Susan Humphris
Susan Elizabeth Humphris | |
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Alma mater | Massachusetts Institute of Technology Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution |
Scientific career | |
Institutions | Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution |
Thesis | The hydrothermal alteration of oceanic basalts by seawater (1976) |
Doctoral advisor | Geoff Thompson |
Susan Humphris is a geologist known for her research on processes at mid-ocean ridges. She is an elected fellow of the American Geophysical Union.
Education and career
[edit]Humphris grew up in the United Kingdom, where she learned to sail and enjoyed hikes that incited her interest in the natural world.[1] As a child, she was not fond of history classes, but enjoyed the other subjects.[2] Humphris has an undergraduate degree from Lancaster University (1972),[3] and earned her Ph.D. in 1976 from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution.[4] Following her Ph.D., she spent time as a postdoc at Imperial College in London and a year at Lamont–Doherty Earth Observatory.[1] For more than a decade,[when?] Humphris was a staff scientist at Sea Education Association before she joined the staff at Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution in 1992.[1]
In 2013, Humphris was elected a fellow of the American Geophysical Union who cited her "For sustained and exemplary contributions to our understanding of volcanic and hydrothermal processes at mid-oceanic ridges".[5]
Research
[edit]Humphris' research started with investigations into high temperature alterations of oceanic basalts.[6][7] She has examined the geochemistry of hydrothermal systems at multiple locations including the Walvis Ridge in the South Atlantic,[8] the mid-ocean ridges near Tristan da Cunha[9] the TAG vent field,[10][11][12] and Lucky Strike.[13] Humphris worked with the team that found evidence of life in ancient rocks in samples drilled from the Earth's mantle.[14][15] She has participated in multiple dives to the seafloor in submersibles including Nadir[16] and Alvin, and was the lead scientist for the 2012 overhaul of the DSV Alvin.[17] In 2018, she summarized scientists' progress in understanding the controls on hydrothermal vent fluid composition in an article published in Annual Review of Marine Science.[18]
Selected publications
[edit]- Humphris, Susan E.; Thompson, Geoffrey (January 1978). "Trace element mobility during hydrothermal alteration of oceanic basalts". Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta. 42 (1): 127–136. Bibcode:1978GeCoA..42..127H. doi:10.1016/0016-7037(78)90222-3.
- Humphris, Susan E.; Thompson, Geoffrey (January 1978). "Hydrothermal alteration of oceanic basalts by seawater". Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta. 42 (1): 107–125. Bibcode:1978GeCoA..42..107H. doi:10.1016/0016-7037(78)90221-1. hdl:1721.1/54260.
- Campbell, A. C.; Palmer, M. R.; Klinkhammer, G. P.; Bowers, T. S.; Edmond, J. M.; Lawrence, J. R.; Casey, J. F.; Thompson, G.; Humphris, S.; Rona, P.; Karson, J. A. (October 1988). "Chemistry of hot springs on the Mid-Atlantic Ridge". Nature. 335 (6190): 514–519. Bibcode:1988Natur.335..514C. doi:10.1038/335514a0. S2CID 4310961.
- Dover, C. L. Van; Humphris, S. E.; Fornari, D.; Cavanaugh, C. M.; Collier, R.; Goffredi, S. K.; Hashimoto, J.; Lilley, M. D.; Reysenbach, A. L.; Shank, T. M.; Damm, K. L. Von; Banta, A.; Gallant, R. M.; Götz, D.; Green, D.; Hall, J.; Harmer, T. L.; Hurtado, L. A.; Johnson, P.; McKiness, Z. P.; Meredith, C.; Olson, E.; Pan, I. L.; Turnipseed, M.; Won, Y.; C. R. Young, I. I. I.; Vrijenhoek, R. C. (26 October 2001). "Biogeography and Ecological Setting of Indian Ocean Hydrothermal Vents". Science. 294 (5543): 818–823. Bibcode:2001Sci...294..818V. doi:10.1126/science.1064574. PMID 11557843. S2CID 543841.
- Humphris, Susan E.; Herzig, P. M.; Miller, D. J.; Alt, J. C.; Becker, K.; Brown, D.; Brügmann, G.; Chiba, H.; Fouquet, Y.; Gemmell, J.B.; Guerin, G.; Hannington, M.D.; Holm, N. G.; Honnorez, J.J.; Iturrino, G.J.; Knott, R.; Ludwig, R.; Nakamura, K.; Petersen, S.; Reysenbach, A-L.; Rona, P. A.; Smith, S.; Sturz, A.A; Tivey, M.K.; Zhao, X. (October 1995). "The internal structure of an active sea-floor massive sulphide deposit". Nature. 377 (6551): 713–716. Bibcode:1995Natur.377..713H. doi:10.1038/377713a0. hdl:2027.42/62783. S2CID 4279891.
