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CURRICULUM VITAE

Edward T. Baker

Academic Training:

B. S. Geology University of Notre Dame 1967
M. S. Oceanography University of Washington 1969
Ph.D. Oceanography University of Washington 1973

Professional Experience:

Supervisory Oceanographer, Pacific Marine Environmental Laboratory, NOAA 1976-present
Affiliate Professor, Department of Oceanography, University of Washington 1997-present
Senior Fellow, Joint Institute for the Study of the Atm. and Ocean (NOAA/UW) 2004-present
Affiliate Associate Professor, Department of Oceanography, University of Washington 1985-1997
Affiliate Research Associate, Department of Oceanography, University of Washington 1976-1985
Research Associate, Department of Oceanography, University of Washington 1973-1976

Professional Associations:

American Geophysical Union
American Association for the Advancement of Science
The Oceanography Society

Shipboard Experience:

Numerous 1-day to 1-month cruises in Puget Sound and Washington coastal water on assorted university and NOAA vessels (1968-1985). Continuing series of investigations on the characteristics and dynamics of Puget Sound and other inland waters.

Eleven cruises in the North Pacific on the University of Washington ship Thomas G. Thompson
(1968-1974). Graduate and postgraduate work on processes controlling the transport of suspended particles from the shelf to the deep sea.

Four cruises in the eastern equatorial Pacific on the NOAA ship Oceanographer (1975-1979). Deep Ocean Mining Environmental Studies Program (DOMES).

Three cruises in the Gulf of Mexico and western Atlantic on NASA charter vessels (1977-1979).
Sea-truth validation studies for remote sensing by satellites.

Two cruises in the Bering Sea on the NOAA ships Surveyor and Discoverer (1980-1981). North Aleutian Shelf Transport Experiment; study of the frontal regimes that affect the movement and distribution of particles in the southeastern Bering Sea.

Forty-four cruises in the North and South Pacific on NOAA ships and various UNOLS and foreign vessels (1984-2010). EOI Program studying emissions from active hydrothermal sites.

Chief or co-Chief Scientist on 30 cruises.


Awards:

1978 NOAA Unit Citation for Excellence in the Deep Ocean Mining Environmental Studies
1979 NOAA Unit Citation as a member of contributors to the Strait of Juan de Fuca Circulation Report
1980 PMEL Distinguished Authorship Award: "Processes affecting the distribution and transport of suspended matter in the northeast Gulf of Alaska"
1983 PMEL Award for "Sustained Superior Performance"
1985 PMEL Award for "Outstanding Performance;" PMEL Distinguished Authorship Award: "An in-situ erosion rate for a fine-grained marine sediment"
1986 PMEL Award for "Sustained Superior Performance"
1987 PMEL Award for "Outstanding Performance"; PMEL Distinguished Authorship Award: "Hydrothermal plume measurements: A regional perspective"
1988 PMEL Award for "Outstanding Performance;" Quality Step Increase; PMEL Distinguished Authorship Award: "Cataclysmic hydrothermal venting on the Juan de Fuca Ridge"
1989 PMEL Award for "Outstanding Performance;" Quality Step Increase
1990 PMEL Award for "Outstanding Performance;" NOAA/ERL and PMEL Distinguished Authorship Award: "Episodic venting of hydrothermal fluids from the Juan de Fuca Ridge"
1991 PMEL Award for "Outstanding Performance;" PMEL Distinguished Authorship Award: "Change in submarine hydrothermal 3he/heat ratios as an indicator of magmatic/tectonic activity.
1993 PMEL Award for "Outstanding Performance;" Quality Step Increase
1994 PMEL Award for "Outstanding Performance"
1995 PMEL Award for "Outstanding Performance"
1996 PMEL Award for "Outstanding Performance;" NOAA/ERL and PMEL Outstanding Scientific Paper Award: “Hydrothermal plumes on spreading-center axes: Global distributions and geological inferences”
2004-2005 RIDGE2000 Distinguished Lecturer
2005 NOAA Distinguished Career Award
2006 NOAA and PMEL Outstanding Scientific Paper Award: “On the global distribution of hydrothermal vent fields.”
2007 NOAA Outstanding Scientific Paper Award: “Submarine venting of liquid carbon dioxide on a Mariana Arc volcano.”
2012 Fellow of the American Geophysical Union


Professional Service Activities:

Member, NASA Nimbus Experiment Team for the Coastal Zone Color Scanner Satellite, 1977-1984
Invited speaker, IUCRM Colloquium on Passive Radiometry of the Ocean, Institute of Ocean Sciences, Sidney, B.C., June 1978
Invited speaker, Pollutant Transfer by Particulates Workshop, Norfolk, VA, January 1982
Invited speaker, Institute of Ocean Sciences, Sidney, B.C., February 1983
Co-chair, Pollutant Transfer by Particulates Workshop, Stony Brook, April 1983
Invited speaker, National Academy of Sciences Workshop on Mid-Ocean Ridge Dynamics, Salishan, OR, April 1987
Invited speaker, Gorda Ridge Symposium, Portland, OR, May 1987
Invited speaker, Institute of Ocean Sciences, Sidney, B.C., January 1988
Panel co-chair, Ridge InterDisciplinary Global Experiment Workshop on Sea-Going Experiments, LaJolla, CA 1988
Member, RIDGE Mapping and Sampling Committee, 1988
Invited speaker, Department of Oceanography, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, B.C., January 1989
Member, RIDGE Global Fluxes and Structure Committee, 1989
Member, RIDGE Event Detection and Response Committee, 1989
Invited speaker, Alvin Silver Anniversary Symposium, Woods Hole, October 1989
Advisor, NOAA OME Benthic Impact Experiment, 1990 to 1992
Member, RIDGE Steering Committee, 1990 to 1993; 1999-2001
Invited speaker, Annual Meeting of the Oceanography Society, St. Petersburg, FL, March 1991
Member RIDGE Temporal Variability Committee, 1992 to present
Invited Visiting Lecturer, Geological Survey of Japan, March 1993
Member InterRIDGE Active Processes Working Group, 1993 to 2002
Invited Speaker, BRIDGE meeting on Vents and Vent Processes, London, April 1994
Member, Coordinating Committee of the RIDGE LARVE Program, 1994-1997
Co-convener, RIDGE Workshop on the Global Impact of Submarine Hydrothermal Processes, 1994
Co-convener, RIDGE Workshop on Processes and Fluxes on a Superfast Spreading Ridge: The Southern East Pacific Rise, 1996
Co-convener, RIDGE Workshop on the Effect of Seafloor Hydrothermalism on Surface Ocean Productivity, 1998
Co-convener, RIDGE Juan de Fuca Results Symposium: A Retrospective and Planning Workshop, 1999
Member, RIDGE 2000 Committee, 1999-2001
Invited participant, Dalhem Workshop on Energy and Mass Transfer in Marine Hydrothermal Systems, Berlin, 2001
Invited speaker, First InterRIDGE Theoretical Workshop, "Thermal Regime of Ocean Ridges and Dynamics of Hydrothermal Circulation," Pavia, Italy, Sept. 2002.
Invited speaker, Catalyst 2003 Science Teacher’s Conference, Richmond, B.C., May 2003.
Senior Fellow, Joint Institute for the Study of the Atm. and Ocean (NOAA/UW), 2004-
Public and Departmental RIDGE2000 lectures at Millsaps College and University of Wisconsin (February 2005), University of Texas (April 2005), and University of Idaho (September 2005).
Invited Lecturer, Peking University, September 2007
Host scientist for a Hollings Scholar, Summer, 2009
Invited presentation, Ridge 2000 Integration and Synthesis Workshop, St. Louis, MO, October 2009
Associate Editor, Geochem. Geophys. Geosys, for the theme "Towards an Integrated View of Volcanic and Hydrothermal Processes on the Juan de Fuca Ridge," 2010- Working Group Chair, 2010 R2K Community Meeting, Portland OR, October 2010
Invited speaker, InterRidge Workshop, “Circum-Antarctic Ridges,” Toulouse, France, September, 2011.
Science Leader, Leg 1 of the Ocean Exploration and Research/Vents GALREX virtual cruise, June-July, 2011
Host scientist, 2011 InterRidge Student and Postdoctoral Fellowship Programme, Spring 2012


Student Committees:

Kozo Takahashi, M.S.
Joseph T. Kelly, Ph.D.
Geoffrey Snyder, M.S.
Alison Krafft, M.S.

