Browsing Geosciences Theses and Dissertations (UMKC) by Thesis Semester "2019 Spring"
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Data-Driven Modeling of the Lake Chad Basin Hydrologic Systems
(University of Missouri -- Kansas City, 2019)The drying of the Lake, located in Central Africa, is one example of a water crisis, which requires more research and studies. The lake has been progressively shrinking since the 1960s due to climate change and anthropogenic ... -
Detrital zircon geochronology of the Upper Miocene Boleo Formation in the Santa Rosalia, Baja California Sur, Mexico
(University of Missouri -- Kansas City, 2019)The Santa Rosalía Basin (SRB), Baja California Sur, is a transtentional to rift basin that formed during the opening of the Gulf of California. The Boleo Formation is the oldest and dominant sedimentary fill of the ... -
Paleoliquefaction and possible surface deformation along the New Madrid Seismic Zone in Yarbro, Arkansas
(University of Missouri -- Kansas City, 2019)From interpretation of historical aerial photography and LiDAR imagery of northeast Arkansas, we identified a northeast-striking topographic lineament coincident with the trend of modern seismicity along the Axial Fault ... -
Performance of Steel Pipelines Backfilled with Controlled Low-Strength Material (CLSM) under Seismic Wave Propagation and Reverse-Slip Fault Rupture
(University of Missouri -- Kansas City, 2019)Seismic events may drastically damage buried pipelines affecting economy and public safety. Traditionally, buried pipelines are bedded and backfilled with compacted soils, which is labor intensive, time consuming, and ... -
Reconstructing the 71 Gulch eruption: Implications for the Evolution of Phreatomagmatic Eruptions and their Products
(University of Missouri -- Kansas City, 2019)71 Gulch is a basaltic fissure structure located in the western Snake River Plain, southwestern, Idaho that erupted roughly 4 Ma. The entire volcanic field stretches 2 km west to-east and produced 9 phreatomagmatic vents ...