Alan Niem
Specialty
Sedimentology, Geology
Sedimentology, Geology
Vita (11/6/2023)
Igneous Petrology, analytical geochemistry, trace element modeling, phase equilibria, electron microprobe analysis
Applied and theoretical seismology, faulting processes of large earthquakes; tectonics of mid-ocean ridges, island arcs, and regions of continental extension.
Turbulence dynamics; small-scale ocean physics; nonlinear interanl waves; upper-ocean dynamics; equatorial oceanography; instrumentation; abyssal mixing; boundary mixing; coastal mixing.
Climate and Environmental Change -- paleoceanography and paleoclimatology, micropaleontology, geochemistry, sedimentology, stratigraphy
Director, Oregon State Stable Isotope Collaboratory
Ph.D., Geology, Columbia University (Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory) New York, NY -- 1986.
Theory of ocean modeling and forecasting; analysis of oceanic data using statistical and dynamic methods; prediction of transient currents in the mid-latitude ocean; interannual variation in the tropical ocean and its effect on climate.
Application of methods developed in meteorology and engineering to ocean prediction; validation of these methods with observed and computer-synthesized data; application to prediction of transient currents in the North Pacific.
Biotic Resources