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Research Interests |
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Current Projects |
- Biogeochemistry
- Aquatic chemistry
- Geochemistry of marine sediments
- Organic geochemistry
- Chemical oceanography
- Mathematical modeling of geochemical processes
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An Interdisciplinary Investigation of Groundwater-Carbon Coupling in Large Peat Basins and its Relation to Climate Change
Tracing the Transformations of Organic Carbon in Marine Sediments Using Natural C Isotopes
The Role Of Submarine Groundwater Discharge In The Oceanic Nd Budget |
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Educational Background |
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Courses |
| 1996 |
Visiting Research Scientist |
Southampton Oceanography Centre (U.K.) |
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Oceanography, Ph.D. |
Scripps Institution of Oceanography
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| 1980 |
NASA Summer Course "Planetary Biology and Microbial Ecology"
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NASA-Ames Research Center and Univesity of Santa Clara, CA |
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1978 |
Chemistry, B.A. with Physics and Mathematics minors. |
Swarthmore College |
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| OEAS 441/442 - Ocean and Earth Sciences Field Study I and II |
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OEAS 410/510 - Chemical Oceanography |
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| OEAS 613 - Geochemistry of Marine Sediments |
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OEAS 732/832 - Advanced Geochemistry of Marine Sediments |
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Selected Publications |
| (Click here for a link to a complete list of Dr. Burdige's publications and to obtain downloadable reprints and preprints of recent papers.) |
| Burdige, D.J. and T. Komada. 2011. Anaerobic oxidation of methane and the stoichiometry of remineralization processes in continental margin sediments. Limnol. Oceanogr. in press. |
| Burdige, D.J. 2011. Estuarine and coastal sediments - coupled biogeochemical cycling. in Treatise on Estuarine and Coastal Science, vol. 5 (R. Laane and J.J. Middelburg, eds.). Elsevier. in press. |
| Dierssen, H.M., Zimmerman, R.C., Drake, L.A. and Burdige, D. 2010. Benthic ecology from space: optics and net primary production across the Great Bahama Bank from seagrass and benthic algae. Marine Ecology Progress Series 411:1-15. |
| Burdige, D.J., Hu, X. and R.C. Zimmerman. 2010. The widespread occurrence of carbonate dissolution and reprecipitation in Bahamas Bank sediments. Am. J. Sci. 310:492-521. |
| Neuweiler, F., E.C. Turner, and D.J. Burdige. 2009. Early Neoproterozoic origin of the Metazoan phylum recorded in carbonate rock texture. Geology 35:475-478. |
| Burdige, D.J., X. Hu and R.C. Zimmerman. 2008. Rates of carbonate dissolution in permeable sediments estimated from pore water profiles: the role of seagrasses. Limnol. Oceanogr. 53:549-565. |
| Chanton, J. P., P. H. Glaser, L. S. Chasar, D. J. Burdige, M. E. Hines, D. I. Siegel, L. B. Tremblay, and W. T. Cooper. 2008. Radiocarbon evidence for the importance of surface vegetation on fermentation and methanogenesis in contrasting types of boreal peatlands. Global Biogeochem. Cycles 22:GB4022, doi:10.1029/2008GB003274. |
| Hu, X. and D.J. Burdige. 2007. Enriched stable carbon isotopes in the pore waters of carbonate sediments dominated by seagrasses: evidence for coupled carbonate dissolution and reprecipitation. Geochim. Cosmochim. Acta 71:129-144. |
| Johannesson, K.H. and D.J. Burdige. 2007. Balancing the global neodymium budget: Evaluating the role of groundwater. Earth Planet Sci. Letters 253:129-142. |
| Burdige, D.J. 2006. Geochemistry of Marine Sediments. Princeton Univ. Press. | |
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