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Prof Miriam KASTNER

Professor of Geology (GRD)

University of San Diego, Scripps Institution of Oceanography

Work Location

United States

Email(s)

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Telephone

[8] (858) 534-2230

Fax

[8] (858) 534-2230

Profile URL

https://oceanexpert.org/expert/KASTN

Highest Degree

B.S., M.S. Hebrew U., Ph.D. Harvard U.

Activities

1. The role of fluids in the transport of heat and solutes and in sediment accretion and diagenesis in subduction zones, 2. Chemical paleoceanography, 3. Sedimentary geochemistry and diagenesis: mineralogical, chemical, and isotopic studies of recent and older sediments, 4. Processes responsible for the formation of submarine hydrothermal deposits, 5. The origin of present day and ancient phosphorites, dolomites, and cherts.

Sea regions of study

Global

Working language(s)

English

Created: 2000-03-18 | Last Updated: 2010-05-10