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Theresa Diehl

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Theresa Diehl


Office: 2.254
Telephone: 512-471-0468
email: theresa at ig.utexas.edu

Graduate student

About Theresa:  Current Curriculum Vita (pdf)



Helpful Documents:
A Field Guide to Gravity Ties at McMurdo Station, Antarctica (updated 2007, pdf)

Theresa Diehl

Me at the Coliseum in Rome, on the way to the IUGG conference in Perugia, Italy (July 2007)

An abbreviated version of my CV and more information about my research are below:

Education:

Ph.D. Candidate in Geophysics University of Texas, Austin; expected defense June 2008, graduation August 2008
Dissertation: "Gravity Analysis for the Lithospheric Geology and Dynamics of West Antarctica: Implications for Subglacial Heat Flux"
Advisor: Don Blankenship
Examining Committee: Ian Dalziel, Steve Grand, Leon Long, and Clark Wilson
Dissertation Committee: Clark Wilson, Ian Dalziel, Mrinal Sen, Larry Lawver, and Vicki Childers

 
B.S. Geosciences Penn State University, 2003
Senior Honors Thesis: "Determining Crustal Structure beneath the Tibetan Plateau Using Receiver Functions"
Supervisor: Charles Ammon

Publications:

T.A. Jordan, F. Ferraccioli, D.G. Vaughan, J.W. Holt, H. Corr, D.D. Blankenship, and T.M. Diehl. Submitted. “West Antarctic Rift System unveiled from aerogravity over the Pine Island Glacier Region.” GSA Bulletin.

Diehl, T.M., J.W. Holt, D.D. Blankenship, D.A. Young, D.L. Morse, T.A. Jordan, and F. Ferraccioli. In Press. “First airborne gravity results over the Thwaites Glacier Catchment, West Antarctica.” G-cubed, doi:10.1029/2007GC001878.

Conference Abstracts:

Diehl, T.M., D.D. Blankenship, T.A. Jordan, and D.A. Young. 2007. “Crustal and lithospheric structural controls on Thwaites Glacier, West Antarctica.” Eos Trans. AGU, 88(52), Fall Meet. Suppl, Abstract C41C-04. [HTML]

Diehl, T.M., D.D. Blankenship, D.A. Young, and T.A. Jordan. 2007. “Thickness and structure of the crust beneath the Thwaites Glacier Catchment, West Antarctica.” West Antarctic Ice Sheet Initiative Workshop, September 5-8. Sterling, Virginia. Expanded Abstract, 2pp.

Diehl, T.M., D.D. Blankenship, J.W. Holt, D.A.Young, T. Jordan, and F. Ferraccioli. 2007. “Locating Subglacial Sediments Across West Antarctica with Isostatic Gravity Anomalies.” International Symposium on Antarctic Earth Science, August 26-31. Santa Barbara, California. Extended Abstract #107, 4pp. [PDF]

F. Ferraccioli, T.A. Jordan, D.G. Vaughan, J.W. Holt, M. James, H. Corr, D.D. Blankenship, J.D. Fairhead, and T.M. Diehl. 2007. “New aerogeophysical survey targets the extent of the West Antarctic Rift System over Ellsworth Land.” International Symposium on Antarctic Earth Science, August 26-31. Santa Barbara, California. Extended Abstract #113, 4pp. [PDF]

J.W. Holt, D.D. Blankenship, F. Ferraccioli, D.G. Vaughan, D.A.Young, S.D. Kempf, and T.M. Diehl. 2007. “New aeromagnetic results from the Thwaites Glacier Catchment, West Antarctica.” International Symposium on Antarctic Earth Science, August 26-31. Santa Barbara, California. Extended Abstract #153, 4pp. [PDF]

