His field work on the Juan de Fuca Ridge is based on heat flow, coring, and downhole experiments, which will help to delineate the distribution of hydrothermal activity and to quantify hydrologic properties conditions within upper basement at a crustal scale. Fisher's group also conducts field research on the East Pacific Rise through swath mapping, dredging, coring, seismic profiling, and heat flow. This area has not previously been surveyed in any detail, and this research will provide insight on early rifting processes at a passive margin. Also underway in Fisher's group is a study of benthic seepage and its impact on metals contamination in northern San Francisco Bay. Their work will place flow rates and fluxes in a regional hydrologic context.
Projects involve fieldwork, and elemental, mineral, and isotope ratio analyses.
Gill combines these two foci through detailed study of active volcanoes and historic eruptions. 32 million people who want to enjoy or live next to this geologically active zone. The tectonically active California coastline presents a range of interesting processes and problems within a few minutes or miles of the UCSC campus. Gary Griggs 's research is focused on the coastal zone and ranges from coastal evolution and development, through shoreline processes, coastal engineering and coastal hazards. Casey Moore 's research group focuses on active marine environments, sampled by drilling, with submersibles, and with industry borehole data, or regions exposed on land with a straightforward tectonic setting.