Geology Senior Thesis Titles (GEOL 394): 1972 - 1979
| Date | Name | Title | Advisor |
| Spring 1972 | Cooper, David | Stream net development in the Table Rock Quadrangle, Garrett County, Maryland | |
| Spring 1972 | Grundborg, Robert | Environmental impact of construction on the Henson Creek Watershed, Maryland | |
| Spring 1972 | Henrickson, John | Field study of exposure near Hancock, Washington County, Maryland | Stifel |
| Spring 1972 | Myers, Brenda L. | Clay mineralogy of the Potomac, Patuxent, Severn, and Magothy Rivers | |
| Fall 1972 | Merchant, Joel | Guide to geological localities in Washington County, Maryland | |
| Spring 1973 | Ealy, Carl | The Effects of Urbanization on Selected Basins of the Anacostia Watershed | |
| Spring 1973 | Geraci, Philip | Titanium Bearing Formation of Greene and Madison Counties, Virginia | Stifel |
| Spring 1973 | Holly, James | Copper Dispersal in Stream Sediment Linganore District, Frederick County Maryland | Wylie |
| Spring 1973 | James, Johnny | Correlation and Fauna of the Keyser Limestone | Stifel |
| Spring 1973 | Peterson, Michael | A Study of Cave Development, Surface Drainage and Joint Sets in Germany Valley, West Virginia | Weidner |
| Spring 1973 | Sherwood, Mark | A Geological Study along the Appalachian Trail | |
| Spring 1973 | Smigaj, Michael | A Description of the Vertebrate Fauna of the Upper Cretaceous, Monmouth Formation of the State of Maryland | Stifel |
| Spring 1973 | Stearns, Gary | Paleoecology of the Upper Yorktown Formation at Lee Creek, North Carolina | |
| Spring 1974 | Cerniglia, Vincent | An Erosional Study of the Calvert Cliffs from Parker Creek to Scientist Cliffs | Segovia |
| Spring 1974 | Newcomer, Robin | The Development of Algorithms to Solve Two Crystallographic Problems | Siegrist |
| Spring 1974 | Ohlmacher, Gregory | A Paragenesis Study of the Bare Hills Copper Deposit Using a Reflected Light Microscope | Wylie |
| Spring 1974 | Schmidt, W. | Sphericity, Roundness, Size, Color and Surface Texture Determination of Quartz Grains from Beach Sand | |
| Spring 1974 | Smith, Laurel | The Variance Involved in Sampling | Siegrist |
| Spring 1974 | Trexler, James | Stratigraphy and Paleontology of the Cretaceous and Tertiary Sediments at Barnaby Manor, Maryland | Stifel |
| Fall 1974 | Astiz, Frederico | An Analysis of Geologic Factors Responsible for Foundation Failures and its Application to H. J. Patterson Hall UMDCP | Segovia |
| Fall 1974 | Earle, George | X-Ray Diffraction Study of Chesapeake Bay Sediments Near Calvert Cliffs, Maryland | Sommer |
| Fall 1974 | Kaplan, Susan | The Geochemistry of Boron and its Use in Determining the Source Fluid for the Salton Sea Geothermal System | |
| Fall 1974 | Keeliher, Michael | An Exposure of Marlboro Clay and Upland Deposits Located Southwest of Upper Marlboro, Maryland | Stifel |
| Fall 1974 | Kirk, William | Mineralogy of Two Clay Bodies in Fairfax Co., Virginia | Sommer |
| Fall 1974 | Long, John | Synthesis of Low Mg Calcite and Salt Through Evaporation of Solutions at Room Temperature and Atmospheric Pressure | |
| Fall 1974 | Schruben, Paul | Possible Environmental Effects Derived From the Withdrawal of Water From an Aquifer in S. E. Maryland | Segovia |
| Spring 1975 | Balone, Carol | The Annotated Geologic Time-Scale | Stifel |
| Spring 1975 | Jacobsen, Ed | Surface Mining Operations in Tennessee Coal Mines | Wylie |
| Spring 1975 | Keirstead, Steven | Petrography of a Triassic Diabase Dike Near Frederick, Maryland | Wylie/Wiedner |
| Fall 1975 | Davis, Charles | The Effects and the Effectiveness of Channelization on Paint Branch Creek | |
| Fall 1975 | Fountain, Bryan | Detection of Metallic Minerals in the Gold-Pyrite Belt of Northern Piedmont Virginia, Using Remote Sensing Techniques | Siegrist |
| Fall 1975 | Hench, Hill | The Potomac Marble Formation Near Point of Rock Maryland | |
| Fall 1975 | Miller, Jeff | Determining Possible Methods for Investigation of Airborne Asbestos Particles with Possible Application to the Rockville Quarry | Wylie |
