Current 12/2002
William W. Woessner
Chair of Thesis Committees
The following is a list of graduate geology and environmental studies theses completed to date at The University of Montana, Department of Geosciences:
AUTHOR |
THESIS TITLE |
DEGREE DATE |
DEWEY, MICHELLE B. |
Effects of Reserve Pit Reclamation on Groundwater Quality at Selected Oil Well Sites in Eastern Montana and Western North Dakota (EVST) | M.S. 1984 |
CARTIER, KENN D. W. |
Sediment, Channel Morphology, and Streamflow characteristics of the Bitterroot River Drainage Basin, Southwestern Montana |
M.S. 1984 |
SHAPLEY, MARK D. |
Hydrogeologic Behavior of the United States Antimony Corporation’s Tailings Disposal Site, Sanders County Montana (EVST) |
M.S. 1984 |
POPOFF, MARIN A. |
A Case Study of the Hydrology and Ground- Water contamination of Milltown Valley, Montana (EVST | M.S. 1985 |
CLARK, KENNETH W. |
Interactions Between the Clark Fork River And Missoula Aquifer, Missoula County, Montana | M.S. 1986 |
FINSTICK-SMITH, SUE A. |
Hydrogeology of the Victor and Bing Quadrangles, Bitterroot Valley, Montana | M.S. 1986 |
BRICK, CHRISTINE |
A Model of Groundwater Response to Reservoir Management and the Implications for Kokanee Salmon Spawning, Flathead Lake, Montana (EVST) |
M.S. 1986 |
BRIAR, DAVID W. |
Water resource analysis of the Sullivan Flats area near Niarada, Flathead Indian Reservation, Montana | M.S. 1987 |
VERHEY, MARGARET E. |
Contributions to Potable Water Contamination from Septic System Effluent In Unsewered Areas Underlain by Coarse Sand and Gravel Substrates: Documentation of Treatment by the System and Vadose Zone And of Dispersion by the Aquifer (EVST) | M.S. 1987 |
WHEATON, JOHN |
Hydrology and probable hydrologic impacts related to coal strip mining at Big Sky Mine, Colstrip, Montana. | M.S. 1987 |
LAZUK, RAYMOND |
The relationship between electrical resistivity and hydraulic conductivity in fractured bedrock aquifers in western Montana |
M.S. 1988 |
THOMPSON, WILLIAM R. |
Hydrogeology of the Jocko Valley, west-central Montana | M.S. 1988 |
UTHMAN, WILLIAM |
Hydrogeology of the Hamilton North and Corvallis quadrangles, Bitterroot Valley, southwestern Montana | M.S. 1988 |
POTTINGER, MICHAEL H. |
The source, fate and movement of herbicides in an unconfined sand and gravel aquifer in Missoula, Montana |
M.S. 1988 |
WOGSLAND, KAREN L. |
The effect of urban storm water injection of Class V wells on the Missoula aquifer, Missoula, Montana | M.S. 1988 |
BAYUK, DANA S. |
Hydrogeology of the Lower Hayes Creek Drainage Basin, Western Montana | M.S. 1989 |
ARMSTRONG, KEVIN |
The distribution and Occurrence of Perchloroethylene in the Missoula Valley Aquifer (EVST) |
M.S. 1988 |
PERRY, WILLIAM M. |
Migration and Degradation of Dissolved Gasoline in a Highly Transmissive, Unconfined Gravel and Cobble Aquifer: A Study of the Champion Missoula Sawmill Spill, Missoula, Montana | M.S. 1988 |
MAKEPEACE, SETH V. |
Simulation of Ground Water Flow in a Coarse-Grained Alluvial Aquifer in the Jocko Valley, Flathead Indian Reservation, Montana | M.S. 1989 |
PAYNE, SCOTT M. |
Modeling of Hydrogeologic Conditions and Ground Water Quality at an Oil Well Reserve Pit, Richland County, Montana | M.S. 1989 |
MILLER, ROSS D. |
A Numerical Flow Model of the Missoula Aquifer: Interpretation of Aquifer Properties and River Interaction |
M.S. 1991 |
WYLIE, ALLAN H. |
Hydrologic Investigation of Durr and McDonald Swamps, Teton County, Montana | M.S. 1991 |
ANDERSON, ROBERT C. |
Hydrogeology of the swan River Oxbow Preserve Area, Lake County, Montana | M. S. 1992 |
SMITH, CLIFFORD ALLEN |
