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Jeffrey C. Alt is affiliated with the University of Michigan-Ann Arbor in the United States. Their primary field of study is Engineering, with a focus on Ocean Engineering and Environmental Chemistry. Additional subfields in their research portfolio include Geophysics, Atmospheric Science, and Paleontology.

Their research covers a broad range of topics, reflecting interdisciplinary expertise. Key areas of work include:

  • Reservoir Engineering and Simulation Methods
  • Drilling and Well Engineering
  • Methane Hydrates and Related Phenomena
  • Offshore Engineering and Technologies
  • Geological and Geochemical Analysis
  • Paleontology and Stratigraphy of Fossils
  • Geology and Paleoclimatology Research

Jeffrey C. Alt has published papers in various scientific venues. Notable recent publications include:

  • High-temperature kinetic isotope fractionation of calcium in epidosites from modern and ancient seafloor hydrothermal systems, 2020, Earth and Planetary Science Letters
  • The origin and fate of C during alteration of the oceanic crust, 2021, Comptes Rendus Géoscience
  • Sulfur and metal mobilization during the life cycle of an oceanic core complex: Implications for seafloor massive sulfide deposits formation at slow and ultra-slow spreading ridges, 2024, Lithos
  • Evidence for Microbial Carbon and Sulfur Cycling in Deeply Buried Ridge Flank Basalt, 2021, UNC Libraries
  • Microbial abundance and diversity in 64-74 Ma subseafloor igneous basement from the Louisville Seamount Chain, 2023, bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)

Their publication record shows engagement with a diverse set of platforms, frequently appearing in:

  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
  • OPAL (Open@LaTrobe) (La Trobe University)
  • Earth and Planetary Science Letters
  • Lithos
  • Comptes Rendus Géoscience

Jeffrey C. Alt collaborates extensively with other researchers. Frequent co-authors include:

  • Christine Laverne
  • D.A.H. Teagle
  • Paola Tartarotti
  • Martin Fisk
  • Gilles Guérin

Best Publications

  • Hydrothermal alteration of a 1 km section through the upper oceanic crust, Deep Sea Drilling Project Hole 504B: Mineralogy, chemistry and evolution of seawater‐basalt interactions

    Jeffrey C. Alt;Jose Honnorez;Christine Laverne;Rolf Emmermann

  • A long in situ section of the lower ocean crust: results of {ODP} Leg 176 drilling at the Southwest Indian Ridge

    Henry J.B. Dick;James H. Natland;Jeffrey C. Alt;Wolfgang Bach

  • The uptake of carbon during alteration of ocean crust

    Jeffrey C. Alt;Damon A.H. Teagle

  • The internal structure of an active sea-floor massive sulphide deposit

    S. E. Humphris;Peter Herzig;D. J. Miller;J .C. Alt

  • Lithium and lithium isotope profiles through the upper oceanic crust: a study of seawater–basalt exchange at ODP Sites 504B and 896A

    Lui Heung Chan;Jeffrey C. Alt;Damon A.H. Teagle

  • Reconstructing past seawater Mg/Ca and Sr/Ca from mid-ocean ridge flank calcium carbonate veins

    Rosalind M. Coggon;Damon A. H. Teagle;Christopher E. Smith-Duque;Jeffrey C. Alt

  • DSDP Hole 504B, the first reference section over 1 km through Layer 2 of the oceanic crust

    R. N. Anderson;J. Honnorez;K. Becker;A. C. Adamson

  • The role of serpentinites in cycling of carbon and sulfur: Seafloor serpentinization and subduction metamorphism

    Jeffrey C. Alt;Esther M. Schwarzenbach;Gretchen L. Früh-Green;Wayne C. Shanks

  • An oxygen isotopic profile through the upper kilometer of the oceanic crust, DSDP hole 504B

    Jeffrey C. Alt;Karlis Muehlenbachs;Jose Honnorez

  • Drilling to gabbro in intact ocean crust

    Douglas S. Wilson;Damon A.H. Teagle;Jeffrey C. Alt;Neil R. Banerjee

  • Alteration of the upper oceanic crust, DSDP site 417: mineralogy and chemistry

    Jeffrey C. Alt;Jose Honnorez

  • Cycling of sulfur in subduction zones: The geochemistry of sulfur in the Mariana Island Arc and back-arc trough

    Jeffrey C. Alt;Wayne C. Shanks;Michael C. Jackson

  • Evidence for Microbial Carbon and Sulfur Cycling in Deeply Buried Ridge Flank Basalt

    Mark A Lever;Mark A Lever;Olivier J Rouxel;Olivier J Rouxel;Jeffrey C Alt;Nobumichi Shimizu

  • Hydrothermal alteration of upper oceanic crust formed at a fast-spreading ridge: mineral, chemical, and isotopic evidence from ODP Site 801

    Jeffrey C. Alt;Damon A.H. Teagle

  • Sulfur in serpentinized oceanic peridotites: Serpentinization processes and microbial sulfate reduction

    Jeffrey C. Alt;Wayne C. Shanks

  • Serpentinization of abyssal peridotites from the MARK area, Mid-Atlantic Ridge: Sulfur geochemistry and reaction modeling

    Jeffrey C. Alt;Wayne C. Shanks

  • Hydrothermal oxide and nontronite deposits on seamounts in the eastern Pacific

    Jeffrey C. Alt

  • Sulfur isotopic profile through the oceanic crust: Sulfur mobility and seawater-crustal sulfur exchange during hydrothermal alteration

    Jeffrey C. Alt

  • The geochemical consequences of late-stage low-grade alteration of lower ocean crust at the SW Indian Ridge: Results from ODP Hole 735B (Leg 176)

    Wolfgang Bach;Jeffrey C. Alt;Yaoling Niu;Susan E. Humphris

  • Hydrothermal alteration of a section of upper oceanic crust in the eastern equatorial Pacific : A synthesis of results from Site 504 (DSDP Legs 69, 70, and 83, and ODP Legs 111, 137, 140, and 148)

    J. C. Alt;C. Laverne;D. A. Vanko;P. Tartarotti

Frequent Co-Authors

Damon A. H. Teagle
Damon A. H. Teagle University of Southampton
Wayne C. Shanks
Wayne C. Shanks United States Geological Survey
Karlis Muehlenbachs
Karlis Muehlenbachs University of Alberta
Alex N. Halliday
Alex N. Halliday Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory
Mark Rehkämper
Mark Rehkämper Imperial College London
Roger N. Anderson
Roger N. Anderson Columbia University
Carlos J. Garrido
Carlos J. Garrido Spanish National Research Council
Keir Becker
Keir Becker University of Miami
Wolfgang Bach
Wolfgang Bach University of Bremen

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