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Curriculum Vitae

BRIAN E. TUCHOLKE

Marine Geologist
Scientist Emeritus
Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
Woods Hole, MA 02543-1541  U.S.A.
Ph. (508) 289-2494, Fax (508) 457-2187
Email:  btucholke@whoi.edu

Education

  • Massachusetts Institute of Technology/Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution Joint Program in Oceanography - Ph.D. in Oceanography (Marine Geology), 1973.
  • South Dakota School of Mines and Technology - B.S., Geology, Magna Cum Laude, 1968
  • Hot Springs Public Schools, Hot Springs, S.D. - Diploma, Summa Cum Laude, 1964

Professional Experience

  • Scientist Emeritus, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, 2008 - Present
  • Senior Scientist, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, 1987 - 2008
  • Senior Scientist Fellow, IFREMER, Brest, France, 2006
  • Consultant to Marine Geoscience Applications and U. S. Mineral Management Service, 1983 - 1984
  • Consultant to EG&G Environmental Consultants and U. S. Environmental Protection Agency, 1981
  • Associate Scientist, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, 1979 - 1987
  • Adjunct Senior Research Scientist, Lamont-Doherty Geological Observatory, 1982 - 1991
  • Visiting Senior Research Associate, Lamont-Doherty Geological Observatory, 1979 - 1982
  • Senior Research Associate, Lamont-Doherty Geological Observatory, 1978 - 1979
  • Research Associate, Lamont-Doherty Geological Observatory, 1974 - 1978
  • Post-Doctoral Fellow, Lamont-Doherty Geological Observatory, Columbia University, 1973 - 1974
  • Graduate Research Assistant, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, 1972 - 1973
  • Full-Time Teaching Assistant (Academic Years), Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, 1970 - 1972
  • Full-Time Teaching Assistant (Academic Years), Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1968 - 1970
  • Geophysicist, Western Geophysical Corporation, 1968 (Summer)
  • Professional Assistant in Geophysics, Pan American Petroleum Corporation, 1966 - 1967 (Summers)
  • Field Geologist, South Dakota School of Mines & Technology, Summer 1965
  • Museum Assistant and preparator in paleontology, South Dakota School of Mines and Technology, 1964 - 1968

Professional Memberships

  • American Association for the Advancement of Science, 1989 - present; elected Fellow, 1992
  • American Association of Petroleum Geologists, 1971 - present
  • American Geophysical Union, 1969 - present
  • Geological Society of America, 1971 - present; elected Fellow, 1979
  • Geological Association of Canada,1988 - 2006
  • Theta Tau Professional Engineering Fraternity, 1965 - present

Professional Honors, Fellowships, Awards, etc.

  • Robert E. Sheriff Distinguished Lecturer, Houston Geological Society and University of Houston, 2008
  • National Science Foundation Accomplishment Based Renewal Grant, 2006
  • Senior Scientist Fellowship, IFREMER, Brest, France, 2006
  • Henry Bryant Bigelow Chair for Excellence in Oceanography, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, 1999 - 2003
  • Elected Fellow, American Association for the Advancement of Science, 1992
  • Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution Independent Study Awards, 1988, 1995
  • Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution Mellon Study Awards, 1983, 1998, 2008
  • Keynote speaker, Centennial lecture on Marine Geology and Geophysics, Geological Society of America Centennial Symposium, 1988
  • Alan Berman Research Publication Award, Department of the Navy, Naval Research Laboratory, 1986
  • Seward Johnson Chair in Oceanography, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, 1986 - 1988
  • Elected Fellow, Geological Society of America, 1979
  • Corporation Member, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, 1976-1979
  • Lamont-Doherty Geological Observatory of Columbia University, Post-Doctoral Fellowship, 1973-1974
  • National Science Foundation Graduate Fellowship award, 1968 (declined in favor of a Teaching Assistantship at MIT)
  • Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution Summer Fellowship, 1969, 1970, 1971
  • Elected to Sigma Xi, 1968
  • Elected to Who's Who Among Students in American Universities & Colleges, 1968
  • President of the Senior Class, S. D. School of Mines & Technology, 1968
  • J.P. Connolly Prize in Geology, S.D. School of Mines and Technology, 1967
  • Homestake Mining Company Scholarship in Geology, 1964 - 1968
  • National Youth Science Camp, South Dakota State Representative, 1964
  • Eagle Scout, Boy Scouts of America, 1962
  • Biographee: Who's Who in the East, Who’s Who in Science and Engineering, Who's Who in Frontier Science and Technology, Who's Who in Technology, Who's Who in Technology Today, Who's Who in the World, Men of Achievement, American Men & Women of Science, International Leaders in Achievement

