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2004 | 2003 | 2002 | 2001 | 2000 | 1999 | 1998

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2004 (being updated)

Appel, Marcella. 2004: Photochemical effects on the copper binding capacity of stream and wetland humic substances in the Colorado Rocky Mountains. Boulder, XXXXX pp. Thesis (MS) University of Colorado.

Erickson, Tyler Allen. 2004: Development and application of geostatistical methods to modeling spatial variation in snowpack properties, Front Range, Colorado. Boulder, 190 pp. Thesis (PhD) University of Colorado.

Knauf, Meredith Christine. 2004: Rock glaciers as contributors to water quality in alpine catchments: Green Lakes Valley, Colorado, USA. Boulder, XXXXX pp. Thesis (MA) University of Colorado.

Liu, Fengjing. 2004: Hydrological controls on stream water chemistry in Alpine catchments, Colorado Front Range, U.S.A. Boulder, 167 pp. Thesis (PhD) University of Colorado.

Lazar, Brian. 2004: Relationship between water storage and sliding in a temperate valley glacier. Boulder, XXXX pp. Thesis (MS) University of Colorado.

Miller, Matthew. 2004: Effects of hyporheic zone interaction on the
biogeochemistry of a headwater stream, Green Lakes Valley, Colorado Front
Range, United States. Boulder, 78 pp. Thesis (MS) University of Colorado.

Mujica-Crapanzano, Laura Rosa. 2004: Landscape analysis of vegetation and diversity patterns at Niwot Ridge, Colorado. Boulder, 192 pp. Thesis (PhD) University of Colorado.

 

2003

Briner, Jason Paul. 2003: The last glaciation of the Clyde Region, Northeastern Baffin Island, Arctic Canada. Boulder, 282 pp. Thesis (PhD) University of Colorado.

Coulthard, Roy Dennis. 2003: The glacial and sea level history of the Aston Lowlands, East-Central Baffin Island, Nunavut, Canada. Boulder, 123 pp. Thesis (MA) University of Colorado.

Gardner, Eileen Margaret. 2003: Effects of nutrient enrichment on phytoplankton in an alpine lake, Colorado, U.S.A. Boulder, 52 pp. Thesis (MA) University of Colorado.

Kinner, David Andrew. 2003: Multi-scale estimation of erosion and deposition in the Mississippi River Basin. Boulder, 201 pp. Thesis (PhD) University of Colorado.

Quillman, Ursula. 2003: Late Holocene paleoceanographic variations of Isafjardardjup, NW-Iceland. Boulder, 126 pp. Thesis (MSc) University of Colorado.

Principato, Sarah Marie. 2003: The Late Quaternary history of EasternVestfirdir, NW Iceland. Boulder, 258 pp. Thesis (PhD) University of Colorado.

 

2002

Belanger, L. 2002: Source and effect of acid rock drainage in the Snake River Watershed, Summit County, Colorado. Boulder, 130 pp. Thesis (MSc) University of Colorado.

Forbis, T.A. 2002: Seedling establishment on alpine tundra: community patterns, population demography, and disturbance effects. Boulder, 96 pp. Thesis (PhD) University of Colorado.

Hamann, H.B. 2002: The ionic pulse, snowmelt flowpaths, and surface water chemistry in two alpine basins, Colorado Rocky Mountains, USA. Boulder, 142 pp. Thesis (PhD) University of Colorado.

LeJeune, K.D. 2002: An investigation of relationships between soil resource availability and the invasion and dominance of Colorado Front Range Prairies by the nonnative Centaurea diffusa Lam. Boulder, 135 pp. Thesis (PhD) University of Colorado.

Mangan, J.M. 2002: An integrative study using Landsat TM data, CENTURY model output, and a digital elevation model to quantify climatic effects on High Plains vegetation related to sand dune stability. Boulder, 238 pp. Thesis (PhD) University of Colorado.

Manthorne, D., 2002: An inventory of atmospheric mercury enrichment to alpine lakes in Colorado. Boulder, 76 pp. Thesis (M. Sc.) University of Colorado.

Miller, A.E. 2002: Uptake of organic and inorganic nitrogen by alpine tundra plants. Boulder, 104 pp. Thesis (PhD) University of Colorado.

Mixon, D. 2002: Automatic watershed location and characterization with GIS for an analysis of reservoir sedimentation patterns. Boulder, 170 pp. Thesis (MSc) University of Colorado.

Rueger, B.F. 2002: Holocene environments of Bermuda. Boulder, 357 pp. Thesis (PhD) University of Colorado.

Smith. F. 2002: The carbon isotope signal of fossil phytoliths: the dynamic of C3 and C4 grasses in the Neogene. 226 pp. Thesis (PhD) University of Chicago.

Turner, P.L. 2002: Effects of augmented snow on phenology, reproduction, community structure and spatial distribution of alpine plants. Boulder. Thesis (PhD) University of Colorado.

