Newsgroups: comp.text.tex
> Is there a well-known thesis style that I can use?

It is always difficult to give a unique solution in order to write a thesis. It all depends on Universities, colleges and of course, your own taste. I wrote an example document on how to write a thesis using LaTeX. Feel free to use it and modify it to your own needs:

ftp://ftp.mrao.cam.ac.uk/pub/sergio/thesis

Sergio.

http://pantheon.yale.edu/~una/yalephd/