{"id":175,"date":"2023-02-22T10:35:12","date_gmt":"2023-02-22T18:35:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/earth\/?page_id=175"},"modified":"2023-10-31T13:12:28","modified_gmt":"2023-10-31T20:12:28","slug":"geochemistry","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/earth\/research\/geochemistry\/","title":{"rendered":"Geochemistry"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\n\n\n\n          \n  \n    \n\n\n\n\n\n\n<div\n  class=\"cc--component-container cc--accordions \"\n\n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  >\n  <div class=\"c--component c--accordions\"\n    \n      >\n\n    \n      <div class=\"header-container\">\n\n                  \n<div class=\"f--field f--section-title\">\n\n    \n  <h2>\n          Focus on Geochemistry\n      <\/h2>\n\n\n<\/div>\n      \n      \n      \n    <\/div>\n  \n      <ul>\n              <li>\n          <button type=\"button\" class=\"accordion-trigger \" id=\"heading-1-1-qHo7l9WIGf\" aria-controls=\"section-1-1-qHo7l9WIGf\" aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-disabled=\"false\">\n                          <span class=\"item-title\">Marine Chemistry<\/span>\n            \n                      <\/button>\n\n          <div id=\"section-1-1-qHo7l9WIGf\" role=\"region\" aria-labelledby=\"heading-1-1-qHo7l9WIGf\" class=\"accordion-panel\">\n\n                            \n    \n\n\n\n\n\n\n<div\n  class=\"cc--component-container cc--rich-text \"\n\n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  >\n  <div class=\"c--component c--rich-text\"\n    \n      >\n\n    \n      \n<div class=\"f--field f--wysiwyg\">\n\n    \n  <p>USC studies in Marine Chemistry include nutrient uptake and remineralization, trace metal speciation, ocean mixing, sediment diagenesis and their impacts on the global carbon cycle. Recent and ongoing studies have been located in the coastal zone, central gyres of the Atlantic and Pacific, the equatorial Pacific, and the Indian Ocean.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-2662\" src=\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/earth\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/76\/2023\/10\/geobio_cycles.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"450\" height=\"330\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/earth\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/76\/2023\/10\/geobio_cycles.png 450w, https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/earth\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/76\/2023\/10\/geobio_cycles-300x220.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\" \/><\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n  <\/div><\/div>\n            \n                      <\/div>\n        <\/li>\n\n              <li>\n          <button type=\"button\" class=\"accordion-trigger \" id=\"heading-1-2-qHo7l9WIGf\" aria-controls=\"section-1-2-qHo7l9WIGf\" aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-disabled=\"false\">\n                          <span class=\"item-title\">Environmental Chemistry<\/span>\n            \n                      <\/button>\n\n          <div id=\"section-1-2-qHo7l9WIGf\" role=\"region\" aria-labelledby=\"heading-1-2-qHo7l9WIGf\" class=\"accordion-panel\">\n\n                            \n    \n\n\n\n\n\n\n<div\n  class=\"cc--component-container cc--rich-text \"\n\n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  >\n  <div class=\"c--component c--rich-text\"\n    \n      >\n\n    \n      \n<div class=\"f--field f--wysiwyg\">\n\n    \n  <p>Chemical hydrology, contaminant transport, and water-rock interactions. Recent and ongoing studies have been located in the Himalayas, Taiwan, Mongolia, the Sierras, the Los Angeles area, hydrothermal systems, and the deep ocean crust.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-2669\" src=\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/earth\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/76\/2023\/10\/geochemistry_env.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"317\" height=\"460\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/earth\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/76\/2023\/10\/geochemistry_env.png 317w, https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/earth\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/76\/2023\/10\/geochemistry_env-207x300.png 207w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 317px) 100vw, 317px\" \/><\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n  <\/div><\/div>\n            \n                      <\/div>\n        <\/li>\n\n              <li>\n          <button type=\"button\" class=\"accordion-trigger \" id=\"heading-1-3-qHo7l9WIGf\" aria-controls=\"section-1-3-qHo7l9WIGf\" aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-disabled=\"false\">\n                          <span class=\"item-title\">Biogeochemistry<\/span>\n            \n                      <\/button>\n\n          <div id=\"section-1-3-qHo7l9WIGf\" role=\"region\" aria-labelledby=\"heading-1-3-qHo7l9WIGf\" class=\"accordion-panel\">\n\n                            \n    \n\n\n\n\n\n\n<div\n  class=\"cc--component-container cc--rich-text \"\n\n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  >\n  <div class=\"c--component c--rich-text\"\n    \n      >\n\n    \n      \n<div class=\"f--field f--wysiwyg\">\n\n    \n  <p>Studies of biogeochemical cycles in modern and ancient systems. Recent and ongoing studies have been located in diverse environments including rocks of the Precambrian, deep sea and coastal sediments, closed basin lakes of Southern California and the Great Basin, and hydrothermal systems.