Diehl, T.M., J.W. Holt, D.D. Blankenship, D.A. Young, F. Ferraccioli, and T. Jordan. 2007. “Using Airborne Gravity to Image Sedimentary Basins Beneath the Thwaites Glacier Catchment, West Antarctica.” In: Earth: Our Changing Planet; Proceedings of the International Union of Geodesy and Geophysics XXIV General Assembly, July 2-13, Perugia, Italy. Eds. L. Ubertini, P. Manciola, and S. Casadei. ISBN 978-88-95852-25-4. Abstract GS002-188, p.3722. IAG Excerpt. [PDF]

Diehl, T.M., D.D. Blankenship, and J.W. Holt. 2006. "Subglacial Geology of the Thwaites Glacier Catchment, West Antarctica: Airborne Gravity Reduction and Inversion." Eos Trans. AGU, 87(52), Fall Meet. Suppl., Abstract C51C-06. [PDF]

Diehl, T.M., J.W. Holt, D.D. Blankenship, D.L. Morse, T.G. Richter, and S.D. Kempf. 2006. “Airborne Gravity Results, Interpretations, and Comparison with Satellite Gravity for the Thwaites Glacier Catchment, Amundsen Sea Embayment, West Antarctica.” Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research Open Science Conference, July 12-14. Hobart, Tasmania. Abstract.

Diehl, T.M., J.W. Holt, D.D. Blankenship, T.G. Richter, and I.Y. Filina. 2005. “Comparison of New Airborne Gravity Results and GRACE Anomalies in the Thwaites Glacier Catchment of the Amundsen Sea Embayment, West Antarctica.” Eos Trans. AGU, 86(52), Fall Meet. Suppl., Abstract G33A-0022. [HTML]

Ammon, C. J., G. E. Randall, J. Julia, R. B. Herrmann, E. Arias, and T. Diehl. 2003. “Systematic Inversion Of Receiver Functions & Surface-Wave Dispersion For Crustal Structure In Central Asia.” Proceedings of the 25th Seismic Research Review: Worldwide Monitoring of Nuclear Explosions, Tucson, AZ, September 23-25, Expanded Abstract, 9 pp.

Diehl, T., C.J. Ammon, and J. Mejia. 2002. "Crustal Structure Beneath the Tibetan Plateau Using Receiver Functions and Surface Wave Dispersion Observations." Eos Trans. AGU, 83(47), Fall Meet. Suppl., Abstract S62A-1170. [HTML]

Conference Presentations:

Dec. 2007: Talk, American Geophysical Union Conference, San Francisco, California
Aug. 2007: Two talks, International Symposium on Antarctic Earth Sciences, Santa Barbara, CA
July 2007: Poster, International Union of Geodesy and Geophysics Conference, Perugia, Italy
Dec. 2006: Talk, American Geophysical Union Conference, San Francisco, California
Sept. 2006: Poster, West Antarctic Ice Sheet Initiative Workshop, Seattle, Washington
July 2006: Poster, Scientific Committee on Antarctic Science Conference, Hobart, Tasmania
Dec. 2005: Poster, American Geophysical Union Conference, San Francisco, California
Dec. 2002: Poster, American Geophysical Union Conference, San Francisco, California

Funding Awarded Since 2003:

Dec. 2007: UT Gradaute School Professional Development award for travel to AGU in San Francisco, CA
Sept. 2007: David Bruton, Jr. Graduate Fellowship; Dean’s Office, Graduate School, UT
Aug. 2007: Organizing Committee Travel Grant to the ISAES Conference in Santa Barbara, CA
July 2007: American Geophysical Union Travel Grant to the IUGG Conference in Perugia, Italy
July 2007: Local Organizing Committee Travel Grant to the IUGG Conference in Perugia, Italy
Feb. 2007: Travel Grant, Work with the British Antarctic Survey; Dept. of Geological Sci., UT
Spring 2007: Ewing Worzel/Gale White Fellowship; Institute for Geophysics, UT
July 2006: NSF Travel Grant to the SCAR Open Science Conference in Hobart, Tasmania
Aug. 2004: Travel Grant to study Glaciology in Bristol, England; Dept. Geological Sciences, UT

Affiliations:

Member of AGU, GSA, SEG, and AWG.

 

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