Van Matre, E. 2002: Local climate influences on phytoplankton species distribution in Lake Fryxell, Antarctica. Boulder, 144 pp. Thesis (MSc) University of Colorado.

 

2001

Barber, D. 2001: Laurentide ice sheet dynamics from 35 to 7 KA: Sr-Nd-Pb isotopic provenance of NW North Atlantic Margin sediments. Boulder, 160 pp. Thesis (Ph.D.) University of Colorado.

Castañeda, I. 2001: Holocene paleoceanographic and climatic variations of the inner North Iceland continental shelf, Reykjarfjordur area. Boulder, 154 pp. Thesis (M.Sc.) University of Colorado.

Cleveland, C. 2001: Soil microbial dynamics and biogeochemical cycling in moist tropical forests. Boulder, 128 pp. Thesis (PhD) University of Colorado.

Daniels, N. 2001: Diatom-inferred salinity changes and drought history of the last 3000 years from Round Lake, Nebraska. Boulder, 156 pp. Thesis (M. Sc.) University of Colorado.

Doner, L. 2001: Late Holocene paleolimnology and paleoclimatology from sub-arctic lakes in Nunavut, Canada and Iceland. Boulder, 333 pp. Thesis (Ph. D.) University of Colorado.

Gooseff, M.N. 2001: Modeling hyporheic exchange influences on biogeochemical processes in Dry Valley streams, Antarctica. Boulder, 137 pp. Thesis (Ph.D.) - University of Colorado.

Lewis, K.J. 2001: Solar-forced roughening of Antarctic glaciers and the Martian icecaps: How surficial debris and roughness affect glacial melting in Taylor Valley, Antarctica and how this can be applied to the Martian icecaps. Boulder, 182 pp. Thesis (Ph. D.) University of Colorado.

Hood, E.W. 2001: Ecological controls on the source and character of dissolved organic matter in an alpine/subalpine watershed, Green Lakes Valley, Colorado Front Range. Boulder, 188 pp. Thesis (PhD) University of
Colorado.

Huber, U. 2001: Linkages among climate, vegetation and fire in Fuego-Patagonia during the late-glacial and Holocene. Boulder, 258 pp. Thesis (PhD) University of Colorado.

Klapper, L. 2001: Humic substance redox detection using fluorescence spectroscopy. Boulder, 90 pp. Thesis (MSc) University of Colorado.

Lewis, K.J. 2001: Solar-forced roughening of Antarctic glaciers and the Martian icecaps: How surficial debris and roughness affect glacial melting in Taylor Valley, Antarctica and how this can be applied to the Martian icecaps. Boulder, 182 pp. Thesis (PhD) University of Colorado.

O'Grady, D.B. 2001: Sedimentary geomorphology of siliciclastic continental slopes. Boulder, 189 pp. Thesis (Ph.D.) - University of Colorado.

Rueger, B.F. 2001: Holocene environments of Bermuda. Boulder, 357 pp. Thesis (Ph.D.) - University of Colorado.

Scott, A.B., 2001: Effects of cattle grazing on diffuse knapweed (Centaurea diffusa) and other exotic plant species in Boulder County, Colorado grasslands. Boulder, 73 pp. Thesis (M.A.) University of Colorado.

Scott, D.T., IV. 2001: Redox sensitive metal cycling in mountain streams: manganese and iron transport. Boulder, 158 pp. Thesis (Ph.D.) - University of Colorado.

Smith, L.M. 2001: Holocene paleoenvironmental reconstruction of the continental shelves adjacent to the Denmark Strait. Boulder, 219 pp. + data separately bound. Thesis (Ph.D.) - University of Colorado.

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2000

August, E.E. 2000: Influence of a wetland on water quality in a Rocky Mountain Watershed impacted by acid mine drainage. 150 pp. MS. University of Colorado at Boulder.

Cohn, J.B. 2000: The surface strain rate field at the Columbia Glacier calving margin. 49 pp. MS, University of Colorado at Boulder.

Costello, D.P. 2000: Seismic and geomorphic investigations of Galena Creek Rock Glacier. 102 pp. MS, University of Colorado at Boulder.

Davinroy, T. 2000: Hydrologic and biogeochemical characteristics of alpine talus: Colorado Front Range. PhD, University of Colorado at Boulder.

Freeman, W.J. 2000: Use of lake ice records to detect climate variability in the eastern Canadian arctic. 260 pp. MS, University of Colorado at Boulder.

Hazen, J.M. 2000: Acid mine drainage characterization and remediation using a combination of hydrometric measurements, isotopes and dissolved solutes. 120 pp. MA, University of Colorado at Boulder.

Kerwin, M.W. 2000: Quantifying and modeling Holocene climate variability based on modern and fossil pollen records from the eastern Canadian Arctic and subarctic. 307 pp. PhD, University of Colorado at Boulder.