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-2668\" src=\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/earth\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/76\/2023\/10\/geochemistry_bio.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"302\" height=\"375\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/earth\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/76\/2023\/10\/geochemistry_bio.png 302w, https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/earth\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/76\/2023\/10\/geochemistry_bio-242x300.png 242w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 302px) 100vw, 302px\" \/><\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n  <\/div><\/div>\n            \n                      <\/div>\n        <\/li>\n\n              <li>\n          <button type=\"button\" class=\"accordion-trigger \" id=\"heading-1-4-qHo7l9WIGf\" aria-controls=\"section-1-4-qHo7l9WIGf\" aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-disabled=\"false\">\n                          <span class=\"item-title\">Petrology<\/span>\n            \n                      <\/button>\n\n          <div id=\"section-1-4-qHo7l9WIGf\" role=\"region\" aria-labelledby=\"heading-1-4-qHo7l9WIGf\" class=\"accordion-panel\">\n\n                            \n    \n\n\n\n\n\n\n<div\n  class=\"cc--component-container cc--rich-text \"\n\n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  >\n  <div class=\"c--component c--rich-text\"\n    \n      >\n\n    \n      \n<div class=\"f--field f--wysiwyg\">\n\n    \n  <p>High temperature studies of magma origin and crustal evolution, utilizing mineral chemistry, stable isotopes and radioisotopes to evaluate magmatic and tectonic histories. Recent and ongoing field area have included the Sierras, the Cascades, Mongolia, and the Whipple Mountains.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-2667\" src=\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/earth\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/76\/2023\/10\/geochemistry_petrology.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"410\" height=\"283\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/earth\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/76\/2023\/10\/geochemistry_petrology.png 410w, https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/earth\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/76\/2023\/10\/geochemistry_petrology-300x207.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 410px) 100vw, 410px\" \/><\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n  <\/div><\/div>\n            \n                      <\/div>\n        <\/li>\n\n              <li>\n          <button type=\"button\" class=\"accordion-trigger \" id=\"heading-1-5-qHo7l9WIGf\" aria-controls=\"section-1-5-qHo7l9WIGf\" aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-disabled=\"false\">\n                          <span class=\"item-title\">Climate Science<\/span>\n            \n                      <\/button>\n\n          <div id=\"section-1-5-qHo7l9WIGf\" role=\"region\" aria-labelledby=\"heading-1-5-qHo7l9WIGf\" class=\"accordion-panel\">\n\n                            \n    \n\n\n\n\n\n\n<div\n  class=\"cc--component-container cc--rich-text \"\n\n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  >\n  <div class=\"c--component c--rich-text\"\n    \n      >\n\n    \n      \n<div class=\"f--field f--wysiwyg\">\n\n    \n  <p>Behavior of Earth&#8217;s climate revealed through isotopic and chemical signals. Recent and ongoing studies have included stable isotope and chemical analyses of microfossils, speleothems, and tree rings, as well as selected organic molecules from ocean and lacustrine sediments. Recent and ongoing study areas include oceanic sites from the Indian Ocean and coastal California, trees from California, Southeast Asia and New Zealand, speleothems from India, China and Peru, and lakes from Southern California.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-2666\" src=\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/earth\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/76\/2023\/10\/geochemistry_climate.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"415\" height=\"267\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/earth\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/76\/2023\/10\/geochemistry_climate.png 415w, https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/earth\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/76\/2023\/10\/geochemistry_climate-300x193.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 415px) 100vw, 415px\" \/><\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n  <\/div><\/div>\n            \n                      <\/div>\n        <\/li>\n\n          <\/ul>\n  \n  \n\n  <\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n\n\n  \n    \n\n\n\n\n\n\n<div\n  class=\"cc--component-container 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