Recent Invited and Keynote Lectures

  • 'Plate Tectonics’, ‘Geologic Map of North America’ and ‘Geological Evolution of the North Atlantic Ocean’.  National Youth Science Camp, Bartow, West Virginia, 6-7/2013 (Invited, Directed Study program).
  • 'Plate Tectonics’, ‘Geological Evolution of the North Atlantic Ocean Basin’, and ‘Structure of the Mid-Atlantic Ridge’.  National Youth Science Camp, Bartow, West Virginia, 6-7/2012 (Invited, Directed Study program).
  • 'Detachment Faulting and Oceanic Core Complexes.'  Department of Geophysics, Peking University, Beijing, China, 11/2011 (Invited).
  • 'Evolution of the Newfoundland-Iberia Rift.'  Conference on Conjugate Margin Structure and Evolution in the North Atlantic and Other Margins, South China Sea Institute of Oceanology CAS, Guangzhou, China, 11/2011 (Keynote).
  • 'Transitional Crust in Magma-Limited Rifts.' Conference on Conjugate Margin Structure and Evolution in the North Atlantic and Other Margins, South China Sea Institute of Oceanology CAS, Guangzhou, China, 11/2011 (Keynote).
  • 'Detachment Faulting and Oceanic Core Complexes.' Conference on Conjugate Margin Structure and Evolution in the North Atlantic and Other Margins, South China Sea Institute of Oceanology CAS, Guangzhou, China, 11/2011 (Keynote).
  • 'Crustal Extension and Mantle Exhumation in Weakly Magmatic Rifts and Mid-Ocean Ridges.'  Conference on Alpine Ophiolites and Modern Analogs, Parma, Italy, 10/2009 (Keynote).
  • 'Crustal Extension and Mantle Exhumation in Weakly Magmatic Rifts and Mid-Ocean Ridges.'  Houston Geological Society and University of Houston, Robert E. Sheriff Distinguished Lecturer, 11/2008 (Keynote), cited in Houston Geological Society Bulletin, 51(3), p. 17, 2008.
  • 'The Crustal Section Exhumed by Oceanic Detachment Faults.'  AGU Fall Meeting, Session T51F on 'Generation of Oceanic Lithospheric in Areas of Low Effusive Magmatism: Where Has All the Crust Gone?, 12/2007 (Invited).
  • 'Crustal Extension and Mantle Exhumation in Weakly Magmatic Rifts and Mid-Ocean Ridges.'  GSA Penrose Conference on 'Extending a Continent: Architecture, Rheological Coupling and Heat Budget', Naxos, Greece, 10/2007 (Invited).
  • 'Newfoundland-Iberia Rift: From Continental Extension to Seafloor Spreading in a Magma-Limited Environment.'  Académie des Sciences International Meeting on the Ocean Continent Transition, Paris, 9/2007 (Keynote).
  • 'Evolution of the Newfoundland-Iberia Rift.'  CMOS/CGU/AMS Congress, session on 'North Atlantic Rifted Margin: Geophysical Processes and Constraints', St. Johns, Newfoundland, 5/2007 (Keynote).

