Dr. Gammons Students

STUDENTS

Current Graduate Students and their projects

Dean Snyder - MS Geosciences/Geology -  Vertical gradients in geochemistry of flooded underground mine workings in Butte, Montana

Dean Snyder sampling deep shaft water in the Orphan Girl Mine.      

Jane Fillmore – MS Geosciences/Hydrogeological Engineering - Hydrogeochemistry and remedial options for acid drainage from the Alta Mine, Jefferson County, Montana

Jane Fillmore and an undergraduate student collecting mine seepage through the snow.

Beverly Plumb – MS Geosciences/Geochemistry -  A geochemical and stable isotope study of nutrients in upper Silver Bow Creek, Montana

Bev Plumb collecting a sample of treated groundwater for nutrient and stable isotope analysis. 

Jason Landskron – MS Geosciences/Geological Engineering - Hydrogeological and geochemical investigations of Indian Creek, Montana

Jason Landskron measuring stream flow of upper Indian Creek. 

Recently completed MS theses

Grant, Tracy (2006) Hydrogeochemistry of arsenic and trace metals in lower Silver Bow Creek below Warm Springs Ponds, Montana.  M.Sc. Thesis, Montana Tech.

Roesler, Amber (2005)  Geochemistry, microbiology, and isotopic composition of the West Camp flooded mine waters, Butte, Montana.  M.Sc. Thesis, Montana Tech.

Pellicori, Damon (2004) An investigation of the Berkeley pit lake, Butte, Montana: 1) Geochemistry and stable isotope compositions of mine waters; 2) Pyrite oxidation experiments. M.Sc. Thesis, Montana Tech.

Berger, Aaron (2004)  Hydrology, water quality, and sediment transport rates in the Pipestone Creek watershed, Jefferson County, Montana.   M.Sc. Thesis, Montana Tech.

Wenz, Adam (2003) Field and laboratory studies of diurnal fluctuations in metals and nutrients in the Big Hole River, SW Montana. M.Sc. Thesis, Montana Tech.

Shope, Chris (2003)  Field and laboratory investigation of the hydrogeochemistry of High Ore Creek, Basin, Montana. M.Sc. Thesis, Montana Tech.

Milodragovich, Lica (2003) Hydrogeochemistry of a natural wetland receiving acid mine drainage, Ontario Mine, Powell County, Montana. M.Sc. Thesis, Montana Tech.

Xie, Ying (2002)  Experimental investigation of the causes of diel cycling of zinc in streams contaminated with acid mine drainage. M.Sc. Thesis, Montana Tech.

MacHardy-Mitman, Kim (2002) The potential for natural wetlands to remediate copper-contaminated water.  M.Sc. Thesis, Montana Tech.

Ridenour, Rebecca (2002) A seasonal and spatial chemical study of the Big Hole River, Southwest Montana. M.Sc. Thesis, Montana Tech.

Newbrough, Pam (2000) Water-rock interaction and acid rock drainage of the Berkeley
and East Continental Pits, Butte, Montana, M.Sc. Thesis, Montana Tech.

Frandsen, Angela (2000) Fate and transport of heavy metals in sulfide-rich waters: applications to anaerobic treatment wetlands. M.Sc. Thesis, Montana Tech.

Phillip, Abbie (1999) A chemical survey of irrigation and return flow waters in the Big Hole River Basin of Southwest Montana. M.Sc. Thesis, Montana Tech.

Matt, Duane (1999)  Fluid inclusion study of the origin of the Cadillac talc deposit, Johnny Gulch, Montana. M.Sc. Thesis, Montana Tech

Wang, Ping (1998) Chemistry of dissolved, colloidal and precipitated metals in constructed wetlands, Butte, Montana.  M.Sc. Thesis, Montana Tech. 

Zhang, Jianwei (1998) Removal of metal contamination in water using constructed wetlands: summary of results from Cells #1, #4, and #6 of the Wetlands Demonstration Project 1. M.Sc. Thesis, Montana Tech.  

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