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 1981
Petrology of Cretaceous and Tertiary intrusive rocks Red Mountains-Bull Trout Point area Boise Valley and Custer Counties Idaho, Stephen T. Luthy
Fenitization in the Heather Ann complex Thompson Falls Montana, Donald J. Schissel
HYDROLOGY AND SUBSURFACE GEOLOGY OF THE MISSISSIPPIAN MADISON GROUP AND POTENTIAL WATER USE FOR AGRICULTURE AND INDUSTRY NORTHWESTERN MONTANA PLAINS, Ann Chalmers Stradley
Structural geology of the Badger Pass area southwest Montana, Gerald M. Thomas
Faulting and slumping during deposition of the Precambrian Prichard Formation near Quinns Montana: A model for sulfide deposition, Terence A. Webster
Petrology and Origin of Archean Lithologies in the Southern Tobacco Root and Northern Ruby Ranges of Southwestern Montana, Michael L. Wilson
Stratigraphy sedimentology and diagenesis of the Precambrian upper Newland Limestone central Montana, Gerald A. Zieg
Theses/Dissertations from 1980
Seismic and gravity investigation of the crust and upper mantle in southwestern Montana, James H. Ballard
Gravity study of the Blackfoot-Nevada Valley area northwestern Montana, Jonathan Cantwell
Structural investigation of a section through the Seven Devils Mountains Idaho, Earl H. Detra
Magma immiscibility in the Shonkin Sag laccolith Highwood Mountains Montana, Carolyn Lorraine Edmond
Petrology and uranium mineralization of the Idaho batholith near Stanley Custer County Idaho, Elise L. Erler
DEPOSITIONAL ENVIRONMENT OF THE EOCENE LAMAR RIVER FORMATION IN YELLOWSTONE NATIONAL PARK, William Jon Fritz
Quaternary geology and geophysics of the Upper Madison Valley Madison County Montana, Steven D. Gary
Origin and classification of the middle Wallace breccias, David W. Godlewski
Water use groundwater conditions and slope failure on benchlands in western Montana: the Darby slide example, Jonathan D. Hoffman
Petrology of the Eocene volcanic sequence Nez Perce and Blue Joint Creeks southern Bitterroot Mountains Montana, Carleen D. Holloway
Stratigraphy clay mineralogy and pesticide analysis of Flathead Lake sediments Flathead Lake Montana, Michael J. Joyce
Magma immiscibility in the Square Butte laccolith of central Montana, George C. Kendrick
Seismic sub-bottom profiling study of recent sedimentation in Flathead Lake Montana, Jerry Kogan
Stratigraphy regional correlation and depositional environment of the Bonner Formation (Precambrian Missoula group southwest Montana), David M. Quattlebaum
Uranium concentration variations in stream water in response to changing stream discharge from paired watersheds in western Montana, Lawrence R. Shore
Petrology and Origin of Precambrian Metamorphic Rocks in the Eastern Ruby Moutains Southwestern Montana, Kevin Smith
Seismicity and gravity studies of faulting in the Kalispell Valley northwest Montana, Michael C. Stickney
Glacial geology of the southern Flathead Valley Montana, Keith L. Stoffel
Precambrian geology of the Boulder River area Beartooth Mountains Montana, Gary Weeks
Theses/Dissertations from 1979
Geology of the Little Boulder Creek molybdenum deposit Custer County Idaho, Patrick Charles Cavanaugh
Hydrogeology and water resources of the Missoula basin Montana, Arthur L. Geldon
Petrology and field relations of Precambrian metasedimentary and metaigneous rocks west of Twin Bridges southwestern Montana, Elizabeth A. Gordon
Petrology and origin of the Camp Creek corundum deposit southwest Ruby Range Montana, Eric R. Haartz
The Skalkaho pyroxenite-synite complex east of Hamilton Montana and the role of magma immiscibility in its formation, Jeffrey J. Lelek
Correlation of the upper Wallace with the lower Missoula group and resulting facies interpretations Cabinet and Coeur d'Alene Mountains Montana, Stephen R. Lemoine