Other Honors & Awards

  • Silver Trout Award from Massachusetts/Rhode Island Council of Trout Unlimited (for outstanding contributions to preservation of cold-water fisheries), 1988
  • President of Cape Cod Chapter Trout Unlimited, 1987-88, selected by national office of Trout Unlimited for 1988 Gold Trout Award as outstanding chapter of 435 chapters in the nation

Professional Service Outside Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution

  • National Youth Science Camp, Directed-Study Lecturer, 2012, 2013
  • IODP-MI Ocean Drilling Consortium Steering Committee, Member, 2008
  • Ad Hoc Committee on MCS Greatest Hits, Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory, 2005-2007
  • Co-Convener, Crustal Accretion and Tectonic Extension in Magma-Limited Environments, AGU Fall Meeting, San Francisco, 2005
  • Co-Convener, Structure and Evolution of Non-Volcanic Rifted Margins, AGU Fall Meeting, San Francisco, 2003
  • Convener-Host, ONR Acoustic Reverberation Special Research Program, 1995 Research Symposium, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, 1995
  • Co-Convener, Geological, Geophysical, and Acoustics Studies in the ONR Atlantic Natural Laboratory, Mid-Atlantic Ridge 23°-27.5° North, AGU Fall Meeting, San Francisco, 1995
  • Co-Convener, Fine-Scale Seafloor Investigations of Mid-Oceanic Ridges Using ROV and Deep-Towed Instruments, AGU Fall Meeting, San Francisco, 1993
  • Convener-Host, ONR Acoustic Reverberation Special Research Program, 1992 Fall Research Symposium, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, 1992
  • Editorial Board, Geology, 1991-1993
  • Convener-Host, ONR Acoustic Reverberation Special Research Program, 1991 Fall Research Symposium, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, 1991
  • JOIDES North Atlantic Rifted Margins Detailed Planning Group, PCOM Liaison, 1990- 1991
  • Office of Naval Research Special Research Project on Bottom/Subbottom Acoustic Reverberation, Executive Committee Member, 1989-1995
  • JOI/USSAC Workshop on the Role of ODP Drilling in the Investigation of Global Changes in Sea Level, Steering Committee Member; Chairman, Clastic Margins Working Group, 1988
  • IUGS Circum-Atlantic Map Project, Western North Atlantic Working Group, Member, 1988-1991
  • JOIDES Tectonics Panel, Planning Committee Liaison, 1988-1992
  • American Geophysical Union Committee on Paleoceanography, Member, 1987-1988
  • American Association of Petroleum Geologists Committee on Marine Geology, Member, 1987-1990
  • JOIDES Planning Committee, Alternate Member, 1986-1987; Member 1987-1992
  • Co-Convener, Symposium on Eustatics and Continental Margins: Second International Conference on Paleoceanography, Woods Hole, Sept. 1986
  • Co-Convener, South Atlantic/Indian Ocean: Geology and Physical Oceanography: AGU-ASLO Ocean Science Meeting, New Orleans, January, 1986
  • Associate Editor, Geological Society of America Bulletin, 1985-1988
  • JOIDES Atlantic Regional Panel, Member, 1984-1987
  • Interim U.S. Science Advisory Committee for the Advanced Ocean Drilling Program, Member, 1983
  • IOC GAPA Project:  North Atlantic Sediment Thickness, Compiler-Curator, 1982 -1990
  • NECOR Sea Beam Committee, Member, 1982-1987
  • North American Ocean-Continent Transects, Corridor E2 Team, 1982-1986
  • Project Co-Leader: Geologic Map of North America, Decade of North American Geology, Geological Society of America, 1982-2005
  • COSOD Working Group on Origin and Evolution of Marine Sedimentary Sequences, Member, 1981
  • JOIDES Passive Margin Panel, Member, 1981-1983
  • Project Co-Leader and Co-Editor: Decade of North American Geology - Western North Atlantic Region, Geological Society of America, 1980-1986.
  • Sandia National Laboratories Sub-Seabed Site Assessment Committee, Member, 1979-1986
  • U.R.I. Long-Coring Facility Program, Steering Committee, Member, 1979
  • NSF Research Initiation and Support (RIAS) Panel, 1977
  • Technical Session Chairman: GSA - Marine Geology, 1975; AGU  - Abyssal Seafloor, 1978; AGU - Benthic Boundary Layer, 1980; GSA - Marine Geology, 1981; AGU/ASLO - South Atlantic/Indian Ocean: Geology and Physical Oceanography, 1986; AGU - Fine-Scale Seafloor Investigations, 1993; AGU - ONR Atlantic Natural Laboratory, 1995; AGU - Non-Volcanic Rifted Margins, 2003; AGU - Crustal Accretion and Tectonic Extension, 2005

