Professor and Associate Chair
Contact Information: Website
Office: 382 Williamson Hall
Education: Ph.D. Earth Sciences, University of California, San Diego (Scripps Institution of Oceanography), 1993
Areas of Interest / Research
- Geochemistry
- Hydrology/Hydrogeology
- Karst
- Coasts
- Sea level
- Glacial landscapes
Dr. Jon Martin is a geochemist with an interest in hydrologic systems, particularly surface water-groundwater interactions, relationships between flow and biogeochemical reactions, and mineral, water, and gas compositions and distributions. Dr. Martin has worked on these topics in various environments ranging from the deep ocean to upland watersheds. Recently, he has investigated carbonate mineral dissolution, redox conditions, and greenhouse gas cycling in karst aquifers, impairment of estuarine water quality from submarine groundwater discharge, saltwater intrusion into coastal aquifers caused by sea level rise, and changes in mineral weathering and biogeochemical reactions during exposure of glaciated landscapes as continental ice sheets retreat.
