M.S. AND PH.D. GRADUATE THESES

IN GEOLOGICAL ENGINEERING, GEOLOGY, AND PALEONTOLOGY

SOUTH DAKOTA SCHOOL OF MINES AND TECHNOLOGY

December, 2006

 

1948 M.S. GEOLOGY

 

Onoda, Kiyoka, The Correlation of the Newcastle and Associate Sandstones.

 

 

1949 M.S. GEOLOGY

 

Janosky, R.A., Geology of the Hill City Region, Pennington County, South Dakota.

 

 

1951 M.S. GEOLOGY

 

Lane, Robert W., Precambrian Geology of the Rapid Creek-Bloody Gulch Area Near Rochford, South Dakota.

 

Wilson, John M., The Geology of a Precambrian Area Near Rochford, South Dakota.

 

 

1951 M.S. GEOLOGICAL ENGINEERING

 

Berg, D.A., The Minnelusa Formation of the Eastern Black Hills Area.

 

 

1952 M.S. GEOLOGY

 

Hummel, Charles L., The Structure and Mineralization of a Portion of the Bald Mountain Mining District, Lawrence County, South Dakota.

 

 

1953 M.S. GEOLOGY

 

Ackerman, Walter, Louis Beryl Pegmatite, Custer County, South Dakota.

 

Brennan, Daniel J., Sedimentation in the Pennsylvanian of the Black Hills and Vicinity.

 

Martin, Harold, Mosasaurus Poultneyi, A South Dakota Mosasaur.

 

 

1954 M.S. GEOLOGY

 

Kepferle, R.C., Geology of a Portion of the White River Badlands, Pennington County, South Dakota.

 

King, Robert L., The Pierre-Fox Hills Contact in West-Central South Dakota.

 

 

1954 M.S. GEOLOGICAL ENGINEERING

 

Shortridge, Charles G., The Geological Relationships of Water Loss and Gain Problems on Battle Creek Near Hermosa, South Dakota.

 

 

1955 M.S. GEOLOGY

 

Bagan, R.J., The Greenhorn Formation of Western South Dakota, 28 p.

 

Mancuso, James D.; Geology of Topliff Hill and the Thorpe Hills, Tooele and Utah Counties, Utah.

 

Stearns, D.W., Igneous Geology of a Portion of the Galena District, Lawrence County, South Dakota.

 

Wulf, G.R., Geology of the Fannie Peak Area, Weston County, Wyoming.

 

 

1956 M.S. GEOLOGY

 

Ackroyd, E.A., Artesian Aquifers of the Upper James River Valley, Brown County, South Dakota.

 

Brooks, J.R., Contamination of Wallrock Adjoining Granite Pegmatites.

 

 

1957 MS. GEOLOGY

 

Nicknish, John, Investigation of the Basal Ash of the Arikaree Formation in Northern Shannon County, South Dakota.

 

 

1958 M.S. GEOLOGY

 

Johnson, Charles, The Structures and Clastic Dikes in the Sage Creek-Pinnacles Area, Badlands National Monument, South Dakota

 

Kane, Byron L., Stratigraphy and Faulting in the Sage Creek-Pinnacles Area, Badlands National Monument, South Dakota.

 

Potter, Lloyd D., The Sedimentation of the Scenic Member of the Brule Formation in the Big Badlands of South Dakota.

 

 

1959 M.S. GEOLOGY

 

Flinn, Donald J., Mineralogy of the Black Hills, South Dakota and Wyoming Bentonites.

 

Sottek, T.C., Geology of the Deadman Mountain and Whitewood Anticline Area, Meade­Lawrence Counties, South Dakota.

 

 

1959 M.S. GEOLOGICAL ENGINEERING

 

Dyer, Charles F., Artesian-Water Studies in South Central, South Dakota.

 

 

1960 M.S. GEOLOGY

 

Ellis, M.J., Use of Chemical Analysis for Correlation of Carbonate Rocks.

 

Whippo, Robert, The Optical Mineralogy of Certain Black Hills and Badlands Rocks.

 

 

1961 M.S. GEOLOGICAL ENGINEERING

 

Solmonson, Donald W., The Relationship Between Rheological Behavior and Chemical Composition of a Wyoming Bentonite.

 

 

1962 M.S. GEOLOGY

 

Black, Douglas F.B., Geology of the Bridger Area, West Central, South Dakota.

 

 

1962 M.S. GEOLOGICAL ENGINEERING

 

Evans, John P., Engineering Geology of a Portion of the Inyan Kara Hogback at Rapid City, South Dakota.

 

Roadifer, Jack E., A Subsurface Study of the Dakota Sandstone in South Dakota.

 

 

1964 M.S. PALEONTOLOGY

 

Bjork, Philip R., Stratigraphy and Paleontology of the Slim Buttes Formation in Harding County, South Dakota, 43 p.

 

 

1965 M.S. GEOLOGICAL ENGINEERING

 

Bertrand, Walley E., Geology and Petrofabric Analysis of the Bear Mountain, Medicine Mountain Area, Southwestern Pennington County, South Dakota.

 

 

1966 M.S. GEOLOGY

 

Alsayegh, Abdul Hadi Y., Seismic and Resistivity Studies in Alkali Creek Drainage Five Miles Southwest of Sturgis, South Dakota.