University Research Activities:

Co-investigator (with B. Hickey [U. Washington] and B. Carson [Lehigh U.]) on NSF grant "Modern sediment transport and accumulation in Quinault Canyon: A study of the dynamics and effects of terrigenous sediment dispersal," 1980-1984.
Co-investigator (with G. Gust [U. of South Florida] and A. Nowell [U. Washington]) on EPA contract "Development and evaluation of a SEAFUME for measuring threshold erosion velocities of deep-sea sediments," 1982-1985.
Co-investigator (with J. Lupton [U. California, Santa Barbara] and M. Mottl [U. of Hawaii]) on NSF grant "Water column survey of hydrothermal discharge along the East Pacific Rise, 9° - 11° N," 1991-1993.
Co-investigator (with R. Hey [Univ. Of Hawaii] on NSF grant “Hydrothermal and structural investigations along the fastest spreading center: The 28°-32°S EPR reorganizing plate boundary” 1997-1999.
Co-investigator (with B. Taylor and F. Martinez [Univ. of Hawaii]) on NSF grant “Investigating the interrelationships between crustal structure, volcanism, and hydrothermal activity along the backarc East Lau Spreading Center,” 2003-2005.
Co-investigator (with R. Haymon [UCSB] and others) on NSF grant “Hydrothermal System Response to Magma Supply and Crustal Thickness Gradients Along the Galapagos Spreading Center, 89.5-94°W,” 2003-2005.
Principal Investigator on NSF grant “Investigating the Distribution of Hydrothermal Activity and its Geologic and Geophysical Controls at the Lau Integrated Studies Site,” 2008-2010.

Refereed Publications:

Baker, E.T. (1973). Nephelometry and mineralogy of suspended particulate matter in the waters over the Washington continental slope and Nitinat Deep-Sea Fan. Ph.D. Dissertation, University of Washington, Seattle, 142 pp.

Baker, E.T. (1973). Distribution and composition of suspended sediment in the bottom waters of the Washington continental shelf and slope. Jour. Sed. Petrol., 43:812-821.

Baker, E.T., R.W. Sternberg, and D.A. McManus (1974). Continuous light scattering profiles and suspended matter over Nitinat Deep-Sea Fan. In R.J. Gibbs (ed.) Suspended Solids in Water, Plenum Press, New York, 155-172.

Sternberg, R.W., E.T. Baker, D.A. McManus, S. Smith, and D.R. Morrison (1974). An integrating nephelometer for measuring particle concentrations in the deep sea. Deep-Sea Res., 21:887-892.

Baker, E.T. (1976). Distribution, composition and transport of suspended particulate matter in the vicinity of Willapa submarine canyon, Washington. Geol. Soc. Am. Bull., 87:625-632.

Baker, E.T. and D.Z. Piper (1976). Suspended particulate matter: Collection by pressure filtration and elemental analysis by thin-film x-ray fluorescence. Deep-Sea Res., 23:181-186.

Baker, E.T. (1976). Temporal and spatial variability of the bottom nepheloid layer over a deep-sea fan. Marine Geol., 21:67-79.

Stokke, P.R., B. Carson, and E.T. Baker (1976). Comparison of the bottom nepheloid layer and Late Holocene deposition on Nitinat Fan: Implications for lutite dispersal and deposition. Geol. Soc. Am. Bull., 88:1586-1592.

Baker, E.T., and R.A. Feely (1978). Chemistry of oceanic particulate matter and sediments: Implications for bottom sediment resuspension. Science, 200:533-535.

Baker, E.T., R.A. Feely, and K. Takahashi (1979). Chemical composition, size distribution, and particle morphology of suspended matter at DOMES sites A, B, and C: Relationships with local sediment composition. In J.L. Bischoff and D. Z. Piper (eds.). Marine Geologay and Oceanography of the Central Pacific Manganese Module Province, Plen Press, New York, pp. 163-201.

Feely, R.A., E.T. Baker, J.D. Schumacher, G.J. Massoth, and W.M. Landing (1979). Processes affecting the distribution and transport of suspended matter in the northeast Gulf of Alaska. Deep-Sea Res., 26:454-464.

Clark, D., E.T. Baker, and A. Strong (1980). Upwelled spectral radiance distribution and its relation to various fractions of the particulate matter in marine waters. Boundary Layer Meterol., 18:287-298.

Hovis, W.A., D.K. Clark, F. Anderson, R.W. Austin, W.H. Wilson, E.T. Baker, D. Ball, M.R. Gordon, J.C. Mueller, S.Z. El-Sayed, B. Sturm, R.C. Wrigley, and C.S. Yentsch (1980). Nimbus-7 Coastal Zone Color Scanner: System description and initial imagery. Science, 210:60-63.

Lavelle, J.W., E. Ozturgut, E.T. Baker, and S.A. Swift (1982). Discharge and surface plume measurements during manganese nodule mining tests in the north equatorial Pacific. Mar. Environ. Res., 7:51-70.

Baker, E.T., and H. Milburn (1983). An instrument system for the investigation of particle fluxes. Cont. Shelf Res., 1:425-435.

Baker, E.T., G.A. Cannon, and H.C. Curl, Jr. (1983). Particle transport in a small marine bay. J. Geophys Res., 88:9661-9669.

Baker, E.T. (1984). Patterns of suspended particle distribution and transportation in a large fjord-like estuary. J. Geophys. Res., 89:6553-6566.

Baker, E.T., and J.W. Lavelle (1984). The effect of particle size on the light attenuation coefficient of natural suspensions. J. Geophys. Res., 89:8197-8203.

Lavelle, J.W., H.O. Mofjeld, and E.T. Baker (1984). An in-situ erosion rate for a fine grained marine sediment. J. Geophys. Res., 89:6543-6552.

Baker, E.T., J.W. Lavelle, and G.J. Massoth (1985). Hydrothermal particle plumes over the southern Juan de Fuca Ridge. Nature, 316:342-344.

Baker, E.T., R.A. Feely, M.R. Landry, and M. Lamb (1985). Temporal variations in the concentration and settling flux of carbon and phytoplankton pigments in a deep fjordlike estuary. Est. Coastal Shelf Sci., 21:859-877.

Feely, R.A., G.J. Massoth, E.T. Baker, J.F. Gendron, and A.J. Paulson (1986). Seasonal and vertical variations in the elemental composition of suspended and settling particulate matter in Puget Sound, Washington. Est. Coastal Shelf Sci., 22:215-239.

Baker, E.T., and B.M. Hickey (1986). Contemporary sedimentation processes in and around an active West Coast submarine canyon, Mar. Geol., 71:15-34.

Hickey, B.M., E.T. Baker, and D. Kachel (1986). Suspended particle movement in and around Quinault Submarine Canyon. Mar. Geol., 71:35-83.

Carson, B., E.T. Baker, B.M. Hickey, C.A. Nittrouer, D.J. Demaster, K.W. Thorbjarnarson, and G.W. Snyder (1986). Modern sediment dispersal and accumulation in Quinault Submarine Canyon. Mar. Geol., 71:1-15.

Cowen, J.P., G.J. Massoth, and E.T. Baker (1986). Bacterial scavenging of Mn and Fe in a mid- to far-field hydrothermal particle plume. Nature, 322:169-171.

Baker, E.T., and G.J. Massoth (1986). Hydrothermal plume measurements: A regional perspective. Science, 234:980-982.

Baker, E.T., G.J. Massoth, R.W. Collier, J.M. Trefry, D. Kadko, T.A. Nelsen, P.A. Rona, and J.E. Lupton (1987). Evidence for high-temperature hydrothermal venting on the Gorda Ridge, northeast Pacific Ocean. Deep Sea Research, 34:1461-1476.

Baker, E.T., and G.J. Massoth (1987). Characteristics of hydrothermal plumes from two vent fields on the Juan de Fuca Ridge, northeast Pacific Ocean. Earth Planet. Sci. Lett., 85:59-73.

Baker, E.T., G.J. Massoth, and R.A. Feely (1987). Cataclysmic hydrothermal venting on the Juan de Fuca Ridge. Nature, 329:149-151.

Walker, S.L., and E.T. Baker (1988). Particle size distributions within hydrothermal plumes over the Juan de Fuca Ridge. Mar. Geol., 78:217-226.

Baker, E.T., H.B. Milburn, and D.A. Tennant (1988). Field assessment of sediment trap efficiency under varying flow conditions. J. Mar. Res., 46:573-592.

