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Exploring the climate change refugia potential of equatorial Pacific coral reefs
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2015)
Global climate models project a 21st century strengthening of the Pacific Equatorial Undercurrent (EUC). The consequent increase in topographic upwelling of cool waters onto equatorial coral reef islands would mitigate ...
Mechanical and geological controls on the long-term evolution of normal faults
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2015)
This thesis investigates the long-term evolution of rift-bounding normal faults. To first order, the observed diversity of extensional tectonic styles reflects differences in the maximum offset that can be accommodated on ...
Lithospheric dynamics of Earth's subduction zones and Martian tectonic provinces
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2015)
This thesis investigates lithospheric dynamics of Earth's subduction zones and Martian tectonic provinces on multiple time scales ranging from short-term earthquake deformation to long-term tectonic loading. In Chapter 2, ...