 

 

1967 M.S. GEOLOGY

 

Bishop, Gale H., Biostratigraphic Mapping in the Upper Shale Utilizing the Cephalopod Genus Baculites, Cedar Creek Anticline, Montana.

 

Getz, Roger C., Jointing and Stratigraphy on Elkhorn Peak, Whitewood, South Dakota and Green Mountain, Sundance, Wyoming.

 

Niven, David V., Determination of Porosity and Permeability of Selected Sandstone Aquifers of South Dakota.

 

Walawender, Michael J., Petrogenesis of the Bear Mountain Amphibolites.

 

 

1967 M.S. GEOLOGICAL ENGINEERING

 

Pearson, David V., A Geological Engineering Report of a Gravity Slide in the Fall River Formation, South of Rapid City, South Dakota.

 

 

1967 M.S. PALEONTOLOGY

 

Johnson, Gary D., Small Mammals of the Middle Oligocene of the Big Badlands of South Dakota.

 

1968 M.S. GEOLOGY

 

Thurn, Richard L., Petrofabric Investigation of the Southern Portion of the Bear Mountain Dome, Black Hills, South Dakota.

 

1968 M.S. GEOLOGICAL ENGINEERING

 

Crooks, Thomas J., Water Losses and Gains Across the Pahasapa Limestone, Box Elder Creek, Black Hills, South Dakota.

 

1968 M.S. PALEONTOLOGY

 

Grissom, Holly D., The Environment of Deposition of the Lower Nodular Zone of the Brule Formation in Big Badlands, South Dakota.

 

Hanson, C. Bruce, Individual Variation and Evolutionary Change in Dentition of Dyracodon.

 

Parris, David C., Morphology and Relationships of the Prosciurinea.

 

 

1969 M.S. GEOLOGY

 

Fisher, John K., Geology and Structure of the Citadel Rock Area, Northern Black Hills, South Dakota.

 

Kernaghan, James, Development of the Metamorphic Rocks in the Harney Peak Region, Custer, South Dakota.

 

 

1969 M.S. GEOLOGICAL ENGINEERING

 

Luza, Kenneth Vincent, Origin, Distribution, and Development of Bog Iron in the Rochford District, North Central Black Hills, South Dakota.

 

1969 M.S. PALEONTOLOGY

 

Bryant, Laurie J., Early Miocene Lagomorphs and Rodents from the Wounded Knee Area, South Dakota.

 

 

1970 M.S. GEOLOGY

 

Abuannaja, Abdullah, General Geology of Wadi As-Salile Area, Asir Quadrangle, Saudi Arabia.

 

Rapp, John S., The Geology and Mineralization of the Iron Creek Area, Custer County, South Dakota.

 

Rice, Lee R., The Treatment of Iron and Acid Stream Contamination in the Black Hills of South Dakota.

 

1970 M.S. GEOLOGICAL ENGINEERING

 

Keene, Jack R., Ground Water Resources of the Western Half of Fall River County, South Dakota.

 

 

1970 PH.D. GEOLOGY

 

Grunwald, R,; Geology and Mineral Deposits of the Galena Mining District, Black Hills, South Dakota.

 

 

1971 M.S. GEOLOGY

 

Chonglakmani, Chongpan, The Fauna of the Jurassic Sundance Formation.

 

Larson, Jay, The Sulfosalt Mineralogy of the Silver City Mining District, Central Black Hills, South Dakota.

 

Shaddrick, David, Metaconglomerates in the East Central Black Hills of South Dakota.

 

 

1971 M.S. PALEONTOLOGY

 

Greenwald, Michael, The Lower Vertebrates of the Hell Creek Formation, Harding County, South Dakota.

 

Higgins, Donald W., A Review of Oligocene Alligators from the Big Badlands of South Dakota.

 

 

1972 M.S. GEOLOGY

 

Baghanem, Ali M., Geology of the Lake Beds Near Turabah, Saudi Arabia.

 

Bell, Richard Arthur, Comparison of Terrestrial Rock Glaciers and Other Flow Types with Similar Appearing Lunar Features.

 

Dheeradilok, Phisit, A Detailed Study of the Deformational History of Part of the Rockerville Area, Black Hills, South Dakota.

 

Gendi, Mohammed H., Statistical Correlation by Graphical Methods of Trace Metal Distribution in Rock Types in the Black Hills, South Dakota.

 

 

Miller, Richard H., Possible Recharge to the Dakota Artesian Aquifer From Outcrops of Juro-Cretaceous Sandstones, Black Hills Area.

 

Steffen, Lyle, Intraformational Folding in the Minnekahta Limestone in the Fanny Peak Area, Weston County, Wyoming.

 

Tyler, Ronald, A Morphologic Comparison of Lunar and Terrestrial Lava Flows.

 

 

 

1972 PH.D. GEOLOGICAL ENGINEERING

 

Badadur, Sher, In-Situ Stress Measurements in the Black Hills, South Dakota.

 

Kar, Lakshmidhar, Earthquake Behavior of Arch Dam-Reservoir Systems.

 

Luza, Kenneth Vincent, A Detailed Structural Analysis of the Northwest Corner of the Hill City Quadrangle, Pennington County, South Dakota.

 

 

1973 M.S. GEOLOGY

 

Alkhazmi, Rajab A., Structural Analysis of Precambrian Rocks of the Park Dome Area, Custer County, Black Hills of South Dakota.

