
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

