ROBERT H. MARINER

	U.S. Geological Survey MS #434 345 Middlefield Rd. Menlo Park, CA 94025 Tel: (650) 329-4507 rmariner@usgs.gov

 

Education
University of Pacific - Chemistry BS (1964)
University of Wyoming- Geology MS (1967)
University of Wyoming- Geology PhD (1972)

Research Interests
Chemistry of magmatic volatiles

Recent Publications
Mariner, R.H., Young, H.W., and Fitzpatrick, J.A., in review, Dissolved lead isotope compositions and inferred aquifer-rock types for the thermal waters of southwestern Idaho, northern Nevada, and southeastern Oregon.

Mariner, R.H., Evans, W.C. and Young, H.W., 2006, Comparison of circulation times of thermal waters discharging from the Idaho batholith based on geothermometer temperatures, helium concentrations, and 14C measurements, Geothermics, 35, 3-25. abstract

Mariner, R.H., Venezky, D.Y., and Hurwitz, S.,2006, Chemical and isotopic database of water and gas from hydrothermal systems with an emphasis for the western United States, U.S. Geological Survey DigitalData Series, 169.

Hurwitz, S., Mariner, R.H., Fehn, U., Snyder, G.T., in review, Systematics of halogen elements and their isotopes in thermal springs of the Cascade Range, central Oregon, western USA.

Kharaka, Y.K., and Mariner, R.H., in press, Geothermal Systems, in IAEA 40 th Anniversary Volume on Isotopes in the Water Cycle – Past, Present, and Future of a Developing Science.

Evans, W.C., van Soest, M.C., Mariner, R.H., Hurwitz, S., Ingebritsen, S.E., Wicks, C.W., Jr., and Schmidt, M.E., 2004, Magmatic intrusion west of Three Sisters, central Oregon, USA: The perspective from spring geochemistry: Geology, v. 32, no. 1, p. 69-72.

van Soest, M.C., Evans, W.C., Mariner, R.H., and Schmidt, M.E., 2004, Chloride in hot springs of the Cascade volcanic arc – the source puzzle: Proceedings of the 11th International Symposium on Water-Rock Interaction, Saratoga Springs, New York, USA, June 27-July 2, 2004, p 209-213.

Venezky, D.Y., Mariner, R.H., Hurwitz, S., and Evans, W.C., 2004, Making water chemistry data from volcano-hydrothermal systems accessible using open source tools, AGU Abstracts for the Fall 2004 Annual Meeting, Dec. 13-17, 2004, San Francisco, California.

Evans, W.C., van Soest, M.C., Mariner, R.H., Hurwitz, S., Ingebritsen, S.E., Wicks, C.W., Jr., and Schmidt, M.E., 2004, Magmatic intrusion west of Three Sisters, central Oregon, USA: The perspective from spring chemistry: Geology, v. 32, p. 69-72. (on-line abstract).

van Soest, M.C., Evans, W.C., Mariner, R.H., and Schmidt, M. E., 2004, Chloride in hot springs of the Cascade volcanic arc - The source puzzle, in Wanty, R.B., and Seal, R.R., II, eds., Water Rock Interaction, v. 1, Proceedings of the Eleventh International Symposium on Water-Rock Interaction, Saratoga Springs, New York, July 2004: New York, A.A. Balkema, p. 209-213.

Mariner, R.H., Evans, W.C., Presser, T.S., and White, L.D., 2003, Excess nitrogen in selected thermal and mineral springs of the Cascade Range, in northern California, Oregon, and Washington - sedimentary or volcanic in origin?: Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research, v. 121, no. 1-2, p. 99-114. (on-line abstract)

Evans, W.C., Mariner, R.H., Ingebritsen, S.E., Kennedy, B.M., van Soest, M.C., and Huebner, M.A., 2002, Report of hydrologic investigations in the Three Sisters area of central Oregon, summer 2001: U.S. Geological Survey Water-Resources Investigations Report 02-4061, 13 p. (on-line report)

Ingebritsen, S.E., Galloway, D.L., Colvard, L.M., Sorey, M.L., and Mariner, R.H., 2001, Time-variation of hydrothermal discharge at selected sites in the western United States: Implications for monitoring: Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research, v. 111, p. 1-23. (on-line abstract)

Mariner, R.H. and Lowenstern, J.B., 1999, The geochemistry of water from springs, wells, and snowpack on and adjacent to Medicine Lake volcano, Northern California: Transactions of the 1999 Geothermal Resources Council Annual Meeting, v. 23, p. 319-326. (on-line abstract)

Mariner, R.H., Evans, W.C., and Huebner, M., 1998, Preliminary chemical and isotopic data for waters from springs and wells on and near Medicine Lake Volcano, Cascade Range, northern California: U. S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 98-2, 27p.

Lowenstern, J.B., Killgore, M.M., Mariner, R.H., Blakely, R. Smith, J.G., Donnelly-Nolan, J., 1998, 3-dimensional visualization of the Medicine Lake Highland, CA: Topography, geology, geophysics and hydrology: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 98-777.

Kennedy, B.M., Kharaka, Y.K., Evans, W.C., Ellwood, A., DePaolo, D.J., Thordsen, J.J., Ambats, G., and Mariner, R.H., 1997, Mantle fluids in the San Andreas fault system, California: Science, v. 278, no. 5341, p. 1278-1281.

Mariner, R.H., Young, H.W., and Bullen, T.D., and Janik, C.J., 1997, Sulfate-water isotope geothermometry and lead isotope data for the regional geothermal system in the Twin Falls area, south-central Idaho: Geothermal Resources Council Transactions, v. 21, p. 197-201..

Mariner, R.H. and Janik, C.J., 1995, Geochemical data and conceptual model for the Steamboat Hills geothermal system, Washoe County, Nevada: Transactions of the Geothermal Resources Council Annual Meeting, v. 19, p. 201-206.

Mariner, R.H. and Young, H.W., 1995, Lead and strontium isotope data for thermal waters of the regional geothermal system in the Twin Falls and Oakley areas, southcentral Idaho: Transactions of the Geothermal Resources Council Annual Meeting, v. 19, p. 207-210.

Mariner, R.H. and Presser, T.S., 1995, Conditions of stilbite and chabazite formation in the hot springs the Idaho Batholith: Zeolite '93 Proceedings of the 4th International Conference on the Occurrence, Properties, and Utilization of Natural Zeolites, p. 87-97.