Browsing OSU Theses by Author "Quan, Tracy"
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Analyzing seasonal variations in benthic foraminifera in Budd Inlet, Puget Sound, Washington, U.S.A.
Lipscomb, Elizabeth A. (2023-05)Coastal and estuarine pollution has been a growing concern within this century. Benthic foraminifera have been commonly used as a bioindicator for waterway pollution because of their abundance, diversity, and relatively ... -
Depositional behaviors of trace metals around hydrothermal vents in the Scotia Sea
Provenza, Calli M. (2022-12)Sediment deposition along the East Scotia Ridge (ESR) in the Southern Oceanis dominated by biogenic sediment due to its location within the diatom belt and is influenced by the Antarctic Circumpolar Current mainly flowing ... -
Hydrothermal vents and their impact on paleoenvironmental proxies
Veresh, Alison (2022-12)Trace metals such as cobalt, copper, molybdenum, and uranium have been used as redox and productivity proxies to interpret paleoenvironments. However, the presence of a hydrothermal vent could potentially alter the ... -
Investigating the Formation and Evolution of Mega-Paleolakes in the Middle Kalahari of Semi-Arid Botswana From Sedimentary and Geochemical Proxies
Ostroski, Morgan Mary (Oklahoma State University, 2013-05-01)We investigated the occurrence and evolution of mega-paleolakes in the middle Kalahari Desert in semi-arid Botswana, Africa based on sedimentary and geochemical proxies. The mega-paleolakes covered more than 60,000 km^2 ... -
Organic Geochemistry and Crude Oil Source Rock Correlation of the Devonian-Mississippian Petroleum Systems Northern Oklahoma
Al Atwah, Ibrahim (2015-05-01)The Mississippian limestone in northern Oklahoma and southern Kansas is a major oil play within the southern Midcontinent region. Mississippian carbonate reservoirs are known for their heterogeneity with respect to reservoir ... -
Qualifying classes of organic compounds within unprocessed produced water using ¹H-NMR analysis
Loree, Peter E. (2022-12)Produced water (PW) is defined as any ground- or flowback water recovered during the process of petroleum extraction. This water is highly heterogeneous, containing many different organic compounds associated with petroleum ... -
Stable isotope investigation of the presence of ocean anoxic event 1d in Mentelle Basin
Ghotbi, Hannah (2021-06)Many studies investigating Ocean Anoxic Events (OAEs) used samples from areas that are around lower paleo latitudes typically in the Northern Hemisphere, mostly around the Atlantic Ocean and former Western Interior Seaway. ... -
Steep Spatial Chemical Gradients in Shallow Groundwater Contaminated with Nitrate at a Residential Site
Geyer, Christopher John (Oklahoma State University, 2014-05-01)Shallow groundwater at a residential property in north-central Oklahoma was assessed to determine the extent of NO3- contamination and the effect of nitrate attenuation on groundwater chemistry. We hypothesized that ... -
Use of benthic foraminifera as environmental indicators in Budd Inlet, Puget Sound
Roark, Erin C. (2022-07)The pollution of coastal and estuarine environments is of growing concern as it potentially threatens ecosystems, economies, and the public health of people living in these areas. Budd Inlet’s circulation is relatively ...