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Theses/Dissertations from 2024
Exploring Spatiotemporal Patterns in Hazardous Hydrologic Events: Assessment, Communication, and Mitigation Through Geospatial Technologies, Emmanuel Afriyie
Mapping Amis Mill in Rogersville, Tennessee in the 1780s Using Geophysical Methods and Remote Sensing, Amy Collins
Developing A Suitability Model and Feasibility Report for The Tennessee Mesonet, Tristan Holmes
Establishing “The Fossil Record”: A Database of Vertebrate Paleontological Sites Across the State of Tennessee, Sarah Mclaurine
Landslide Inventory and Unstable Slope Monitoring Along Highways in Eastern Tennessee, Robert McSweeney
Descriptions of Interglacial Mastodons from Snowmass, Colorado, Connor White
Theses/Dissertations from 2023
New Reports of Smilodon and Panthera from North American Cave Sites with Reviews of Taxonomy, Biogeography, and History, Matthew Bushell
Identifying Taphonomic Distribution Patterns at the Gray Fossil Site, Shawn Haugrud
Geometric Morphometric Analysis of Modern Viperid Vertebrae Facilitates Identification of Fossil Specimens, Lance D. Jessee
Geophysical, Archaeological, and Geospatial Investigations at Presidio Los Adaes, 18th Century Capital of Spanish Texas, Robert Linam
An Early Pliocene Fish Assemblage from the Southern Appalachians: Ichthyofauna of the Gray Fossil Site, Shay Maden
Assessing a Pandemic: Spatiotemporal Analysis of COVID-19 in Tennessee School-Age Children, Omobolaji Olawuyi
Extracting Topography from Historic Topographic Maps Using GIS-Based Deep Learning, Briar Pierce
Isotopic Ecology of Bison and Bootherium at Big Bone Lick, Kentucky, Frances Stephenson
Age and Paleontology of the Turin Pit locality, Monona County, Iowa, Samantha Wright
Theses/Dissertations from 2022
The Paleoecology of High-Elevation Bison in the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem and Implications for Modern Bison Conservation, Darian Bouvier
Community Structure Analysis of Mammals Found at the Gray Fossil Site, TN, Sarah Clark
Community Structure Analysis of Turtles with Application to the Early Pliocene Gray Fossil Site, Julian Conley
Water Quality Assessment of Karst Spring Water as a Private Water Supply Source in Northeast Tennessee, Lukman Fashina
Fossil Mammals from Hickory Tree Cave, Sullivan County, Tennessee, Alexis Rivera
Evaluating Spatial-Temporal Patterns in US Tornado Occurrence with Space Time Cube Analysis and Linear Kernel Density Estimation: 1950-2019, Darrell L. Wiser
Theses/Dissertations from 2021
Gravel Geology and Muskoxen Paleontology of a Late Pleistocene Fossil Site in Saltville, Virginia, Nickolas A. Brand
Spatial Analyses of Gray Fossil Site Vertebrate Remains: Implications for Depositional Setting and Site Formation Processes, David Carney
Analysis and Risk Estimation of High Priority Unstable Rock Slopes in Great Smoky Mountains National Park, Tennessee and North Carolina, Samantha Farmer
Isotopic Analysis and Mobility Mapping of Mammuthus columbi from the Mammoth Site in South Dakota, Matthew Harrington
Morphology and Paleoecology of Nimravides galiani (Felidae) and Barbourofelis loveorum (Barbourofelidae) from the Late Miocene of Florida, Christianne Ormsby
Using an Inventory of Unstable Slopes to Prioritize Probabilistic Rockfall Modeling and Acid Base Accounting in Great Smoky Mountains National Park, Thomas A. O'Shea
Distinguishing Mustela From Neogale (Mustelidae) Through Both a Qualitative and Quantitative Analysis of Skull and Tooth Morphology, Ronald W. Peery
Theses/Dissertations from 2020
Encephalization in Commensal Raccoons: A Unique Test of the Cognitive Buffer Hypothesis, Peter M. Anderson
Climate Variability from 1980 to 2018 and its Effect on Wind Directions, Wind Speeds, and Vog Dispersal in Hawaii, Monica Ayala
A Tale of Two Species: Black-tailed and White-tailed Prairie Dog Biogeography from the Last Interglacial to 2070, April Dawn Bledsoe
Archaeological, Geophysical, and Geospatial Analysis at David Crockett Birthplace State Park, in Upper East Tennessee, Reagan Cornett
Ontogenetic and Adult Shape Variation in the Endocast of Tapirus: Implications for T. polkensis from the Gray Fossil Site, Thomas M. Gaetano
Paleoenvironmental Reconstruction of Quaternary Saltville, Virginia, using Ostracode Autecology, Austin Gause
Utilizing the Public on Public Lands: The Application of Community Science to Monitor and Model Erosion in National Forests, Jacob L. Hansen
An Unusual Mastodon Revisited: Providing a Regional Focus for Mammut americanum (Proboscidea, Mammutidae) in the Southeast, Matthew Inabinett
Stacking the Odds for Better GPR: An Antenna Comparison, Montana Kruske
Storm Sampling to Assess Inclement Weather Impacts on Water Quality in a Karst Watershed: Sinking Creek, Watauga Watershed, East Tennessee, Porcha McCurdy
Theses/Dissertations from 2019
Comparing Structure from Motion Photogrammetry and Computer Vision for Low-Cost 3D Cave Mapping: Tipton-Haynes Cave, Tennessee, Clinton Elmore
Manus Descriptions of an Undescribed Mastodon from the Latest Miocene-Earliest Pliocene Gray Fossil Site, with Comparisons to other North American Proboscidean Taxa, Brenna Hart-Farrar