Lavelle, J.W., E. Ozturgut, E.T. Baker, D.A. Tennant, and S.L. Walker (1988). Settling speeds of sewage sludge in seawater. Env. Sci. Tech. 22:1201-1207.

Lupton, J.E., E.T. Baker, and G.J. Massoth (1989). Variable 3He/heat ratios in submarine hydrothermal systems: Evidence from two plumes over the Juan de Fuca Ridge. Nature 337:161-164.

Baker, E.T., J.W. Lavelle, R.A. Feely, G.J. Massoth, S.L. Walker, and J.E. Lupton (1989). Episodic venting of hydrothermal fluids from the Juan de Fuca Ridge. J. Geophys. Res., 94:9237-9250

Baker, E.T. (1989). Hydrothermal plume prospecting: hydrographic and geochemical techniques. In Gorda Ridge: A Frontier Area in the United States' Exclusive Economic Zone, G.R. McMurray (ed.), New York, Springer-Verlag, pp. 155-167.

Collier, R.W., and E.T. Baker (1989). Hydrography and geochemistry of the northern Gorda Ridge. In Gorda Ridge: A Frontier Area in the United States' Exclusive Economic Zone, G.R. McMurray (ed.), New York, Springer-Verlag, pp. 21-29.

Baker, E.T., R.E. McDuff, and G.J. Massoth (1990). Hydrothermal venting from the summit of a ridge-axis seamount: Axial Volcano, Juan de Fuca Ridge. J. Geophys. Res., 95:12,843-12,854.

Baker, E.T., and J.E. Lupton (1990). Changes in submarine hydrothermal 3He/heat ratios as an indicator of magmatic/tectonic activity. Nature, 346:556-558.

Feely, R.A., G.J. Massoth, E.T. Baker, J.P. Cowen, M.F. Lamb, and K.A. Krogslund (1990). The effect of hydrothermal processes on midwater phosphorus distributions in the northeast Pacific. Earth & Planet. Sci. Lett. 96:305-318.

Feely, R.A., T.L. Geiselman, E.T. Baker, G.J. Massoth, and S.R. Hammond (1990). Distribution and composition of buoyant and non-buoyant plume particulates from the ASHES vent field at Axial Volcano, Juan de Fuca Ridge. J. Geophys. Res., 95:12,855-12,873.

Embley, R.W., W. Chadwick, M.R. Perfit, and E.T. Baker (1991). Geology of the northern Cleft Segment, Juan de Fuca Ridge: Recent eruptions, seafloor spreading, and the formation of megaplumes. Geology 19:771-775.

Coale, K.H., C.S. Chin, G.J. Massoth, K.S. Johnson, and E.T. Baker (1991). In-situ chemical mapping of dissolved iron and manganese in hydrothermal plumes of the Cleft Segment, Juan de Fuca Ridge. Nature, 352:325-328.

Hammond, S., E. Baker, E. Bernard, G. Massoth, C. Fox, R. Feely, R. Embley, P. Rona, and G. Cannon (1991). The NOAA EOI Program: Understanding the chemical and thermal oceanic effects of hydrothermal activity along the mid-ocean ridge. EOS Trans. AGU, 72:561-66.

Baker, E.T., and S.R. Hammond (1992). Hydrothermal venting and the apparent magmatic budget of the Juan de Fuca Ridge. J. Geophys. Res., 97:3443-3456.

Feely, R.A., G.J. Massoth, E.T. Baker, T.L. Geiselman, and G.T. Lebon. Tracking the dispersal of hydrothermal plumes from the Juan de Fuca Ridge using suspended matter composition. J. Geophys. Res., 97:3457-3468.

Tennant, D.A., and E.T. Baker (1993). A fast, high-precision splitter for particle suspensions. Mar. Geol., 108:247-252.

Gendron, J.F., J.P. Cowen, R.A. Feely, and E.T. Baker (1993). Age estimate for the 1987 megaplume on the southern Juan de Fuca Ridge using excess radon and manganese partitioning. Deep-Sea Res., 40:1559-1567.

Baker, E.T., G.J. Massoth, S.L. Walker, and R.W. Embley (1993). Quantitative estimates of diffuse and discrete hydrothermal discharge. Earth Planet. Sci. Lett., 118: 235-249.

Baker, E.T., and G.A. Cannon (1993). Long-term monitoring of hydrothermal heat flux using moored temperature sensors, Cleft Segment, Juan de Fuca Ridge. Geophys. Res. Lett., 20:1855-1858.

Lupton, J.E., E.T. Baker, M.J. Mottl, F.J. Sasone, C.G. Wheat, J.A. Resing, G. J. Massoth,
C.I. Measures, and R.A. Feely (1993). Chemical and physical diversity of hydrothermal plumes along the East Pacific Rise, 8°45'N to 11°50'N. Geophys. Res. Lett. 20:2913-2916.

Baker, E.T. (1994). A six-year time series of hydrothermal plumes over the Cleft segment of the Juan de Fuca Ridge. J. Geophys. Res., 99:4889-4904.

Massoth, G.J., E.T. Baker, J.E. Lupton, R.A. Feely, D.A. Butterfield, K.L. Von Damm, K.K. Roe, and G.T. Lebon (1994). Temporal and spatial variability of hydrothermal manganese and iron at Cleft segment, Juan de Fuca Ridge. J. Geophys. Res., 99:4905-4923.

Feely, R.A., G.J. Massoth, J.H. Trefry, E.T. Baker, A.J. Paulson, and G.T. Lebon (1994). Composition and sedimentation of hydrothermal plume particles from north Cleft segment, Juan de Fuca Ridge. J. Geophys. Res., 99:4985-5006.

Chin, C.S., K.H. Coale, V.A. Elrod, K.S. Johnson, G.J. Massoth, and E.T. Baker (1994). In-situ observations of dissolved iron and manganese in hydrothermal vent plumes, Juan de Fuca Ridge. J. Geophy. Res., 99:4969-4984.

Gendron, J.F., J.F. Todd, R.A. Feely, E.T. Baker, and D.C. Kadko (1994). Excess 222Rn above the Cleft segment of the Juan de Fuca Ridge. J. Geophys. Res., 99:5007-5015.

Lavelle, J.W., and E.T. Baker (1994). A numerical study of local convection in the benthic ocean induced by episodic hydrothermal discharges. J. Geophys. Res., 99:16,065-16,080.

Baker, E.T., R.A. Feely, M.J. Mottl, F.T. Sansone, C.G. Wheat, J.A. Resing, and J.E. Lupton (1994). Hydrothermal plumes along the East Pacific Rise, 8°40' to 11°50'N: Plume distribution and relationship to the apparent magmatic budget. Earth Planel. Sci. Lett., 128:1-17.

D'Asaro, E., S. Walker, and E.T. Baker (1994). Structure of two hydrothermal megaplumes. J. Geophys. Res., 99: 20,361-20,373.

Feely, R.A., J.F. Gendron, E.T. Baker, and G.T. Lebon (1994). Hydrothermal plumes along the East Pacific Rise, 8°40' to 11°50'N: Particle distribution and composition. Earth. Plant. Sci. Lett., 128: 19-36.

Baker, E.T. (1995) Characteristics of hydrothermal discharge following a magmatic intrusion, in Hydrothermal Vents and Processes, edited by L.M. Parson, C.L. Walker, and D.R. Dixon, Geol. Soc. Spec. Pub. No. 87: 65-76,.

Baker, E.T., G. J. Massoth, R.A. Feely, R.W. Embley, R.E. Thomson, and B.J. Burd (1995). Hydrothermal event plumes from the CoAxial seafloor eruption site, Juan de Fuca Ridge. Geophys. Res. Lett., 22:147-150.

Massoth, G.J., E.T. Baker, R.A. Feely, D.A. Butterfield, R.E. Embley, J.E. Lupton, R.E. Thomson, and G.A. Cannon (1995). Observations of manganese and iron at the CoAxial seafloor eruption site, Juan de Fuca Ridge. Geophys. Res. Lett., 22:151-154.

Lupton, J.E., E.T. Baker, G. J. Massoth, R.E. Thomson, B.J. Burd, D.A. Butterfield, R.W. Embley, and G.A. Cannon (1995). Variations in water-column 3He/heat ratios associated with the 1993 CoAxial event, Juan de Fuca Ridge. Geophys. Res. Lett., 22:155-158.