| Fall 1975 | Novak, Steve | Identification of Serpentine Minerals Present in the Rockville Crushed Stone Quarry Using X-Ray Powder Photography | Wylie |
| Fall 1975 | Smythe, Gai | Apparatus for dispersion Staining and its use in the Identification of the Refractive Indices of Sample Glasses | Wylie/Weidner |
| Fall 1975 | Thrasher, Lawrence | A Biostratigraphic Analysis of Fossiliferous Chert Found in Local Gravel Deposits | Stifel |
| Fall 1975 | Watson, Alicia | The Iron-Rich Sedimentary Rocks of the Patuxent Formation | |
| Fall 1975 | Zimmerman, Rick | The Relationship of Nickel in the Hunting Hill Serpentinite | Wylie/Sommer |
| Spring 1976 | Atcheson, John | Impact of Urbanization on Geohydrology of the New Oxford Formation in Poolesville, Maryland | |
| Spring 1976 | Bell, R. | Locating Speciation of Crassatilla in the Aquia Formation of the Maryland Paleocene with the use of Intragroup Variability | Stifel |
| Spring 1976 | Borgoyn, Mark | Establishing procedures for the preparation of rock materials and the refractive indices of resins | Sommer |
| Spring 1976 | Chapelle, Frank | An Investigation of Stylolites | Weidner |
| Spring 1976 | Doak, Clayton | Kensington-Gilmore Mica Mine: A Description with the Emphasis on Interpretational Potential | Stifel |
| Spring 1976 | Gore, Thomas | A Model Study of Paleocurrent Indicators on Small Alluvial Fans | Siegrist |
| Spring 1976 | Grimes, Gerald | Site Selection for a Sanitary Landfill on Montgomery County Maryland | Segovia |
| Spring 1976 | Henrick, Robert | Rockville Crushed Stone Quarry: Background and Operation Data Fine Particle Mineralogy Study | Wylie |
| Spring 1976 | Kalman, Kenneth | Prospecting for Gold in Great Falls With Aerial Photographs | Wylie |
| Spring 1976 | Lagow, Lynn | Guidelines and Recommendations for Sanitary Landfill Site Selections Montgomery County, Maryland | Wiley/Weidner |
| Spring 1976 | Reichlin, Robin L. | The Composition and Petrogenesis of Spotted Hornfelses from Leesburg, Virginia | Wylie |
| Spring 1976 | Schultz, Arthur | Joint Analysis of the Piedmont Crystalline rocks, Great Falls, Maryland | Segovia |
| Spring 1976 | Steel, Eric | Research on the Identification and Distribution of the Mineral Phases in Bone | Sommer |
| Spring 1976 | Virta, Robert | A Study of the Diabase Pegmatites of the Leesburg, Va. Area | Weidner |
| Spring 1976 | Walsh, Deborah | The Effect of Temperature and pH on the Rate of Phosphorite Replacement of Calcium Carbonate | Siegrist |
| Fall 1976 | Bond, Kevin | Geologic Lineaments and Their Relationships to Known Mines in the Copper Districts of Maryland | |
| Fall 1976 | Danahy, Michael | A Study of the Rock Magnetism of the Quartzitic Member of the Setter's Formation Exposed Around the Woodstock Gneiss Dome near Baltimore, Maryland | Weidner |
| Fall 1976 | Johnson, Lawrence | A Petrologic Study of Siliceous Dikes in the Cockeysville Formation at Campbell Quarry #2 Marriottsville, MD. | Widner |
| Fall 1976 | McCormick, Robert | The Sources of Lead and its Concentration in Deep Creek Lake and Savage River Reservoir, Garrett County, Maryland | |
| Fall 1976 | Wilson, John | The Metamorphic Rocks Along Northwest Branch Near Washington D. C. | Weidner |
| Spring 1977 | Asch, Stephen | Random Error in the Analysis of a Sand Sample | |
| Spring 1977 | Barnes, B. | The Upper Devonian Venango Second Sandstone of Forest County, Pennsylvania: A Qualitative Analysis of Well Cuttings and Their Correlation to Existing Geophysical Logs | Doan |
| Spring 1977 | Bauerle, Michael | Geochemical Prospecting in the Maryland Piedmont | Wylie |
| Spring 1977 | Buckingham, William | Correlation Analysis of Geochemical Variables From Twenty Sediment Sampling Sites in Baltimore Harbor | Siegrist |
| Spring 1977 | Coghlan T. K. | A Field Trip Guide to the Geology of Montgomery County, Maryland for High School Student | Ridky |
