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Climate controls on coral growth in the Caribbean

Climate controls on coral growth in the Caribbean Bosshart, Sara A. (Sara Allison) Accurate predictions of Caribbean coral reef responses to global climate change are currently limited by a lack of...

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Distribution of thiols in the northwest Atlantic Ocean

Distribution of thiols in the northwest Atlantic Ocean Kading, Tristan James Thiol substances can form stable complexes with metals (especially copper and mercury) in the surface ocean that can impact...

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Equilibration of an atmosphere by geostrophic turbulence

Equilibration of an atmosphere by geostrophic turbulence Jansen, Malte F. (Malte Friedrich) A major question for climate studies is to quantify the role of turbulent eddy fluxes in maintaining the...

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Nitrogen cycling in oxygen deficient zones : insights from [delta]¹⁵N and...

Nitrogen cycling in oxygen deficient zones : insights from [delta]¹⁵N and [delta]¹⁸O of nitrite and nitrate Buchwald, Carolyn The stable isotopes, [delta]¹⁵N and [delta]¹⁸O, of nitrite and nitrate can...

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Physical controls on copepod aggregations in the Gulf of Maine

Physical controls on copepod aggregations in the Gulf of Maine Woods, Nicholas W This thesis explores the role that the circulation in the Gulf of Maine (GOM) plays in determining the distribution of...

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Evolution of oceanic margins : rifting in the Gulf of California and sediment...

Evolution of oceanic margins : rifting in the Gulf of California and sediment diapirism and mantle hydration during subduction Miller, Nathaniel Clark This thesis investigates three processes that...

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Evolution of Anthropogenic Pb and Pb isotopes in the deep North Atlantic...

Evolution of Anthropogenic Pb and Pb isotopes in the deep North Atlantic Ocean and the Indian Ocean Lee, Jong-Mi, Ph. D. Massachusetts Institute of Technology Pb and Pb isotopes in the ocean have...

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Physical influences on phytoplankton ecology : models and observations

Physical influences on phytoplankton ecology : models and observations Clayton, Sophie A The physical environment in the oceans dictates not only how phytoplankton cells are dispersed and their...

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Study of induced seismicity for reservoir characterization

Study of induced seismicity for reservoir characterization Li, Junlun, Ph. D. Massachusetts Institute of Technology The main goal of the thesis is to characterize the attributes of conventional and...

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Geophysical characterization of the effects of fractures and stress on...

Geophysical characterization of the effects of fractures and stress on subsurface reservoirs Fang, Xinding, Ph. D. Massachusetts Institute of Technology We study the effect of fractures on reservoir...

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Geophysical evolution of planetary interiors and surfaces : Moon & Mars

Geophysical evolution of planetary interiors and surfaces : Moon & Mars Evans, Alexander Joseph The interiors and surfaces of the terrestrial planetary bodies provide us a unique opportunity to...

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Volatiles as a link between planetary interiors and the environment

Volatiles as a link between planetary interiors and the environment Black, Benjamin A. (Benjamin Alexander) Volatiles derived from planetary interiors influence magma evolution and environmental...

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Geophysical insights into the histories of Venus, Mercury and the Moon

Geophysical insights into the histories of Venus, Mercury and the Moon James, Peter Benjamin Gravity and topography data provide a powerful tool for studying the interiors of rocky planetary bodies. In...

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Teleseismic transmission and reflection tomography

Teleseismic transmission and reflection tomography Burdick, Scott A. (Scott Anthony) The aim of seismic tomography is to determine a model of Earth properties that best explain observed seismic data....

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Amundsen Sea sea-ice variability, atmospheric circulation, and spatial...

Amundsen Sea sea-ice variability, atmospheric circulation, and spatial variations in snow isotopic composition from new West Antarctic firn cores Criscitiello, Alison Sara Recent work has documented...

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Ambient noise tomography for wavespeed and anisotropy in the crust of...

Ambient noise tomography for wavespeed and anisotropy in the crust of southwestern China Huang, Hui, Ph. D. Massachusetts Institute of Technology The primary objective of this thesis is to improve our...

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On the origins of the ice ages : insolation forcing, age models, and...

On the origins of the ice ages : insolation forcing, age models, and nonlinear climate change Huybers, Peter, 1974- This thesis revolves about the relationship between orbital forcing and climate...

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Quantifying channelized submarine depositional systems from bed to basin scale

Quantifying channelized submarine depositional systems from bed to basin scale Lyons, William J., 1965- The challenges of directly observing active turbidity currents necessitates the consideration of...

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Numerical modeling, suppression, and imaging of elastic wave scattering by...

Numerical modeling, suppression, and imaging of elastic wave scattering by near-surface heterogeneities Almuhaidib, Abdulaziz M In arid environments, near-surface complexity and surface topography...

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High-precision U/Pb geochronology of large igneous provinces and mass...

High-precision U/Pb geochronology of large igneous provinces and mass extinctions : testing coincidence and causation Burgess, Seth Douglas The history of life on Earth is punctuated by mass...

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