The following papers represent final research projects for students who have taken part in past classes of G188 Volcanoes of the Eastern Sierra Nevada
Environmental Issues Emily Avers - Mono Lake [.pdf] Debby Basu - The Effects of Mono Lake's Hydrology on its Ecosystem [.pdf] Andrew Bustin - LONGAEVA: Ancient Bristlecone Pine and their significance to Science"[.pdf] Kaitlyn Esther - Nuclear Waste at Yucca Mountain, Nevada [.pdf] Amy Ficken - Yucca Mountain: A Sitting Bomb or a Secure Repository? [.pdf] Jack Firestone - Dendrochronology [.pdf] Jacob Fisk - Water in the Great Basin [.pdf] Liz Fraccaro - An Unquenchable Thirst: The Relationship Between Water and Owens Valley [.pdf] Lara Hamburger - Yucca Mountain: A Nuclear Waste Repository [.pdf] Benjamin Hanner - Dendrochronology [.pdf] Elaine Harris - In Search of A Healthy Balance at Mono Lake [.pdf] Rachel Henderson - The Geological impact of Nuclear Testing at the Nevada Test Site [.pdf] Xoe Higginbottom - Mono Lake: A Dead Sea? [.pdf] Caitlin Johnston - A comprehensive look at Bristlecone Pines, their setting and scientific uses [.pdf] Daniel Kastner - Mono Lake Controversy [.pdf] Liz Kemker - Los Angeles Department of Water and Power and its Effects on Mono Lake [.pdf] Tabitha Lucas - The Role of Geology in Supporting Mono Lake's Ecosystem [.pdf] Alex McRae - Land Subsidence in Las Vegas Valley as a Result of Aquifer-System Pumping [.pdf] Ayla Meador - Mono Lake: An Enduring Masterpiece [.pdf] Daniel Moss - The Disappearance of Salt Lakes: Two Case Studies, Two Possible Futures [.pdf] Sahar Pastel-Daneshgar - Nevada Test Site [.pdf] Sarah Jane Pepper - A Presentation of the Various Aspects of Mono Lake [.pdf] Tiffany Proffitt - Mono Basin's Prized Possession" [.pdf] Michael Roose - Relative Safety at Yucca Mountain [.pdf] Adam Schau - The Battle for Mono [.pdf] Carrie Schedler - Summary of Geologic and Political Conditions of Yucca Mountain, Nevada [.pdf] John Schuman - Mono Lake, Walker, Parker, Lee Vining and Rush Creek, and the LA Aqueduct: A Good Lake and its Tributaries Injured [.pdf] Amanda Sesler - Dendrochronology: A sampling of the study of tree ring dating [.pdf] Neal Solon - Dendrochronology, the Bristlecone Pines and the White Mountains of the Western United States [.pdf] Hilary Weimer - Water and the West [.pdf] Patrick Woodson - Yucca Mountain: Geological History and its future as a Nuclear Waste Repository [.pdf] Mining and Energy Mia Dalglish - Geothermal Energy: A General Overview with Specific Reference to the Long Valley Caldera [.pdf] Laura Dunn - Gold Geology: Shaping Mining Communities [.pdf] Monika Fryska - Gold Mining and its Environmental Impacts [.pdf] Janet Hamilton - Epithermal Gold in the Great Basin [.pdf] Mike Harpring - Geothermal Resources: Providing Sustainable Energy For All [.pdf] Tom McFarland - Geothermal Energy and why I like it [.pdf] Erin Monteith - Keeps Me Searching for a Heart of Gold: An Examination of Gold Mining in the West" [.pdf] Megan Elizabeth Patterson - Hydrothermal Alterations and the Formation of Metal Ores in the Sierra Nevadas [.pdf] Jared Pease - Mining, Minerals, and Public Land Policy [.pdf] Brooks Proctor - Pushing the Envelope of Geothermal Power to Prepare for the Next Generation [.pdf] Christopher Purvis - The Ways and Means of Geothermal Energy [.pdf] Ryan Ridge - Gold: Its Formation, Mining, and Impact [.pdf] Jordan Schnell - Geothermal Energy [.pdf] John Sowinski - "Eureka!" - The Evolution of Gold Mining [.pdf] Jessica Whitmarsh - Minerals of the Sierra Nevada: Western Mineral Deposits and Veins [.pdf] Curtis Williams - Hydrothermal Alteration and Mineral Deposits [.pdf] Marcella Yant - Hydrothermal Alteration, Nevada [.pdf]