| Spring 1977 | Cohl, Robert | An Investigation of the Subsurface Structural and Petrographic Characteristics of the Big Injun and Weir Petroleum Reservoir Sands of North Central West Virginia | Doan |
| Spring 1977 | Custer, W. | The Petrography of a Mafic Rock Body Near Clear Spring, Maryland | Siegrist |
| Spring 1977 | Dees, Joseph | Analysis of the Depositional Environment and Optimum Petroleum Reservoir Characteristics of the oil-bearing Upper Devonian Red Valley Formation in Forest County, Pennsylvania | Doan |
| Spring 1977 | Gabell, George | Stromatoporoids as Evidence for Variation in the Length of the Synodic Month | Stifel |
| Spring 1977 | Hennessee, Lamere | Size of Bed Load and the Longitudinal Profile of the Little Patuxent River, from its Headwaters to Savage, MD. | Ridky |
| Spring 1977 | Hemler, Tom | Slope Effect on Serpentinite Soil Depths for Soldiers Delight MD. | Ridky |
| Spring 1977 | Joy, Richard | A Study of the Zeolites Found at the John Dyer Quarry-Identification and Paragenesis | Wylie/Weidner |
| Spring 1977 | Kempa, Martha | A Photogeologic Study of Structural and Volcanic Features of the Tibesti Uplift Produced by a Stationary Mantle Plume | Weidner |
| Spring 1977 | Lee, Michael | Lineament Study of Selected LANDSAT Scenes from Central and Eastern New York State | |
| Spring 1977 | Lowry, James | Assateague Island Sediment Analysis | Siegrist |
| Spring 1977 | Mcdermott, Richard | Analysis of Landsat Imagery for Petroleum Exploration in West Virginia | Doan |
| Spring 1977 | Palmer, Willis | Examination of Well Cuttings, and Correlation With Electric and Nuclear Logs, of Five Wells in a Shaly-Sand in Pennsylvania's Upper Devonian | Doan |
| Spring 1977 | Ungrady, Timothy | A Comparative Study by Transmission Electron Microscopy of Amounts of Chrysotile in Fine Roadside Particles from Two Roads in Maryland | Wylie |
| Spring 1977 | Wheeless, Pamela | Paleocurrent Studies in an Ancient Metamorphosed Diamictite | Siegrist |
| Fall 1977 | Chaplin, Richard | The Fairhaven-Plum Point Unconformity | Stifel |
| Fall 1977 | Dotson, Douglas | Petrographic Analysis of Pelitic Schist | Wylie |
| Fall 1977 | Hnat, John | Determination of Continuity of the Frederick Dike | Weidner |
| Fall 1977 | Kirk, Howard | Cyclicity on an Ancient Tidal Flat | Siegrist |
| Fall 1977 | Ossi, John | A Study of the Diagenesis of the Miocene Sediments of St. Marys County, Maryland | Stifel |
| Fall 1977 | Ross, Robert | Sorted Patterned Ground in the Dolly Sods, Tucker County, West Virginia | Ridky |
| Fall 1977 | Whelan, Pat | Terraces Along the Western Branch of Southern Maryland | Ridky |
| Spring 1978 | Atelsek, Paul | Areal Mapping and Paleocurrent Direction Determination of the basal Conglomerate of the New Oxford Formation in the Lower Fredrick Valley | Onasch |
| Spring 1978 | Barr, Tori | A Structural Study of Talc From Gouverneur New York | Wylie |
| Spring 1978 | Burney, John | Relative Surface Charge Phenomenon as Observed in Four Varieties of the Amphibole Actinolite | Wylie |
| Spring 1978 | Burger, Karen | Evaluation of Selected Sites in Prince Georges County for Future Developments Based on Underlying Ecologic Factors | Segovia |
| Spring 1978 | Conley, Patrick | An Investigation into the Joint and Fracture Density in the Sedimentary Ridge and Valley Sections of Western Maryland | Onasch |
| Spring 1978 | Darmoney, James | An Investigation into the Surface Morphology of Sand grains from a Glacial Environment | Ridky |
| Spring 1978 | Kinhtlinger, D. | Petrogenesis of Pegmatite Samples from the Lovozero Alkali Massif Kola Peninsula, U. S. S. R. | Siegrist |
| Spring 1978 | Lynch, William | A Study of the Longitudinal Profiles of the Tributary Streams Within the Retreated Potomac River Fall Line Zone | |
| Spring 1978 | Miller, Stephanie | The Paragenesis of the Frost Feldspar Quarry, Howard County, Maryland | Siegrist |
| Spring 1978 | Rounds, Richard | Calcareous Nannoplankton Biostratigraphy of The Thorney Point Member of the Paleocene Aquia Formation From Outcrops Along the Potomac River in Maryland and Virginia | Stifel |
