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Dr. Adam Klaus

IODP Activities

• Expedition 341S: SCIMPI & Hole 858G CORK (2013)
• Expedition 345: Hess Deep Plutonic Crust (2012-2013)
• Expedition 340: Lesser Antilles Volcanism & Landslides (2012; postexpedition)
• Expedition 336: Mid-Atlantic Ridge Microbiology (2011)
• Expedition 318: Wilkes Land Paleoceanography (2010)
• Expedition 320: Pacific Equatorial Age Transect (2009)
• Expedition 301: Juan de Fuca Hydrogeology (2004)

ODP Activities

• Leg 210: Newfoundland Margin (Publications)
• Leg 205: Fluid flow and subduction fluxes across the Costa Rica convergent margin (Publications)
• Leg 196: Nankai Trough Accretionary Prism: LWD and ACORKs (Publications)
• Leg 190: Nankai Trough Accretionary Prism (Publications)
• Leg 180: Active Continental Extension in the Woodlark Basin, Papua New Guinea (Publications)
• Leg 171B: Blake Nose paleoceanographic transect (Publications)
• Leg 171A: Barbados logging-while-drilling (Publications)
• Leg 161: Mediterranean Sea II: The Western Mediterranean (Publications)
• Leg 155: Amazon Fan (Publications)
• Leg 149: Iberia Abyssal Plain (Publications)
• Leg 126: Bonin Arc-Trench System (Publications) (Science Party Member)
• Underway Geophysics Lab oversight
• Downhole Measurements Lab oversight

Research

• General research interests: Application of marine seismic reflection and seafloor mapping techniques to understand marine tectonics, sedimentation, and volcanic processes; evolution of convergent margins with a focus on rifting; marine sedimenation processes; application of drilling operations and technology to creation of long-term subseafloor observatories; management of scientific ocean drilling programs.
• Curriculum Vitae

Education

• 8/91 Ph.D. Marine Geology and Geophysics, School of Ocean and Earth Science and Technology, University of Hawaii, HI
• 5/86 M.S. Geology, Moss Landing Marine Laboratories/San Jose State University, CA
• 5/83 B.A. Geology, University of Pennsylvania, PA

Professional Affiliations

• Associate Research Scientist, Dept. of Oceanography, Texas A&M University
• Ocean Drilling and Sustainable Earth Science (ODASES) at Texas A&M University