Distinguished Lecturer Series

The Distinguished Lecturer Series (DLS) is an educational program that was sponsored from 1991 to 2004 by the U.S. Science Support Program (USSSP) in the Ocean Drilling Program (ODP) to provide undergraduate and graduate students, educators, researchers, and the geosciences community at large with fundamental new information about earth processes and the latest ODP results. As of 2005, DLS disseminates the latest results of the Integrated Ocean Drilling Program (IODP), the successor program to ODP. For current information about this program, please see www.oceanleadership.org/programs-and-partnerships/usssp/distinguished-lecturer-series/.

ODP Distinguished Lecturers (PDF | enlarged JPG):

Year 1: 1991-1992 Academic Year

Dr. Robert Duncan, Oregon State University
The life cycle of hotspots: From flood basalts to oceanic volcanoes [Abstract]

Dr. Margaret Leinen, University of Rhode Island
Modes and rhythms in global climate change: The evidence from Ocean Drilling [Abstract]

Dr. James Ingle, Stanford University
The birth and death of the Japan Sea: Evidence from drilling the edge of the Pacific [Abstract]

Dr. David W. Scholl, U.S. Geologic Survey
Deep-sea drilling confirms and evaluates non-accretionary and erosion processes at subduction zones [Abstract]

Year 2: 1992-1993 Academic Year

Dr. Janet Haggerty, University of Tulsa
The Cretaceous through Cenozoic history of the Atolls and Guyots of the West Central Pacific [Abstract]

Dr. J. Casey Moore, University of California, Santa Cruz
Investigating the plumbing of accretionary prisms using JOIDES Resolution, Alvin, and a rock hammer [Abstract]

Dr. Susan Humphris, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
Hydrothermal systems of the Mid-Atlantic Ridge [Abstract]

Dr. Warren Prell, Brown University
Evolution of the Indian Ocean Monsoon: Results from ODP drilling and climate modeling [Abstract]

Dr. James Kennett, University of California, Santa Barbara
Cenozoic climate change: Paleoceanography and event stratigraphy [Abstract]

Dr. Robert Zierenberg, U.S. Geologic Survey
Seafloor hydrothermal systems on the Gorda and Juan de Fuca Ridges: Implications for the formation of massive sulfide deposits [Abstract]

Year 3: 1993-1994 Academic Year

Dr. Sherman Bloomer, Boston University
Early Arc Volcanism and the Ophiolite Problem: Evidence from Ocean Drilling in Western Pacific Arcs and Fore-Arcs

Dr. Kathryn Gillis, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
Hydrothermal Systems at Mid-Ocean Ridges: A View of the Crustal Component by Deep Sea Drilling

Dr. Roger Larson, University of Rhode Island
The Mid-Cretaceous Superplume Episode and its Geological Consequences

Dr. David Rea, University of Michigan
Terrigenous Sediment Delivery to the Deep Sea: A Record of Mountain Uplift, Climate Change, or Sea Level?

Dr. Brian Taylor, University of Hawaii
The Tectonic Evolution of Volcanic Systems in Island Arcs and Back-Arc Basins

Dr. James Zachos, University of California, Santa Cruz
The Early Cenozoic Transition from a Greenhouse to an Icehouse World: A Deep Sea Perspective

Year 4: 1994-1995 Academic Year

Dr. Keir Becker, University of Miami
Probing, packing, and CORKing the mysteries of submarine hydrothermal systems: Results of special ODP downhole experiments

Dr. Mike Coffin, University of Texas at Austin
Large igneous provinces on the terrestrial planets: A perspective from oceanic plateaus and volcanic passive margins

Dr. Kenneth Miller, Rutgers University
Sea level and sequences reflected on the New Jersey Margin: Results of ODP Leg 150 and the New Jersey Coastal Plain Drilling Project

Dr. Terry Plank, Cornell University
The ins and outs of arc volcanoes: Sediment recycling at subduction zones

Dr. Maureen Raymo, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Cenozoic evolution of global climate: Mountains and Milankovitch