 

Baker, Richard K., The Ground Water Capacity of the Newcastle-Dakota Sandstones in Central and Western South Dakota.

 

Bidgood, Thomas Warren, Alteration Associated with Sandstone-Type Uranium Mineralization in the Black Hills, South Dakota and Wyoming.

 

Gersic, Joseph, A Limited Structural and Stratigraphic Interpretation of the Red River Formation, South Dakota.

 

Grimes, John H., The Origin and Occurrence of Chromiferous Muscovite in the Crow Formation of the Southern Black Hills, Custer County, South Dakota.

 

Johnson, Dennis V., Water Wells in the Inyan Kara Group near Rapid City, South Dakota.

 

Nixon, Roy Arthur III, Geomorphological Effects of the June 9, 1972 Flood on Victoria Creek, Black Hills, South Dakota.

 

Siok, William J., Total Water Storage Capacity of the Fall River-Lakota Sandstones and of the Dakota Formation East of the Zero Skull Creek Shale Line in South Dakota.

 

(Springhetti) Loskot, Carole Lynne, Deposition of Cave Material in Wind Cave.

 

Zakir, Fawaz Abdul Rahman, Geology of the Ablah Area, Southern Hijaz Quadrangle, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.

 

 

1973 PH.D. GEOLOGY

 

Schneider, Gary B., Petrology of the Pahasapa (Madison) Limestone of the Northeastern Black Hills of South Dakota.

 

 

1973 M.S. GEOLOGICAL ENGINEERING

 

Ching, Paul D., An Investigation of the Cambrian Deadwood Sandstone in Central and Southern Black Hills, South Dakota, as Potential Industrial Silica Sands.

 

White, Jon M., Effects of Small Temperature Changes on Measured Apparent Residual Strain in Selected Rock Cylinders.

 

 

1973 PH.D. GEOLOGICAL ENGINEERING

 

Barnum, Dean Charles, A Petrologic, Stratigraphic, and Crushing Properties Study of the Pahasapa Limestone (Madison) of the Northern Black Hills, South Dakota.

 

 

1973 M.S. PALEONTOLOGY

 

Martin, James E., Small Mammals From the Miocene Batesland Formation of South Dakota.

 

 

1974 M.S. GEOLOGY

 

Anna, Lawrence 0., Geology of the Kirk Hill Area, Lawrence-Meade Counties, South Dakota.

 

Welch, Carl Martin, A Preliminary Report on the Geology of the Mineral Hill Area, Crook County, Wyoming.

 

 

1974 M.S. GEOLOGICAL ENGINEERING

 

Gjere, Robert A., Glacial Geology of the Meadowlark Lake Quadrangle, Bighorn Mountains, Wyoming.

 

Rockey, David L., Geology of the Eastern Vanocker Laccolith Area, Meade County, South Dakota.

 

 

1974 PH.D. GEOLOGICAL ENGINEERING

 

Iyer, L. Srinivasa, The Effect of Freezing and Thawing on Minnekahta and Sioux Quartzite Used for Concrete Aggregates.

 

Sateesha, Malalur K., Analysis of Data From A Deep Hole Stress Measurements Device.

 

 

1974 M.S. PALEONTOLOGY

 

Aho, John E., The Fauna and Paleoenvironment of the “White River” Beds, Rockerville Quadrangle, Pennington County, South Dakota.

 

 

1975 M.S. GEOLOGY

 

Bahabri, Mohammad Sultan, A Study of Amphibolite Rocks in Different Metamorphic Environments, Black Hills, South Dakota.

 

Briggs, John Peter, A Sedimentation Study of Loess and Loess-Like Deposits in the Big Badlands of South Dakota.

 

Punatar, Gajendra Kesshavial, An Investigation of the Flow-Duration Characteristics of Selected Streams in South Dakota.

 

Willibey, Tom Dean, Changes in Mineral Composition with Metamorphism of a Part of the Oreville Formation, Black Hills, South Dakota.

 

 

1975 PH.D. GEOLOGY

 

Carda, Dan, D., A Study of the Radium Content of the Ground Waters in Western South Dakota with Emphasis on the Madison (Pahasapa) Limestone.

 

 

1975 M.S. GEOLOGICAL ENGINEERING

 

Iskander, Atef Fanzi, A Gravity Survey of the Alkali Creek and the Bear Butte Areas, Meade County, South Dakota.

 

Johnson, Thomas Lee, Water Quality Study of a Shallow Aquifer at Keystone, South Dakota.

 

 

1975 PH.D. GEOLOGICAL ENGINEERING

 

White, Jon M., Experimental Stress Analysis and Rock Mechanics Research Techniques Applied to Selected Problems in Engineering and Earth Science.

 

 

1975 M.S. PALEONTOLOGY

 

Campbell, Frank W., A Stratigraphic Study of Dental Variations in the Oligocene Rodent Ischryomys from the Slim Buttes.

 

Kihm, Alan James, Mammalian Paleontology of the Yoder Local Fauna.

 

Morea, Michael Frank, On the Species of Hoplophoneus and Eusmilus (Carnivora, Felidae).

 

Reitenbach, Jacob Andrew, Variation Among Oligocene Equids From the Big Badlands, South Dakota.

