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Dissertations/Theses

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18 Publications

2018

The response of streamflow and evapotranspiration to changes in snowmelt across the western United States. Barnhart, Theodore B. (2018): Ph.D. dissertation, Dept. of Geography, University of Colorado, Boulder.

2018

Solifluction Lobes on Niwot Ridge: Using Drones, Time-lapse Cameras, and Weather Data to Study Periglacial Features . Dylan Lanka (2018): Senior honors thesis, Physical Geography, University of Colorado.

2017

Runoff generation in Betasso catchment: Investigation of Hortonian overland flow . Hammack, Garret (2017): Senior honors thesis, Physical Geography, University of Colorado.

2017

Understanding the geomorphic imprint of the Northern Pocket Gopher on the subalpine zone of the Colorado Front Range . Winchell, Eric W. (2017): Ph.D. dissertation, Dept. of Geological Sciences, University of Colorado, Boulder.

2015

Advances in reactive transport modeling of geochemical systems: Applications to acid rock drainage and the evolution of the critical zone. Pandey, S. (2015): Pd.D. dissertation, Dept. of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Colorado, Boulder.

2014

Linking topography, hydrology, climate and ecoloty in semi-arid forests: Within catchment annual tree growth and water use efficiency. Adams, H. R. (2014): MA thesis, Dept. of Geography, University of Colorado, Boulder.

2014

Hillslope Dissolved Organic Matter Transport and Transformation in a Semi-Arid Headwater Catchment . Burns, M. (2014): MA thesis, Dept. of Geography, University of Colorado, Boulder.

2014

The torrential and the mundane: Climate controls on hillslope weathering, channel bed material, and landscape evolution in the Colorado Front Range. Langston, A. L. (2014): Ph.D. dissertation, Dept. of Geological Sciences, University of Colorado, Boulder.

2012

Subsurface Evolution: Characterizing the physical and geochemical changes in weathered bedrock of Lower Gordon Gulch, Boulder Creek Critical Zone Observatory . Kelly, Patrick (2012): Thesis submitted to the Faculty of the Graduate School of the University of Colorado in partial fulfillment of the requirement for the degree of Master of Arts Department of Geography

2011

Landscape-Scale Variation in Soil Microbial Communities Across a Forested Watershed. Eilers, Kathryn. (2011): Thesis, University of Colorado, Master of Arts, Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology Cross-CZO

2011

Removal of benthic algae in swift-flowing streams: the significance of spatial and temporal variation in shear stress and bed disturbance. James Duncan Sydney Cullis (2011): A thesis submitted to the Faculty of the Graduate School of the University of Colorado in partial fulfillment of the requirement for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy Department of Civil, Environmental and Architectural Engineering

2010

Applied geophysical characterization of the shallow subsurface: Towards quantifying recent landscape evolution and current processes in the Boulder Creek watershed, CO. Befus, Kevin (2010): Thesis, University of Colorado, Master of Science, Department of Geological Sciences

2010

The Hydrology of Headwater Catchments from the Plains to the Continental Divide, Boulder Creek Watershed, Colorado. Cowie, Rory. (2010): Thesis, University of Colorado, Master of Arts Department of Geography

2010

Climatological and elevational controls on organic and inorganic nutrients in stream waters, Boulder Creek watershed, Colorado Front Range . Parman, Jordan. (2010): Thesis, University of Colorado, Master of Arts, Department of Geography

2009

Characterization of water chemistry and Didymosphenia geminata growth in Boulder Creek. McLaughlin, Aimee (2009): A thesis submitted to the Faculty of the Graduate School of the University of Colorado in partial fulfillment of the requirement for the degree of Master of Science Department of Environmental Studies

2009

Investigating the growth of didymosphenia geminata and the impact on benthic macroinvertebrate communities in Boulder creek, a regulated mountain stream, in the summer of 2008. McLaughlin, Aimee. (2009): Thesis, University of Colorado, Master of Science Department of Environmental Studies