Mullineaux, L., P. Wiebe, and E.T. Baker (1995). Zooplankton and benthic larvae in a hydrothermal vent plume. Mar. Biol., 122: 585-596.

Embley, R.W., W.W. Chadwick Jr., I.R. Jonasson, D.A. Butterfield, and E.T. Baker (1995). Initial results of the rapid response to the 1993 CoAxial event: Relationships between hydrothermal and volcanic processes. Geophys. Res. Lett., 22:143-146.

Baker, E.T., C. German, and H. Elderfield (1995). Hydrothermal plumes on spreading-center axes: Global distributions and geological inferences, in Seafloor Hydrothermal Systems: Physical, Chemical, Biological, and Geological Interactions, Geophys. Monog. Ser., vol. 91, edited by S. Humphris, R. Zierenberg, L.S. Mullineaux, and R. Thomson, pp. 47-71, AGU, Washington D.C.

German, C., E.T. Baker, and G. Klinkhammer (1995). The regional setting of hydrothermal vent systems, in Hydrothermal Vents and Processes, edited by L.M. Parson, C.L. Walker, and D.R. Dixon, Geol. Soc. Spec. Pub. No. 87: 3-15.

Mottl, M.J., F.T. Sansone, C.G. Wheat, J.A. Resing, E.T. Baker, and J.E. Lupton (1995). Manganese and methane in hydrothermal plumes along the East Pacific Rise, 8°40' to 11°50'N, Geochim. Cosmochim. Acta, 59: 4147-4166.

Urabe T., E.T. Baker et al.(1995), The effect of magmatic activity on hydrothermal venting along the superfast-spreading East Pacific Rise, Science, 269: 1092-1095.

Baker, E.T., and T. Urabe, Extensive distribution of hydrothermal plumes along the superfast-spreading East Pacific Rise, 13°50'-18°40'S, J. Geophys. Res., 101: 8685-8695, 1996.

Baker, E.T., Geological indexes of hydrothermal venting, J. Geophys. Res., 101: 13,741-13,753, 1996.

Baker, E.T., Y.J. Chen, and J. Phipps Morgan, Relationship between near-axis hydrothermal cooling and the spreading rate of midocean ridges, Earth Plan. Sci. Lett.., 101: 137-145, 1996.

Feely, R.A., E.T. Baker, K. Marumo, T. Urabe, J. Ishibashi, J. Gendron, G.T. Lebon, and K. Okamura, Hydrothermal plume particles and dissolved phosphate over the superfast-spreading southern East Pacific Rise, Geochim. Cosmochim. Acta, 60: 2297-2323, 1996.

Baker, E.T. and H.B. Milburn, MAPR: A new instrument for hydrothermal plume mapping. Ridge Events 8: 23-25, 1997.

Ishibashi, J., H. Wakita, K. Okamura, E. Nakayama, R.A. Feely, G.T. Lebon, E.T. Baker, and K. Marumo, Hydrothermal methane and manganese variation in the plume over the superfast-spreading southern East Pacific Rise, Geochim. Cosmochim. Acta, 61: 485-500, 1997.

Wheat, C.G., M.J. Mottl, E.T. Baker, R.A. Feely, J.E. Lupton, F.J. Sansone, J.A. Reising, G.T. Lebon, and N.C. Becker, Chemical anomalies In the water column caused by low-temperature hydrothermal venting: Baby Bare outcrop on the eastern flank of the Juan de Fuca Ridge, J. Geophys. Res., 102, 15,433-15446, 1997.

Cherkaoui, A.S.M., W.S.D. Wilcock, and E.T. Baker, Thermal fluxes associated with the 1993 diking event on the CoAxial segment, Juan de Fuca Ridge: A model for the convective cooling of the dike, J. Geophys. Res., 102, 24,887-24,902, 1997.

Maruyama, A., T. Urabe, J. Ishibashi, R.A. Feely, and, E.T. Baker, Global hydrothermal primary production rate estimated from the southern East Pacific Rise, Cah. Biol. Mar., 39, 249-252, 1998.

Mottl, M.J., G. Wheat, E. Baker, N. Becker, E. Davis, R. Feely, A. Grehan, D. Kadko, M. Lilley, G. Massoth, C. Moyer, and F. Sansone, Warm springs discovered on 3.5 Ma oceanic crust, eastern flank of the Juan de Fuca Ridge, Geology, 26, 51-54, 1998.

Scheirer, D.S. E.T. Baker, and K.T.M. Johnson, Detection of hydrothermal plumes along the Southeast Indian Ridge near the Amsterdam-St. Paul Plateau, Geophys. Res. Lett., 25, 97-100, 1998.

Baker, E.T., G.J. Massoth, R.A. Feely, G.A. Cannon, and R.E. Thomson, The rise and fall of the CoAxial hydrothermal field, 1993-1996, J. Geophys. Res., 103, 9791-9906, 1998.

Lupton, J.E., E.T. Baker, N. Garfield, G.J. Massoth, R.A. Feely, J.P. Cowen, R.R. Greene, and T.A. Rago, Tracking the evolution of a hydrothermal event plume with a RAFOS neutrally buoyant drifter, Science, 280, 1052-1055, 1998.

German, C.R., E.T. Baker, C. Mevel, K. Tamaki, and the FUJI Scientific Team, Hydrothermal activity along the South West Indian Ridge, Nature, 395, 490-493, 1998.

Baker, E.T., Patterns of event and chronic hydrothermal venting following a magmatic intrusion: New perspectives from the 1996 Gorda Ridge eruption, Deep-Sea Res. II, 45, 2599-2618, 1998.

Juniper, S.K., D.F. Bird, M.P. Vong, and E.T. Baker, Viral and bacterial dynamics in hydrothermal event plumes over Northern Gorda Ridge, Deep-Sea Res. II, 45, 2739-2750, 1998.

Cowen, J.P. and E.T. Baker, The 1996 Gorda Ridge event detection and response activities: Historical perspective and future implications, Deep-Sea Res. II, 45, 2503-2512, 1998.

Massoth, G.J., E.T. Baker, R.A. Feely, J.E. Lupton, R.W. Collier, K.K. Roe, S.M. Maenner, J.A. Resing, and J. Gendron, Manganese and iron in hydrothermal plumes resulting from the 1996 Gorda Ridge Event, Deep-Sea Res. II, 45, 2683-2712, 1998.

Cowen, J.P., M.A. Bertram, E.T. Baker, R.A. Feely, G.J. Massoth, and M. Summit, Geomicrobial transformation of manganese in Gorda Ridge event plumes, Deep-Sea Res. II, 45, 2713-2738, 1998.

Lavelle, J.W., E.T. Baker and G.J. Massoth, On the calculation of total heat, salt and tracer fluxes from ocean hydrothermal events. Deep-Sea Res. II, 45, 2619-2636, 1998.

Feely, R.A., E.T. Baker, G.T. Lebon, J.F. Gendron, G.J. Massoth, and C.W. Mordy, Chemical variations of hydrothermal particles in the 1996 Gorda Ridge Event and chronic plumes, Deep-Sea Res. II, 45, 2637-2664, 1998.

Baker, E.T., J.P. Cowen, C.G. Fox and The Axial Response Team , Axial Volcano awakes: Preliminary report of the detection of and response to the January, 1998, eruption at Axial Volcano, Juan de Fuca Ridge. RIDGE Events 9: 1-5, 1998.

Embley, R.W., and E.T. Baker, Interdisciplinary group explores seafloor eruption with remotely operated vehicle, Eos Trans. AGU, 80, 213-222, 1999.

Lupton, J.E. , E.T. Baker, and G.J. Massoth, Helium, heat, and the generation of hydrothermal event plumes at mid-ocean ridges, Earth. Planet. Sci. Lett., 171, 343–350, 1999.

Wetzler, M.A., J.W. Lavelle, G.A. Cannon, and E.T. Baker, Variability of temperature and currents measured near Pipe Organ hydrothermal vent site, Mar. Geophys. Res., 20, 505–516, 1998.

Baker, E.T., C.G. Fox, and J.P. Cowen, In situ observations of the onset of hydrothermal discharge during the 1998 submarine eruption of Axial Volcano, Juan de Fuca Ridge, Geophys. Res. Lett., 26, 3445–3448, 1999.

Resing, J.A., R.A. Feely, G.J. Massoth, and E.T. Baker, The water-column chemical signal after the 1998 eruption of Axial Volcano, Geophys. Res. Lett., 26, 3645–3648, 1999.

