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Steven N. Carey

Professor of Oceanography

Horn 109

scarey@gso.uri.edu

401-874-6209

http://www.gso.uri.edu/~scarey/

Educational Background

Ph.D., Geological Oceanography B.S., Geology

University of Rhode Island University of Massachusetts

1983 1975

Areas of Specialization

Research

My current research interests are focused in three main areas, all of which are related to the study of explosive volcanism at convergent plate boundaries. The three areas include: simulations of explosive eruption processes (tephra fallout and eruption column dynamics); the petrology and physical properties of magmas involved in explosive volcanism, and; the origin and characteristics of marine volcaniclastic sediments adjacent to island arcs and continental margins. I am presently working on research projects in Greece (Santorini volcano), Chile (Hudson volcano), Iceland, and the West Indies (Kick'em Jenny) volcano) where I use sub-bottom geophysical surveys with CHIRP and bubble pulser systems together with gravity and SCUBA coring and ROVs to investigate the nature of volcaniclastic deposits on the seafloor.

Teaching

My current teaching includes the undergraduate course OCG 131, Volcanoes and the Environment and a graduate course in volcaniclastic sedimentation, OCG545. I also participate in the core course OCG 540, Geological Oceanography.

Outreach

I am currently working on web-based virtual tours of Vesuvius volcano and the Laki fissure in Iceland for use in undergraduate geoscience teaching. The work is supported by a grant from the National Science Foundation's Education Division

Students

David Kratzmann Julie Fero Kelly O'Connell David Morelli Jennifer Beauregard Anton Maria Karen Schufeldt Charles Mandeville

Ph.D. Ph.D M.S. M.S. Ph.D. Ph.D. M.S. Ph.D

current current 2003 2002 2001 2000 2000 1995

Publications:

Carey, S. and H. Sigurdsson. Exploring submarine arc volcanoes. Oceanography (Special Issue on Ocean Exploration), vol. 20, no.4, 80-90, 2007.

Fero, J., Carey, S., and J. Merrill. Simulation of the 1980 eruption of Mount St. Helens using the ash-tracking model PUFF. Journal of Volc. and Geotherm. Res. (in press), 2008.

Katzmann, D., Carey, S., Scasso, R. and J. Naranjo. Compositional variations and magma mixing in the 1991 eruptions of Hudson volcano, Chile. Bulletin of Volcanology (in press), 2008.

Maria, A. and Carey, S. Quantitative evaluation of magma fragmentation and pyroclastic transport processes using the Fractal Spectrum Technique. Journal of Volc. and Geotherm. Res. v. 161, 234-246, 2007.

Friedman, P., Meyer, W. and Carey, S. Experimental investigation of phase mingling mechanisms for a subaqueous volcanic eruption. Jour. Geophys. Res. v. 111, B07201, 1-14, 2006.

Hart, K., Carey, S., Sigurdsson, H., Sparks, R.S.J., Robertson, R. Discharge of pyroclastic flows into the sea during the 1996-1998 eruptions of the Soufriere Hills volcano, Montserrat. Bull. Volc. v. 66, 599-614, 2004.

Maria, A. and Carey, S. Using fractal analysis to quantitatively characterize the shapes of volcanic particles. Jour. Geophys. Res. 107, ECV 7 (1-13), 2002.

Carey, S., Morelli, D., Sigurdsson, H., and Bronto, S. Tsunami deposits from major explosive eruptions: an example from the 1883 eruption of Krakatau. Geology, vol. 29 ,347-350, 2001.

Presentations:

Carey, S. and R. Scasso. International Association of Volcanology and Chemistry of the Earth's Interior General Assembly 2004. Morphology and Formation of Glassy Volcanic Ash from the August 12-15, 1991 Eruption of Hudson Volcano, Chile.

Carey, S. Volcanoes and the Ocean: The meeting of two great forces. Naval War College lecture in August 2002, Newport, R.I.

Carey, S. Mineralogical Society of London, Spring 2000. Volcanic ash and the environment (keynote speech) London, England.