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Research.com Recognitions

  • Fellow of the Geological Society of America
  • Fellow of the Geological Society of America

Overview

C. Geoffrey Wheat is affiliated with the University of Alaska Fairbanks in the United States. Their scholarly work primarily focuses on Earth and Planetary Sciences, with a significant emphasis on several subfields and specialized areas. The scientist's research contributions span topics such as Environmental Chemistry, Ocean Engineering, Geophysics, Astronomy and Astrophysics, and Oceanography.

Their research topics specifically include:

  • Methane Hydrates and Related Phenomena
  • Reservoir Engineering and Simulation Methods
  • Drilling and Well Engineering
  • Geomagnetism and Paleomagnetism Studies
  • Geophysics and Gravity Measurements
  • Seismic Imaging and Inversion Techniques
  • Geology and Paleoclimatology Research

Frequent collaborators in Wheat's body of work include O.J. Sissmann, C.L. Moyer, R.E. Price, Jeffrey G. Ryan, and C.D. Menzies.

The venues where Wheat frequently publishes include:

  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
  • OPAL (Open@LaTrobe) (La Trobe University)
  • Geochemistry Geophysics Geosystems
  • Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta
  • Goldschmidt2021 abstracts

Representative recent papers authored or coauthored by C. Geoffrey Wheat include:

  • "Mariana serpentinite mud volcanism exhumes subducted seamount materials: implications for the origin of life," 2020, Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society A Mathematical Physical and Engineering Sciences
  • "Subseafloor Cross-Hole Tracer Experiment Reveals Hydrologic Properties, Heterogeneities, and Reactions in Slow-Spreading Oceanic Crust," 2020, Geochemistry Geophysics Geosystems
  • "A long section of serpentinized depleted mantle peridotite," 2024, Science
  • "Continuous Dynamics of Dissolved Methane Over 2 Years and its Carbon Isotopes (δ13C, Δ14C) in a Small Arctic Lake in the Mackenzie Delta," 2021, Journal of Geophysical Research Biogeosciences
  • "Spatial variation of subduction zone fluids during progressive subduction: Insights from Serpentinite Mud Volcanoes," 2021, Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta

C. Geoffrey Wheat has received recognition as a Fellow of the Geological Society of America.

Best Publications

  • HYDROTHERMAL CIRCULATION THROUGH MID-OCEAN RIDGE FLANKS : FLUXES OF HEAT AND MAGNESIUM

    Michael J. Mottl;C.Geoffrey Wheat

  • Hydrothermal recharge and discharge across 50 km guided by seamounts on a young ridge flank.

    A. T. Fisher;E. E. Davis;M. Hutnak;V. Spiess

  • Mariana blueschist mud volcanism: Implications for conditions within the subduction zone

    P. Fryer;C. G. Wheat;M. J. Mottl

  • Fluid and geochemical transport through oceanic crust: a transect across the eastern flank of the Juan de Fuca Ridge

    H. Elderfield;C.G. Wheat;M.J. Mottl;C. Monnin

  • Phosphate removal by oceanic hydrothermal processes: An update of the phosphorus budget in the oceans

    C. Geoffrey Wheat;Richard A. Feely;Michael J. Mottl

  • Composition of pore and spring waters from Baby Bare: global implications of geochemical fluxes from a ridge flank hydrothermal system

    C.Geoffrey Wheat;Michael J. Mottl

  • Oceanic molybdenum isotope fractionation: Diagenesis and hydrothermal ridge-flank alteration

    James McManus;James McManus;Thomas F. Nägler;Christopher Siebert;C. Geoffrey Wheat

  • Chemistry of springs across the Mariana forearc shows progressive devolatilization of the subducting plate

    Michael J. Mottl;C. Geoffrey Wheat;Patricia Fryer;Jim Gharib

  • Colonization of subsurface microbial observatories deployed in young ocean crust

    Beth N Orcutt;Beth N Orcutt;Wolfgang Bach;Keir Becker;Andrew T Fisher

  • Trace element and REE composition of a low-temperature ridge-flank hydrothermal spring

    C.Geoffrey Wheat;Michael J. Mottl;Mark Rudnicki

  • A dynamic microbial community with high functional redundancy inhabits the cold, oxic subseafloor aquifer

    B. J. Tully;C. G. Wheat;B. T. Glazer;J. A. Huber

  • Chemistry of hot springs along the Eastern Lau Spreading Center

    Michael J. Mottl;Jeffrey S. Seewald;C. Geoffrey Wheat;Margaret K. Tivey

  • Hydrothermal circulation, Juan de Fuca Ridge eastern flank: Factors controlling basement water composition

    C. Geoffrey Wheat;Michael J. Mottl

  • Seamounts as Conduits for Massive Fluid, Heat, and Solute Fluxes on Ridge Flanks

    Andrew Fisher;C. Geoff Wheat

  • Oceanic phosphorus imbalance: Magnitude of the mid-ocean ridge flank hydrothermal sink

    C. Geoffrey Wheat;James McManus;Michael J. Mottl;Emily Giambalvo

  • Continuous chemical monitoring with osmotically pumped water samplers: OsmoSampler design and applications

    Hans W. Jannasch;C. Geoff Wheat;Josh N. Plant;Miriam Kastner

  • Inter‐field variability in the microbial communities of hydrothermal vent deposits from a back‐arc basin

    G. E. Flores;M. Shakya;M. Shakya;J. Meneghin;Z. K. Yang

  • Effect of fluid-sediment reaction on hydrothermal fluxes of major elements, eastern flank of the Juan de Fuca Ridge

    Emily R. Giambalvo;Carl I. Steefel;Andrew T. Fisher;Nina D. Rosenberg

  • Microbial activity in the marine deep biosphere: progress and prospects

    Beth N. Orcutt;Douglas E. LaRowe;Jennifer F. Biddle;Frederick S. Colwell

  • Chemical composition of basement fluids within an oceanic ridge flank: Implications for along-strike and across-strike hydrothermal circulation

    C. Geoffrey Wheat;Henry Elderfield;Michael J. Mottl;Christophe Monnin

Frequent Co-Authors

Michael J. Mottl
Michael J. Mottl University of Hawaii at Manoa
James McManus
James McManus Bigelow Laboratory For Ocean Sciences
Andrew T. Fisher
Andrew T. Fisher University of California, Santa Cruz
Keir Becker
Keir Becker University of Miami
Wolfgang Bach
Wolfgang Bach University of Bremen
Julie A. Huber
Julie A. Huber Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
Katrina J. Edwards
Katrina J. Edwards University of Southern California
Miriam Kastner
Miriam Kastner University of California, San Diego
Earl E. Davis
Earl E. Davis Geological Survey of Canada
Ken Takai
Ken Takai Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology

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