Communications and Methodologies in Crime Geography: Contemporary Approaches to Disseminating Criminal Incidence and Research, Mitchell Ogden
A Systematic Assessment of Socio-Economic Impacts of Prolonged Episodic Volcano Crises, Justin Peers
Automation of State Climate Office Processes & Products: Developing Efficient Approaches for Data Dissemination, Michael Shoop
Paleoecology and Land-Use of Quaternary Megafauna from Saltville, Virginia, Emily Simpson
Potable Water Leakage Prediction and Detection using Geospatial Analysis, Jacob Tittle
Theses/Dissertations from 2018
Geostatistical Analysis of Potential Sinkhole Risk: Examining Spatial and Temporal Climate Relationships in Tennessee and Florida, Kimberly Blazzard
Improving Sinkhole Mapping Using LiDAR Data and Locating Sinkhole Hotspots in Johnson City, TN, Kingsley Fasesin
Fossil Moles from the Gray Fossil Site, TN: Implications for Diversification and Evolution of North American Talpidae, Danielle Oberg
Warning Confidence and Perceptions of Lava Flow Hazard Diversion Strategies at Kīlauea and Mauna Loa volcanoes, Hawai‘i, Ashleigh Reeves
Postcranial Morphology and the Locomotor Adaptations of Extant and Extinct Crocodylomorphs and Lepidosaurs, Laura Rooney
Theses/Dissertations from 2017
Vulnerability Assessment of Groundwater to NO3 Contamination Using GIS, DRASTIC Model and Geostatistical Analysis, Adela Beauty Adu Agyemang
Spatiotemporal Analyses of Recycled Water Production, Jana E. Archer
Sciurids (Rodentia: Sciuridae) of the Late Mio-Pliocene Gray Fossil Site and the Late Miocene Tyner Farm: Implications on Ecology and Expansion of the Sciurid Record, Cheyenne J. Crowe
Groundwater Flow Tracing in Carter Saltpeter Cave and Toll Branch, Carter County, TN, Aaron G. Doyka
Landscape-Scale Geophysics at Tel Shimron, Jezreel Valley, Israel, Rachel Grap
Cranial Morphological Distinctiveness Between Ursus arctos and U. americanus, Benjamin James Hillesheim
Black Bears (Ursus americanus) versus Brown Bears (U. arctos): Combining Morphometrics and Niche Modeling to Differentiate Species and Predict Distributions Through Time, Theron Michael Kantelis
Late Quaternary Dragon Lizards (Agamidae: Squamata) from Western Australia, Julie Rej
A Paleontological Analysis of Late Pleistocene Proboscidea from Saltville, Virginia: Taphonomy, Systematic Paleontology, and Paleobiology, Rachel Silverstein
Theses/Dissertations from 2016
Tornado Density and Return Periods in the Southeastern United States: Communicating Risk and Vulnerability at the Regional and State Levels, Michelle Bradburn
Peccaries (Artiodactyla: Tayassuidae) from the Late Miocene to Early Pliocene Gray Fossil Site: Regional Implications with a Review of Tayassuinae, Evan M. Doughty
Description of Cranial Elements and Ontogenetic Change within Tropidolaemus wagleri (Serpentes: Crotalinae)., Nicolette L. Hill
New Records of Colubrids from the late Hemphillian Gray Fossil Site of Northeastern Tennessee, Derek J. Jurestovsky
Description, Taphonomy, and Paleoecology of the Late Pleistocene Peccaries (Artiodactyla: Tayassuidae) from Bat Cave, Pulaski County, Missouri, Aaron L. Woodruff
Theses/Dissertations from 2015
Additional Research and Taxonomic Resolution of Salamanders (Amphibia: Caudata) from the Mio-Pliocene Gray Fossil Site, TN, Hannah E. Darcy
Ontogenesis in the Cranium of Alligator mississippiensis Based on Disarticulated Cranial Elements, William Henry Harris
Using Kriging, Cokriging, and GIS to Visualize Fe and Mn in Groundwater, Crystal Johnson
Discovering Rock Features with Geophysical Exploration and Archaeological Testing at the Mississippian Pile Mound Site, Upper Cumberland Plateau, Tennessee, Jeremy G. Menzer
Using Geometric Morphometrics to Differentiate Lower First Molars of Microtus Species: A Review of the Clark’s Cave Bone Deposit, VA, Mark Shelleman
Theses/Dissertations from 2014
Analysis of Snake Creek Burial Cave Mustela fossils using Linear & Landmark-based Morphometrics: Implications for Weasel Classification & Black-footed Ferret Conservation, Nathaniel S. Fox III
Continuous Tracking of Lava Effusion Rate in a Lava Tube at Kilauea Volcano Using Very Low Frequency (VLF) Monitoring, Richard A. Freeman
Evacuation and Shelter in Place Modeling for a Release of Uranium Hexafluoride, Joseph B. Harris
Late Pleistocene and Holocene Bison of Grand Canyon and Colorado Plateau: Implications from the use of Paleobiology for Natural Resource Management Policy, Jeffrey M. Martin
Theses/Dissertations from 2013
Hydrogeology and Groundwater Flow of the Morrell Cave Spring Shed, Sullivan County, Tennessee, Taylor G. Burnham
Analysis of the Blancan Procyonids of Florida, Laura S. Gilmore
Identifying Myotis Species Using Geometric Morphometrics and its Implications for the Fossil Record and Conservation, Kyle J. Jansky
Site Location Modeling and Prehistoric Rock Shelter Selection on the Upper Cumberland Plateau of Tennessee, Lucinda M. Langston
A New Species of Teleoceras from the Late Miocene Gray Fossil Site, with Comparisons to Other North American Hemphillian Species, Rachel A. Short