Dr. Dale Sawyer, Rice University
Rifted continental margins: Ocean drilling looks at the interplay of tectonics and magmatism

Year 5: 1995-1996 Academic Year

Dr. Jack Casey, University of Houston
Mid-Ocean Ridge processes and the formation of MORB: A view from oceanic mantle and plutonic complexes

Dr. Bobb Carson, Lehigh University
Subduction zone dewatering: Seafloor hydrogeology on the Cascadia Margin

Dr. William Curry, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
Climate and deep ocean connections: Drilling results from the equatorial Atlantic

Dr. Mary Anne Holmes, University of Nebraska, Lincoln
Paleosols from the deep sea: ODP's dirty little secrets

Dr. Miriam Kastner, Scripps Institution of Oceanography
Fluids in subduction zones: A record of the interplay between tectonics, geochemistry, fluid flow, and expulsion

Dr. William Normark, U.S. Geological Survey
The Amazon Deep Sea Fan: High-resolution environmental records from rapidly deposited turbidite sequences

Year 6: 1996-1997 Academic Year

Dr. Henry Dick, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
The formation of magmas and evolution of the oceanic mantle

Dr. Andrew Fisher, University of California at Santa Cruz
Measurements, models, and mysteries: Fluid flow and permeability within the upper oceanic crust

Dr. Michael Howell, University of South Carolina, Columbia
Eastern Meditteranean sapropels: The interplay between productivity, basin hydrography, and climate

Dr. Michael Mottl, University of Hawaii at Manoa
Massive hydrothermal circulation of seawater through mid-ocean ridge flanks: Insights from ocean drilling

Dr. Suzanne O'Connell, Wesleyan University
North Atlantic thermohaline circulation and climate change: A deep sea perspective

Dr. Charles Paull, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
Natural gas hydrates and ODP Leg 164: Sampling an ephemeral phase

Year 7: 1997-1998 Academic Year

Dr. James Austin, Jr., University of Texas at Austin
Global sea-level fluctuations: ODP's inaugural expedition to the New Jersey continental shelf [Abstract]

Dr. Margaret Delaney, University of California, Santa Cruz
Nutrients and ocean history: A focus on phosphorus [Abstract]

Dr. Gregor Eberli, University of Miami
Sea-level changes: The pulses of sedimentation on carbonate platform margins [Abstract]

Dr. Deborah Kelley, University of Washington
Volatile-fluid evolution in submarine magma-hydrothermal systems [Abstract]

Dr. Larry Peterson, University of Miami
Climate change in the tropical Atlantic: Clues to patterns and processes from the Cariaco Basin [Abstract]

Dr. Haraldur Sigurdsson, University of Rhode Island
Global episodes of explosive volcanism: Evidence from ODP Leg 165 [Abstract]

Year 8: 1998-1999 Academic Year

Dr. Jim Channell, University of Florida
Geomagnetic paleointensity records from the North Atlantic: applications to stratigraphy and geochronology

Dr. Richard Norris, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
Aftermath of the Apocalypse: The K-T extinction and recovery of marine ecosystems

Dr. Julie Morris, Washington University
Getting sedimental about subduction

Dr. Hilary Clement Olson, University of Texas Institute for Geophysics
Using sequence biostratigraphy to understand sea-level change on the New Jersey Margin

Dr. Rick Murray, Boston University
Assessing marine-terrestrial links: The ODP record of Panamanian uplift, Caribbean tectonics, and Andean orogeny

Dr. Peter deMenocal, Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory
African climate change and human evolution: constraints from the deep-sea

Year 9: 1999-2000 Academic Year

Dr. Rodey Batiza, University of Hawaii
Building the Ocean Crust: Easy as 1, 2, 3? [Abstract]

Dr. Steven D'Hondt, University of Rhode Island
Recovery from the Cretaceous-Tertiary Mass Extinction [Abstract]

Dr. Jeffrey Gee, Scripps Institution of Oceanography
Magnetization of the Oceanic Crust: Applications to Crustal Formation and Earth's Magnetic Field [Abstract]