Non-Professional Activities

  • Barnstable County Sheriff's Citizens Academy, 2009
  • Massachusetts Hunter Education Program, Certified Instructor, 2007-present
  • Falmouth Citizens Police Academy, 1996
  • Trout Unlimited, National Embrace-A-Stream Committee, 1993-1995
  • Trout Unlimited, National Resource Board, 1993-1996
  • Trout Unlimited, National Board of Directors, 1992
  • Citizens for Protection of Waquoit Bay, Board of Directors, 1986-1989; Vice President,  1986-1987
  • Trout Unlimited, Board of Directors, Cape Cod Chapter, 1984-1989; Vice President, 1986; President, 1987-1988

Activities Within Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution

Education:

  • Educational Council, 1986-88
  • Ad Hoc Committee on JPMGG Guide, 1986-87
  • Joint Committee Marine Geology and Geophysics, 1986-1988; Chairman, 1987
  • J. Seward Johnson Chair in Oceanography, 1986-88
  • Educational Council, 1982-84
  • Joint Committee for Marine Geology and Geophysics, 1981-82
  • Graduate Admissions Committee, 1980-81
  • Ad Hoc Committee on Joint Program in Marine Geology and Geophysics Guide, 1979-81
  • Courses taught: 12.798 Special Problems, 1979; 12.73 Marine Geology, 1979; 12.791 Marine Geology, 1982
  • Member or chair of 43 examination committees (preliminary exam, oral exam, general exam, thesis proposal exam, thesis defense), member of 14 thesis committees, advisor (academic, thesis, and/or research project) for 27 students (Joint Program and external)

Summer Student Advisor:

  • Amanda Babson - Summer Student Fellow, 1997
  • Karen Worminghaus - Summer Student Fellow, 1995
  • Ian Malin, ONR Summer High School Apprentice, 1995
  • Elizabeth Tyndale, ONR Summer High School Apprentice, 1993
  • Gary Jaroslow - Summer Student Fellow, 1989
  • Ana Macario - Summer Student Fellow, 1984
  • Barbara Wall - Summer Minority Trainee, 1980

Thesis Advisor or Co-Advisor:

  • Amy R. McKnight (M.S. 2001, MIT/WHOI)
  • Gary E. Jaroslow (Ph.D. 1997, MIT/WHOI)
  • Mary L. Bremer (Ph.D. 1982, MIT/WHOI)
  • Kenneth G. Miller (Ph.D. 1982, MIT/WHOI)
  • Gregory S. Mountain (Ph.D. 1981, Columbia U.)

Postdoctoral Advisor:

  • Dr. Gwenn Peron-Pinvidic, Postdoctoral Fellow, 2006-2008
  • Dr. Alexei Milkov, Postdoctoral Scholar, 2002-2003
  • Dr. Martin C. Kleinrock, Postdoctoral Investigator, 1988-1989
  • Dr. Steve Swift, Postdoctoral Investigator, 1986
  • Dr. R. Mark Leckie, Postdoctoral Scholar, 1984-1985

Scientific Sponsor:

  • Dr. Kantaro Fujioka (JAMSTEC, Japan), Guest Investigator, 1998
  • Dr. Gary Jaroslow, Guest Investigator, 1997
  • Ms. Tamara Osychny, Guest Investigator, 1995
  • Mr. Jens Grutzner (GEOMAR, Kiel), Guest Student Investigator, 1992
  • Dr. Tom Reed (University of Hawaii), Guest Investigator, 1990-91
  • Dr. John Jemsek (WHOI), Visiting Investigator, 1988
  • Mr. Michael Fisk (University College, London), Guest Student Investigator, 1984
  • Dr. S. P. Srivastava (Bedford Institute of Oceanography), Guest Investigator, 1984
  • Dr. Tjeerd van Weering (Nederlands Instituut voor Onderzoek der Zee), Guest Investigator, 1983
  • Dr. Michel Cousin (Université Pierre et Marie Curie), Guest Investigator, 1981

WHOI Committees:

