Geoffery Wheat

Geoffery Wheat

Research Professor

Geological Oceanography


College of Fisheries and Ocean Sciences
PO Box 475
Moss Landing, CA 95039
831-633-7033
831-633-6872 (fax)
cgwheat@alaska.edu

 

Recent Publications

PUBLICATIONS LIST HERE

Specialties

  • low- and high-temperature geochemistry
  • hydrogeology
  • borehole fluid samplers
  • undersea instrumentation

 

Current Research Projects

  • Studies of deep-sourced mud volcanism in the Mariana Forearc: A DSL 120, Jason ROV, and coring program
  • The thermal state of 20-25 Ma lithosphere subducting at the Costa Rica Margin, implications for hydrogeology, fluxes, and the seismogenic zone
  • Long Term Continuous Monitoring of Pressure, Fluid Chemistry, and Hydrology in Instrumented Boreholes at the Coast Rica Subduction Zone
  • Towards quantifying elemental fluxes and fluid origins from margins using novel submarine instrumentation
  • Sampling and Initial Characterization of Hydrothermal Fluids, Deposits, Microfauna, and Megafauna at Vent Fields along the Eastern Lau Spreading Center
  • The hydrogeological architecture of basaltic ocean crust: CORK experiments for the initial IODP expedition on the flank of the Juan de Fuca Ridge
  • Determining the Limits to Life in Submarine Hydrothermal Systems: Active Sulfide Deposits as Natural Laboratories

 

Affiliations

  • Regional Coord, WC & PRURC, California Office
  • Adjunct Scientist, Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute
  • Affiliate Graduate Faculty, University of Hawaii