Marta Torres Explained

Marta E. Torres is a marine geologist known for her work on the geochemistry of cold seeps and methane hydrates. She is a professor at Oregon State University, and an elected fellow of the Geochemical Society and the Geological Society of America.

Education and career

Torres has a B.S. from the Universidad de Costa Rica (1976), and an M.S. (1983) and a Ph.D. (1988) from Oregon State University. As of 2022 she is a professor at Oregon State University.[1]

Research

Torres is known for her work at cold seeps and gas hydrates, geochemical tracers used to track fluid flow in seep environments, and the chemistry of sediments and porewaters. Her early research examined the minerals associated with cold seeps near Peru,[2] with a focus on barium-containing minerals.[3] Her subsequent research has examined minerals in methane hydrates,[4] [5] methane venting from the seafloor,[6] and barite formed at cold seeps.[7] She has also examined the methane found in gas hydrates in the Arctic,[8] and silicate weathering in anoxic sediments.[9]

Selected publications

Awards and honors

In 2013 Torres was named a fellow of the Geological Society of America[10] and a fellow of Hanse-Wissenschaftskolleg.[11] In 2021 Torres was named a fellow of the Geochemical Society.[12]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Marta Torres . 2022-03-15 . College of Earth, Ocean, and Atmospheric Sciences . en.
  2. Torres . Marta E. . Bohrmann . Gerhard . Suess . Erwin . 1996-11-01 . Authigenic barites and fluxes of barium associated with fluid seeps in the Peru subduction zone . Earth and Planetary Science Letters . en . 144 . 3 . 469–481 . 10.1016/S0012-821X(96)00163-X . 1996E&PSL.144..469T . 0012-821X.
  3. Torres . M. E. . Brumsack . H. J. . Bohrmann . G. . Emeis . K. C. . 1996-01-10 . Barite fronts in continental margin sediments: a new look at barium remobilization in the zone of sulfate reduction and formation of heavy barites in diagenetic fronts . Chemical Geology . en . 127 . 1 . 125–139 . 10.1016/0009-2541(95)00090-9 . 1996ChGeo.127..125T . 0009-2541.
  4. Torres . M. E. . McManus . J. . Hammond . D. E. . de Angelis . M. A. . Heeschen . K. U. . Colbert . S. L. . Tryon . M. D. . Brown . K. M. . Suess . E. . 2002-08-15 . Fluid and chemical fluxes in and out of sediments hosting methane hydrate deposits on Hydrate Ridge, OR, I: Hydrological provinces . Earth and Planetary Science Letters . en . 201 . 3 . 525–540 . 10.1016/S0012-821X(02)00733-1 . 2002E&PSL.201..525T . 0012-821X.
  5. Torres . M. E. . Wallmann . K. . Tréhu . A. M. . Bohrmann . G. . Borowski . W. S. . Tomaru . H. . 2004-09-30 . Gas hydrate growth, methane transport, and chloride enrichment at the southern summit of Hydrate Ridge, Cascadia margin off Oregon . Earth and Planetary Science Letters . en . 226 . 1 . 225–241 . 10.1016/j.epsl.2004.07.029 . 2004E&PSL.226..225T . 0012-821X.
  6. Torres . M. E. . Mix . A. C. . Kinports . K. . Haley . B. . Klinkhammer . G. P. . McManus . J. . de Angelis . M. A. . 2003-07-24 . Is methane venting at the seafloor recorded by δ13C of benthic foraminifera shells? . Paleoceanography . 18 . 3 . n/a . 10.1029/2002pa000824 . 2003PalOc..18.1062T . 0883-8305. free .
  7. Torres . Marta E. . Bohrmann . Gerhard . Dubé . Thomas E. . Poole . Forrest G. . 2003-10-01 . Formation of modern and Paleozoic stratiform barite at cold methane seeps on continental margins . Geology . 31 . 10 . 897–900 . 10.1130/G19652.1 . 2003Geo....31..897T . 0091-7613.
  8. Klasek . Scott A. . Hong . Wei-Li . Torres . Marta E. . Ross . Stella . Hostetler . Katelyn . Portnov . Alexey . Gründger . Friederike . Colwell . Frederick S. . 2021 . Distinct methane-dependent biogeochemical states in Arctic seafloor gas hydrate mounds . Nature Communications . en . 12 . 1 . 6296 . 10.1038/s41467-021-26549-5 . 2041-1723 . 8563959 . 34728618. 2021NatCo..12.6296K .
  9. Torres . Marta E. . Hong . Wei-Li . Solomon . Evan A. . Milliken . Kitty . Kim . Ji-Hoon . Sample . James C. . Teichert . Barbara M. A. . Wallmann . Klaus . 2020-01-01 . Silicate weathering in anoxic marine sediment as a requirement for authigenic carbonate burial . Earth-Science Reviews . en . 200 . 102960 . 10.1016/j.earscirev.2019.102960 . 2020ESRv..20002960T . 1799759 . 214021672 . 0012-8252. free .
  10. Web site: Fellowship - Current Fellows . 2022-03-15 . www.geosociety.org.
  11. Web site: 2019-08-01 . Faculty Professional Awards . 2022-03-15 . College of Earth, Ocean, and Atmospheric Sciences . en.
  12. Web site: Geochemistry Fellows Geochemical Society . 2022-03-15 . www.geochemsoc.org.

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