  • WHOI Ad Hoc Committee on Strategic Planning for Library Services, 2004-2005
  • Chairman, G&G Ad Hoc Margins/Coastal Geology Search Committee, 2000-2001
  • Senior Scientists Executive Committee Subcommittee on Alternative Funding, 2000
  • MBL-WHOI Library Joint Users Committee, 1999-2005
  • G&G Ad Hoc Selection Committee for Seward Johnson Chair, 1999
  • Chairman, WHOI Ad Hoc Scientific Data Advisory Committee, 1997-1999
  • G&G Ad Hoc Committee on Ocean Drilling Program, 1994
  • Acting G&G Representative, WHOI Marine Operations Committee, 1994
  • G&G Ad Hoc Committee on Space Needs, 1994
  • G&G Shinkai 6500 Ad Hoc Working Group, 1993-1994, 1997-1998
  • WHOI Sea Beam Committee, 1993-2003
  • G&G Ad Hoc Committee on Marine Geology, 1993-1994
  • G&G Ad Hoc Committee on Sea Beam 2100, 1994-1999
  • G&G Digital Image Analysis Laboratory Committee, 1989-2003
  • Deep Submergence Advisory Committee, 1993-2003
  • Center for Marine Exploration Review Committee, 1992
  • Geodynamics Committee, 1989-2000
  • WHOI Senior Scientist Ad Hoc Committee on Restricted Research, 1990
  • WHOI Ad Hoc Committee for Science Strategy, 1989-1990
  • Chairman, Center for Marine Exploration Planning Committee, 1987-1989
  • Chairman, Ad Hoc Committee for Center for Marine Exploration, 1986
  • WHOI Promotion Review Committees (Member or Chair), 1985, 1988, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2001, 2002, 2007
  • WHOI Ad Hoc Committee for Independent Study Awards, 1986, 1989
  • WHOI Ad Hoc Committee for Mellon/Senior Study Awards, 1982
  • WHOI 50th Anniversary Open House Committee, 1980

Research Interests

  • Tectonic and magmatic development of slow-spreading ocean crust
  • Structure and evolution of rifted continental margins
  • Seismic stratigraphy and rock stratigraphy, with applications to paleoceanography
  • Sedimentary processes and benthic boundary layer processes
  • Physical properties of sediments

Seagoing Experience

• 30 research cruises, including 19 as Chief Scientist/Co-Chief Scientist, two on Glomar Challenger, and one on JOIDES Resolution

2004   30.        Co-Chief Scientist, R/V KNORR 180-2.  Jason II, ABE, and dredging study of

Kane megamullion on the Mid-Atlantic Ridge, 14 November - 17 December 2004

2003   29. Co-Chief Scientist, JOIDES RESOLUTION, ODP Leg 210.  Deep-sea drilling in

the Newfoundland Basin.  6 July - 6 September 2003

2001   28. Co-Chief Scientist, R/V EWING 01-02.  Multichannel seismic reflection/refraction

and geophysical investigation of Atlantis, Dante's Domes, and Kane megamullions

on the Mid-Atlantic Ridge.  10 March - 5 April 2001

2000   27. Co-Chief Scientist, R/V EWING 00-07 (two-ship operation with R/V OCEANUS).

Multichannel seismic reflection, OBS/H and geophysical investigation of the rifted

continental margin at the eastern edge of the Grand Banks.  15 July - 16 August

2000

1998   26. Scientist, R/V YOKOSUKA.  Shinkai 6500 dives on Dante's Domes megamullion

and Mid-Atlantic Ridge hydrothermal sites.  SeaBeam, gravity, and magnetics

surveys.  July - August 1998

1997   25.        Scientist, R/V ATLANTIS 1-3.  SeaBeam and 3.5-kHz seismic reflection survey

of Hudson Canyon, U.S. Atlantic margin.  April 1997

1996   24.        Chief Scientist, R/V EWING 96-06.  Geological-geophysical survey of east flank

of Mid-Atlantic Ridge near 26°N.  Hydrosweep, HMR1 sidescan sonar, 3.5-kHz

seismic reflection, gravity, magnetics.  July - August 1996

1993   23.        Chief Scientist, R/V KNORR 138-14.  Near-bottom geological and geophysical

surveys of the Mid-Atlantic Ridge flank using DSL-120 sidescan sonar and Jason

ROV survey systems.  May - June 1993

1992   22.        Chief Scientist, R/V EWING 92-08.  Geological-geophysical survey of ONR

Acoustic Reverberation Corridor, west flank Mid-Atlantic Ridge near 26°N.

