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	Home Upcoming Events Institutions & Organizations People Bays & Estuaries Reefs, Banks & Islands Environmental Issues General Facts about the Gulf Exploration History Other Online Resources Electronic Books Mexican Coral Reef Species Checklist InfoHub Site Search:		Dr. Peter Swarzenski Source: Dr. Ben McPherson; Loxahatchee River estuary Dr. Swarzenski is a chemical oceanographer for the U.S. Geological Survey in St. Petersburg, Florida. His specialty includes the use of U-series isotopes to examine a suite of coastal processes including submarine groundwater discharge, and river-ocean mixing and exchange of solutes/materials across land-sea margins. Currently, Dr. Swarzenski is involved in projects that address coastal groundwater flux into estuaries from Florida, and Chesapeake Bay to California. He has also been involved in an interdisciplinary project in Louisiana that addresses the delivery of sediment-hosted contaminants from the Mississippi to the Gulf of Mexico. Within the USGS-funded Tampa Bay Project, Dr. Swarzenski has identified and assessed the role of submarine groundwater discharge into Tampa Bay and conducted historic solid-phase contaminant inventories recorded in sediments from Safety Harbor, Florida. Institution(s) / Organization(s): United States Geological Survey (USGS), United States Department of the Interior Education: Ph.D. Chemical Oceanography Area of Expertise / Interest: Geosciences and Geochemistry; Surficial Processes; Harmful Algal Blooms; Hypoxia; Pollution; Chemical Oceanography Preferred Language:   English Mailing Address: Pacific Science Center 400 Natural Bridges Dr Santa Cruz, CA 95060 USA Telephone: +1 831-427-4729 Fax: +1 831-427-4709 E-mail: pswarzen@usgs.gov Home Page URL:   http://sofia.usgs.gov/people/swarzenski.html Links to Projects or Publications: Submarine Groundwater Discharge Ground Water Characterization in Marine Areas of Biscayne National Park Ground Water - Surface Water Seepage at Select TIME Sites Tracing the Mixing of Groundwater into Coastal Waters Utilizing a New Radiometric Technique Keywords:   Isotopes, Radionuclides, Submarine groundwater, Sediment geochronology, Marine contaminants
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