Rachel Haymon

Rachel Michal Haymon
Born1953[1]
Alma materUniversity of California, San Diego
Scientific career
InstitutionsUniversity of California, Santa Barbara
ThesisHydrothermal deposition on the East Pacific Rise at 21° N (1982)

Rachel Haymon is a marine geologist known for her work linking geological and biological processes occurring at deep-sea hydrothermal vents. In 2005 she was elected a fellow of the Geological Society of America.

Education and career

As a child growing up in Baton Rouge Louisiana, Marie Curie was the only woman scientist Haymon knew.[2] Haymon had multiple ideas about careers as a child, including several scientific options such as oceanographer, archeologist, astronaut. or paleontologist.[3] In college, she decided to study geology and has a B.A. from Rice University (1976). In 1982, she earned her Ph.D. from the University of California, San Diego working on hydrothermal deposits at 21°N on the East Pacific Rise.[4] Following her Ph.D., she accepted a position at the University of California, Santa Barbara where she was promoted to professor in 1998.[5] Haymon retired from full professor in 2010.[6]

Research

Haymon's research centers on the deposition of minerals at deep-sea hydrothermal vents. Haymon's work on ophiolites in Oman revealed fossils of hydrothermal vent worms[7][8] and geological evidence of hydrothermal venting.[9] As a graduate student, Haymon worked on the mineralogy of hydrothermal vents at 21ºN North along the East Pacific Rise using samples collected during the RISE project.[10][11][12] Using data from 1989, Haymon mapped the distribution of hydrothermal vents along the 9ºNorth of the East Pacific Rise.[13] Then, in 1991, Haymon led the team that returned to this site and discovered a recent eruption on the seafloor.[14] They dubbed the area "Tube Worm Barbecue" because of the dead tubes worms found in the regions with recent lava flow.[15][16] Haymon described the excitement of seeing the outcome of the recent eruption in a subsequent newspaper article.[17] Repeated visits to the area revealed the tube worms were gone within eleven months after the eruption, replaced by small fish, octopus, and crabs.[16][18] Later work by Haymon on the East Pacific Rise revealed hydrothermal venting along the ridge-flank sites, away from the black smokers.[19] In 2006, Haymon led the team that discovered the first black smokers within the hydrothermal vents fields near the Galapagos.[20][21]

Selected publications

Awards and honors

  • AAAS-Newcomb-Cleveland Award (1980),[22] for Spiess et al. paper[23]
  • Hans Pettersson Bronze Medal, Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences (1999)[24]
  • Fellow, Geological Society of America (2005)[25]

