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Biography

 

Kerry Key
Postdoctoral Researcher
Marine EM Laboratory
Scripps Institution of Oceanography

Research Interests

Marine magnetotelluric and controlled-source EM exploration, electromagnetic modeling with finite elements, electromagnetic inversion, mid-ocean ridges, subduction zones, hydrocarbon exploration, mantle dynamics, marine geophysical instrumentation design.

Education

B.S., Earth Science University of California, San Diego 1998
Ph. D., Geophysics University of California, San Diego 2003

Ph.D. Thesis
Ph.D. Thesis Advisor: Steven Constable

Awards

Gerald W. Hohmann Memorial Scholarship 1998, 1999
SEG Foundation Conoco Scholarship 2000-2002
Second Annual SIO Visualization Contest, 1st Place 2003
Institute of Geophysics and Planetary Physics Young Fellow Award 2004

Professional Societies

American Geophysical Union, Society of Exploration Geophysicists

External Professional Activities

Associate Editor, Geophysics 2006-present
Session Convener, American Geophysical Union, Fall Meeting, San Francisco 2005
Session Convener, IUGG General Assembly, Perugia, Italy 2007
Session Chair, SEG Annual Meeting, San Antonio, Texas 2007

Teaching Experience

Teaching Assistant, History of the Earth and Evolution, Earth Sci. 12 1998,1999
Guest lecturer on 2D/3D EM modeling, SIO231: Electrical Methods in Geophysics 2007
Co-Instructor, SEG Continuing Education Course: Marine Electromagnetic Methods for Hydrocarbon Exploration 2006, 2007

Field Camp Experience

Summer of Applied Geophysical Experience (SAGE), NSF/REU Geophysics Field Camp, Santa Fe, New Mexico 1998

Webmaster

marineemlab.ucsd.edu Marine EM Lab website
marineem.ucsd.edu Marine EM community website and mailing list

 

Refereed Publications

Heinson, G., A. White, S. Constable, and K. Key, Marine self-potential exploration. Exploration Geophysics, 30, 1-4, 1999.
Key, K., and S. Constable, Broadband marine MT exploration of the East Pacific Rise at 9°50'N, Geophys. Res. Lett., 29(22), 2054, doi:10.1029/2002GL016035, 2002.
Weitemeyer, K., S. Constable, K. Key and J. Behrens, First results from a marine controlled-source electromagnetic survey to detect gas hydrates offshore Oregon, Geophys. Res. Lett., 33, L03304,  doi:10.1029/2005GL024896, 2006.
Key, K., S. Constable and C. Weiss, Mapping 3D salt using 2D marine MT: Case study from Gemini Prospect, Gulf of Mexico, Geophysics, 71(1), B17-B27, Jan-Feb 2006.
Key, K., and C. Weiss. Adaptive finite element modeling using unstructured grids: the 2D magnetotelluric example. Geophysics, 71(6), G291–G299, Nov-Dec 2006.

 

Unrefereed Publications

Key, K., S. Constable, J. Behrens, G. Heinson, and C. Weiss, Mapping the northern EPR magmatic system using marine EM, Ridge 2000 Events, 3, 35–37, 2005.
Weitemeyer, K., S. Constable and K. Key, Marine EM techniques for gas-hydrate detection and hazard mitigation, The Leading Edge; May 2006; v. 25; no. 5; p. 629-632; DOI: 10.1190/1.2202668, 2006.

 

Selected Abstracts

Key, K., S. Constable, and C. Weiss, Mapping 3D salt with 2D marine MT: Case study from Gemini Prospect, Gulf of Mexico, 3DEM-III Workshop, Adelaide, Australia, 2003.
Key, K., and S. Constable, Broadband marine magnetotelluric exploration of the crust at a petroleum prospect and a mid-ocean ridge, invited, EGU-1st General Assembly, Nice, France, 2004.
Key, K., Marine MT: strengths, limitations, future directions, invited, SEG Marine Controlled-Source EM Forum, Ucross, Wyoming, 2005.
Key, K., Joint interpretation through combined visualization of marine electromagnetic and seismic data,  Proceedings of the Offshore Technology Conference, 2005.
Key, K., Y. Li and C. Weiss, Adaptive finite element modeling for 2D electromagnetic problems using unstructured grids, MARELEC Conference, Amsterdam, 2006.
Goto, N., K.  Key, S. Constable, H. Mikada, and K. Suyehiro, Marine magnetotelluric investigation of the subduction zone offshore Sanriku, Japan,  18th Workshop on Electromagnetic Induction in Earth, El Vendrell, Spain, 2006.
Key, K., and S. Constable, Mantle Upwelling Beneath the East Pacific Rise at 9º 30’N, Eos Trans., AGU, 2006.

 

Research Cruises

Cruise Vessel Date
Days
MT at Gemini & Mahogany Prospects, Gulf of Mexico R/V Pelican 06/1997
14
Self-potential (SPOTI) tows offshore San Onofre, California R/V Melville 10/1997
4
SWELL: MT and OBS recovery, offshore Hawaii R/V Moana Wave 12/1997
12
SWAGGIE: MT and SP offshore Eyre Peninsula, Australia R/V Franklin 04/1998
14
MT at Gemini Prospect, Gulf of Mexico R/V Pelican 07/1998
11
L-Cheapo hydrophone recovery, Kauai 30 ft fishing boat 02/1999
1
MT, MMR, compliance at East Pacific Rise, 9°50’ N R/V Melville 02/2000
30
MT deployments (to 5.5 km depth) offshore Sanriku, Japan R/V Kaiyo 06/2000
3
MT recoveries offshore Sanriku, Japan R/V Kaiyo 06/2000
10
1st CSEM for oil exploration, offshore Angola with STATOIL RRS Charles Darwin 10/2000
42
MT comparison with EMI instruments, San Diego R/V Sproul 01/2001
2
APPLE: MT and CSEM, 1000 km west of San Diego R/V Thompson 02/2001
18
MT at Gemini Prospect, Gulf of Mexico R/V Longhorn 03/2001
6
ISL Inc., deployments offshore San Diego Acoustic Explorer 06/2001
2
APPLE: long period MT recovery, 1000 km west of San Diego R/V New Horizon 08/2001
10
APPLE3: MT on continental shelf, offshore San Diego R/V Sproul 10/2001
3
GERD RWMC: shallow water MT, offshore San Diego R/V Sproul 03/2002
2
SUESI transmitter and antenna test, offshore San Diego R/V Sproul 07/2002
1
Instrument recovery, San Diego, Chief Scientist R/V Sproul 12/2002
1
CSEM and more MT at Gemini Prospect, Gulf of Mexico R/V Gyre 01/2003
11
East Pacific Rise 9° N, 69 MT and CSEM sites R/V Revelle 02/2004
36
Hydrate Ridge, offshore Oregon, 25 CSEM and MT sites R/V New Horizon 08/2004
7
San Diego Trough, SUESI endurance test R/V New Horizon 09/2004
3
San Diego, NSF ship inspection, shallow EM and CSMT R/V New Horizon 11/2004
1
Transmitter test, San Diego R/V Revelle 08/2005
2
Catalina Crater MT and CSMT, San Diego Trough CSEM R/V New Horizon 05/2006
5
Loihi Seamount EM tomography, Hawaii R/V Revelle 07/2006
5
EM receiver recovery, San Diego Trough, Coronado Bank R/V Sproul 01/2007
1
Vulcan and Barracuda tests with SUESI, San Diego Trough R/V New Horizon 04/2007
2
    Total
259

 

 

 


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