Dr. Eoghan Reeves

From September 2013 on I will be at the
Earth, Atmospheric and Planetary Sciences Department at MIT


Links to Lab pages:
Organic Geochemistry / Hinrichs Lab
Petrology of the Ocean Crust / Bach Lab
 
Research Interests:
Geochemistry/biogeochemistry of hydrothermal systems, including:
● Processes controlling the formation and evolution of vent fluid compositions
● Carbon chemistry and carbon-sulfur interactions in hydrothermal systems
● Magmatic-hydrothermal systems in back-arc basins
● Organic geochemistry of hydrothermal chimney structures
● Experimental hydrothermal geochemistry
● Techniques in dissolved gas analyses
 
Curriculum Vitae in brief:
2010-2013: MARUM Postdoctoral Fellow
2005-2010: Ph.D. Geochemistry, Massachusetts Institute of Technology / Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution Joint Program
2004-2005: M.Sc. Geochemistry, University of Leeds, U.K.
1999-2002: B.Sc. Geological Oceanography, Bangor University, U.K.

Expeditions:
2013 FK008 - R/V Falkor/HROV Nereus - Mid-Cayman Rise, Caribbean Sea
2012 AT18-16 - R/V Atlantis/ROV Jason II - Mid-Cayman Rise, Caribbean Sea
2011 SO-216 - R/V Sonne/ROV Quest 4000m - Manus Basin, Papua New Guinea
2010 M82/3 - R/V Meteor/ROV Quest 4000m - Menez Gwen segment, Mid-Atlantic Ridge
2008 AT15-38 - R/V Atlantis/DSV Alvin - Guaymas Basin/East Pacific Rise (9-10°N)
2008 KNOX18RR - R/V Roger Revelle/ROV Jason II - Mid-Atlantic Ridge
2006 MGLN06MV - R/V Melville/ROV Jason II - Manus Basin, Papua New Guinea
2005 TUIM05MV - R/V Melville/ROV Jason II - Lau Basin

Publications / Manuscripts in Review (08/2013)

Lang, S.Q., Früh-Green, G.L., Kelley, D.S., Lilley, M.D., Proskurowski, G. and Reeves, E.P. (2012) H2/CH4 ratios cannot reliably distinguish abiotic vs. biotic methane in natural hydrothermal systems. PNAS, 109(47), E3210 (online Letter).
http://dx.doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1213138109

Pester, N.J., Reeves, E.P., Rough, M.E., Ding, K., Seewald, J.S. and Seyfried, W.E. Jr. (2012) Subseafloor phase equilibria in high-temperature hydrothermal fluids of the Lucky Strike Seamount (Mid-Atlantic Ridge, 37°17'N). Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 90, pp303–322.
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.gca.2012.05.018

Reeves, E.P., Seewald, J.S. and Sylva, S. (2012) Hydrogen isotope exchange between n-alkanes and water under hydrothermal conditions. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 77, pp582-599.
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.gca.2011.10.008

Reeves, E.P., Seewald, J.S., Saccocia, P., Bach, W., Craddock, P.R., Shanks, W.C., Sylva, S.P., Walsh, E., Pichler, T., and Rosner, M. (2011) Geochemistry of hydrothermal fluids from the PACMANUS, Northeast Pual and Vienna Woods hydrothermal fields, Manus Basin, Papua New Guinea. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 75, pp1088–1123.
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.gca.2010.11.008

Mottl, M.J., Seewald, J.S., Wheat, C.G., Tivey, M.K., Michael, P.J., Proskurowski, G., McCollom, T., Reeves, E., Sharkey, J., You, C.F., Chan, L.H., and Pichler, T. (2011) Chemistry of hot springs along the Eastern Lau Spreading Center. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 75, pp1013-1038.
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.gca.2010.12.008

Newton, R.J., Reeves, E.P., Kafousia, N., Wignall, P.B., Bottrell, S.H., and Sha, J.G. (2011) Low marine sulfate concentrations and the isolation of the European epicontinental sea during the Early Jurassic. Geology, 39, pp7-10.
http://dx.doi.org/10.1130/G31326.1

Craddock, P.R., Bach, W., Seewald, J.S., Rouxel, O.J., Reeves, E., and Tivey, M.K. (2010) Rare earth element abundances in hydrothermal fluids from the Manus Basin, Papua New Guinea: Indicators of subseafloor hydrothermal processes in back-arc basins. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 74, pp5494-5513.
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.gca.2010.07.003

Wignall, P.B., Hallam, A., Newton, R.J., Sha, J.G., Reeves, E., Mattioli, E., and Crowley, S. (2006) An eastern Tethyan (Tibetan) record of the Early Jurassic (Toarcian) mass extinction event. Geobiology, 4, pp179-190.
http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1472-4669.2006.00081.x