Loveland, A. 2000: An evaluation of the importance of dissolved nitrogen in snowmelt runoff and its qualitative characteristics, Como Creek, Front Range, Colorado. MA, University of Colorado at Boulder.

Pack, S.M. 2000: Drought in the northwest Australian outback: isotopic records of ecologic change from Lake Gregory, W.A. 233 pp. MS, University of Colorado at Boulder.

Robertson, A. 2000: Simulated and observed climate variability of the last 500 years. 197 pp. MS, University of Colorado at Boulder.

Schoolfield, S.C. 2000: Late Pleistocene sedimentation in the Denmark Strait region. 181 pp. MS, University of Colorado at Boulder.

Wegmann, J. 2000: A modeling approach to the investigation of ice falls on the Worthington Glacier, Alaska. 105 pp. MS, University of Colorado at Boulder.

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1999

Gonzalez, G. 1999: Soil fauna, microbes and plant litter decomposition in tropical and subalpine forests. 78 pp. PhD, University of Colorado at Boulder.

Hardardottir, J. 1999: Late Weichselian and Holocene environmental history of south and west Iceland as interpreted from studies of lake and terrestrial sediments. 332 pp. PhD, University of Colorado at Boulder.

Inyan, B. 1999: High elevation watershed characterization and sensitivity analysis: science as a basis for watershed protection policy. 301 pp. PhD, University of Colorado at Boulder.

Joynt, E.H., III. 1999: Calibration and application of lake diatoms as proxies for climate change on Baffin Island, Nunavut, Canada. 98 pp. MS, University of Colorado at Boulder.

Kaplan, M.R. 1999: The last glaciation of the Cumberland Sound region, Baffin Island, Canada, based on glacial geology, cosmogenic dating, and numerical modeling. 206 pp. PhD, University of Colorado at Boulder.

Licht, K.J. 1999: Investigations into the Late Quaternary history of the Ross Sea, Antarctica. 216 pp. PhD, University of Colorado at Boulder.

Miller, J.B. 1999: Application of gas chromatography isotope ratio mass spectrometry (G IRMS) to atmospheric budgets of C18OO and 13CH4. 163 pp. PhD, University of Colorado at Boulder.

Morehead, M.D. 1999: Sediment supply to the ocean: the temporal and spatial variability of rivers and plumes. 263 pp. PhD, University of Colorado at Boulder.

Niyogi, D. 1999: Effects of stress from mine drainage on ecosystem functions in Rocky Mountain streams. 181 pp. PhD, University of Colorado at Boulder.

Sherrod, S. 1999: A multiscale analysis of the northern pocket gopher (Thomomys talpoides) at the alpine site of Niwot Ridge, Colorado. 142 pp. PhD, University of Colorado at Boulder.

Steltzer, H. 1999: Plant species effects on spatial variation in nitrogen cycling in alpine tundra. 121 pp. PhD, University of Colorado at Boulder.

Urban, F.E. 1999: Multiple modes of tropical Pacific climate variability recorded in the d18O of corals from the Gilbert Islands, Kiribati, West Central Pacific. 95 pp. MS, University of Colorado at Boulder.

Waters, S.B. 1999: Responses of algal communities to environmental change in an alpine lake, Green Lakes Valley, Colorado. 132 pp. MS, University of Colorado at Boulder.

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1998

Anderson, L. 1998: Quantitative paleoclimatic reconstructions for the Late Quaternary of southern South America based on calibration of modern pollen and climate relationships, 219 pp. University of Colorado at Boulder.

Bomblies, A. 1998: Climatic controls on streamflow generation from Antarctic glaciers, 110 pp. M.Sc. University of Colorado at Boulder.

Gould, W.A. 1998: A multiple-scale analysis of plant species richness, vegetation, landscape heterogeneity, and spectral diversity along an Arctic river, 157 pp. Ph.D. University of Colorado at Boulder.

Hamann, H.B. 1998: Snowcover controls on alpine soil surface temperature patterns, Niwot Ridge, Colorado, U.S.A. 129 pp. M.Sc. University of Colorado at Boulder.

Hood, E.W. 1998: Turbulent energy fluxes in alpine terrain: Niwot Ridge, Colorado Front Range, 81 pp. M.A. University of Colorado at Boulder.

Lipson, D.A. 1998: Plant-microbe interactions and organic nitrogen availability in an alpine dry meadow, 170 pp. Ph.D. University of Colorado at Boulder.

Lubinski, D.J. 1998: Latest Pleistocene and Holocene paleoenvironments of the Franz Josef Land region, Northern Barents Sea, Arctic Russia, 361 pp. Ph.D. University of Colorado at Boulder.

Sloan, V.F. 1998: The distribution, rheology, and origin of rock glaciers, Selwyn Mountains, Canada, 194 pp. Ph.D. University of Colorado at Boulder.

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