My Academic Interests
I am a PhD student in Marine Geology & Geophysics at UM's Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Science. I work with Keir Becker on ridge flank hydrothermal systems, specifically trying to understand the pressure and temperature of the fluid reservoir in the porous upper crustal basalt (Layer IIA). I am interested in the how the properties of this fluid reservoir change in response to external forcing (eg. local/distal seismic events). For more information on my current research, please click here.
I hold a MS in Marine Science from UCSB, where I worked on the geochemistry of sediments and porewaters collected from abyssal hills on the flanks of the East Pacific Rise (~0.2-0.5 Ma crust). I was specifically looking for geochemical and/or mineralogical evidence of advective fluid flow. Ridge flank fluid flow processes are very poorly understood, especially on very young crust, so this was a very exciting project. To collect data for this project I was given the opportunity to run my own gravity coring night-program on the RV Atlantis in March, 2004.
In the past I have also done work in Newfoundland on ancient cold seep communities. I believe these Carboniferous age communities thrived on barium-rich solutions and hydrocarbons rising along faults in the region. This work culminated in a poster session at the 2002 fall meeting of the Geological Society of America in Denver, Colorado.
For information on publications, please see the resume section of this site.
Last updated March 21, 2007.
About me
Name: Katie Inderbitzen
Age: 28
Occupation: PhD Student
Division: Marine Geology & Geophysics
Advisor: Keir Becker
Email: kinderbitzen@rsmas.miami.edu
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