 

 

 

1976 M.S. GEOLOGY

 

Atkinson, Ross David, Geology of the Pony Gulch Area Near Mystic, South Dakota.

 

Gerlach, Paul Joseph, The Ground-Water Hydrology of Mine Spoils at Two Coal Strip Mines in Western Sheridan County, Wyoming.

 

Isarankura, Somsak, Seismic and Resistivity Methods Applied to Ground Water Studies at Hidden Water Creek Coal Strip-Mines, Sheridan County, Wyoming.

 

Parkhill, Thomas A., Geology of the Tertiary Igneous Rocks in the Richmond Hills Intrusive Complex, Northern Black Hills, South Dakota.

 

 

 

1976 M.S. GEOLOGICAL ENGiNEERING

 

Bahadoran, Behzad, Water Resources in the Nemo Area, South Dakota.

 

Beck, James Aubrey, Jr., Geology of the Lexington Hill-Pillar Peak Area; Lawrence County, South Dakota.

 

Farkas, Frank S., Infiltration and Laboratory Permeability Studies of Spoils From Selected Coal Strip Mines, Powder River Basin, Wyoming and Montana.

 

Samai, Mahdi, Landsat-A Photointerpretation of Geologic Features in the Black Hills, South Dakota.

 

 

1977 M.S. GEOLOGY

 

Larsen, Richard K., Geology, Alteration, and Mineralization of the Northern Cutting Stock, Lawrence County, South Dakota.

 

McMillan, Richard C., Geology oaf the Lookout Mill Area Along Castle Creek, Black Hills, Pennington County, South Dakota.

 

Nakanart, Araya, The Buffalo Oil Field, Harding County, South Dakota.

 

Roth, John E., Pahasapa Porosity Evolution at Jewel Cave National Monument, South Dakota.

 

 

1977 M.S. GEOLOGICAL ENGINEERING

 

Dolan, John D., The Petrology of the Whitewood Formation From the Ragged Top Mountain Cores, Black Hills, South Dakota.

 

Heidt, J. Harmon, Geology of the Mount Theodore Roosevelt-Maitland Area, Lawrence County, South Dakota.

 

Ingle, Steven Carl, Basin Analysis and Paleodrainage, Dana Basin Wyoming.

 

Najjar-Bawab, Moumtaz Mohammad, Barker Dome Oil Field, Custer County, South Dakota.

 

 

1978 M.S. GEOLOGY

 

Aparicio, Agustin, Petrography of the Fort Union Formation in Uranium Mineralized Areas, Cave Hills, Harding County, South Dakota.

 

Dane, John K., Alteration of Sedimentary Rocks Related to Uranium Mineralization in the North Cave Hills of Harding County, South Dakota.

 

Elwood, Michael Warren, Geology of the Black Buttes, Crook County, South Dakota.

 

Hendrick, Steven J., The Geology of the Three Fingers Rock Area, Owyhee Uplands, Malheur County, Oregon.

 

Isarangkoon, Piphop, The Distribution of Zinc and Lead in Rock at the Big Bug Pluton, Big Bug Mining District, Yavapai County, Arizona.

 

Mellon, Steven Allen, Stratigraphic Controls on Scheelite-Bearing Tactite Within the Amsden Group at the Lost Creek Mining District, Beaverhead County, Montana.

 

Yancey, Clyde L., Geology and Elemental Distribution of the Mississippian Pahasapa Limestone - Pennsylvanian Minnelusa Formation Unconformity, South Western Black Hills, South Dakota.

 

 

1978 PH.D. GEOLOGY

 

Bidgood, Thomas W., Petrography and Trace Element Distribution Across a Gold Ore Body in the Homestake Mine, Lead, South Dakota.

 

 

1978 M.S. GEOLOGICAL ENGINEERING

 

Fayyaz, Mohammad S., Ground Water Resources of the Boulder Canyon Area, Lawrence and Meade Counties, South Dakota.

 

Rawlins, David M., Geology of the Buffalo Gap Area, Custer and Fall River Counties, South Dakota.

 

 

1979 M.S. GEOLOGY

 

Engstrom, William Scott, Sedimentology of the Inyan Kara Group East of Piedmont, South Dakota.

 

Hadji-sabbagh, Mehdi, Structural Geology of the Crook Mountain and Whitewood Area, Lawrence-Meade Counties, South Dakota.

 

Jumnongthai, Junya, Foraminifera of the Upper Cretaceous Belle Fourche Shale, Greenhorn, and Carlile Formations, Weston County, Wyoming.

 

Jumnongthai, Manit, Geology of the Sugarloaf Mountain Area, Lead, South Dakota.

 

Kokcharoensup, Wichai, The Distribution of Metals in Stream Sediments at the Galena­-Gilt Edge Area, Lawrence County, South Dakota.

 

Maranate, Srisopa, Petrogenesis of a Layered Amphibolite Sill in the Nemo District, Black Hills, South Dakota.

 

Pakkong, Mongkol, Ground Water of the Boulder Park Area, Lawrence County, South Dakota.

 

Payne, Curtis M., Geology of a Part of the Nemo District in the Black Hills of South Dakota.

 

Sadighi Gilani, Mohammad Ali; Distribution of Rare ‘Alkalies’ and Selected Metals Around the Peerless and Etta Pegmatites, Keystone, South Dakota.