Cowen, J.P., R. Shackelford, D. McGee, E.T. Baker, P. Lam, and E.J. Olson, Microbial biomass in the hydrothermal plumes associated with the 1998 Axial Volcano eruption, Geophys. Res. Lett., 26(23), 3445–3448, 1999.

McLaughlin-West, E.A., E.J. Olson, M.D. Lilley, J.A. Resing, J.E. Lupton, E. Baker, and J.P. Cowen, Variations in hydrothermal methane and hydrogen concentrations following the 1998 eruption at Axial Volcano, Geophys. Res. Lett., 26, 3453–3456, 1999.

Lupton, J.E., E. Baker, R. Embley, R. Greene, and L. Evans, Anomalous helium and heat signatures associated with the 1998 Axial Volcano event, Juan de Fuca Ridge, Geophys. Res. Lett., 26, 3449–3452, 1999.

Feely, R.A., E.T. Baker, G.T. Lebon, J.F. Gendron, J.A. Resing, and J.P. Cowen, Evidence for sulfur enrichment in hydrothermal particles at Axial Volcano following the January-February, 1998 eruption, Geophys. Res. Lett., 26, 3649–3652, 1999.

Murton, B.J., L.J. Redbourn, C.R. German, and E.T. Baker, Sources and fluxes of hydrothermal heat, chemicals and biology within a segment of the Mid-Atlantic Ridge, Earth Planet. Sci. Lett., 171, 301–317, 1999.

Johnson, K.T.M., D.W. Graham, K. Nicolaysen, D.S. Scheirer, D.W. Forsyth, E.T. Baker, and K.H., Rubin, Boomerang Seamount: Active expression of the Amsterdam-St. Paul hotspot, southeast Indian Ridge?, Earth. Planet. Sci. Lett., 183, 245–259, 2000.

Hart, S.R., H. Staudigel, A.A.P. Koppers, J. Blusztajn, E.T. Baker, E. Hauri, M. Kurz, R. Workman, K. Sims, D. Fornari, A. Saal, and S. Lyons, Vailulu'u undersea volcano: The new Samoa, Geochem. Geophys. Geosyst., 1, Paper number 2000GC000108, 13 pp., 2000.

Lupton, J.E., E.T. Baker, and G.J. Massoth, Reply to Comment by M.R. Palmer and G.G.J. Ernst on "Helium, heat, and the generation of hydrothermal event plumes at mid-ocean ridges" by J.E. Lupton, E.T. Baker, and G.J. Massoth, Earth Planet. Sci. Lett., 180, 219–222, 2000.

Baker, E.T., D.A. Tennant, R.A. Feely, G.T. Lebon, and S.L. Walker, Field and laboratory studies on the effect of particle size and composition on optical backscattering measurements in hydrothermal plumes. Deep-Sea Res. I, 48, 593–604, 2001.

Cowen, J.P. M.A. Bertram, S. Wakeham, R.E. Thomson, J.W. Lavelle, E.T. Baker, R.A. Feely, and B.J. Burd, Ascending and descending particle flux from hydrothermal plumes at Endeavour segment, Juan de Fuca Ridge, Deep-Sea Res. I, 48, 1093–1120, 2001.

Chadwick, W., E. Baker, D. Butterfield, P. Canales, S. Carbotte, D. Caress, D. Chadwell, R. Detrick, J. Diebold, A. Harding, J. Hildebrand, H. Jannasch, K. Johnson, G. Kent, R. Koski, J. Morton, W. Normark, M. Perfit, C. Reiss, G. Sasagawa, M. Smith, F. Spiess, D. Stakes, M.A. Tivey, S. Tucker, G. Wheat, and M. Zumberge, The RIDGE seafloor observatory at the Cleft Segment: Investigation of linkages between geodetic, geophysical, geochemical, and water column processes. RIDGE Events, 11,February 2001, 18–24, 2001.

German, C.R., R.A. Livermore, E.T. Baker, N.I. Bruguier, D.P. Connelly, A.P. Cunningham, P. Morris, I.P. Rouse, P.J. Statham, and P.A. Tyler, Hydrothermal plumes above the East Scotia Ridge: An isolated high-latitude back-arc spreading, Earth Planet. Sci. Lett., 184, 241–250, 2001.

Lavelle, J.W., M.A. Wetzler, E.T. Baker, and R.W. Embley, Prospecting for hydrothermal vents using moored current and temperature data: Axial Volcano on the Juan de Fuca Ridge, northeast Pacific, J. Phys. Oceanogr., 31, 827–838, 2001.

Tennant, D.A., E.T. Baker, A.J. Paulson, R.A. Feely, and G. Lebon, Long-term studies of particulate flux on and near the Juan de Fuca Ridge, NOAA Tech. Memo. ERL PMEL-118, 87 pp, 2001.

Baker, E.T., M.-H. Cormier, C.H. Langmuir, and K. Zavala, Hydrothermal plumes along segments of contrasting magmatic influence, 15°20'–18°30'N, East Pacific Rise: Influence of axial faulting. Geochem. Geophys. Geosyst. 2, Paper number 2000GC000165, 2001.

de Ronde, C.E.J., E.T. Baker, G.J. Massoth, J.E. Lupton, I.C. Wright, R.A. Feely, and R.R. Greene, Intra-oceanic subduction-related hydrothermal venting, Kermadec forearc, New Zealand, Earth Planet. Sci. Lett., 193, 359-369, 2001.

Lavelle, J. W.; Baker, E. T.; Cannon, G. A., Ocean currents at Axial Volcano, a northeastern Pacific seamount, J. Geophys. Res.,108, 10.1029/2002JC001305, 2003.

Baker, E.T., R.N. Hey, J.E. Lupton, J.A. Resing, R.A. Feely, J.J. Gharib, G.J. Massoth, F.J. Sansone, M. Kleinrock, F. Martinez, D.F. Naar, C. Rodrigo, D. Bohnenstiehl, and D. Pardee (2001): Hydrothermal venting along Earth's fastest spreading center: East Pacific Rise, 27.5°–32.3°S. J. Geophys. Res. 107, 10.1029/2001JB000651, 2002.

Bach, W., N.R. Banerjee, H.J.B. Dick, and E.T. Baker (2001): Discovery of ancient and active hydrothermal systems along the ultraslow-spreading southwest Indian Ridge 10–15°E. Geochem., Geophys., Geosyst., 3, 2001GC000279, 2002

Baker, E.T., G.J. Massoth, C.E.J. de Ronde, J.E. Lupton, and B.I.A. McInnes, Observations and sampling of an ongoing subsurface eruption of Kavachi Volcano, Solomon Islands, May 2000, Geology, 30, 975-978, 2002.

Edmonds, H.N., P.J. Michael, E.T. Baker, D.P. Connelly, J.E. Snow, C.H. Langmuir, H.J.B. Dick, R. Mühe, C.R. German, and D.W. Graham, Discovery of abundant hydrothermal venting on the ultraslow-spreading Gakkel Ridge, Arctic Ocean, Nature, 421, 252-256, 2003.

Hein, J.R., E.T. Baker, J.P. Cowen, C.R. German, E. Holzbecher, R.A. Koski, M.J. Mottl, N.V. Pimenov, S.D. Scott, and A.M. Thurnherr, How important are the material and energy fluxes from hydrothermal circulation to the ocean? in Energy and Mass Transfer in Marine Hydrothermal Systems, Dahlem Workshop Report 89,edited by P.E. Halbach, V. Tunnicliffe, and J.R. Hein, pp. 337-335, Dahlem University Press, Berlin, 2003.

Baker, E.T., R.A. Feely, C.E.J. de Ronde, G.J. Massoth, and I.C. Wright, Submarine hydrothermal venting on the southern Kermadec volcanic arc front (offshore New Zealand): Location and extent of particle plume signatures, in Intra-oceanic Subduction Systems: Tectonic and Magmatic Processes, edited by R.D. Larter and P.T. Leat, Geol. Soc. Lond. Spec. Pub., 219, 141-161, 2003.

de Ronde, C.E.J., G.J. Massoth, E.T. Baker, and J.E. Lupton, Submarine hydrothermal venting related to volcanic arcs, In Volcanic, geothermal and ore-forming fluids: Rulers and witnesses of processes within the Earth, edited by S.F. Simmons and I. Graham, Soc. of Economic Geologists, 10, 91-110, 2003.

