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Overview

David F. Naar is affiliated with the University of South Florida in the United States and conducts research primarily in Earth and Planetary Sciences. Their work encompasses several subfields, including Oceanography, Atmospheric Science, Geophysics, Environmental Chemistry, and Astronomy and Astrophysics.

Their research topics include:

  • Oceanographic and Atmospheric Processes
  • Tropical and Extratropical Cyclones Research
  • Ocean Waves and Remote Sensing
  • Geological and Geochemical Analysis
  • Earthquake and Tectonic Studies
  • Geology and Paleoclimatology Research
  • Geophysics and Gravity Measurements

David F. Naar has coauthored work with several researchers, including Mark E. Mussett, David W. Caress, Tracey A. Conrad, Alastair G C Graham, and Manuela S. Kaufmann.

Their recent publications include:

  • Hydrodynamic response to bathymetric changes in Tampa Bay, Florida (2023), published in Deep Sea Research Part II Topical Studies in Oceanography
  • Upper Crustal Structure of Superfast-Spread Oceanic Crust Exposed at the Pito Deep Rift: Implications for Seafloor Spreading (2023), published in Geochemistry Geophysics Geosystems
  • Analyzing Archive Transit Multibeam Data for Nodule Occurrences (2024), published in Journal of Marine Science and Engineering
  • Maldives marine terraces and global submerged terraces database (2020), published in Publishing Network for Geoscientific and Environmental Data (PANGAEA) (Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research)
  • Analyzing Archive Transit Multibeam Data for Nodule Occurrences (2024), published in Preprints.org

They have published in venues such as:

  • Deep Sea Research Part II Topical Studies in Oceanography
  • Geochemistry Geophysics Geosystems
  • Journal of Marine Science and Engineering
  • Publishing Network for Geoscientific and Environmental Data (PANGAEA) (Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research)
  • Preprints.org

Best Publications

  • A Benthic Terrain Classification Scheme for American Samoa

    Emily R. Lundblad;Dawn J. Wright;Joyce Miller;Emily M. Larkin

  • Tectonic evolution of the Easter Microplate

    David F. Naar;R. N. Hey

  • Microplate tectonics along a superfast seafloor spreading system near Easter Island

    R. N. Hey;D. F. Naar;M. C. Kleinrock;W. J. Phipps Morgan

  • Roller-bearing tectonic evolution of the Juan Fernandez microplate

    R. L. Larson;R. C. Searle;M. C. Kleinrock;H. Schouten

  • The mathematician paleoplate

    J. Mammerickx;D. F. Naar;R. L. Tyce

  • Strange bedfellows - A deep-water hermatypic coral reef superimposed on a drowned barrier island; Southern Pulley Ridge, SW Florida platform margin

    B.D. Jarrett;A.C. Hine;R.B. Halley;D.F. Naar

  • Remote Sensing of Sargassum Biomass, Nutrients, and Pigments

    Mengqui Wang;Chuanmin Hu;Jennifer Cannizzaro;David English

  • Plate boundary reorganization at a large-offset, rapidly propagating rift

    R. N. Hey;P. D. Johnson;F. Martinez;J. Korenaga

  • Recent Pacific‐Easter‐Nazca Plate Motions

    David F. Naar;R. N. Hey

  • Quaternary cave levels in peninsular Florida

    Lee J. Florea;H.L. Vacher;Brian Donahue;David Naar

  • Fast rift propagation along the East Pacific Rise near Easter Island

    David F. Naar;R. N. Hey

  • Variations in axial morphology along the Galápagos spreading center and the influence of the Galápagos hotspot

    J. Pablo Canales;Juan José Dañobeitia;Robert S. Detrick;Emilie E. E. Hooft

  • Morphology of San Antonio submarine canyon on the central Chile forearc

    Rick A. Hagen;Hernán Vergara;David F. Naar

  • The development of two oceanic microplates: Easter and Juan Fernandez microplates, East Pacific Rise

    R. C. Searle;R. T. Bird;R. I. Rusby;D. F. Naar

  • Speed limit for oceanic transform faults

    David F. Naar;R. N. Hey

  • Pito and Orongo fracture zones: the northern and southern boundaries of the Easter microplate (southeast Pacific)

    Rapanui Scientific Party;J. Francheteau;P. Patriat;J. Segoufin

  • Morphology and Distribution of Seamounts Surrounding Easter Island

    Yoav Rappaport;D. F. Naar;C. C. Barton;Z. J. Liu

  • Chronology and Geochemistry of Lavas from the Nazca Ridge and Easter Seamount Chain: an ∼30 Myr Hotspot Record

    Jyotiranjan S. Ray;Jyotiranjan S. Ray;John J. Mahoney;Robert A. Duncan;Jyotisankar Ray;Jyotisankar Ray

  • Coastal Bathymetry from Hyperspectral Remote Sensing Data: Comparisons with High Resolution Multibeam Bathymetry

    Michelle L. McIntyre;David F. Naar;Kendall L. Carder;Brian T. Donahue

  • Petrology of the Easter microplate region in the South Pacific

    R. Hekinian;J. Francheteau;R. Armijo;J.P. Cogné

  • Intratransform origins of mid-ocean ridge microplates

    Robert T. Bird;David F. Naar

Frequent Co-Authors

Richard Hey
Richard Hey University of Hawaii at Manoa
David J. Mallinson
David J. Mallinson East Carolina University
Albert C. Hine
Albert C. Hine University of South Florida
Roger C. Searle
Roger C. Searle Durham University
Jean Francheteau
Jean Francheteau University of California, San Diego
Roger Hekinian
Roger Hekinian French Research Institute for Exploitation of the Sea
Fernando Martinez
Fernando Martinez University of Hawaii at Manoa
DelWayne R. Bohnenstiehl
DelWayne R. Bohnenstiehl North Carolina State University
Jeffrey S. Gee
Jeffrey S. Gee University of California, San Diego
Chuanmin Hu
Chuanmin Hu University of South Florida St. Petersburg

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