The Hydrogeology of the Central and Northwestern Missoula Valley | M.S. 1992 |
BILLINGS, JAMES G. |
Evaluating Methods of Determining the Hydraulic Conductivity Distribution in a Heterogeneous Unconfined Aquifer | M.S. 1992 |
MADISON, JAMES P. |
Hydrologic Model of an Intermontane Basin, Helena Valley, Western Montana | M.S. 1993 |
FORD, JAMES F. |
Transport and Fate of Dense Non-Aqueous Phase Liquids in an Alluvial and Karst/Fractured Aquifer, Valley and Ridge Province, Mid-Eastern United States | M.S. 1993 |
ENGINEER, VIRAF E. |
Apparent Dispersion of a Contaminant Plume Under Transient Groundwater Flow Conditions | M.S. 1994 |
PHILLIPS, PERRI ANN |
Surface Water and Groundwater Interactions in Pingo Ponds of the Mission Valley, Montana | M.S. 1994 |
CRAIG, WILLIAM H. |
Groundwater-Surface Water Interactions along the Beaverhead River, Near Dillon, Montana | M.S. 1994 |
GESTRING, SCOTT L. |
The Interaction of the Clark Fork River and the Hellgate Valley Aquifer Near Milltown, Montana | M.S. 1994 |
SMART, ERIC W. |
Surface Water and Groundwater Interaction in a Shallow Unconfined Alluvial Aquifer and Small Mountain Stream, Silver Bow Creek, Montana | M.S. 1995 |
McCAMANT, THOMAS |
The Role of the Groundwater System in Controlling Nutrient Loading of a Pristine Trout Stream, Western Montana | M.S. 1996 |
LAMBERT, SEAN T. |
Fate and Transport of Halogenated Aliphatic Compounds Associated with Septic System Effluent in an Unconfined Alluvial Ground Water System | M.S. 1996 |
KING, JEFFREY J. |
The Cumulative Effects of Septic System Disposal on Groundwater Quality in Selected portions of Missoula County, Montana | M.S. 1996 |
SHAY, DEVIN T. |
An Investigation of the Hydrogeology and Geochemistry of a Floodplain Aquifer System Impacted by Mine Tailings, Silver Bow Creek, Montana | M.S. 1997 |
KILEY, QUINN T. |
Attenuated Poliovirus, Bacteriophage, and Bromide Transport through A Coarse-Grained Aquifer, Western Montana | M.S. 1997 |
STEWART, ANNE |
Groundwater Quality and Quantity of the Eight Mile, Ravalli County, Montana (EVST) | M.S. 1998 |
LAUERMAN, BRUCE C. |
Virus Occurrence and Transport in a Cold-Water, Sand and Gravel Aquifer, Frenchtown, Montana | M.S. 1999 |
FINK, JEFFREY A. |
Characterization of the One-Dimensional Transport of Bacteriophage MS2 in a Coarse-Grained Vadose Zone Beneath a High School Septic Leach Field | M.S. 2000 |
TYRREL, CHRISTA-MARIE |
Groundwater-Stream Interaction in a Placer-Mined Watershed: An Investigation of Elk Creek Montana | M.S. 2000 |
TROY, THOMAS L. |
Affects of Ground Water Velocity on MS2 Transport through a Sand Matrix | M.S. 2000 |
BUSHUR, JENNIFER M. |
Preliminary Analysis of Factors Controlling Virus Transport in a Floodplain Aquifer, Western Montana | M.S. 2001 |
MICHALEK, THOMAS E. |
Quantifying Impacts to a Floodplain Groundwater System from Large-Scale Sand and Gravel Mining | M.S. 2001 |
PERRY, HEATHER L. |
Sources and Pathways of Bacterial Contamination of Groundwater Resources Within a Rural Montana Subdivision | M.S. 2001 |
PRACHT, KARL A. |
Flow and Aquifer Parameter Evaluation Using Groundwater Age-Dating and Geochemical Tools: Missoula Aquifer, Western Montana | M.S. 2001 |
REEVES, DONALD M. |
Hydrologic Controls on the Survival of Water Howellia (Howellia aquatilis) and Implications of Land Management, Swan Valley, Montana | M.S. 2001 |
BOER, BRIAN |
Septic –Derived Nutrient Loading to the ground Water and Surface Water in Lolo, Montana | M.S. 2002 |
JOHNSON, MOLLY M. |
The Fate of Sewage Effluent and Nutrients Applied To Coarse-grained Soils by Sprinkler Irrigation | M.S. 2002 |
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