This dissertation presents the development and implementation of a comprehensive automated software framework for probabilistic bridge deterioration modeling that takes i[...]

This study characterizes four toposequences in two first-order watersheds (4.5 and 6.2 ha) of the SE Piedmont where the entire Holocene source-to-sink system is presumabl[...]

As a result of the rapid expansion of shale gas development in the United States, the public has become increasingly concerned about the proper management of hydraulic fr[...]

Mechanical weathering –aka physical weathering; the process by which rock is broken down into smaller pieces --is one of the first modifications rock undergoes once it ap[...]

The Ashe Metamorphic Suite in western North Carolina hosts metabasites ranging in grade from eclogite to amphibolite. To the west of the Grandfather Mountain Window (GMW[...]

The Mauch Chunk Group has been interpreted as a product of multiple transgressions and regressions (Miller and Eriksson, 2000; Beuthin and Blake, 2004). An outcrop conta[...]

MATTHEW ROBERT YANKECH. Depositional Environments and Timing of Formation of the Lilesville Gravels, Anson County, NC (Under the direction of DR. JOHN DIEMER). Near Liles[...]

Emission control and storage of carbon dioxide (CO¬2) from fossil fuel combustion is an emerging and frontier research area to counter likely global climate changes. Alth[...]

Cambrian metasedimentary and metavolcanic rocks in the Albemarle Group in south-central North Carolina are part of the peri-Gondwanan Carolina terrane. These rocks are pa[...]

The role of insolation as an instigator for crack initiation in rock is still a continuously perplexing topic. An immense amount of data has been collected on the influen[...]