 

Sofranoff, Stephanie E., Geology, Alteration, and Mineralization, of the Carbonate Mining District and Surrounding Area, Lawrence County, South Dakota.

 

Usiriprisan, Chamroon, Geology of the Woodville Hills Intrusive Body, Lawrence County, South Dakota.

 

Vandike, James E., Hydrogeology of the North Fork River Basin Above Tecumseh, Missouri.

 

 

1979 PH.D. GEOLOGY

 

Kim, Jong Dae, Mineralogy and Trace Elements of the Uraniferous Conglomerates, Nemo District, Black Hills, South Dakota.

 

 

1979 M.S. GEOLOGICAL ENGINEERING

 

Davis, Arden D., Hydrogeology of the Belle Fourche Water Infiltration Gallery Area, Lawrence County, South Dakota.

 

Szigeti, George Joseph, Sedimentology and Paleontology of the Upper Jurassic Unkpapa Sandstone and Morrison Formation, East Flank of the Black Hills, South Dakota.

 

Ward, William D. Jr., Sedimentology of the Minnelusa Formation, Dark Canyon, Rapid City, South Dakota.

 

Woodhouse, Bruce Alan, Geochemical Indicators of Petroleum Migration in Red River Formation Waters of South Dakota.

 

 

1980 M.S. GEOLOGY

 

Elwood, Sompis C., Geological Education in the Museum.

 

Knirsch, Karen; Possible Heat Sources in Geothermal Waters at Edgemont, South Dakota.

 

 

1980 M.S. GEOLOGICAL ENGINEERING

 

Dandavati, Kumar S., Sedimentology and Uranium Potential of the Inyan Kara Group Near Buffalo Gap, South Dakota.

 

Koopersmith, Craig A., Computer Analysis of Bank Erosion on Lake Sharpe, South Dakota.

 

Zigich, Daniel K., Evaluating the Effectiveness of Landsat Data as a Tool for Locating Buried Pre-Glacial Valleys in Eastern South Dakota.

 

 

1980 PH.D. GEOLOGICAL ENGINEERING

 

Beck, James Aubrey, Jr., Mechanisms of Intraformational Folding in the Minnekahta Limestone and Relation to Major Structures, Black Hills, South Dakota-Wyoming.

 

 

1980 M.S. PALEONTOLOGY

 

Challe’John L., Statistical Analysis of the Cricetid Rodent Eumys From the Brule Formation, Slim Buttes, Harding County, South Dakota.

 

Elliott, John R., A Population Study of the Systematics and Stratigraphic Variation of Hesperocyon - Mammalia, Canidae.

 

Ostrander, Gregg, Mammalia of the Early Oligocene (Chandronian) Raben Ranch Local Fauna of Northwestern Nebraska.

 

 

1981 M.S. GEOLOGY

 

Daly, William E., Basement Control of the Deposition of the Cambrian Deadwood Formation in the Eastern Black Hills, South Dakota.

 

Gasser,   Michael M., The Geology of the Southeast Portion of the Deadman Mountain Quadrangle, Black Hills, South Dakota.

 

Hamyouni, Ezzidin Ahmed, Subsurface Study of the Upper Cretaceous Anf Formation, Central Sirte Basin, Libya.

 

Krahulec, Kenneth A., Precambrian Geology of the Roubaix District, Black Hills, South Dakota.

 

Meier, Laurence, Geology of the Crow Peak Area, Lawrence County, South Dakota.

 

Sabel, Joseph M., The Sedimentology of the Spearfish Formation.

 

 

1981 PH.D. GEOLOGY

 

Alkhazmi, Rajab Abdussalam, Geology, Geochemistry and Petrogenesis of the Alkaline Syenite Series and Phonolite of Jabal Arkeno Ring Complex, Southeast Libya.

 

Hangari, Khaled M., Geology and Stable Isotope Geochemistry of Upper Devonian Ironstones from Wadi Shatti District, Southern Libya.

 

 

1981 M.S. GEOLOGICAL ENGINEERING

 

Ainsworth, Michael R., Geomorphological Analysis of the Boulder Deposit at the Mouth of Little Elk Canyon, Black Hills, South Dakota.

 

Brook, Hilary James, Evaluation of Potential Flood Water Detention Sites for Artificial Recharge, Black Hills, South Dakota.

 

Coker, Diane, Shallow Ground Water Resources of a Portion of Rapid Valley, Pennington County, South Dakota, 96 p.

 

Roca, Luis R., Engineering Geology and Relative Slope Stability of the Inyan Kara Hogback, Rapid City, South Dakota.

 

Slifko-Welch, Christine M., The Harrison Avenue Landslide, Pierre, South Dakota.

 

 

1981 M.S. PALEONTOLOGY

 

Tabrum, Alan Robert, A Contribution to the Mammalian Paleontology of the Ogallala Group of South-Central South Dakota.

 

 

1982 M.S. GEOLOGY

 

Bond, William D., Preferred Orientations of C-axes in Quartz Grains and Their Relationship to the Tectonic Structure of the Homestake Gold Mine at Lead, South Dakota.

 

Buswell, Michael Douglas, Subsurface Geology of the Oshsoto Uranium Deposit, Crook County, Wyoming.

