Professor of Geological Sciences (Geochemistry)

University of Rochester, B.A., in Chemistry
University of Rochester, M.S. in Geology
Columbia University, Ph.D. in Geology

• Professor, University of Southern California 1989-present
  
• Visiting Professor, Universite di Bologna, 1996
  
• Chair, Dept. of Earth Sciences, USC 1991-94
  
• Senior NATO Post-Doct. Fellow, IGM, Bologna, Italy 1988-89
  
• Visiting Research Geologist, UC Riverside, 1984-87 (summers)
  
• Associate Prof., University of Southern California 1981-89
  
• Assistant Prof., University of Southern California 1975-81
  

• Aqueous Geochemistry
  
• Sediment Diagenesis
  
• Environmental Geology
  
• Chemical Oceanography
  
• Rock-Water Interaction
  

Recent Projects

Professor Hammond's research interests include the biogeochemical cycles of carbon and nutrients in aqueous systems; the transport of solutes, particles, and pollutants in aqueous environments; gas hydrate geochemisty and studies of diagenesis in sediments. These processes have involved field studies in lacustrine, estuarine, coastal, deep sea, and groundwater environments. A variety of research tools have been utilized, including in situ benthic flux chambers, aqueous and solid phase chemistry, radioisotopes to calibrate transport models, and numerical modeling. Current and recent studies are underway in the Equatorial Pacific, the California Margin, San Francisco Bay, the Adriatic Sea, Mono Lake, and several geothermal systems.

Recent Publications

 

GEOL 125L Earth History

GEOL 460 Geochemistry and Hydrogeology

GEOL 470 Environmental Hydrogeology

GEOL 512 Intro. to Physical and Chemical Oceanography

GEOL 550 Chemical Equilibria

GEOL 560 Marine Geochemistry

Doug Hammond
Science Hall, Room 325B
USC Earth Sciences
Los Angeles, CA 90089-0740
email: dhammond@earth.usc.edu
phone: (213) 740-5837
fax: (213) 740-8801

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