| Spring 1978 | Towson, G. D. | Gastropod Predation on Miocene Species of Veneridae From Southern Maryland | |
| Spring 1978 | Truesdell, Karen | Military Geology Interpretation of Mt. Airy Quadrangle, Maryland | Doan |
| Fall 1978 | Arkell, Brian | The Water Resources of the Little Seneca Creek Water Basin | |
| Fall 1978 | Bergen, Jim | Nannoplankton of the Navesink Formation | Smith |
| Fall 1978 | Eschbach, Paul | A Study of the Petrology of the Triassic Basal Quartz Conglomerate, New Oxford Formation, of the Frederick Valley in Maryland to Determine Possible Direction of Transport and Environment of Deposition. | Stifel |
| Fall 1978 | Hemenway, Donald | the Arundel Formation and its Dinosaurs | Stifel |
| Fall 1978 | Klocke, John | Engineering Analysis of the Arundel Clay | Segovia |
| Fall 1978 | Muirhead, Bruce | Glacier Annual Snow Lines in the Kenai Mountains of Alaska as Derived From Satellite Imagery: Measurement, Evaluation of influencing Factors, and Some Multiple Regression Prediction Models | Ridky |
| Fall 1978 | Shaw, M. A. | Evidence for Autocyclic Deposition In the Middle Kittanning Coal Measure of the Allegheny Formation in Western Maryland | Onasch |
| Fall 1978 | Sorensen, Margaret | A Deformation History of the Harpers Formation In Harpers Ferry, West Virginia | Onasch |
| Fall 1978 | Wagner, Robert | Petrographic Study of a Biotite Gneiss Inclusion in the Ellicott City Granite | Wylie |
| Spring 1979 | Brickey, David | Morphotectonic Analysis of the Region Surrounding New Madrid, Missouri: A Study of Linear Features and Interpretation of the Morphologic Effects of Earthquakes | Segovia |
| Spring 1979 | Chang, Katherine | A Strain Analysis of the Setters Quartzite | Onasch |
| Spring 1979 | Hawthorne, Tim | Analysis of a Jasper Sample | Wylie |
| Spring 1979 | Helms, Ira | A Remapping and Structural Interpretation of an Area Across the Martic Line East of Buckeystown, Maryland | Onasch |
| Spring 1979 | Kaplan, Stephen | Stalactite and Stalagmite Formations in the Lincoln Memorial Basement | Wylie |
| Spring 1979 | Manger, Phil | A comparison of Microscopic and Mesoscopic Structural Features in the Cockeysville Marble | Onasch |
| Spring 1979 | Mildenberger, John | The Origin of Sites Cave Pendleton County, West Virginia | Onasch |
| Spring 1979 | Schmidt, James | Depositional Environment of the Patuxent Formation at the Cherry Hill Sand and gravel Pit in Prince Georges County, Maryland | Siegrist |
| Spring 1979 | Schreiber, Berta | The Diatoms and Inferred Paleoenviroment of the Fairhaven Member of the Calvert Formation (Miocene), Anne Arundel County, Maryland | Stifel |
| Spring 1979 | Sluga, Frank | Net Profile Readjustment to typhoon Generated Storm Waves on 23 Beaches of Moyako Island | |
| Spring 1979 | Symborski, Mark | Evolution of the Bivalve Dosiniopsis in the Lower and Middle Aquia Formation of Maryland and Virginia | Stifel |
| Spring 1979 | Vicini, Thomas | Stress Analysis of a Shear Zone | |
| Spring 1979 | Waitzenegger, Bernard | Predicting Weight Percentages of Magnetite from Magnetic Sensing | Doan |
| Spring 1979 | Zyla, Steven | The Evaluation of Soil Morphology on a Fracture Trace, at the Diabase Sill, Boyds, Montgomery County, Maryland | |
| Fall 1979 | Accame, Guillermo | Asbestos from Natural Sources in Maryland ground Water | Wylie |
| Fall 1979 | Najewicz, Robert | The Paleoecology of Epibionts on Cretaceous Oysters | Stifel |
| Fall 1979 | Sabin, Andrew | Acoustic Analyses of a Deformed Limestone | Onasch |
| Fall 1979 | Schweitzer, Peter | Morphology of Aurila Floridana Benson and Coleman: Variation With Temperature | Stifel |
| Fall 1979 | Soileau, Mary | Pottery Clay of the Baltimore-Washington Corridor | Wylie |
| Fall 1979 | Troxell, Cynthia | A Characterization of Glauconite as it Occurs in the Nanjemoy, Aquia, and Upper Cretaceous Formations of Maryland | Siegrist/Weidner |