Dr. Gregory Moore, University of Hawaii
Deformation and Fluid Flow in Subduction Zones: Toward an Understanding of the Seismogenic Zone [Abstract]

Dr. Ana Christina Ravelo, University of California, Santa Cruz
The Link between Ocean Circulation and Global Warmth of the Early Pliocene [Abstract]

Dr. Carolyn Ruppel, Georgia Institute of Technology
Gas Hydrates in Continental Margins [Abstract]

Year 10: 2000-2001 Academic Year

Dr. Timothy Bralower, University of North Carolina
"It was the Best of Times, It was the Worst of Times": Biotic Consequences of the Late Paleocene Thermal Maximum [Abstract]

Dr. Eugene Domack, Hamilton College
Late Quaternary Sedimentation in Antarctica's Palmer Deep [Abstract]

Dr. Martin Fisk, Oregon State University
Microbes Beneath the Ocean Floor and the Possibility of Extraterrestrial Life [Abstract]

Dr. Garry Karner, Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory
The Paradox of Low-Angle Crustal Faulting and Rupturing of Continents [Abstract]

Dr. Delia Oppo, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
Millennial Scale Climate Variability in the North Atlantic [Abstract]

Dr. John Tarduno, University of Rochester
Motion of the Hawaiian Hotspot During Formation of the Emperor Seamounts [Abstract]

Year 11: 2001-2002 Academic Year

Dr. Robert Dunbar, Stanford University
Southern Ocean Impacts on Global Climate: Clues from the Antarctic Margin [Abstract]

Dr. David Hodell, University of Florida
Late Pleistocene Evolution of the Ocean's Carbonate System: A Serendipitous Result from ODP Leg 177 [Abstract]

Dr. W. Steven Holbrook, University of Wyoming
Methane Hydrates: Boon or Bane? [Abstract]

Dr. John Mahoney, University of Hawaii
The Nature, Origin, and Fate of a Giant Oceanic Plateau: Ontong Java Plateau [Abstract]

Dr. Lisa Tauxe, University of California, San Diego
Hunting the Earth's Magnetic Field [Abstract]

Dr. Michael Underwood, University of Missouri
Subduction Zone Megathrusts: Why Stratigraphy and Sedimentology Matter [Abstract]

Year 12: 2002-2003 Academic Year

Dr. Barbara Bekins, US Geological Survey
The Subduction Squeegee [Abstract]

Dr. Gerald R. Dickens, Rice University
Extreme Climates and Frozen Methane: The Global Carbon Cycle with Gas Hydrate [Abstract]

Dr. Patricia Fryer, University of Hawaii
Windows on Subduction Zone Processes [Abstract]

Dr. Alan Mix, Oregon State University
The Icy Poles or the Muggy Equator: What Drives Natural Climate Change? [Abstract]

Dr. Gregory Mountain, Lamont Doherty Earth Observatory
The Ups and Downs of Determining Ancient Sea Level Change [Abstract]

Dr. David C. Smith, University of Rhode Island
Life in Marine Sediments: Probing the Limits of Earth's Deep Biosphere [Abstract]

Year 13: 2003-2004 Academic Year

Dr. Ruth E. Blake, Yale University
The Deep Biosphere: Microbes in the Mud [Abstract]

Dr. Steven C. Clemens, Brown University
Solar Forcing or Climate System Feedbacks: Who's the Boss of Plio-Pleistocene Variations in Asian Monsoon Strength? [Abstract]

Dr. Fred Frey, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Formation of the Kerguelen Large Igneous Province, Gondwana Breakup, Lost Continents and Growth of the Indian Ocean [Abstract]

Dr. Mitchell Lyle, Boise State University
The Pacific Ocean and Climatic Change, from Eocene Extreme Warmth to Pleistocene Glacial Cycles [Abstract]

Dr. Julia K. Morgan, Rice University
Marine Sediments Go To Prism [Abstract]

Dr. Paul Wallace, University of Oregon
Formation and Environmental Effects of Giant Oceanic Plateaus [Abstract]