Recent Theses

Recent MS theses completed under Lawton’s supervision illustrate the types of projects that students undertake.

Leggett, W. J., in prep, Early stage sedimentation and rift volcanism in the Middle to Late Jurassic Altar-Cucurpe basin, north-central Sonora, Mexico [M.S. thesis]: New Mexico State University.

Mauel, D. J., in prep, Stratigraphy, sedimentology, and geochronology of Upper Jurassic rocks of the Altar-Cucurpe basin near Cucurpe, Sonora, northwestern Mexico [M.S. thesis]: New Mexico State University.

Peryam, T., in prep, Lower Cretaceous rift-related strata of the Morita Formation, northwest Sonora, Mexico [M.S. thesis]: New Mexico State University.

Christensen, A. E., 2005, Sequence stratigraphy, sedimentology and provenance of the Drip Tank Member, Straight Cliffs Formation, Kaiparowits Plateau, southwestern Utah [M.S. thesis]: New Mexico State University, 97 p.

Couch, R. D., 2005, Style, timing and uplift history of the frontal Sierra Madre Oriental determined through analysis of growth strata and vitrinite reflectance [M.S. thesis]: New Mexico State University, 234 p.

Shipley, K. W., 2004, Ejecta-bearing deposits at the Cretaceous-Tertiary boundary and their implications for timing of Hidalgoan (Laramide) folding, La Popa basin, Nuevo Leon, Mexico [M.S. thesis]: New Mexico State University, 146 p.

Waidmann, B. R., 2004, Geometries of strata in a salt-withdrawal basin as predictors of shortening-driven diapir tectonics: Carroza Formation, La Popa basin, Nuevo Leon, Mexico [M.S. thesis]: New Mexico State University, 131 p.

Hon, K. D., 2001, Salt-influenced growth-stratal geometries and structure of the Muerto Formation adjacent to an ancient secondary salt weld, La Popa basin, Nuevo Leon, Mexico [M.S. thesis]: New Mexico State University, 97 p.

Shannon, K., 2001, Structural geology and tectonostratigraphic development of part of the La Popa basin, Nuevo Leon, Mexico [M.S. thesis]: New Mexico State University, 84 p.

Shelley, D. C., 2001, Sedimentology, stratigraphy, and petrology of the Paleocene upper sandstone member of the Potrerillos Formation, La Popa basin, Mexico [M.S. thesis]: New Mexico State University, 212 p.

Weislogel, A. L., 2001, The influence of diapirism and foreland evolution on the depositional system, stratigraphy, and petrology of the Maastrichtian Muerto Formation, La Popa basin, Mexico [M.S. thesis]: New Mexico State University, 310 p.

Jones, J. M., 1999, Conglomeratic deposition within the Cretaceous Cordilleran foreland basin: Reddick Canyon Conglomerate of central Utah [M.S. thesis]: New Mexico State University, 90 p.

Pollock, S. L., 1999, Provenance, geometry, lithofacies, and age of the Upper Cretaceous Wahweap Formation, Cordilleran foreland basin, southern Utah [M.S. thesis]: New Mexico State University, 117 p.

Bayona, G., 1998, Stratigraphic relationships of Cretaceous and Paleogene deposits, and their tectonic implications; central Peloncillo Mountains, Hidalgo County, New Mexico [M.S. thesis]: New Mexico State University, 151 p.

Davis, B. T., 1998, Synorogenic alluvial-fan sedimentation inthe Cretaceous Cordilleran foreland basin: Upper part of the Indianola Group and basal North Horn Formation, central Utah [M.S. thesis]: New Mexico State University, 95 p.

Graves, C. M., 1996, Synorogeneic sedimentation within a thrust-top basin above the Pavant thrust in central Utah [M.S. thesis]: New Mexico State University, 105 p.