References

  1. ^ "Autobiographical sketches". Oceanography. 27 (4): 131. December 17, 2015.
  2. ^ "Autobiographical Sketches of Women in Oceanography | Oceanography". Oceanography. 19 (1): 132. 2005. Retrieved 2021-09-24.
  3. ^ "Dive and Discover : Expedition 3 : Interview". divediscover.whoi.edu. 2000. Retrieved 2021-09-24.
  4. ^ Haymon, Rachel Michal (1983). Hydrothermal deposition on the East Pacific Rise at 21°N (Thesis). OCLC 22235298.
  5. ^ "UCSB Geological Sciences - Rachel Haymon". haymon.faculty.geol.ucsb.edu. Retrieved 2021-09-24.
  6. ^ "Autobiographical sketches". Oceanography. 27 (4): 131. December 17, 2015.
  7. ^ Haymon, Rachel M.; Koski, Randolph A.; Sinclair, Colin (1984-03-30). "Fossils of Hydrothermal Vent Worms from Cretaceous Sulfide Ores of the Samail Ophiolite, Oman". Science. 223 (4643): 1407–1409. Bibcode:1984Sci...223.1407H. doi:10.1126/science.223.4643.1407. PMID 17746052. S2CID 30213463.
  8. ^ Haymon, R. M.; Koski, R. A. (1985). "Evidence of an ancient hydrothermal vent community: fossil worm tubes in Cretaceous sulfide deposits of the Samail ophiolite, Oman". Bulletin of the Biological Society of Washington (6): 57–65. ISSN 0097-0298.
  9. ^ Haymon, Rachel M.; Koski, Randolph A.; Abrams, Michael J. (1989-06-01). "Hydrothermal discharge zones beneath massive sulfide deposits mapped in the Oman ophiolite". Geology. 17 (6): 531–535. Bibcode:1989Geo....17..531H. doi:10.1130/0091-7613(1989)017<0531:HDZBMS>2.3.CO;2. ISSN 0091-7613.
  10. ^ Haymon, R. M. (1983-12-01). "Hydrothermal deposition on the East Pacific rise at 21°N". Journal of Geochemical Exploration. Proceedings of the 9th International Geochemical Exploration Symposium. 19 (1): 493–495. Bibcode:1983JCExp..19..493H. doi:10.1016/0375-6742(83)90040-7. ISSN 0375-6742.
  11. ^ Haymon, Rachel M. (1983). "Growth history of hydrothermal black smoker chimneys". Nature. 301 (5902): 695–698. Bibcode:1983Natur.301..695H. doi:10.1038/301695a0. ISSN 1476-4687. S2CID 45206494.
  12. ^ Haymon, Rachel M.; Kastner, Miriam (1981-05-01). "Hot spring deposits on the East Pacific Rise at 21°N: preliminary description of mineralogy and genesis". Earth and Planetary Science Letters. 53 (3): 363–381. Bibcode:1981E&PSL..53..363H. doi:10.1016/0012-821X(81)90041-8. ISSN 0012-821X.
  13. ^ Haymon, Rachel M.; Fornari, Daniel J.; Edwards, Margo H.; Carbotte, Suzanne; Wright, Dawn; Macdonald, Ken C. (1991-06-01). "Hydrothermal vent distribution along the East Pacific Rise crest (9°09′–54′N) and its relationship to magmatic and tectonic processes on fast-spreading mid-ocean ridges". Earth and Planetary Science Letters. 104 (2): 513–534. Bibcode:1991E&PSL.104..513H. doi:10.1016/0012-821X(91)90226-8. ISSN 0012-821X. S2CID 128614514.
  14. ^ Haymon, R. M.; Fornari, D. J.; Von Damm, K. L.; Lilley, M. D.; Perfit, M. R.; Edmond, J. M.; Shanks, W. C.; Lutz, R. A.; Grebmeier, J. M.; Carbotte, S.; Wright, D.; McLaughlin, E.; Smith, M.; Beedle, N.; Olson, E. (1 August 1993). "Volcanic eruption of the mid-ocean ridge along the East Pacific Rise crest at 9°45–52′N: Direct submersible observations of seafloor phenomena associated with an eruption event in April, 1991". Earth and Planetary Science Letters. 119 (1): 85–101. Bibcode:1993E&PSL.119...85H. doi:10.1016/0012-821X(93)90008-W. ISSN 0012-821X.
  15. ^ Holden, Constance (1991). "Water Couldn't Dash This BBQ". Science. 254 (5028): 29. doi:10.1126/science.254.5028.29.c. ISSN 0036-8075. JSTOR 2879529.
  16. ^ a b Hill, Mary (2002). Gold: The California Story. University of California Press. ISBN 978-0-520-23680-6.
  17. ^ Wood, Daniel B. (July 21, 1991). "World Under Water". The Daily Gazette. p. 37.
  18. ^ Lutz, Richard A.; Shank, Timothy M.; Fornari, Daniel J.; Haymon, Rachel M.; Lilley, Marvin D.; Von Damm, Karen L.; Desbruyeres, Daniel (1994). "Rapid growth at deep-sea vents". Nature. 371 (6499): 663–664. Bibcode:1994Natur.371..663L. doi:10.1038/371663a0. ISSN 0028-0836. S2CID 4357672.
  19. ^ Haymon, Rachel M.; Macdonald, Ken C.; Benjamin, Sara B.; Ehrhardt, Christopher J. (2005-02-01). "Manifestations of hydrothermal discharge from young abyssal hills on the fast-spreading East Pacific Rise flank". Geology. 33 (2): 153–156. Bibcode:2005Geo....33..153H. doi:10.1130/G21058.1. ISSN 0091-7613.
  20. ^ Reed, Christina (2006-02-01). "Boiling points". Nature. 439 (7079): 905–907. doi:10.1038/439905a. ISSN 1476-4687. PMID 16495964.
  21. ^ Haymon, Rachel M.; White, Scott M.; Baker, Edward T.; Anderson, Peter G.; Macdonald, Ken C.; Resing, Joseph A. (2008). "High-resolution surveys along the hot spot–affected Gálapagos Spreading Center: 3. Black smoker discoveries and the implications for geological controls on hydrothermal activity". Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems. 9 (12). Bibcode:2008GGG.....912006H. doi:10.1029/2008GC002114. ISSN 1525-2027.
  22. ^ "Newcomb Cleveland Prize Recipients | American Association for the Advancement of Science". www.aaas.org. Retrieved 2021-09-24.
  23. ^ Spiess, F. N.; Macdonald, Ken C.; Atwater, T.; Ballard, R.; Carranza, A.; Cordoba, D.; Cox, C.; Garcia, V. M. Diaz; Francheteau, J.; Guerrero, J.; Hawkins, J. (1980-03-28). "East Pacific Rise: Hot Springs and Geophysical Experiments". Science. 207 (4438): 1421–1433. Bibcode:1980Sci...207.1421S. doi:10.1126/science.207.4438.1421. PMID 17779602. S2CID 28363398.
  24. ^ "UCSB Geological Sciences - Rachel Haymon". haymon.faculty.geol.ucsb.edu. Retrieved 2021-09-24.
  25. ^ "GSA Fellows Elected by Council on 15 May 2005" (PDF). GSA Today. 2005. p. 14. Retrieved September 24, 2021.