Stephen Swift
Preferred Name: Stephen A Swift
EMERITUS RESEARCH SCHOLAR
GEOLOGY & GEOPHYSICS
Email:
sswift@whoi.edu
Phone:
Address:
Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution,
Mail Stop 24
266 Woods Hole Road
Woods Hole, MA 02543
Education
B.A. Dartmouth College, 1973, Earth Sciences
M.S. Oregon State University, 1976, Oceanography and Marine Geology
Ph.D. MIT/WHOI Joint Program, 1986, Marine Geology and Geophysics
Research Interests
Seismic structure of oceanic crust, borehole seismology, depositional patterns and facies models of deep marine sediments, development of continental slopes, rises, and marginal seas; erosion, transport, and deposition of deep-sea sediment; environmental impact of deep-sea manganese nodule mining; marine geology and tectonics in the Middle East.
