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Research.com Recognitions

  • 2016 - Fellow of American Geophysical Union (AGU)
  • 2006 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
  • Fellow of the Geological Society of America
  • Fellow of the Geological Society of America

Overview

Peter K. Swart is affiliated with the University of Miami in the United States. Their research primarily spans the fields of Earth and Planetary Sciences and Engineering, with a significant focus on subfields such as Ocean Engineering, Atmospheric Science, Paleontology, Geophysics, and Environmental Chemistry.

The scientist's main topics of study include:

  • Geology and Paleoclimatology Research
  • Paleontology and Stratigraphy of Fossils
  • Reservoir Engineering and Simulation Methods
  • Drilling and Well Engineering
  • Methane Hydrates and Related Phenomena
  • Hydrocarbon exploration and reservoir analysis
  • Seismic Imaging and Inversion Techniques

Some of the most recent papers that feature their work are:

  • InterCarb: A Community Effort to Improve Interlaboratory Standardization of the Carbonate Clumped Isotope Thermometer Using Carbonate Standards, 2021, published in Geochemistry Geophysics Geosystems
  • Evaluating new fault-controlled hydrothermal dolomitization models: Insights from the Cambrian Dolomite, Western Canadian Sedimentary Basin, 2020, published in Sedimentology
  • The effects of diagenesis on lithium isotope ratios of shallow marine carbonates, 2020, published in American Journal of Science
  • Origin and evolution of fault-controlled hydrothermal dolomitization fronts: A new insight, 2020, published in Earth and Planetary Science Letters
  • Geochemical fingerprints of dolomitization in Bahamian carbonates: Evidence from sulphur, calcium, magnesium and clumped isotopes, 2020, published in Sedimentology

Frequent collaborators in their research include:

  • Christian Betzler
  • Alexandra R. Isern
  • Dick Kroon
  • David A. Feary
  • Donald F. McNeill

The scientist has contributed extensively to various publication venues, with notable recurrent appearances in:

  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
  • OPAL (Open@LaTrobe) (La Trobe University)
  • Sedimentology
  • Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta
  • Abstracts with programs - Geological Society of America

Peter K. Swart has been recognized by several scientific societies, including being named a Fellow of the American Geophysical Union in 2016, a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science in 2006, and a Fellow of the Geological Society of America.

Best Publications

  • Climate Change in Continental Isotopic Records

    P. K. Swart;K. C. Lohmann;J. McKenzie;S. Savin

  • Natal Homing in a Marine Fish Metapopulation

    Simon R. Thorrold;Christopher Latkoczy;Peter K. Swart;Cynthia M. Jones

  • The geochemistry of carbonate diagenesis: The past, present and future

    Peter K. Swart

  • Fractionation of the stable isotopes of oxygen and carbon in carbon dioxide during the reaction of calcite with phosphoric acid as a function of temperature and technique

    P.K. Swart;S.J. Burns;J.J. Leder

  • Factors determining δ13C and δ18O fractionation in aragonitic otoliths of marine fish

    Simon R. Thorrold;Steven E. Campana;Cynthia M. Jones;Peter K. Swart

  • Carbon and oxygen isotope fractionation in scleractinian corals: a review

    Peter K. Swart

  • The nature of the δ13C of periplatform sediments: Implications for stratigraphy and the global carbon cycle

    Peter K Swart;Gregor P Eberli

  • Questioning carbonate diagenetic paradigms: evidence from the Neogene of the Bahamas

    L.A Melim;H Westphal;P.K Swart;G.P Eberli

  • Mineralogy, early marine diagenesis, and the chemistry of shallow-water carbonate sediments

    J.A. Higgins;C.L. Blättler;E.A. Lundstrom;D.P. Santiago-Ramos

  • InterCarb: A Community Effort to Improve Interlaboratory Standardization of the Carbonate Clumped Isotope Thermometer Using Carbonate Standards.

    S. M. Bernasconi;M. Daëron;K. D. Bergmann;M. Bonifacie

  • Accurate classification of juvenile weakfish Cynoscion regalis to estuarine nursery areas based on chemical signatures in otoliths

    Simon R. Thorrold;Cynthia M. Jones;Peter K. Swart;Timothy E. Targett

  • New distribution coefficient for the incorporation of strontium into dolomite and its implications for the formation of ancient dolomites

    Volker C. Vahrenkamp;Peter K. Swart

  • Evolution of the coral-zooxanthellae symbiosis during the Triassic: a geochemical approach

    George D. Stanley;Peter K. Swart

  • Whitings, a sedimentologic dilemma

    Eugene A. Shinn;Randolph P. Steinen;Barbara H. Lidz;Peter K. Swart

  • Quantifying early marine diagenesis in shallow-water carbonate sediments

    Anne Sofie C. Ahm;Christian J. Bjerrum;Clara L. Blättler;Peter K. Swart

  • The origin of variations in the isotopic record of scleractinian corals: II. Carbon

    Peter Koenraad Swart;J. J. Leder;Alina Szmant;Richard E. Dodge

  • Global synchronous changes in the carbon isotopic composition of carbonate sediments unrelated to changes in the global carbon cycle.

    Peter K. Swart

  • Interpreting carbonate and organic carbon isotope covariance in the sedimentary record

    Amanda M. Oehlert;Peter K. Swart

  • N ISOTOPE FRACTIONATION AND MEASURES OF ORGANIC MATTER ALTERATION DURING DECOMPOSITION

    Marc G. Kramer;Phillip Sollins;Ronald S. Sletten;Peter K. Swart

  • Utilization of Freshwater and Ocean Water by Coastal Plants of Southern Florida.

    Leonel da Silveira Lobo Sternberg;Peter Koenraad Swart

Frequent Co-Authors

Gregor P. Eberli
Gregor P. Eberli University of Miami
John J. G. Reijmer
John J. G. Reijmer Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
Christian Betzler
Christian Betzler Universität Hamburg
Dick Kroon
Dick Kroon University of Edinburgh
James D. Wright
James D. Wright Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
Thomas Lüdmann
Thomas Lüdmann Universität Hamburg
Luigi Jovane
Luigi Jovane Universidade de São Paulo
Luca Lanci
Luca Lanci University of Urbino
Amy C. Clement
Amy C. Clement University of Miami
Simon R. Thorrold
Simon R. Thorrold Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution

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