
Theses/Dissertations from 1986
Interactions between the Clark Fork River and Missoula Aquifer, Missoula County, Montana, Kenneth W. Clark
Crustal structure of northwestern Montana using seismic refraction techniques, William P. Clement
Evaluation of the potential effects of land use on the hydrology and fluvial geomorphology of the North Fork of the Flathead River, Charles Dalby
Statistical model of mineral wealth in west central Montana, Lynne R. Dickman
A duplex beneath a major overthrust plate in the Montana disturbed belt: Surface and subsurface data, David Michael Dolberg
Mineralization and alteration of the Chisay zone Casapalca mining district Peru, Benjamin E. Eduardo
Hydrogeology of the Victor and Bing quadrangles Bitterroot Valley Montana, Sue Ann Finstick
Synplutonic dikes of the Idaho batholith Idaho and western Montana and their relationship to the generation of the batholith, David Allen Foster
Ductile strain in the overlap zone between the Cordilleran thrust belt and the Rocky Mountain foreland near Melrose Montana, Beth Carol Geiger
An overlap zone between a Laramide Rocky Mountain foreland structure and Sevier-style thrust structures near Bannack Montana, Larry M. Johnson
Controls of gold mineralization in the southern portion of the Hodson Mining District west Mother Lode gold belt California, David Alexander King
Significance of the chloritic breccia zone Bitterroot Dome western Montana, Sharon A. Myers
Geology and Vertebrate Paleontology of the Smith River Basin Montana, Anthony C. Runkel
Petrology, Origin, and Tectonic Interpretation of an Archean Rock Package in the Ruby Range, Southwestern Montana, Michael J. Schaefer
The Boulder batholith as a source for the Elkhorn Mountains volcanics southeast quarter of the Deerlodge 15' quadrangle southwestern Montana, S. Michelle Watson
Theses/Dissertations from 1985
Crustal structure within southwestern Montana and adjacent northeastern Idaho : a seismic refraction study, Garry J. Carlson
Volatile transfer differentiation of the Gordon Butte magma northern Crazy Mountains Montana, Laura A. Emmart
Crustal structure of northwestern Montana, David Wm. Harris
SEDIMENTOLOGY OF TERTIARY SEDIMENTARY ROCKS NEAR SALMON IDAHO (STRATIGRAPHY PALEOGEOGRAPHY LEMHI COUNTY), Sylvia L. Harrison
Carbonate diagenesis and depositional cycles of the Mission Canyon limestone Madison Group of southwestern Montana, George Hudak
Differentiation of a shoshonitic magma at Snake Butte Blaine County Montana, Dave E. Leppert
The stratigraphy and diagenesis of the Rierdon and Swift Formations (Upper Jurassic) Missouri River headwaters basin, James Brent Lippert
Tertiary vertebrate paleontology stratigraphy and structure North Boulder River basin Jefferson County Montana, Donald L. Lofgren
Structural evolution of the southeastern Scapegoat Wilderness west-central Montana, Daniel T. McDonough
Geology of the Idol City area: A volcanic-hosted disseminated precious-metal occurrence in east-central Oregon, Daniel J. McGrane
Structure and petrology of the Rhodes Peak cauldron Montana and Idaho, Steve Simpson geologist.