Massoth, G.J., C.E.J. de Ronde, J.E. Lupton, R.A. Feely, E.T. Baker, G.T. Lebon, and S.M. Maenner, The chemically rich and diverse submarine hydrothermal plumes of the southern Kermadec volcanic arc (New Zealand), in Intra-oceanic Subduction Systems: Tectonic and Magmatic Processes, edited by R.D. Larter and P.T. Leat, Geol. Soc. Lond. Spec. Pub., 219, 119-139, 2003.

Embley, R. W., E. T. Baker, W. W. Chadwick, Jr., J. E. Lupton, J. A. Resing, G. J. Massoth, and K. Nakamura, Explorations of Mariana Arc volcanoes reveal new hydrothermal systems, Eos Trans. AGU, 85, 37, 40, 2004.

Staudigel, H., S.R. Hart, A.A.P. Koppers, C. Constable, R. Workman, M. Kurz, and E.T. Baker: Hydrothermal venting at Vailulu'u Seamount: The smoking end of the Samoan Chain, Geochem., Geophys., Geosys., 5(2), Q02003, doi:10.1029/2003GC000626, 2004.

Baker, E.T., R.P, Lowell, J.A. Resing, R.A. Feely, R.W. Embley, G.J. Massoth, and S.L. Walker, Decay of hydrothermal output following the 1998 seafloor eruption at Axial Volcano: Observations and models, J. Geophys. Res., 109, doi:10.1029/2003JB2618, 2004.

Baker, E.T., and C.R. German, On the global distribution of hydrothermal vent fields, in Mid-Ocean Ridges: Hydrothermal Interactions Between the Lithosphere and Oceans, Geophys. Monogr. Ser., vol. 148, edited by C. R. German, J. Lin, and L.M. Parson, pp. 245-266, AGU, Washington, D. C., 2004.

Baker, E.T., H.N. Edmonds, P.J. Michael, W. Bach, H.J.B. Dick, J.E. Snow, S.L. Walker, N.R. Banerjee, and C.H. Langmuir, Hydrothermal venting in magma deserts: The ultraslow-spreading Gakkel and South West Indian Ridges. Geochem. Geophys. Geosys., 5(8), Q08002, doi: 10.1029/2004GC000712, 2004.

Walker, S.L., E.T. Baker, G.J. Massoth, and R.N. Hey (2004): Short-term variations in the distribution of hydrothermal plumes along a superfast-spreading center, East Pacific Rise, 27°30'–32°20'S. Geochem. Geophys. Geosys., 5, Q12005, doi:10.1029/2004GC000789.

Cowen, J.P., E.T. Baker, and R.W. Embley (2004): Detection of and response to mid-ocean ridge magmatic/tectonic events: Implications for the subsurface biosphere, in The Subseafloor Biosphere at Mid-Ocean Ridges, Geophys. Monogr. Ser., vol. 144, edited by W.S. D. Wilcock, E.F. DeLong, D.S. Kelley, J.A. Baross, and S. C. Cary, pp. 227-243, AGU, Washington, D.C.

Hey, R., E. T. Baker, D. Bohnenstiel, G. Massoth, M. Kleinrock, F. Martinez, D. Naar, D. Pardee, J. Lupton, R. Feely, J. Gharib, J. Resing, C. Rodrigo, F. Sansone, and S. Walker (2004): Segmentation patterns and tectonic and volcanic controls on hydrothermal venting along Earth's fastest active seafloor spreading system, EPR 27°–32°S, Geochem. Geophys. Geosyst., 5, Q12007, doi:10.1029/2004GC000764.

Bosley, K.L., J.W. Lavelle, R.D. Brodeur, W.W. Wakefield, R.L. Emmett, E.T. Baker, and K.M. Rehmke (2004): Biological and physical processes in and around Astoria Submarine Canyon, Oregon, USA. J. Mar. Syst., 50(1–2), 21–37.

Wheat C.G., M.J. Mottl, A.T. Fisher, D. Kadko, E.E. Davis, E. Baker (2004): Heat flow through a basaltic outcrop on a sedimented young ridge flank, Geochem. Geophys. Geosys., 5, Q12005, doi:10.1029/2004GC000789.

Devey, C.W., K.S. Lackschewitz, and E.T. Baker (2005) Hydrothermal and volcanic activity found on the southern Mid-Atlantic Ridge, Eos Trans. AGU, 86(37), 209, 212.

Baker, E.T. , G.J. Massoth, K. Nakamura, R.W. Embley, C.E.J. de Ronde, and R.J. Arculus (2005), Hydrothermal activity on near-arc sections of back-arc ridges: Results from the Mariana Trough and Lau Basin, Geochem. Geophys. Geosyst., 6(9), Q09001, doi: 10.1029/2005GC000948.

de Ronde, C.E.J., M.D. Hannington, P. Stoffers, I.C. Wright, R.G. Ditchburn, A.G. Reyes, E.T. Baker, G.J. Massoth, J.E. Lupton, S.L. Walker, R.R. Greene, C.W.R. Soong, J. Ishibashi, G.T. Lebon, C.J. Bray, and J.A. Resing (2005): Evolution of a submarine magmatic-hydrothermal system: Brothers Volcano, Southern Kermadec Arc, New Zealand. Econ. Geol., 100, 1097–1133.

Dziak, R., B. Chadwick, J. Cowen, E. Baker, R. Embley, D. Bohnenstiehl, and J. Resing (2006): Detecting volcanic events in the northeast Pacific. Eos Trans. AGU, 87(4), 37–42.

Gharib, J.J., F.J. Sansone, J.A. Resing, E.T. Baker, J.E. Lupton, and G.J. Massoth (2005): Methane dynamics in hydrothermal plumes over a superfast spreading center: East Pacific Rise 27.5°–32.3°S. J. Geophys. Res., 110(B10), B10101, doi: 10.1029/2004JB003531.

Baker, E.T., J.A. Resing, S.L. Walker, F. Martinez, B. Taylor, and K.-I. Nakamura (2006): Abundant hydrothermal venting along melt-rich and melt-free ridge segments in the Lau back-arc basin. Geophys. Res. Lett., 33, L07308, doi: 10.1029/2005GL025283.

Staudigel, H., S. Hart, A. Pile, B. Bailey, E. Baker, S. Brooke, D.P. Connelly, L. Haucke, C. German, I. Hudson, D. Jones, A. Koppers, J. Konter, R. Lee, T. Pietsch, B. Tebo, A. Templeton, R. Zierenberg, and C. Young (2006): Vailulu'u Seamount, Samoa: Life and death on an active submarine volcano. Proc. Nat. Acad. Sci., 103(17), 6448–6453.

Embley, R.W., W.W. Chadwick, Jr., E.T. Baker, D.A. Butterfield, J.A. Resing, C.E.J. de Ronde, V. Tunnicliffe, J.E. Lupton, S.K. Juniper, K.H. Rubin, R.J. Stern, G.T. Lebon, K.-I. Nakamura, S.G. Merle, J.R. Hein, D.A. Wiens, and Y. Tamura (2006): Long-term eruptive activity at a submarine arc volcano. Nature, 441, 494-497 (25 May 2006) | doi:10.1038/nature04762.

Martinez, F., B. Taylor, E.T. Baker, J.A. Resing and S.L. Walker (2006) Controls on faulting and hydrothermal activity at the back-arc Eastern Lau Spreading Center, Earth Planet. Sci Lett., 245(3–4), 655–672.

Murton, B. J., E. T. Baker, C. M. Sands, and C. R. German (2006), Detection of an unusually large hydrothermal event plume above the slow-spreading Carlsberg Ridge: NW Indian Ocean, Geophys. Res. Lett., 33, L10608, doi:10.1029/2006GL026048.

Lupton, J., D. Butterfield, M. Lilley, L. Evans, J. Resing, R. Embley, E. Olson, G. Proskurowski, W. Chadwick, Jr., E. Baker, C. de Ronde, K.-I. Nakamura, K. Roe, R. Greene, and G. Lebon (2006): Submarine venting of liquid carbon dioxide on a Mariana Arc volcano. Geochem. Geophys. Geosyst., 7, Q08007, doi: 10.1029/2005GC001152.