Depositional environments and petrology of the Fort Union formation near Livingston Montana: An evaluation as a host for sandstone type uranium mineralization, Joseph T. Piombino
A reconnaissance of the late Tertiary and Quaternary geology geomorphology and contemporary surface hydrology of the Rattlesnake Creek watershed Missoula County Montana, Washington I. Van der Poel
STRUCTURE AND PETROGRAPHY BELOW THE BITTERROOT DOME IDAHO BATHOLITH NEAR PARADISE IDAHO, Charles Gilbert Wiswall
Theses/Dissertations from 1978
Petrography and chemistry of the East Fork dike swarm Ravalli Co. Montana, Ruth Hall Badley
Origin of Cherry Creek amphibolites from the Winnipeg Creek area of the Ruby Range southwestern Montana, James Walter Bielak
Pedogeochemical and biogeochemical trends at the Heddleston porphyry copper-molybdenum deposit Lewis and Clark County Montana, Bruce Castle
Structural and Petrologic Study of Precambrian Ultramafic Rocks Ruby Range Southwestern Montana, Neal Raymond Desmarais
Depositional environment of the Pagoda Pentagon and Steamboat formations (Middle Cambrian) northwest Montana, Theodore R. Enterline
Origins of cleavage in the Wallace Formation Superior Montana, John Lowell Laudon
Petrology alteration and mineralization of the Poorman Creek-Silver Bell stock porphyry Cu-Mo deposit, James M. McKee
Structure and petrology of the Sheepeater Peak area Idaho Primitive Area Idaho, Bruce R. Otto
Mixed basalt-rhyolite assemblages in Yellowstone National Park: The petro-genetic significance of magma mixing, Debra Winter Struhsacker
THRUSTING IN THE NORTHWESTERN MONTANA OVERTHRUST BELT, Brian G. White
Geology of the Birch Creek molybdenite prospect Beaverhead County Montana, Gearld F. Willis
Theses/Dissertations from 1977
McNamara-Garnet Range transition (Precambrian Missoula Group), Donald I. Bleiwas
Mineralogical and elemental trends in the Stibnite Hill Mine Sanders County Montana, William A. Bratney
Diagenesis of the Lower Ordovician Manitou Formation El Paso County Colorado, John R. Forster
Geology of a portion of the Eocene Sylvan Pass volcanic center Absaroka Range Wyoming, Daphne D. LaPointe
Small laccoliths and feeder dikes of the northern Adel Mountain volcanics, Celia Kathleen Whiting
PETROLOGY AND PETROGRAPHY OF A SECTION ACROSS THE BITTERROOT LOBE OF THE IDAHO BATHOLITH, Larry D. Williams
Theses/Dissertations from 1976
RELATION OF SHALE PETROLOGY TO VARIATIONS IN PHYSICAL PROPERTIES OF CLASTIC SEDIMENT ACROSS THE MONTANA DISTURBED BELT, Frederick Brunson Bodholt
Geothermal investigation of the Alvord Valley, southeast Oregon, John Gladden Cleary
SHALLOW GROUNDWATER SALINIZATION IN DRYLAND FARM AREAS OF MONTANA, Stephan G. Custer
Mineralogy and structure of the Stibnite Hill Mine Thompson Falls Montana, Pedro A. Marin Rivera
VERTEBRATE PALEONTOLOGY STRATIGRAPHY AND SEDIMENTATION OF THE UPPER RUBY RIVER BASIN MADISON COUNTY MONTANA, James S. Monroe
Early Miocene mammals from the Lemhi Valley of Idaho, Ralph Nichols
Structural styles of the southern boundary of the Sapphire tectonic block Anaconda-Pintlar Wilderness Area Montana, Charles Gilbert Wiswall
Theses/Dissertations from 1975
Alteration petrology in the Potosi Mining District Tobacco Root Mountains Montana, Michael James Burnside
Geology of the central Wise River Valley Pioneer Mountains Beaverhead County Montana, James Morgan Calbeck
A PETROCHEMICAL MODEL FOR THE TUNGSTEN-BEARING SKARNS IN THE PIONEER MOUNTAINS MONTANA, Benjamin I. Collins
A section of the northern boundary of the Sapphire tectonic block, William Leo Desormier
MIGMATITES ALONG THE NORTHERN BORDER OF THE IDAHO BATHOLITH, Bruce R. Johnson
A GEOPHYSICAL INVESTIGATION IN THE BITTERROOT VALLEY WESTERN MONTANA, Robert W. Lankston