 

El Ghoul, Mukhtar Taher, Subsurface Structure, Stratigraphy, and Oil Occurrence of the Upper Member of the Minnelusa Formation in Northeastern Wyoming.

 

 

1982 PH.D. GEOLOGY

 

Zakir, Fawaz, Preliminary Study of the Geology and Tectonics of the Raghama Formation Maqna Area, Wadi As’sirhan Quadrangle, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.

 

 

1982 M.S. GEOLOGICAL ENGINEERING

 

Fricke, John N.; Geologic Investigation of Precambrian Mafic Intrusive Rocks Near McGee Siding, Pennington County, South Dakota.

 

Fry, Joyce Ann, Analysis of Joints on Monoclines in the Fanny Peak Quadrangle, Wyoming and South Dakota.

 

Kuhl, Tim 0., Precambrian Geology of the Deerfield Area, Pennington County, South Dakota.

 

Machacha, Tafilani P., Mineralogy and Geochemistry of the Iron Dike in the Broken Boot Mine West of Deadwood, Lawrence County, South Dakota.

 

Modisi, Motsoptse P., The Geology and Geochemistry of the Iron Mountain Ironstone, Pennington and Custer Counties, South Dakota.

 

Sharata, Salem Muftah, Geologic Factors Controlling Hydrocarbon Occurrence in the Upper Minnelusa Formation in Northeastern Wyoming.

 

 

Stowowski, Steven J., Sedimentary Depositional Environment of the Ordovician St. Peter Formation, and Distribution and Origin of Jarosite and Soluble Components at the Clayton Silica Mine, Clayton, Iowa.

 

Peter, Kathy, Hydrochemistry of the Lower Cretaceous Aquifers of the Northern Great Plains.

 

 

1983 M.S. GEOLOGY

 

Daly, Cathryn Hayes, An Evaluation of an Area of Potential Molybdenum Mineralization, Chicago Park, Gunnison County, Colorado.

 

Fantone, Kenneth, Geochemistry and Petrology of the Carbonate Iron Formations and Ferruginous Cherts of the Northeastern Black Hills, South Dakota.

 

Hall, Rowland, Radiological and Environmental Assessment of Abandoned Uranium Mines in the Edgemont Mining District, South Dakota.

 

Marin, Jon Randal, Structure and Depositional Environment of the Precambrian Rocks in the McGee Area, Black Hills, South Dakota.

 

 

1983 M.S. GEOLOGICAL ENGINEERING

 

Erb, David, Geologic Evaluation for Potential Molybdenum Mineralization, Chicago park, Gunnison County, Colorado.

 

Goodrun, Christopher K., A Paleoenvironmental and Stratigraphic Study of the Paleocene Fort Union Formation in the Cave Hills Area of Harding County, South Dakota.

 

Hafi, Zuhair, Digital-Computer Model for Nitrate-Transport in the Rapid Valley Aquifer, Pennington County, South Dakota.

 

Quyang, Shoung, Land Subsidence Due to Gypsum Solution in the Western Part of Rapid City, South Dakota.

 

Refai, Refai, Geology and Reservoir Characteristics of the Red River Formation in Harding County, South Dakota.

 

 

1983 PH.D. GEOLOGICAL ENGINEERING

 

Davis, Arden D., Digital Models of Ground-Water Flow, Solute Transport, and Dispersion for Part of the Spearfish Valley Aquifer, Lawrence County, South Dakota.

 

 

1984 M.S. GEOLOGY

 

Campbell, Thomas J., Phosphate Mineralogy of the Tip Top Pegmatite, Custer, South Dakota.

 

Christiansen, William D., Stratigraphy and Structure of the Precambrian Metamorphic Rocks in the Grace Coolidge Creek Area, Custer State Park, South Dakota.

 

Gillespie, Janice M., Depositional Environments and Hydrocarbon Potential of the Uppermost Cretaceous Lance Formation, Wind River Basin, Wyoming.

 

Hendrickson, Brent R., Stratigraphic Position, Mineralogy, Depositional Environment, and Gold Distribution of the Main Reef at Morro Do Cuscuz and Morro Do Vento Near Jacobina, Bahia, Brazil.

 

Huq, Syed Y., Potential Sand-Frac Deposits in the Basal Deadwood Formation, Eastern Black Hills, South Dakota.

 

Jensen,   Martin, Major, Minor, and Trace Elements (REE’s) in Apatite as Recorders of Pegmatite Petrogenesis.

 

Kremin-Smith, Denise J., Hydrogeology of a Portion of the Ogallala Aquifer, South Central Todd County, South Dakota.

 

Motes     III, Arthur Glenn, A Sedimentological Study of the Middle and Upper Minnelusa Formation, Crook County, Wyoming.

 

Norby,    John W., Geology and Geochemistry of Precambrian Amphibolites and Associated Gold Mineralization, Tinton District, Lawrence County, South Dakota and Crook County, Wyoming.

 

Rueb, Ronald A., Lineament Analysis of the Black Hills, South Dakota and Wyoming.

 

Sussman, Jeffery A., Investigation of the Physical and Chemical Character of Zircons from Uraniferous Precambrian Conglomerates as a Possible Exploration Guide.

 

Tapper, Charles Joseph, Geochemistry of Greenstone and Amphibolite in the Eastern Black Hills.