Awards and honors
[edit]- Nap J Buonaparte Service Award, Massachusetts Marine Educators (2003)[19]
- Fellow, American Geophysical Union (2013)[5]
References
[edit]- ^ a b c Freiburger, Brett (December 17, 2020). "Susan Humphris, Sharing Science Beyond the Sea – WHOI Women's Committee". Retrieved 2021-09-11.
- ^ "Let's Talk with Susan Humphris about the Chemistry of Deep Sea Vents". American Museum of Natural History. Retrieved September 11, 2021.
- ^ "Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution". Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution. Retrieved 2021-09-11.
- ^ Humphris, Susan Elizabeth (1976). The hydrothermal alteration of oceanic basalts by seawater (Thesis). Woods Hole, Mass.: Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution. OCLC 994435688.
- ^ a b "Humphris". Honors Program. Retrieved 2021-09-11.
- ^ Humphris, Susan E.; Morrison, M.Ann; Thompson, R.N. (1978). "Influence of rock crystallisation history upon subsequent lanthanide mobility during hydrothermal alteration of basalts". Chemical Geology. 23 (1–4): 125–137. Bibcode:1978ChGeo..23..125H. doi:10.1016/0009-2541(78)90070-0.
- ^ Humphris, Susan E.; Thompson, Geoffrey (1978). "Hydrothermal alteration of oceanic basalts by seawater". Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta. 42 (1): 107–125. Bibcode:1978GeCoA..42..107H. doi:10.1016/0016-7037(78)90221-1. hdl:1721.1/54260.
- ^ Humphris, Susan E.; Thompson, Geoffrey (1982). "A geochemical study of rocks from the Walvis Ridge, South Atlantic". Chemical Geology. 36 (3–4): 253–274. Bibcode:1982ChGeo..36..253H. doi:10.1016/0009-2541(82)90051-1.
- ^ Humphris, Susan E.; Thompson, Geoffrey; Schilling, Jean-Guy; Kingsley, Richard H. (1985-06-01). "Petrological and geochemical variations along the Mid-Atlantic Ridge between 46°S and 32°S: Influence of the Tristan da Cunha mantle plume". Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta. 49 (6): 1445–1464. Bibcode:1985GeCoA..49.1445H. doi:10.1016/0016-7037(85)90294-7. ISSN 0016-7037.
- ^ Kleinrock, Martin C.; Humphris, Susan E. (1996). "Structural control on sea-floor hydrothermal activity at the TAG active mound". Nature. 382 (6587): 149–153. Bibcode:1996Natur.382..149K. doi:10.1038/382149a0. ISSN 0028-0836. S2CID 4260378.
- ^ Humphris, Susan E.; Kleinrock, Martin C. (1996-11-15). "Detailed morphology of the TAG Active Hydrothermal Mound: Insights into its formation and growth". Geophysical Research Letters. 23 (23): 3443–3446. Bibcode:1996GeoRL..23.3443H. doi:10.1029/96GL03079.
- ^ Broad, William J. (1994-08-09). "Weird Mound Offers Clues To Mysteries Of the Deep". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2021-09-11.
- ^ Humphris, Susan E.; Fornari, Daniel J.; Scheirer, Daniel S.; German, Christopher R.; Parson, Lindsay M. (2002). "Geotectonic setting of hydrothermal activity on the summit of Lucky Strike Seamount (37°17′N, Mid-Atlantic Ridge): GEOTECTONIC SETTING". Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems. 3 (8): 1–25. doi:10.1029/2001GC000284.
- ^ "Evidence of ancient life discovered in mantle rocks deep below the seafloor". ScienceDaily. Retrieved 2021-09-14.
- ^ Klein, Frieder; Humphris, Susan E.; Guo, Weifu; Schubotz, Florence; Schwarzenbach, Esther M.; Orsi, William D. (2015-09-29). "Fluid mixing and the deep biosphere of a fossil Lost City-type hydrothermal system at the Iberia Margin". Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 112 (39): 12036–12041. Bibcode:2015PNAS..11212036K. doi:10.1073/pnas.1504674112. PMC 4593090. PMID 26324888.
- ^ Nestor, James (February 12, 2018). "Life on the Rocks". Scientific American. Retrieved 2021-09-14.
- ^ October 2012, Wynne Parry 11 (2012-10-11). "Deep-Sea Vehicle Alvin Gets Splashy Makeover". livescience.com. Retrieved 2021-09-14.
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: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link) - ^ Humphris, Susan E.; Klein, Frieder (2018-01-03). "Progress in Deciphering the Controls on the Geochemistry of Fluids in Seafloor Hydrothermal Systems". Annual Review of Marine Science. 10 (1): 315–343. Bibcode:2018ARMS...10..315H. doi:10.1146/annurev-marine-121916-063233. ISSN 1941-1405. PMID 28853997.
- ^ "MME Award Recipients" (PDF). Retrieved September 11, 2021.
External links
[edit]- Article on Susan Humphris, December 17, 2020