A gravity and magnetic study of the Skalkaho pyroxenite-syenite complex western Montana, Hollice Andrew Snyder
Petrogenesis of the Lewis Peak-Elk Peak area Judith Mountains Fergus County Montana, Gary Frank Sorensen
Geology and mineralization of the Black Pine Mine Granite County Montana, Dave Waisman
The carbonate petrology and paleoecology of Upper Triassic limestones of the Wallowa terrane Oregon and Idaho, Michael T. Whalen
Theses/Dissertations from 1984
Tertiary sedimentary facies depositional environments and structure Jefferson Basin southwest Montana, Russell B. Axelrod
A reconnaissance investigation of active tectonism in the Bitterroot Valley western Montana, Peter E. Barkmann
An origin for the McCartney's Mountain salient of the southwestern Montana fold and thrust belt, William Campbell Brandon
SEDIMENT, CHANNEL MORPHOLOGY, AND STREAMFLOW CHARACTERISTICS OF THE BITTERROOT RIVER DRAINAGE BASIN, SOUTHWESTERN MONTANA, Kenn D. W. Cartier
LATE QUATERNARY GLACIOLACUSTRINE AND VEGETATIONAL HISTORY OF THE COPPER RIVER BASIN SOUTH-CENTRAL ALASKA, Cathy Lynn Connor
A microstructural perspective of orogenesis in the Pioneer Mountains central Idaho, John Steven Davis
Local geology around Bandbox Mountain (Little Belt Mountains) with emphasis on a Mississippian Age carbonate buildup Judith Basin County Montana, Larry B. French
Geology and differentiation of Round Butte laccolith central Montana, Alan Robert Liptak
Stratigraphy and sedimentation of the Proterozoic Garnet Range formation Belt Supergroup western Montana, Michael F. McGroder
The geology and tectonic history of the Fourth of July Creek area White Cloud Peaks Custer County Idaho, Robert M. Sengebush
Depositional environments and biostratigraphy of the Lower Triassic Thaynes Formation southwestern Montana, Pamela G. Sikkink
Structure of the Rattlesnake area west-central Montana, Ian A. Watson
Theses/Dissertations from 1983
STRATIGRAPHY AND SEDIMENTATION OF THE PRECAMBRIAN REVETT FORMATION, NORTHWEST MONTANA AND NORTHERN IDAHO, David G. Alleman
Petrology of the Mount Shields Formation (Belt Supergroup) western Montana northern Idaho, David A. Barlow
The Proterozoic Greyson-Spokane transition sequence: A stratigraphic and gravity study west-central Montana, Susan L. Bloomfield
Petrology and geochemistry of the Ringing Rocks pluton Jefferson County Montana, Barbara A. Butler
Geology and ore genesis of the Slate Creek area Custer County Idaho, Andrew B. Carstensen
PETROLOGY, PETROGRAPHY AND GEOCHEMISTRY OF SOME PLUTONS SATELLITE TO THE PIONEER BATHOLITH, SOUTHWESTERN MONTANA, Gary D. Eaton
VOLCANIC GEOLOGY AND MINERALIZATION IN THE MT. JORDAN VICINITY CUSTER COUNTY IDAHO, Fess Foster
Fold reorientation and quartz microfabric in the Okanogan dome mylonite zone Washington : kinematic and tectonic implications, John William Goodge
Kinematic interpretation of mylonitic rocks in Okanogan dome north-central Washington and implications for dome evolution, Vicki L. Hansen
Structural geology of the Mt. Haggin area Deer Lodge County Montana, Bruce A. Heise
Diagenesis and metamorphism in the Revett quartzite (Middle Proterozoic Belt) Idaho and Montana, Stephen D. Herndon
Burial metamorphism in Plio-Pleistocene sediments of the Colorado River delta, Scott Jennings
Magma immiscibility in the Box Elder laccolith of north-central Montana, Paul W. Kuhn
Theses/Dissertations from 1982
Geology and mineral deposits of the Emery Mining District Powell County Montana, Salah Al-Khirbash
Petrology and structure Bayonne batholith southeastern British Columbia, Philip M. Barrett
Mylonite zones in the crystalline basement rocks of Sixmile Creek and Yankee Jim Canyon Park County Montana, Robert Robert Burnham
Geology of the Eocene volcanic sequence Mt. Baldy-Union Peak area central Garnet Range Montana, Bruce A. Carter
Tertiary geology of the Muddy Creek basin Beaverhead County Montana, Dennis Gordon Dunlap
Geochemistry geochronology and origin of an Archean greenstone-grainite [sic] terrain Wabigoon Subprovince northwestern Ontario, Sara S. Foland
Field relations petrology and mineralization of the Linster Peak dome Fergus County Montana, Gail L. Kirchner
Early Cretaceous foreland sedimentation of the lower clastic unit Kootenai Formation southern Gallatin County Montana, Marguerite C. Kremer
Magmatic and hydrothermal history of the Emigrant Gulch igneous complex Park County Montana, Richard F. Moore
Heavy metal distribution in the sediments of Flathead Lake Montana, Christopher J. Murray
Mylonitic fabric development through the east flank of the Bitterroot dome Montana, Peter Watson Rankin
Depositional environments and diagenesis of Permian Scaphopod-Bellerophontacean gastropod-bearing beds in southwestern Montana, Sheila M. Roberts