Arthur J. Spivack (born July 9, 1956 in Queens, New York), also known as "Art" or "Arturo", is an American geochemist. He is currently a professor at the University of Rhode Island Graduate School of Oceanography. [1]
Spivack's research interest is the geochemistry of the oceans, atmosphere, and crust. He developed the use of boron isotopes for determining the pH of ancient oceans. [2] This approach provides a principal basis for estimating atmospheric CO2 concentrations of the last several tens of million years. [3] He led the investigation of the 2015 Salty Brine Beach explosion. [4] He has also contributed to scientific understanding of geochemical fluxes in mid-ocean-ridge hydrothermal systems and subduction zones [5] and understanding of subseafloor life. [6]
Spivack received his bachelor's degree (1980) in chemistry from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) and his Ph.D. in oceanography from MIT and Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (1986).
References
- ^ "spivack | URI Graduate School of Oceanography". Gso.uri.edu. Archived from the original on 2008-05-17. Retrieved 2012-05-22.
- ^ Spivack A.J., C.F. You, H.J. Smith." Foraminiferal boron isotope ratios as a proxy for surface ocean pH over the past 21-Myr." Nature 363(6425): 149-151.
- ^ Pearson, P.N., and M.R. Palmer. " Atmospheric carbon dioxide concentrations over the past 60 million years." Nature 406(6797): 695-699.
- ^ "Department of Environmental Management" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2016-08-04. Retrieved 2016-06-22.
- ^ Spivack, A.J., and J.M. Edmond. " Boron isotope exchange between seawater and the oceanic crust." Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta 51(5), 1033-1043.
- ^ D'Hondt S, S. Rutherford, A.J. Spivack. " Metabolic activity of subsurface life in deep-sea sediments." Science 295(5562): 2067-2070.
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