Stolper, Edward M.

Committee Member — 50 thesises

• Balta, Joseph Brian — 1. Experimental Investigation of Hydrous Melting of the Earth’s Upper Mantle, and 2. Olivine Abundances and Compositions in Hawaiian Lavas (2010, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Scheller, Eva Linghan — A Multi-Disciplinary Approach: How Aqueous Minerals Hold the Key to Understanding the Climate and Habitability of Terrestrial Planets (2022, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Hofmeister, Anne Marie — A Spectroscopic and Chemical Study of the Coloration of Feldspars by Irradiation and Impurities, Including Water (1984, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Asimow, Paul David — A Thermodynamic Model of Adiabatic Melting of the Mantle (1997, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Miller, Sarah Ann — Alkaline Earth Element Partitioning in Simplified Magmatic Systems (2007, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Gazis, Carey Alice — An isotopic study of the fluid flow and thermal history of the 2.8 Ma Chegem ash-flow caldera and related intrusive rocks (Caucasus Mountains, Russia) (1995, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Fine, Gerald Jonathan — Carbon Dioxide in Synthetic and Natural Silicate Glasses (1986, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Navon, Oded — Chemical and Mineralogical Characterization of Micro-Inclusions in Diamonds (1989, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Ryan-Davis, Juliet Rose — Crystalline Records of Mafic Arc Magmas Across the Sierra Nevada Batholith, California (2025, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Conca, James Louis — Differential Weathering Effects and Mechanisms (1985, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Vizgirda, Joana Marija — Dynamic Properties of Carbonates and Applications to Cratering Processes (1982, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Rowan, Linda Rose — Equation of state of molten mid-ocean ridge basalt. Structure of Kilauea volcano. (1993, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Saper, Lee Michael — Experimental Studies on the Thermodynamics and Kinetics of Coexisting Olivine, Silicate Melt, and Vapor (2022, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Lee, Woh-jer — Experimental Study on Liquid Immiscibility in Silicate-Carbonate Systems with Applications to Carbonatites (1996, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Matzen, Andrew Keith — Fe-Mg and Ni Partitioning between Olivine and Silicate Melt (2012, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Swindle, Carl Raymond — Fluid-Rock Interactions from the Lithosphere to Earth’s Surface (2024, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Miaou, Emily Yishiuan — From Melting Dynamics to Medical Diagnostics: Studies in Geochemical Kinetics (2025, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Blum, Joel David — Geochemistry and Resonance Ionization of Platinum-Group Elements (1990, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Knott, Diane Clemens — Geologic and isotopic investigations of the early Cretaceous Sierra Nevada Batholith, Tulare Co., CA, and the Ivrea Zone, NW Italian Alps: examples of interaction between mantle-derived magma and continental crust (1992, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Edwards, Richard Lawrence — High Precision Thorium-230 Ages of Corals and the Timing of Sea Level Fluctuations in the Late Quaternary (1988, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• O'Leary, Julie Ann — Hydrogen Isotope Geochemistry of the Mantle: Constraints from Back Arc Basin Basalts and Mantle Xenoliths (2007, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Larson, Peter Brennan — I. An ¹⁸O/¹⁶O Investigation of the Lake City Caldera, San Juan Mountains, Colorado. II. ¹⁸O/¹⁶O Relationships in Tertiary Ash-Flow Tuffs from Complex Caldera Structures in Central Nevada and the San Juan Mountains, Colorado (1984, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Schmitt, Douglas Ray — I. Applications of Double-Exposure Holography to the Measurement of In Situ Stress and the Elastic Moduli of Rock from Boreholes. II. Shock Temperature Measurements in Fused Quartz and Crystalline NaCl to 35 GPa (1987, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Petterson, Ryan — I. Glaciagenic and Related Strata of the Neoproterozoic Kingston Peak Formation in the Panamint Range, Death Valley Region, California. II. The Basal Ediacaran Noonday Formation, Eastern California, and Implications for Laurentian Equivalents. III. Rifting of Southwest Laurentia During the Sturtian-Marinoan Interglacial: The Argenta Orogeny (2009, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Ruff, Larry John — I. Great Earthquakes and Seismic Coupling at Subduction Zones. II. The Structure of the Lowermost Mantle Determined by Short Period P-Wave Amplitudes (1982, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Chen, George (Guangqing) — I. High pressure melting of [gamma]-iron and the thermal profile in the Earth's core. II. High pressure, high temperature equation of state of fayalite (Fe2SiO4) (1998, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Given, Jeffrey Wayne — Inversion of Body-Wave Seismograms for Upper Mantle Structure (1984, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Thomas, Claire Waller — Liquid Silicate Equation of State: Using Shock Waves to Understand the Properties of the Deep Earth (2013, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Lewis, Madeline Janine — Magmatic Differentiation in Arc and Mid Ocean Ridge Settings (2021, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Hofmann, Amy Elizabeth — Micron- to Sub-Micron-Scale Trace Element Zonations in Zircon and Olivine (2010, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Bednarick, Amanda Lee — Ocean-Mantle Interactions Through Earth History (2026, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Keszthelyi, László P. — On the Thermal Budget of Pahoehoe Lava Flows (1994, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Mattson, Stephanie Margaret — Optical Expressions of Ion-Pair Interactions in Minerals (1985, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Goreva, Julia S. — Origin of Th/U Variations in Chondritic Meteorites (2001, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Wang, Zhengrong — Oxygen Isotope Studies of the Petrogenesis of Hawaiian Lavas and a Theoretical Study on Equilibrium Thermodynamics of Multiply-Substituted Isotopologues (2005, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Channon, Melanie Beth — Oxygen Isotopes and Volatiles in Martian Meteorite (2013, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Wasylenki, Laura Eileen — Partial Melting of Depleted Peridotite in the Earth's Upper Mantle and Implications for Generation of Mid-Ocean Ridge Basalts (1999, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Hill, Robert Ian — Petrology and Petrogenesis of Batholithic Rocks, San Jacinto Mountains, Southern California (1984, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Marquez, Ren Thomas Caburnay — Primitive Stellar Remnants and their Signatures as Probes to the Nascent Solar System (2024, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Newcombe, Megan Eve — Solubility and Diffusivity of Water in Lunar Basalt, and Chemical Zonation in Olivine-Hosted Melt Inclusions (2016, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Brodsky, Emily Elizabeth — Studies in Fluid Dynamics as Applied to Seismology and Volcanology (2001, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Jones, John Hume — Studies of the Geochemical Similarity of Plutonium and Samarium and Their Implications for the Abundance of ²⁴⁴Pu in the Early Solar System (1981, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Walck, Marianne Carol — Teleseismic Array Analysis of Upper Mantle Compressional Velocity Structure (1984, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Leshin, Laurie Ann — The Abundance and Hydrogen Isotopic Composition of Water in SNC Meteorites: Implications for Water on Mars (1995, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Kessel, Ronit — The Activity of Chromite in Multicomponent Spinels: An Experimental Study with Implications for the Metamorphic History of Equilibrated Ordinary Chondrites (2002, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Rigden, Sally Miranda — The Determination of the Equation of State of Molten Silicates at High Pressures Using Shock-Wave Techniques (1986, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Chemtob, Steven Michael — The Origin and Evolution of Amorphous Silica Coatings on Young Hawaiian Basalts (2013, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Aines, Roger Deane — Trace Hydrogen in Minerals (1984, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Erel, Yigal — Transport of Natural Lead and Cadmium in Rivers: Global Flux Implications (1991, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Silver, Lynn Alison — Water in Silicate Glasses (1988, Dissertation (Ph.D.))