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Michael J. Mottl is affiliated with the University of Hawaii at Manoa in the United States. Their research falls primarily within the field of Engineering, with a focus on several specialized subfields.

The main areas of study in their work include:

  • Ocean Engineering
  • Mechanical Engineering
  • Environmental Chemistry
  • Geophysics
  • Atmospheric Science

The scientist's prominent research topics encompass:

  • Drilling and Well Engineering
  • Reservoir Engineering and Simulation Methods
  • Hydraulic Fracturing and Reservoir Analysis
  • Oil and Gas Production Techniques
  • Methane Hydrates and Related Phenomena
  • Seismic Imaging and Inversion Techniques
  • Geology and Paleoclimatology Research

Michael J. Mottl has published several papers, including:

  • Chemistry of springs across the Mariana forearc: Carbon flux from the subducting plate triggered by the lawsonite-to-epidote transition? (2022), published in Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta
  • Formation Waters Delineate Diverse Hydrogeologic Conditions at a Plate Scale: Eastern Flank of the Juan de Fuca Ridge (2022), published in Geochemistry Geophysics Geosystems
  • IODP Expedition 313, Hole M0028A - Well Logging Data (2021), published in OPAL (Open@LaTrobe) (La Trobe University)
  • IODP Expedition 313, Hole M0028A - Well Logging Data (2021), published in Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
  • ODP Leg 139, Hole 858A - Well Logging Data (2020), published in Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)

The frequent co-authors collaborating with Michael J. Mottl include:

  • Keir Becker
  • Marcus G. Langseth
  • C.G. Wheat
  • Catherine A. Rigsby
  • A. T. Fisher

Their work is often published in venues such as:

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

Best Publications

  • Geomicrobiology of Deep-Sea Hydrothermal Vents

    Holger W. Jannasch;Michael J. Mottl

  • Chemical exchange during hydrothermal alteration of basalt by seawater—I. Experimental results for major and minor components of seawater

    Michael J. Mottl;Heinrich D. Holland

  • Metabasalts, axial hot springs, and the structure of hydrothermal systems at mid-ocean ridges

    Michael J. Mottl

  • Hydrothermal alteration of basalt by seawater under seawater-dominated conditions

    William E Seyfried;Michael J Mottl

  • Alteration of the oceanic crust: Implications for geochemical cycles of lithium and boron

    W.E. Seyfried;D.R. Janecky;M.J. Mottl

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

    Michael J. Mottl;C.Geoffrey Wheat

  • Gradients in the composition of hydrothermal fluids from the Endeavour segment vent field: Phase separation and brine loss

    David A. Butterfield;Russell E. McDuff;Michael J. Mottl;Marvin D. Lilley

  • Chemical exchange during hydrothermal alteration of basalt by seawater—II. Experimental results for Fe, Mn, and sulfur species

    Michael J. Mottl;Heinrich D. Holland;Rosamund F. Corr

  • 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

  • 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

  • Chemical processes in buoyant hydrothermal plumes on the East Pacific Rise near 21°N

    Michael J Mottl;Timothy F McConachy

  • 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

  • Evidence for primordial water in Earth’s deep mantle

    Lydia J. Hallis;Gary R. Huss;Kazuhide Nagashima;G. Jeffrey Taylor

  • 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

  • Drilling deep into young oceanic crust, Hole 504B, Costa Rica Rift

    K. Becker;H. Sakai;A. C. Adamson;J. Alexandrovich

  • FlankFlux: an experiment to study the nature of hydrothermal circulation in young oceanic crust

    E. E. Davis;D. S. Chapman;M. J. Mottl;W. J. Bentkowski

  • Warm springs discovered on 3.5 Ma oceanic crust, eastern flank of the Juan de Fuca Ridge

    M. J. Mottl;G. Wheat;E. Baker;N. Becker

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

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

  • Deep‐slab fluids fuel extremophilic Archaea on a Mariana forearc serpentinite mud volcano: Ocean Drilling Program Leg 195

    Michael J. Mottl;Stephen C. Komor;Patricia Fryer;Craig L. Moyer

Frequent Co-Authors

C. Geoffrey Wheat
C. Geoffrey Wheat University of Alaska Fairbanks
Patricia Fryer
Patricia Fryer University of Hawaii at Manoa
Ken Takai
Ken Takai Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology
Jeffrey C. Alt
Jeffrey C. Alt University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
Keir Becker
Keir Becker University of Miami
Andrew T. Fisher
Andrew T. Fisher University of California, Santa Cruz
Earl E. Davis
Earl E. Davis Geological Survey of Canada
Michael E. Böttcher
Michael E. Böttcher Leibniz Institute for Baltic Sea Research
Johannes A. C. Barth
Johannes A. C. Barth University of Erlangen-Nuremberg
Edward T. Baker
Edward T. Baker Joint Institute for the Study of the Atmosphere and Ocean

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