Art Spivack

Arthur J. Spivack (July 9, 1956 - Queens, New York), or Art, is an American geochemist. He is currently a professor at the University of Rhode Island Graduate School of Oceanography.[1]

Spivack’s research interest is the geochemistry of the oceans, atmosphere, and crust. He developed the use of boron isotopes for determining the pH of ancient oceans.[2] This approach provides a principal basis for estimating atmospheric CO2 concentrations of the last several tens of million years.[3] He has also contributed to scientific understanding of geochemical fluxes in mid-ocean-ridge hydrothermal systems and subduction zones[4] and understanding of subseafloor life.[5]

Spivack received his bachelor's degree (1980) in chemistry from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) and his Ph.D. in Oceanography from MIT and Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (1986).

References

  1. ↑ "spivack | URI Graduate School of Oceanography". Gso.uri.edu. Retrieved 2012-05-22.
  2. ↑ Spivack A.J., C.F. You, H.J. Smith."Foraminiferal boron isotope ratios as a proxy for surface ocean pH over the past 21-Myr." Nature 363(6425): 149-151.
  3. ↑ Pearson, P.N., and M.R. Palmer. "Atmospheric carbon dioxide concentrations over the past 60 million years." Nature 406(6797): 695-699.
  4. ↑ Spivack, A.J., and J.M. Edmond. "Boron isotope exchange between seawater and the oceanic crust." Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta 51(5), 1033-1043.
  5. ↑ D'Hondt S, S. Rutherford, A.J. Spivack. "Metabolic activity of subsurface life in deep-sea sediments." Science 295(5562): 2067-2070.
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