 

Vogt, Timothy J., The Petrology, Mineralogy and Chemistry of the Cora Mine, A Hydrothermal Lead-Silver Deposit, Black Hills, South Dakota.

 

 

1984 M.S. GEOLOGICAL ENGINEERING

 

Bajabaa, Saleh A.S., Hydrogeology of Wadi Turabah, Saudi Arabia.

 

Khan, Mumtaz Ahmed; The Occurrence of Shallow Gas Deposits in Harding County, South Dakota.

 

Kyllonen, David P., Hydrogeology of the Alluvial Aquifer in Eastern Rapid City, Pennington County, South Dakota.

 

Musa, Jagieb S., Hydrogeology of the Alluvial Aquifer in Eastern Rapid City, Pennington County, South Dakota.

 

 

1985 M.S. GEOLOGY

 

Dorsett, Russell K., Petrograpbic and Paleoenvironmental Analyses of Core Samples from the Wyodak Coal, Gillette, Wyoming.

 

French, Gregory McNaughton, Relationships of Lithology and Ore Deposits in the Lower Cambrian Deadwood Formation and the Precambrian Basement in the Lead-Deadwood Dome Area, Black Hills, South Dakota.

 

Jolliff, Bradley L., Tourmaline as a Recorder of Pegmatite Evolution: Bob Ingersoll Pegmatite, Black Hills, South Dakota.

 

Knell, Gregory W., The Sedimentology and Petrology of the Cambria Coal, Newcastle, Weston County, Wyoming.

 

Kroeger, Timothy J., Paleoenviromnental Significance of the Upper Cretaceous Palynomorph Assemblages in the Hell Creek Formation, Butte County, South Dakota.

 

Lofholm, Stephen T., Geology of the Old Dominion Mine Prospect, Granite County, Montana.

 

Settle, Alberta L., Feldspars as Recorders of Pegmatite Petrogenesis: Bob Ingersoll and Peerless Pegmatites, Black Hills, South Dakota.

 

Stearns, Bruce B., Petrography and Depositional Environments of a Lignite from Lauderdalke County, Tennessee.

 

Talbot, W. Robert, Sedimentology, Depositional Environments, and Paleomagnetic Reconnaissance of the Upper Cretaceous Hell Creek Formation, Northeastern Butte County, South Dakota.

 

Van Stone, Larry J., Measurement and Prediction of Anisotropic Thermal Conductivity.

 

 

1985 M.S. GEOLOGICAL ENGINEERING

 

Bangsund, William, J., Hydrogeology of Upper Cretaceous Shales and Surficial Deposits, Igloo Area, Fall River County, South Dakota.

 

Gates, William C.B. (Cpt.), Source and Transport Mechanisms of Quartzite Boulders in the Red Valley Area, Black Hills, South Dakota and Wyoming.

 

Kazdal, Recep A., A Study of the Reservoir Characteristics of the Niobrara Formation in South Dakota.

 

Mannai, Mohamed A., Digital Computer Models of Sedimentation in Angostura Reservoir, Fall River County, South Dakota.

 

Namoglu, A Coskun; Geology and Petroleum Potential of the Minnelusa Formation Along the Cottonwood Creek Anticline and the Surrounding Area, Fall River County, South Dakota.

 

Borden, Richard K., Structural Geology and Stratigraphy of the Southwestern Margin of the Meade Thrust, Harrington Peak, Georgetown and Meade Peak Quadrangles, Southeastern Idaho.

 

Cleath, Richard Allen, Geology of the Precambrian Rocks in the Silver Creek Area, Near Rochford, Black Hills, South Dakota.

 

Dahlstrom, D.D., Fluvial Architecture of the Lower Cretaceous Lakota Formation, Southwestern Flank of the Black Hills Uplift, South Dakota.

 

Durkin, Thomas V., A Palynological Study of the Petrified Forest Area of the Early Eocene Wasatch Deposits Near Buffalo, Wyoming.

 

Jenkins, Creties S., Jr., A Preliminary Tectonic Analysis of the Northeastern Margin of the Bighorn Uplift: Buffalo to Dayton, Wyoming.

 

Eberlin, John E., Chemical Weathering and Mechanical Properties of the Carlile Formation at Igloo, South Dakota.

 

Macleod, Roderick J., The Geology of the Gilt Edge Area, Northern Black Hills of South Dakota.

 

 

1986 PH.D. GEOLOGY

 

Gaines, Roberta Kay Sampson, A Study of the Organic Geochemistry of the Lower Part or the Sharon Springs Member of the Pierre Shale in Western South Dakota.

 

Johnson, Kathryn 0., Geochemical Model of the Migration of Trace Metals from Uranium Mill Tailings, 175 p.

 

 

1986 M.S. GEOLOGICAL ENGINEERING

 

Bergeron, Brian P., Gasoline Contamination of the Alluvial Aquifer in East Central Rapid City, South Dakota.

 

Everson, Douglas D., A Geophysical Study of the Tomahawk Volcanic Area Near Brownsville, Black Hills, South Dakota.

 

Schreuder, Kenneth M., Predicting Gypsum-Anhydrite Equilibria in the Subsurface - A Thermodynamic Model.

 

Tuysuz, Necati, Heavy Mineral Distribution in the Basal Deadwood Formation: A Possible Geochemical Tool for Precambrian in the Northern Black Hills, South Dakota.