Hydrosweep, HMR1 sidescan sonar, seismic reflection, gravity, magnetics.

July - August 1992

1988   21. Chief Scientist, R/V CONRAD 29-08.  SeaMARC II sidescan/bathymetry survey

of fine-scale structure of Kane Fracture Zone, rock dredging, magnetics.

August - September 1988

1984   20.        Co-Chief Scientist, R/V CONRAD 25-10.  Multichannel seismic study of the

continent-ocean boundary east of the Grand Banks (MCS, magnetics, gravity,

sonobuoys, SeaBeam).  August - September 1984

1980   19.        Scientist, R/V KNORR 80.  Multichannel seismic profiling on the continental rise

off Cape Hatteras (IPOD Site Surveys).  July - August 1980

1979   18.        Chief Scientist, R/V CONRAD 22-09.  Geological and geophysical studies of the

Nova Scotian continental rise.  July 1979

1978   17.        Chief Scientist, R/V CONRAD 21-10.  Near-bottom process studies on Greater

Antilles Outer Ridge and Western Bermuda Rise.  June 1978

16.        Chief Scientist, R/V VEMA 34-11.  OBH seismic refraction, current-meter,

bottom photography, piston coring, dredging studies of Agulhas Plateau off South

Africa.  January 1978

1977   15.        Chief Scientist, R/V CONRAD 20-12.  Acoustics and near-bottom process

studies in the Western North Atlantic.  April-May 1977

1976   14.        Co-Chief Scientist, R/V CONRAD 19-05.  Acoustics and near-bottom process

studies in the Western North Atlantic.  January-February 1976

1975   13.        Co-Chief Scientist, GLOMAR CHALLENGER, DSDP Leg 43.  Deep-sea drilling

in western North Atlantic.  June-August 1975

1974   12.        Sedimentologist, GLOMAR CHALLENGER, DSDP Leg 35.  Deep-sea drilling in

the Bellingshausen Basin off Antarctica.  February-March 1974

1972   11. Co-Chief Scientist, USS PETREL.  Seismic profiling, bottom sampling, and XBT

surveys over Hudson Canyon in conjunction with NR-1 submersible studies.

October 1972

10.        Scientist, R/V KNORR.  Bottom photography, coring, hydrostations on Caicos

Outer Ridge.  Biological investigations in Sargasso Sea.  May 1972

9.          Co-chief Scientist, R/V KNORR. 3.5-kHz seismic profiling, bottom photography,

hydrography, giant piston coring on Greater Antilles Outer Ridge.  February 1972

1971   8.          Co-chief Scientist, R/V ATLANTIS II.  Echo-sounding surveys, hydrography,

coring, bottom photography on Greater Antilles Outer Ridge.  August 1971

7.          Scientist, MSS MT. MITCHELL.  Echo-sounding surveys, coring, bottom

photography, mooring of current meters on the Greater Antilles Outer Ridge North

of Puerto Rico.  January 1971

1970   6.          Scientist, R/V KNORR.  Giant piston coring in Gulf of Maine, testing of a 1.4-kHz

seismic profiling system.  November 1970

5.          Scientist, R/V KNORR.  Giant piston coring in Gulf of Maine.  September 1970

4.          Chief Scientist, CCGS JOHN CABOT.  Testing of a new 3.5-kHz seismic profiling

system on the continental shelf and slope between Newfoundland and Maryland.

May 1970

3.          Scientist, R/V CHAIN.  Seismic reflection profiling, magnetic and gravity

measurements in the S.E. Bahamas.  April 1970

1968   2.          Scientist, R/V DOLPHIN.  3.5-kHz seismic profiling, bottom sampling, bottom

photography, and hydrocasts in the Gulf of Maine.  July 1968

1.          Geophysicist, WESTERN REEF and WESTERN GULF.  Multichannel seismic

reflection prospecting for petroleum resources in the Gulf of Mexico.

June-August 1968

Publications

• Author/editor of 8 books and special publications; author of 100+ peer-reviewed research papers, 50+ miscellaneous publications, and 200+ research abstracts in marine geology and geophysics.