Department of Geosciences
SENIOR THESES, UNDERGRADUATE PUBLICATIONS and PROFESSIONAL PRESENTATIONS


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2008

Monteverdi, J.P., E. Polito, M. Gough, R. Bethke, and T. Seddon, 2008: An Analysis of a Prolific Tornado-producing Cyclic Supercell Thunderstorm in Thayer County Nebraska, May 24, 2004. Paper number: P3.1, 24th Conf. Sev. Local Storms, 27-31 October, 2008, Savannah, Georgia.

2007

2006

Senior Theses

Undergraduate Publications and Presentations

Monteverdi, J.P., K. Saussy, A. Cross, C. Meherin, C. Medjber and S. Lau, 2006: An analysis of the 22 May 2004 Furnas County, Nebraska tornadic supercell. 23rd Conf. Sev. Local Storms, Preprints, St. Louis, MO.


2005

Senior Theses

Undergraduate Publications and Presentations

Gose, E., Frieberg, E., Meherin, C., and J. Monteverdi, 2005: Production of Television Forecasts for San Francisco State University Campus Television and the World Wide Web. Amer Met Soc National Meeting, January 2005. (PDF) (Pictures)


2004

Nasrin Erdelyi. Spring 2004. Thresholds of channel network connectivity, Redwood Creek, Marin County, CA (Sklar).


2003

Joe Petsche. Spring 2003. Delineation of Sub-surface Serpentinite Boundaries with the San Francisco Presidio. (Caskey)

Mahasringha M. Monroe. Spring 2003. Late Pleistocene Uplift Along the Seal Cove Fault Using Emergent Marine Terraces, Moss Beach, California. (Caskey)

In Progress:

Michael S. Richards: An Exploratory Data Analysis of Aviation Turbulence Reports over the Contiguous United States during January 2003 (Garcia)

Serena J. Chew: ENSO Influences on the Flow of the Caroní River in Venezuela (Garcia)


2002

Jim Neiss. Fall 2002. The geochemistry of serpentine soils at Inspiration Point Presidio, San Francisco, Ca. (LaForce)


2001

December 2001, Jennifer Davis, Marine terraces near Bolinas, California, and implications for uplift of the Point Reyes Peninsula (Grove)

May 2001, Rianda Levin, High-resolution gravity models of subsurface geometry of the San Andreas fault zone near Point Reyes, California (Grove)


2000

May 2000, Nathan Smith, Paleoseismic activity of the Stillwater Gap Segment of the Dixie Valley fault:evidence from the tectonic geomorphology of alluvial fans near the South Hills, Nevada (Caskey)

May 2000, Eric Larson, The Mussel Rock Landslide: Geologic Controls and Human Impacts (Pestrong)

May 2000, Obi Nzewi, A Hydraulic Analysis of Well Logs in the Merced Formation (Schroth)

December 2000, Doug Wood, Determination of the Bioavailability to humans of the metals As, Cr, and Pb with respect to
soil ingestion (La Force)


1999

May 1999, Jennifer Barr, Continuation of the Serra fault into southwest SanFrancisco: Constraints on Deformation on the San Francisco Peninsula (Caskey)

May 1999, Margaret Robinson, Using Diatoms to Interpret the Paleo-environment of embayment facies within the Merced Formation, San
Francisco (White)


1998

December 1998, Neil Doran: A study of the depositional environment and parent materials of the late Miocene Santa Margarita Sandstone at Point Reyes, California.

May 1998, Andrew Smith: The Eocene succession at Castle Rock and Rock City, Contra Costa County.

May 1998, Robert Potter: Mineralogical Controls on Groundwater Chemistry in the Merced Formation.

January 1998, Logan Hansen: Glauconitic facies of the Santa Margarita Sandstone at Point Reyes, Calfornia.


1997

May 1997, Racheal Bailey: Subsurface geometry of Quaternary sediments in the San Andreas fault valley, Point Reyes, California.

May 1997, Nicole Peirce: Compressional tectonics in the San Francisco Bay Area: an analysis of vertical deformation of marine terraces in the Point Reyes region.

May 1997, Joy DiFranza, Geomorphological Response of Streams to Tectonism in the Southern San Francisco Bay Region and Santa Clara Valley.

May 1997, Kevin Doherty, Gullying in Half Moon Bay, California (Pestrong)

May 1997, Andrew Eriksson: Stratigraphy and correlation of the Mio-Pliocene units in the western Los Medanos Hills, California.

May 1997, John Domecus, Stream processes at College of Marin, California

February 1997, Jeannine Kessell: Geologic framework of the East Bay Plain for groundwater use planning in Hayward, California.

Dec 1997, Forrest McFarland, Chabot rift zone ultramafics: tectonic
implications of K/Ar drived ages of gabbros and basalts (Bickel)


1996

December 1996, Sandra A. Jobe: Petrography and paleomagnetism of Core ICPP-COR-A0023 and correlation of a basalt lava flow sequence, Idaho National Engineering Laboratory.

December 1996, Kris Larson: Fate and transport of leachate constituents, and their potential effect on the westside groundwater basin, hillside disposal site, Colma, California.

May 1996, Orion Holcomb: Differentiating Quaternary sedimentary units near Bolinas, Marin County, California.

May 1996, Anna Sojourner: Analysis of fracture and fault data from the San Andreas fault, Toms Point, Point Reyes, California


1995

May 1995, Jason F. Kelley: The Tertiary succession in the Keller Canyon landfill with special attention to a turbidite description of the middle Eocene Markley Formation.

May, 1995, Carl F. Schaefer, Plio-Pleistocene Basaltic Dikes along the Clayton Fault on the Northeastern Flank of Mount Diablo.


1994

December 1994, Anne Rosinski: Slope stability study of two cut slopes along a portion of Highway 92 in San Mateo County.

May 1994, Rodd A. Dryfoos: Age relations of volcanic rocks at Oroville Table Mountain, California.


1993

December 1993, David R. Rutledge: Detailed structural analysis of the San Andreas fault zone at Toms Point, Tomales Bay, California.

May 1993, Matthew Horrigan: Fault block tilt due to Basin and Range tectonism in the Inyo Mountains region.

May 1993, Mary Anne Brown: Fault kinematics on the North Slope of the central Diablo Range, California.

May 1993, Kevin B. Colson: Stratigraphy and structure of the Pleistocene Olema Creek Formation, Marin County, California.

May 1993, Carolyn E. Garrison, Origin of fluvial terraces near Olema, Marin County, California.

May 1993, Laura Pound: Diatom dissolution in Japan Sea sediments: Scanning Electron Microscope Evidence of Diatom Frustules.

May 1993, Janet R. Guidetti Janet R. Guidetti: A Wellhead Protection Study For The San Lorenzo Valley Water District.

May 1993, Mark Wirganowicz: Structure of a selected part of the Black Diamond Mines Regional Preserve, California.


1992

May 1992, Edgardo Jimenez-Bago: Seismic studies in northern Monterey Bay.

May 1992, Elizabeth E. Rosenberg: Stratigraphic analysis of the Pleistocene Millerton Formation, Tomales Bay, California.


1991

May 1991, Robert H. Abrams: New evidence for the age of the Lovejoy Formation at its type locality, Red Clover Creek, northern Sierra Nevada, California.


1988

June 1988, Scott A. Braun: The tornadic thunderstorm environment in California. (Monteverdi)