German, C.R., E.T. Baker, D.P. Connelly, J.E. Lupton, J. Resing, R.D. Prien, S.L. Walker, H.N. Edmonds, and C.H. Langmuir (2006): Hydrothermal exploration of the Fonualei Rift and spreading centre and the North East Lau spreading centre. Geochem. Geophys. Geosyst. ,7, Q11022, doi:10.1029/2006GC001324.

de Ronde, C.E.J., E.T. Baker, G.J. Massoth, J.E. Lupton, I.C. Wright, R.J. Sparks, S.C. Bannister, M.E. Reyners, S.L. Walker, R.R. Greene, J. Ishibashi, K. Faure, J.A. Resing, and G.T. Lebon (2007): Submarine hydrothermal activity along the mid-Kermadec Arc, New Zealand: Large-scale effects on venting. Geochem. Geophys. Geosyst., 8(Q07007), doi: 10.1029/2006GC001495.

Tolstoy, M., J.P. Cowen, E.T. Baker, D.J. Fornari, K.H. Rubin, T.M. Shank, F. Waldhauser, D.R. Bohnenstiehl, D.W. Forsyth, R.C. Holmes, B. Love, M.R. Perfit, R.T. Weekly, S.A. Soule, B. Glazer, Science Party RV New Horizon, and Science Party RV Knorr (2006): A seafloor spreading event captured by seismometers. Science, 314(5807), 1920-1922.

Faure, K., J. Greinert, I.A. Pecher, I.J. Graham, G.J. Massoth, C.E.J. de Ronde, I.C. Wright, E.T. Baker, and E.J. Olson (2006): Methane seepage and its relation to slumping and gas hydrate at the Hikurangi margin, New Zealand. New Zeal. J. Geol. Geophys., 49, 503-516.

Dyment, J., J. Lin, and E.T. Baker (2007): Ridge-hotspot interactions - What mid-ocean ridges tell us about deep Earth processes. Oceanography, 20, 102-115.

Dziak, R.P., D.R. Bohnenstiehl, J.P. Cowen, E.T. Baker, K.H. Rubin, J.H. Haxel, and M.J. Fowler (2007): Rapid dike emplacement leads to dramatic hydrothermal plume release during seafloor spreading events. Geology, 35, 579-582.

Cowen, J.P., D.J. Fornari, T.M. Shank, B. Love, B. Glazer, A.H. Treusch, R.C. Holmes, S.A. Soule, E.T. Baker, M. Tolstoy, and K.R. Pomraning (2007): Volcanic eruptions at East Pacific Rise crest near 9°50'N. Eos Trans. Am. Geophys. Union, 88(7), 81 pp.

Massoth, G.J., E.T. Baker, T. Worthington, J.E. Lupton, C. de Ronde, R.A. Arculus, S.L. Walker, K. Nakamura, J.-I. Ishibashi, P. Stoffers, J.A. Resing, R. Greene, and G. Lebon (2007): Multiple hydrothermal sources along the south Tonga arc and Valu Fa Ridge. Geochem. Geophys. Geosyst., 8(11), Q11008, doi: 10.1029/2007GC001675.

Resing, J.A., G. Lebon, E.T. Baker, J.E. Lupton, R.W. Embley, G.J. Massoth, W.W. Chadwick, Jr., and C.E.J. de Ronde (2007): Venting of acid-sulfate fluids in a high-sulfidation setting at NW Rota-1 submarine volcano on the Mariana Arc. Econ. Geol., 102(6), 1047-1061.

Baker, E.T. (2007): Hydrothermal cooling of midocean ridge axes: Do measured and modeled heat fluxes agree? Earth Planet. Sci. Lett., 263(1-2), 140-150.

Embley, R.W., E.T. Baker, D.A. Butterfield, W.W. Chadwick, Jr., J.E. Lupton, J.A. Resing, C.E.J. de Ronde, K.-I. Nakamura, V. Tunnicliffe, J.F. Dower, and S.G. Merle (2007): Exploring the submarine ring of fire: Mariana Arc - Western Pacific, Oceanography, 20(4), 68-79.

Haymon, R.M., E.T. Baker, J.A. Resing, S.M White, K.C. Macdonald, and GalAPAGoS Team (2007): Hunting for hydrothermal vents along the Galapagos spreading center. Oceanography, 20(4), 100-107.

Baker, E.T., R.W. Embley, S.L. Walker, J.A. Resing, J.L. Lupton, K.-I. Nakamura, C.E.J. de Ronde, and G.J. Massoth (2008): Hydrothermal activity and volcano distribution along the Mariana arc. J. Geophys. Res., 113, B08S09, doi:10.1029/2007JB005423.

Lavelle, J.W., G.J. Massoth, E.T. Baker, and C. de Ronde (2008), Ocean current and temperature time series at Brothers volcano, J. Geophys. Res., 113, C09018, doi:10.1029/2007JC004713.

Walker, S.L., E.T. Baker, J.A. Resing, W.W. Chadwick, Jr., G.T. Lebon, J.E. Lupton, and S.G. Merle (2008), Eruption-fed particle plumes and volcaniclastic deposits at a submarine volcano: NW-Rota 1, Mariana Arc. J. Geophys. Res., B08S11, doi:10.1029/2007JB005441.

Haymon, R.M., S.M. White, E.T. Baker, P.G. Anderson, K.C. Macdonald, and J.A. Resing (2008): High-resolution surveys along the hotspot-affected Galapagos Spreading Center: 3. Black smoker discoveries and the implications for geological controls on hydrothermal activity. Geochem. Geophys. Geosyst., 9, Q12006, doi: 10.1029/2008GC002114.

White, S., J. Meyer, R. Haymon, K. Macdonald, E.T. Baker, and J. Resing (2008), Influence of Magma Supply on Volcanic Morphology: Plume-ridge interaction at the Galapagos Spreading Center, Geochem. Geophys. Geosyst., 9, Q09004, doi:10.1029/2008GC002036.

Baker, E. T., R. M. Haymon, J. A. Resing, S M. White, S. L. Walker, K. C. Macdonald, and K. Nakamura (2008), High-resolution surveys along the hot spot-affected Galapagos Spreading Center: 1. Distribution of hydrothermal activity, Geochem. Geophys. Geosyst., 9, Q09003, doi:10.1029/2008GC002028.

German, C.R., S.A. Bennett, D.P. Connelly, A.J. Evans, B.J. Murton, L.M. Parson, R.D. Prien, E. Ramirez-Llodra, M. Jakuba, T.M. Shank, D.R. Yoerger, E.T. Baker, S.L. Walker, and K. Nakamura (2008): Hydrothermal activity on the southern Mid-Atlantic Ridge: Tectonically- and volcanically-controlled venting at 4-5°S. Earth Planet. Sci. Lett., 273(3-4), 332-344.

Melchert, B., C.W. Devey, C.R. German, K.S. Lackschewitz, R. Seifert, M. Walter, C. Mertens, D.R. Yoerger, E.T. Baker, H. Paulick, and K. Nakamura (2008): First evidence for high-temperature off-axis venting of deep crustal/mantle heat: The Nibelungen Hydrothermal Field, Southern Mid-Atlantic Ridge. Earth Planet. Sci. Lett., 275(1-2), 61-69.

Baker, E. T. (2009), Relationships between hydrothermal activity and axial magma chamber distribution, depth, and melt content, Geochem. Geophys. Geosyst., 10, Q06009, doi:10.1029/2009GC002424.

Resing, J.A., E.T. Baker, J.E. Lupton, S.L. Walker, D.A. Butterfield, G.J. Massoth, and K.-I. Nakamura (2009): Chemistry of hydrothermal plumes above submarine volcanoes of the Mariana Arc. Geochem. Geophys. Geosyst., 10(2), Q02009, doi: 10.1029/2008GC002141.

Baker, E.T., F. Martinez, J.A. Resing, S.L. Walker, N. Buck, and M.H. Edwards (2010), Hydrothermal cooling along the Eastern Lau Spreading Center: No evidence for discharge beyond the neovolcanic zone, Geochem. Geophys. Geosyst., 11, Q08004, doi: 10.1029/2010GC003106.

Chadwick, W.W., R.W. Embley, E.T. Baker, J.A. Resing, J.E. Lupton, K.V. Cashman, R.P. Dziak, V. Tunnicliffe, D.A. Butterfield, and Y. Tamura (2010): Spotlight 10: Northwest Rota-1 Seamount. Oceanography, 23(1), 182-183.

Marbler, H., A. Koschinsky, T. Pape, R. Seifert, S. Weber, E.T. Baker, L.M. de Carvalho, and K. Schmidt (2010): Geochemical and physical structure of the hydrothermal plume at the ultramafic-hosted Logatchev hydrothermal field at 14°45'N on the Mid-Atlantic Ridge. Mar. Geol., 271(3-4), 187-197.