 

Wuolo, Ray Wilbert, Laboratory Studies of Arsenic Adsorption in Alluvium Contaminated with Gold-Mine Tailings Along Whitewood Creek, Black Hills, South Dakota, 166 p.

 

 

1986 M.S. PALEONTOLOGY

 

Pinsof, John David, The Pleistocene Vertebrate Fauna of South Dakota.

 

 

1987 M.S. GEOLOGY

 

Best, William Allen, A Sedimentologic and Stratigraphic Study of the Paleocene Fort Union Formation in the South Cave Hills of Harding County, South Dakota.

 

Dadoly, John Peter, Gold Mineralization in a Regional Metamorphic Terrane: A Wall-Rock Alteration Study of the Cicagof and Hirst-Chicagof Gold Mines, Southeast Alaska.

 

Galbreath, Kevin C., Mass Transfer during Wall-Rock Alteration: An Example from a Quartz-Graphite Vein, Black Hills, South Dakota.

 

Holzheimer, Joanne M., Paleoenvironmental Analysis of Upper Cretaceous Strata Deposited on the Northern Flank of the Precambrian Sioux Quartzite, Lake and Moody Counties, Eastern South Dakota.

 

Spilde, Michael N., Tantalum-Niobium Mineralization as a Recorder of Pegmatite Evolution; Bob Ingersoll and Tin Mountain Pegmatites, Black Hills, South Dakota.

 

Weissenborn, Paul R., The Precambrian Geology of the Western Portion of the Rochford Gold-Mining District, Black Hills, South Dakota.

 

1987 PH.D. GEOLOGY

 

Gosselin, David Charles, Geology, Geochemistry, Petrology of Archean Rocks from the Black Hills, South Dakota.

 

Jolliff, Bradley L., Petrogenesis, Geochemical Relationships and Internal Evolution of Granitic Pegmatites in the Keystone Area, Black Hills, South Dakota.

 

 

1987 M.S. GEOLOGICAL ENGINEERING

 

Pekas, Bradley S., Brine Contamination of the Hell Creek Aquifer from an Unlined Drilling-Fluid Pit in Northern Harding County, South Dakota.

 

Peterman, Bruce D., Hydrogeology of the Proposed Northern Great Plains Superconducting Super Site, Miner, Hanson, and Sanborn Counties, South Dakota.

 

 

1987 M.S. PALEONTOLOGY

 

Effinger, James A., Systematics and Paleobiology of White River Group Entelodontidae (Mammalia, Artiodactyla).

 

 

1988 M.S. GEOLOGY

 

Blake, Bonnie Janine, Geochemistry of the Epigenetic Uranium-Bearing Cretaceous Lakota Formation, Southern Black Hills, South Dakota.

 

Faircloth, Susan Lynn, Precambrian Basement Rock from North Dakota, South Dakota, and Western Minnesota: A Petrologic and Geochemical Analysis of 51 Drill Core Samples.

 

Kleiter, Kathryn Jean, Paleochannel of the Tertiary White River Group Near Fairburn, South Dakota.

 

Pish, Timothy A., Palynology and Paleoecology of the Cambria Coal, Weston County, Wyoming, 197 p.

 

 

1988 PH.D. GEOLOGY

 

Sabtan,  Abdullah A., Determination of Longitudinal and Lateral Sediment Distribution in Reservoirs.

 

Simon,   Steven B., Lunar Regolith Breccias and Soils: Comparative Petrology, Chemistry and Evolution.

 

 

1988 M.S. GEOLOGICAL ENGINEERING

 

Charoen-Pakdi, Dawaduen, Petrographic and Petrophysical Characteristics of the Upper Cretaceous Turner Sandy Member of the Carlile Shale, Todd Oil Field Weston County, Wyoming.

 

Mutlu,    Hamlin, The Use of the Pitzer Equations to determine Saturation of Trona and Other Associated Saline Minerals: A Case Study of the Green River Trona Deposits, Wyoming.

 

Schubbe, Dennis Lee, Hydrogeology of the Spearhead Lake Area, Hubbard County, Minnesota.

 

 

1988 M.S. PALEONTOLOGY

 

DeTample, Craig, Taphonomic Analysis of the Miocene Flint Hills North Locality, Bennett County, South Dakota.

 

Robertson, Dennis, A Study of Eight Samples of Leptomeryx (Mammalia, Artiodactylia) From the Oligocene of South Dakota.

 

Whitmore, Janet Lynn, The Vertebrate Paleontology of Late Cretaceous (Lancian) Localities in the Lance Formation, Northern Niobrara County, Wyoming.

 

 

1989 M.S. GEOLOGY

 

Bethel, Lindsay Allison, Flourenscence and Spectral Analysis of the Liptinite Macerals in the Wyodak Coal, Gillette, Campbell County, Wyoming.

 

Whitesides, Dietrich H., Geomorphologic Effects of the Galena Forest Fire in Custer State Park, South Dakota.

 

 

1989 M.S. GEOLOGICAL ENGINEERING

 

Getty, Michael G., Hydrogeology and Geothermal Water Utilization for the City of Belle Fourche, South Dakota.

 

Kayabali, Kamil, Stability Analysis of Rock Slopes at the Approaches of the Keystone Tunnel, Pennington County, South Dakota.

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