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David J. Burdige is affiliated with Old Dominion University in the United States. Their research spans multiple fields within Earth and Planetary Sciences and Environmental Science, emphasizing oceanographic and geochemical processes. Their work contributes to a range of subfields, including Oceanography, Ecology, Environmental Chemistry, Geochemistry and Petrology, and Atmospheric Science.

The main research topics covered in their publications include:

  • Methane Hydrates and Related Phenomena
  • Marine and coastal ecosystems
  • Geology and Paleoclimatology Research
  • Marine Biology and Ecology Research
  • Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology
  • Geochemistry and Elemental Analysis
  • Hydrocarbon exploration and reservoir analysis

David J. Burdige has authored and coauthored several papers in a variety of scientific journals. Recent notable publications include:

  • "The renaissance of Odum's outwelling hypothesis in 'Blue Carbon' science" (2021), published in Estuarine Coastal and Shelf Science
  • "Carbonate chemistry and carbon sequestration driven by inorganic carbon outwelling from mangroves and saltmarshes" (2023), published in Nature Communications
  • "Iron redox cycling, sediment resuspension and the role of sediments in low oxygen environments as sources of iron to the water column" (2020), published in Marine Chemistry
  • "Seasonal dispersal of fjord meltwaters as an important source of iron and manganese to coastal Antarctic phytoplankton" (2021), published in Biogeosciences
  • "Iron biogeochemistry in sediments on the western continental shelf of the Antarctic Peninsula" (2022), published in Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta

They frequently collaborate with other researchers, including:

  • Tomoko Komada
  • Hussain Abdulla
  • Isaac R. Santos
  • Steven Bouillon
  • Alex Cabral

David J. Burdige's work is regularly published in specialized venues such as Goldschmidt2022 Abstracts, Goldschmidt Abstracts, Nature Communications, Estuarine Coastal and Shelf Science, and Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta.

In addition to articles, they have contributed to book literature, including the publication "Geochemistry of Marine Sediments" with Princeton University Press in 2020.

Best Publications

  • Preservation of organic matter in marine sediments: controls, mechanisms, and an imbalance in sediment organic carbon budgets?

    David J. Burdige

  • The biogeochemistry of manganese and iron reduction in marine sediments

    David J. Burdige

  • Geochemistry of Marine Sediments

    David Jay Burdige

  • Burial of terrestrial organic matter in marine sediments: A re-assessment

    David J. Burdige

  • Geochemistry of barium in marine sediments: implications for its use as a paleoproxy

    James McManus;William M Berelson;Gary P Klinkhammer;Kenneth S Johnson

  • Chemical and microbiological studies of sulfide‐mediated manganese reduction 1

    David J. Burdige;Kenneth H. Nealson

  • Centers of organic carbon burial and oxidation at the land-ocean interface

    Thomas S. Bianchi;Xingqian Cui;Xingqian Cui;Neal E. Blair;David J. Burdige

  • A comparison of NO and N2O production by the autotrophic nitrifier Nitrosomonas europaea and the heterotrophic nitrifier Alcaligenes faecalis.

    Iris C. Anderson;Mark Poth;Julie Homstead;David J. Burdige

  • Fluorescent dissolved organic matter in marine sediment pore waters

    David J Burdige;Scott W Kline;Wenhao Chen

  • A Pore Water/Solid Phase Diagenetic Model for Manganese in Marine Sediments

    David J. Burdige;Joris M. Gieskes

  • Rare earth element concentrations and speciation in organic-rich blackwaters of the Great Dismal Swamp, Virginia, USA

    Karen H. Johannesson;Jianwu Tang;Jeanette M. Daniels;William J. Bounds

  • The biogeochemical cycling of dissolved organic nitrogen in estuarine sediments

    David J. Burdige;Shilong Zheng

  • Carbon budget of tidal wetlands, estuaries, and shelf waters of Eastern North America

    R. G. Najjar;M. Herrmann;R. Alexander;E. W. Boyer

  • The renaissance of Odum's outwelling hypothesis in 'Blue Carbon' science

    Isaac R. Santos;Isaac R. Santos;David J. Burdige;Tim C. Jennerjahn;Steven Bouillon

  • Biogeochemical cycling in an organic-rich coastal marine basin: 10. The role of amino acids in sedimentary carbon and nitrogen cycling

    David J Burdige;Christopher S Martens

  • A time series of benthic flux measurements from Monterey Bay, CA

    William Berelson;Jim McManus;Kenneth Coale;Ken Johnson

  • Radiocarbon Evidence for the Importance of Surface Vegetation on Fermentation and Methanogenesis in Contrasting Types of Boreal Peatlands

    J. P. Chanton;P. H. Glaser;L. S. Chasar;D. J. Burdige

  • Molecular weight distribution of dissolved organic carbon in marine sediment pore waters

    David J Burdige;Kip G Gardner

  • Sediment Pore Waters

    David J. Burdige;Tomoko Komada

  • Fluxes of dissolved organic carbon from Chesapeake Bay sediments

    David J. Burdige;Juliana Homstead

  • Fluxes of dissolved organic carbon from California continental margin sediments

    David J Burdige;William M Berelson;Kenneth H Coale;James McManus

  • Biogeochemistry of Estuaries

    David J. Burdige

Frequent Co-Authors

Richard C. Zimmerman
Richard C. Zimmerman Old Dominion University
Karen H. Johannesson
Karen H. Johannesson University of Massachusetts Boston
Jeffrey P. Chanton
Jeffrey P. Chanton Florida State University
Paul H. Glaser
Paul H. Glaser University of Minnesota
Chin-Chang Hung
Chin-Chang Hung National Sun Yat-sen University
Malak M. Tfaily
Malak M. Tfaily University of Arizona
Kenneth H. Nealson
Kenneth H. Nealson University of Southern California
Jonathan B. Martin
Jonathan B. Martin University of Florida
Kenneth S. Johnson
Kenneth S. Johnson Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute
Kenneth H. Coale
Kenneth H. Coale Moss Landing Marine Laboratories

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