Walter, M., C. Mertens, U. Stöber, C.R. German, D. Yoerger, J. Sültenfuß, M. Rhein, B. Melchert, and E.T. Baker (2010): Rapid dispersal of a hydrothermal plume by turbulent mixing. Deep-Sea Res. I, 57(8), 931-945.

Gamo, T., U. Tsunogai, S. Ichibayashi, H. Chiba, H. Obata, T. Oomori, T. Noguchi, E.T. Baker, T. Doi, M. Maruo, and Y. Sano (2010): Microbial carbon isotope fractionation to produce extraordinarily heavy methane in aging hydrothermal plumes over the southwestern Okinawa Trough. Geochem. J., 44(6), 477-487.

Lupton, J., C. de Ronde, M. Sprovieri, E.T. Baker, P.P. Bruno, F. Italiano, S. Walker, K. Faure, M. Leybourne, K. Britten, and R. Greene (2011): Active hydrothermal discharge on the submarine Aeolian Arc. J. Geophys. Res., 116(B02102), doi: 10.1029/2010JB007738.

Baker, E.T., J.E. Lupton, J.A. Resing, T. Baumberger, M.D. Lilley, S.L. Walker, and K.H. Rubin (2011): Unique event plumes from a 2008 eruption on the Northeast Lau Spreading Center. Geochem. Geophys. Geosyst., 12, Q0AF02, doi: 10.1029/2011GC003725.

Baker, E.T., S.L. Walker, R.W. Embley, and C.E.J. de Ronde (2012): High-resolution hydrothermal mapping of Brothers caldera, Kermadec arc. Econ. Geol. [in press].

Dziak, R.P., E.T. Baker, W.W. Chadwick, Jr., J.H. Haxel, H. Matsumoto, M.J. Fowler, and S.L. Walker (2012): First long-term explosion record of a submarine volcano. [In preparation]

Leybourne, M.I., C. de Ronde, E.T. Baker, G.J. Massoth, J. Lupton, J.-I. Ishibashi, S. Walker, R. Arculus, and B. McInnes (2011): Evidence for hydrothermal activity in the Woodlark Basin, an arc-influenced oceanic spreading center. Mar. Chem. [Submitted]

Leybourne, M.I., U. Schwarz-Schampera, C.E.J. de Ronde, E.T. Baker, K. Faure, S.L. Walker, D.A. Butterfield, J. Resing, J. Lupton, M.D. Hannington, G.J. Massoth, M. Clark, C. Timm, I.J. Graham, and I.C. Wright (2012): Submarine magmatic-hydrothermal systems at the Monowai Volcanic Centre, Kermadec Arc. Econ. Geol. [In preparation]

Resing, J.A., K.H. Rubin, R.W. Embley, J.E. Lupton, E.T. Baker, R.P. Dziak, T. Baumberger, M. Lilley, J. Huber, T. Shank, D.A. Butterfield, D. Clague, N. Keller, S. Merle, N. Buck, P. Michael, A. Soule, D. Caress, S.L. Walker, R. Davis, J. Cowen, A.-L. Reysenbach, and H. Thomas (2011): Active submarine eruption of boninite in the northeastern Lau Basin. Nature Geosci., 4, doi: 10.1038/NGEO1275, 799-806.

Baker, E.T., W.W. Chadwick, Jr., J.P. Cowen, R.P. Dziak, K.H. Rubin, and D.J. Fornari (2012): Hydrothermal discharge during submarine eruptions: The importance of detection, response, and new technology. Oceanography, 25(1), doi: 10.5670/oceanog.2012.11, 128-141.

Carey, S., K Croff Bell, M Marani, M Rosi, E. Baker, C Roman, M. Pistolesi, and J. Kelly (2012): Submarine volcanism in the straits of Sicily. Oceanography, 25(1), Suppl. 34-35.

Ray, D., K.A. Kamesh Raju, E.T. Baker, A. Srinivas Rao, A.V. Mudholkar, J.E. Lupton, L. Surya Prakash, R.B. Gawas, and T. Vijaya Kumar (2012): Hydrothermal plumes over the Carlsberg Ridge, Indian Ocean. Geochem. Geophys. Geosyst., 13, Q01009, doi: 10.1029/2011GC003888.

Rubin, K.H., S.A. Soule, W.W. Chadwick, Jr., D.J. Fornari, D.A. Clague, R.W. Embley, E.T. Baker, M.R. Perfit, D.W. Caress, and R.P. Dziak (2012): Volcanic eruptions in the deep sea. Oceanography, 25(1), doi: 10.5670/oceanog.2012.12, 142-157.

Shank, T.M., E. Baker, R. Embley, S. Hammond, J.F. Holden, S. White, S.L. Walker, M. Calderon, S. Herrera, T.J. Lin, C. Munro, T. Heyl, L.C. Stewart, M, Malik, M. Lobecker, and J. Potter (2012): Exploration of the deepwater Galapagos region. Oceanography, 25(1), Suppl. 50-51.


Other Publications:

Baker, E.T., and J.B. Nevins (1977). The distribution and composition of suspended particulate matter above the manganese nodule province of the eastern equatorial Pacific Ocean. Proc. Offshore Tech. Conf. OTS, 3139:751-758.

Baker, E.T., J.D. Cline, R.A. Feely, and J. Quan (1978). Seasonal distribution, trajectory studies, and sorption characteristics of suspended particulate matter in the northern Puget Sound region. EPA/DOC Tech. Report, EPA-600/7-78-126, 140 pp.

Baker, E.T., and H. Curl, Jr. (1981). Observations of the Columbia River plume after the eruption of Mount St. Helens. Coastal Ocean Pollution Assessment News, 1 (2): 17-18.

Baker, E.T. (1982). Suspended particulate matter in Elliott Bay. NOAA Report ERL 417-PMEL 35,
44 pp.

Baker, E.T., and S.L. Walker (1982). Suspended particulate matter in Commencement Bay. NOAA/OMPA Tech. Memo. OMPA-26, 47 pp.

Ebbesmeyer, C.C., C.A. Coomes, J.M. Cox, E.T. Baker, C.S. Smyth, and C.A. Barnes (1986). Dynamics of Commencement Bay and approaches. NOAA Tech. Memo. NOS OMA-24, 79 pp.

Curl, H.C., Jr., E.T. Baker, T.S. Bates, G.A. Cannon, R.A. Feely, T.L. Geiselman, P.P. Murphy, D.J. Pashinski, A.J. Paulson, M.F. Roberts, and D.A. Tennant (1986). Contaminant transport from Elliott and Commencement Bays - Final Report, August 1987. PMEL report to EPA, 269 pp.

Tennant, D.A., S.L. Walker, J.W. Lavelle, and E.T. Baker (1987). A practical manual for determining settling rates of ocean disposed sewage sludge. NOAA Tech. Memo. ERL PMEL-69 (PB87-178273). 29 pp.

Dymond, J., E.T. Baker, and J.E. Lupton (1988). Plumes: The oceanic limb of seafloor hydrothermal systems. In The Mid-oceanic Ridge, A Dynamic Global System, Proceedings of a Nat. Acad. Sci. Workshop, Nat. Acad. Press, Washington, D.C., pp 209-231.

Curl, H.C., Jr., E.T. Baker, T.S. Bates, G.A. Cannon, R.A. Feely, T.L. Geiselman, M.F. Lamb, P.P. Murphy, D.J. Pashinski, A.J. Paulson, and D.A. Tennant (1988). Contaminant transport from Elliott and Commencement Bays. NOAA Tech. Memo. ERL PMEL-78 (PB88-219456), 136 pp.

Baker, E.T. (1990). Detection and sampling of hydrothermal event plumes. RIDGE Events 1(2), 1-5.

Mullineaux, L.S., P.H. Wiebe, and E.T. Baker (1991). Hydrothermal vent plumes: Larval highways in the deep sea? Oceanus, 34:64-68.

Baker, E.T. (1991). Megaplumes. Oceanus, 34(4):84-91.

Tennant, D.A., E.T. Baker, A.J. Paulson, R.A. Feely, and G. Lebon, Long-term studies of particulate flux on and near the Juan de Fuca Ridge, NOAA Tech. Memo. ERL PMEL-118, 87 pp, 2001.