Staff Profile

Daniel Fornari

Preferred Name: Daniel Fornari

Chair - Ridge 2000 Program for NSF

Emeritus Research Scholar

Geology & Geophysics

Email: dfornari@whoi.edu

Phone: 508 289 2857

Education

B.S. University of Wisconsin-Madison, 1972, Geology
M.A. Columbia University, 1975, Geology
M.Phil. Columbia University, 1975, Marine Geology
Ph.D. Columbia University, 1978, Marine Geology

Research Interests

Morphology and structure of mid-ocean ridges and transform faults; mid-ocean ridge hydrothermal processes; collection and interpretation of marine geophysical data including multibeam bathymetry and high resolution side scan sonar; geochemistry and petrology of ocean floor rocks, magmatic processes and petrochemical evolution of spreading centers, ridge-transform intersections, and intra-transform spreading centers; seamounts, their morphology, volcanic history, structure, and volcanic products; Alvin submersible, ROV, and AUV based deep sea research and technology development.