Art Spivack

Arthur J. Spivack (July 9, 1956 - Queens, New York), also known as "Art" or "Arturo", is an American geochemist. He is currently a professor at the University of Rhode Island Graduate School of Oceanography.[1]

Spivack’s research interest is the geochemistry of the oceans, atmosphere, and crust. He developed the use of boron isotopes for determining the pH of ancient oceans.[2] This approach provides a principal basis for estimating atmospheric CO2 concentrations of the last several tens of million years.[3] He led the investigation of the 2015 Salty Brine Beach explosion.[4] He has also contributed to scientific understanding of geochemical fluxes in mid-ocean-ridge hydrothermal systems and subduction zones[5] and understanding of subseafloor life.[6]

Spivack received his bachelor's degree (1980) in chemistry from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) and his Ph.D. in Oceanography from MIT and Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (1986).

References
  1. "spivack | URI Graduate School of Oceanography". Gso.uri.edu. Archived from the original on 2008-05-17. Retrieved 2012-05-22.
  2. Spivack A.J., C.F. You, H.J. Smith."Foraminiferal boron isotope ratios as a proxy for surface ocean pH over the past 21-Myr." Nature 363(6425): 149-151.
  3. Pearson, P.N., and M.R. Palmer. "Atmospheric carbon dioxide concentrations over the past 60 million years." Nature 406(6797): 695-699.
  4. http://www.dem.ri.gov/pubs/salty2015rep.pdf
  5. Spivack, A.J., and J.M. Edmond. "Boron isotope exchange between seawater and the oceanic crust." Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta 51(5), 1033-1043.
  6. D'Hondt S, S. Rutherford, A.J. Spivack. "Metabolic activity of subsurface life in deep-sea sediments." Science 295(5562): 2067-2070.


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