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Research.com Recognitions

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

Overview

Marta E Torres is affiliated with Oregon State University in the United States. Their research spans several subfields within engineering, with a focus on environmental chemistry, ocean engineering, geophysics, astronomy and astrophysics, and geology.

The scientist's work covers various specialized topics in earth sciences and engineering, including:

  • Methane Hydrates and Related Phenomena
  • Reservoir Engineering and Simulation Methods
  • Seismic Imaging and Inversion Techniques
  • Drilling and Well Engineering
  • Geological and Geophysical Studies
  • Hydraulic Fracturing and Reservoir Analysis
  • Astro and Planetary Science

Recent publications by Marta E Torres illustrate the scope and focus of their research interests:

  • "Impact of iron release by volcanic ash alteration on carbon cycling in sediments of the northern Hikurangi margin," 2020, published in Earth and Planetary Science Letters
  • "Distinct methane-dependent biogeochemical states in Arctic seafloor gas hydrate mounds," 2021, published in Nature Communications
  • "Isolating Detrital and Diagenetic Signals in Magnetic Susceptibility Records From Methane-Bearing Marine Sediments," 2021, published in Geochemistry Geophysics Geosystems
  • "Towards a global quantification of volcanogenic aluminosilicate alteration rates through the mass balance of strontium in marine sediments," 2020, published in Chemical Geology
  • "Authigenic Clays Versus Carbonate Formation as Products of Marine Silicate Weathering in the Input Sequence to the Sumatra Subduction Zone," 2022, published in Geochemistry Geophysics Geosystems

Marta E Torres frequently collaborates with a group of coauthors, each contributing extensively to shared research projects. Prominent frequent coauthors include:

  • Gilles Guèrin
  • Brandon Dugan
  • Steffen Kutterolf
  • S. Bourlange
  • S. Owari

The scientist's publications are often found in established venues such as:

  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
  • OPAL (Open@LaTrobe) (La Trobe University)
  • Abstracts with programs - Geological Society of America
  • Geochemistry Geophysics Geosystems
  • Chemical Geology

Marta E Torres has been recognized as a Fellow of the Geological Society of America, an indication of professional standing within the geosciences community.

Best Publications

  • Authigenic carbonates from the Cascadia subduction zone and their relation to gas hydrate stability

    Gerhard Bohrmann;Jens Greinert;Erwin Suess;Marta Torres

  • Gas hydrate destabilization: enhanced dewatering, benthic material turnover and large methane plumes at the Cascadia convergent margin

    Erwin Suess;M. Torres;Gerhard Bohrmann;R. W. Collier

  • Barite fronts in continental margin sediments: a new look at barium remobilization in the zone of sulfate reduction and formation of heavy barites in diagenetic fronts

    M.E. Torres;H.J. Brumsack;G. Bohrmann;K.C. Emeis

  • Three-dimensional distribution of gas hydrate beneath southern Hydrate Ridge: Constraints from ODP Leg 204

    Anne M Tréhu;Philip E Long;Marta E Torres;Gerhard Bohrmann

  • Gas hydrate growth, methane transport, and chloride enrichment at the southern summit of Hydrate Ridge, Cascadia margin off Oregon

    Marta E Torres;Klaus Wallmann;Anne M Tréhu;Gerhard Bohrmann

  • Fluid and chemical fluxes in and out of sediments hosting methane hydrate deposits on Hydrate Ridge, OR, I: Hydrological provinces

    M.E. Torres;J. McManus;D.E. Hammond;M.A. de Angelis

  • Methane Hydrates in Nature—Current Knowledge and Challenges

    Tim Collett;Jang-Jun Bahk;Rick Baker;Ray Boswell

  • Sea Floor Methane Hydrates at Hydrate Ridge, Cascadia Margin

    E. Suess;M.E. Torres;G. Bohrmann;R.W. Collier

  • Co-existence of gas hydrate, free gas, and brine within the regional gas hydrate stability zone at Hydrate Ridge (Oregon margin): evidence from prolonged degassing of a pressurized core

    Alexei V. Milkov;Gerald R. Dickens;George E. Claypool;Young-Joo Lee

  • Feeding methane vents and gas hydrate deposits at south Hydrate Ridge

    Anne Martine Tréhu;Peter B. Flemings;Nathan Lawrence Bailey Bangs;Johanna Chevallier

  • Methane hydrate formation in turbidite sediments of northern Cascadia, IODP Expedition 311

    M.E. Torres;A.M. Tréhu;N. Cespedes;M. Kastner

  • Measurements of transience and downward fluid flow near episodic methane gas vents, Hydrate Ridge, Cascadia

    Michael D. Tryon;Kevin M. Brown;Marta E. Torres;Anne M. Tréhu

  • Gas Hydrates in Marine Sediments: Lessons from Scientific Ocean Drilling

    Anne Tréhu;Carolyn Ruppel;Melanie Holland;Gerald Dickens

  • Bromine and iodine in Peru margin sediments and pore fluids: Implications for fluid origins

    Jonathan B Martin;Joris M Gieskes;Marta Torres;Miriam Kastner

  • Precise δ13C analysis of dissolved inorganic carbon in natural waters using automated headspace sampling and continuous-flow mass spectrometry.

    Marta E. Torres;Alan C. Mix;William D. Rugh

  • The stable carbon isotope biogeochemistry of acetate and other dissolved carbon species in deep subseafloor sediments at the northern Cascadia Margin

    Verena B. Heuer;John W. Pohlman;Marta E. Torres;Marcus Elvert

  • Formation of modern and Paleozoic stratiform barite at cold methane seeps on continental margins

    Marta E. Torres;Gerhard Bohrmann;Thomas E. Dubé;Forrest G. Poole

  • Gas hydrate occurrence from pore water chlorinity and downhole logs in a transect across the northern Cascadia margin (Integrated Ocean Drilling Program Expedition 311)

    A. Malinverno;M. Kastner;M. E. Torres;U. G. Wortmann

  • The effect of diagenesis and fluid migration on rare earth element distribution in pore fluids of the northern Cascadia accretionary margin

    Ji-Hoon Kim;Marta E. Torres;Brian A. Haley;Miriam Kastner

  • Temporal and spatial evolution of a gas hydrate–bearing accretionary ridge on the Oregon continental margin

    Anne M. Tréhu;Marta E. Torres;Gregory F. Moore;Erwin Suess

  • Is methane venting at the seafloor recorded by δ13C of benthic foraminifera shells

    Marta E. Torres;Alan C. Mix;K. Kinports;Brian A. Haley

Frequent Co-Authors

Gerhard Bohrmann
Gerhard Bohrmann University of Bremen
Thomas Pape
Thomas Pape University of Copenhagen
Sabine Kasten
Sabine Kasten University of Bremen
Wei-Li Hong
Wei-Li Hong Stockholm University
Anne M. Tréhu
Anne M. Tréhu Oregon State University
Gerhard Kuhn
Gerhard Kuhn University of Bremen
Heiko Sahling
Heiko Sahling University of Bremen
Joel E. Johnson
Joel E. Johnson University of New Hampshire
Miriam Kastner
Miriam Kastner University of California, San Diego
Michael Riedel
Michael Riedel GEOMAR Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research Kiel

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