Petrogenesis of the Purcell Sill Glacier National Park Montana, Peter Francis Mejstrick
Correlation of remote sensing, biogeochemical, and geochemical techniques in prospecting for ore deposits, Arthur Chesney Pincomb
MARINE CYCLES IN THE LOWER MONTANA GROUP MONTANA AND SOUTH DAKOTA, George W. Shurr
Regional tectonic systems of the Pacific Northwest delineated from ERTS-1 imagery, Linda Kay Wackwitz
Structural and metamorphic geology of the Bass Lake area northern Bitterroot Range Ravalli County Montana, R. David Williams
Geothermal potential in the Bearmouth area Montana, Thomas Roy Williams
Theses/Dissertations from 1974
Effects of clearcutting on water discharge and nutrient loss Bitterroot National Forest Montana, Tom Bateridge
Mineralogical and elemental trends in the Lucky Friday Mine Mullan Idaho, Thomas Scott Bryan
A sulfur isotopic and major element study of the lower Chester Vein Sunshine Mine Idaho, Richard Huntington Harris
Telluric current survey over two known geothermal areas, Robert Glen Hawe
A study of the mafic rocks along the eastern flank of the Flint Creek Range western Montana, Katherine Taft Hawley
Examination of metamorphism and scapolite in the Skalkaho region southern Sapphire Range Montana, Timothy Earle La Tour
Carbonate petrology of the "upper Hasmark" Cambrian of southwestern Montana, Monte Laurence Pearson
Microfossils of the upper part of the Fort Union formation southeastern Montana, Sylvia Frances Spindel
STRATIGRAPHY AND DEPOSITIONAL ENVIRONMENTS OF THE MORRISON AND KOOTENAI FORMATIONS IN THE GREAT FALLS AREA CENTRAL MONTANA, Thomas Franklin Walker
Water resource and hazard planning report for the Clark Fork River Valley above Missoula Missoula County Montana, Robert J. Wheeler
TEXTURAL AND GEOCHEMICAL FEATURES OF THE HIGHWOOD MOUNTAINS VOLCANICS CENTRAL MONTANA, Michael J. Woods
Theses/Dissertations from 1973
Fission track age dates from three granitic plutons in the Flint Creek Range western Montana, Joseph Bruce Baty
MECHANICS OF INTRUSION AND PETROCHEMICAL EVOLUTION OF THE ADEL MOUNTAIN VOLCANICS, Joseph J. Beall
Permian Phosphoria bioherms and related facies southeastern Idaho, Marvin Del Brittenham
Petrogenesis of orbicular migmatites bordering the Idaho batholith Shoup Idaho, Bruce Ellis Cox
Geology of the Blackbutte mercury mine Lane County Oregon, Robert E. Derkey
Sedimentation and stratabound copper of the lower Miller Peak formation, Alan Richard Gensamer
UPPER-MISSISSIPPIAN AND PENNSYLVANIAN SEDIMENTS OF CENTRAL MONTANA, William Langseth Harris
Permian carbonate facies of the Franson member Phosphoria formation southwestern Montana, Thomas Stewart McClellan
Flood hazard mapping in the Bitterroot Valley Montana, K. Michael Nolan
Theses/Dissertations from 1972
Permian carbonate facies Wind River Mountains and western Wind River Basin Wyoming, Dennis Carl Ahlstrand
Petrologic relationships of layered meta-anorthosites and associated rocks Bass Creek western Montana, John Thomas Cheney
Geophysical Investigation of the Montana Lineament, Jesse K. Douglas
Fission track and K-Ar dates on the northeastern border zone of the Idaho batholith, James Ardon Ferguson
TERTIARY VERTEBRATE PALEONTOLOGY AND PALEOECOLOGY OF A PORTION OF THE LOWER BEAVERHEAD RIVER BASIN MADISON AND BEAVERHEAD COUNTIES MONTANA, Dale Sheridan Hoffman
Correlation and environment of a key interval within the Precambrian Prichard and Aldridge formations Idaho-Montana-British Columbia, Richard Patrick Huebschman
Tertiary volcanic rocks south of Anaconda Montana, Paula Jean Iagmin
Petrology of mafic-layered intrusion near Lolo Pass Idaho, John Christian Jens
Sediment yield and hydrodynamic implications West Fork of the Madison River Montana, Thomas Edwin Lisle