Student Research Supervised by Dr. Thomas Kammer
Student Research Supervised by Dr. Thomas Kammer
PH.D. DISSERTATIONS DIRECTED:
1986 Bjerstedt, T.W. Stratigraphy and deltaic depositional systems of the Price Formation (Upper Devonian-Lower Mississippian) in West Virginia. 720 p.
1992 Christopher, C.C. Marine paleocommunities and paleoenvironments of the Upper Mississippian Bluefield Formation in southern West Virginia. 447 p.
2002 Martin, R. Taxonomic revision and paleoecology of Middle Devonian (Eifelian) fishes from the Onondaga, Columbus and Delaware limestones of the eastern United States. 166 p. http://etd.wvu.edu/templates/showETD.cfm?recnum=2728
2004 Matchen, D.L. Depositional environments, age, and regional correlation of the Black Hand Sandstone Member of the Cuyahoga Formation and the Lower Mississippian of the central Appalachians. 149 p. https://etd.wvu.edu/etd/etdDocumentData.jsp?jsp_etdId=3344
2005 Lebold, J. Gradient and recurrence analyses of four marine zones in the Glenshaw Formation (Upper Pennsylvanian, Appalachian Basin). 164 p. https://etd.wvu.edu/etd/controller.jsp?moduleName=documentdata&jsp_etdId=4031
In progress: Blake, B.: Paleobotanical recognition of major unconformities in the Carboniferous of the Appalachian Basin.
In progress: Cook, L.: Systematics, evolution, and paleoecology of crinoids from the St. Louis Formation (Middle Mississppian) in the Illinois Basin.
M.S. THESES DIRECTED:
1983 Kochanov, W.E. Ostracode paleoecology of the Pennsyslvanian Kanawha Formation, southern West Virginia. 122 pp.
1986 Tissue, E.C. Paleoecology and paleoenvironments of the upper Greenbrier-lower Mauch Chunk transition, Garrett County, Maryland. 215 pp.
1988 Bird, D. Paleontology of the Meadville Member of the Cuyahoga Formation (Mississippian) in Medina County, Ohio. 185 pp.
1990 Rodeheaver, J.S. Paleontology and paleoecology of the Middle Devonian Mahantango Formation in Mineral and Hampshire Counties, West Virginia. 382 pp.
1992 Matchen, D.L. Sequence stratigraphy of the Lower Mississippian clastic wedge in West Virginia and Kentucky. 190 pp.
1998 Pokrifka, T. The relationship of depositional environment to rock and aqueous geochemistry of the Mauch Chunk and Pottsville formations in southcentral Pennsylvania. 91 pp.
1998 Lake, A. Marine paleoecology of Upper Mississippian strata in northern West Virginia and southwestern Pennsylvania. 95 pp.
2001 Murphy, S. Influence of the West Virginia Dome on paleocurrent patterns in the Upper Devonian-Lower Mississippian Price Formation in the central Appalachians. 315 pp. http://etd.wvu.edu/templates/showETD.cfm?recnum=2241#files
2005 Cole, S. Paleoenvironmental reconstruction of the Upper Mississippian Reynolds Limestone in the central Appalachian Basin of West Virginia. 135 pp. https://etd.wvu.edu/etd/controller.jsp?moduleName=documentdata&jsp_etdId=3971
2007 Vance, T. Marine paleoecology of the Eads Mill Member, Hinton Formation, Upper Mississippian, West Virginia and Virginia. 87 pp. https://eidr.wvu.edu/etd/documentdata.eTD?documentid=5268
2007 Cawthern, T. R. Marine paleoecology of the Fivemile Member, Hinton Formation, Upper Mississippian, West Virginia and Virginia. 107 pp. https://eidr.wvu.edu/etd/documentdata.eTD?documentid=5298
M.S. OPTION 2 PROBLEMS DIRECTED:
1982 Stafford, J.N. Analysis of stratigraphic and geographic distributions of North American Mississippian corals. 66 pp.
1995 Gurshaw, E.A. Hydrogeologic Applications for Geology 266: Appalachian Geology Field Camp. 48 pp.
1995 Criss, D.R. Paleoecology of the Early Devonian Keyser and New Creek Limestones of the Helderberg Group at New Creek, West Virginia. 80 pp.
UNDERGRADUATE SENIOR RESEARCH PROJECTS DIRECTED:
1984 Cox, K. Brachiopods from the Nancy Member of the Borden Formation (Mississippian) in north-central Kentucky.
1985 Bird, D. Paleoecology of the Upper Devonian Chemung Formation at Gap Mills, Monroe County, West Virginia.
1987 Rodeheaver, J.S. Brachiopods and molluscs of the Middle Devonian Mahantango Formation in Mineral County, West Virgina.
2003 Forloin, J. Paleontology and paleoecology of the Ames Member of the Glenshaw Formation (Upper Pennsylvanian), Morgantown, West Virginia.
2003 Cole, S. Environmental distribution of flexible crinoids during the Mississippian: testing for environmental preferences between genera and families.