Professor
Tel. (919) 515-7026
E-mail: dave_demaster@ncsu.edu
Curriculum Vitae

B.S. (Chemistry), University of Wisconsin, Madison, 1973.
M.S. (Marine Geochemistry), Dept. of Geology and Geophysics, Yale University, 1975.
PhD (Marine Geochemistry), Dept. of Geology and Geophysics, Yale University, 1979.

TEACHING AND RESEARCH AREAS
Radiochemistry, Nutrient Cycling in Estuaries, Global Biogeochemical Cycles, Particle Mixing in Marine Sediments, Scavenging of Particle-Reactive Species

SELECTED PUBLICATIONS:
2004 DeMaster, D.J., C.R. Smith, and C.J. Thomas. Assessing benthic feeding strategies in continental margin environments using radiocarbon. Submitted to Science (see manuscript).

2004 DeMaster, D.J., The diagenesis of biogenic silica: Chemical transformations occuring in the water column, the seabed, and the crust. In: Treatise in Geochemistry, Vol. 7 (vol. Ed. F.T. Mackenzie), Elsevier Pergamon, pp. 87-98.

2003 Demopoulos, A.W.J., C R. Smith, D.J. DeMaster, and W.L. Fornes. Evaluation of excess 234Th activity in sediments as an indicator of food quality for deep-sea deposit feeders. Journal of Marine Research, 61, 267-284.

2002 McClintic, M.A. The delivery and fate of particles settling on the seabed adjacent to the western Antarctic Peninsula: evidence from excess 234Th measurements. M.S. Thesis, No. Carolina State Univ. 62 pp. (To be submitted to JMR as McClintic et al.).

2002 DeMaster, D.J., C.J. Thomas, N.E. Blair, W.L. Fornes, G. Plaia, and L.A. Levin. Deposition of bomb C-14 in continental slope sediments of the Mid-Atlantic Bight: Assessing organic matter sources and burial rates. Deep-Sea Research II, 49, 4667-4685.

2002 DeMaster, D.J. The accumulation and cycling of biogenic silica in the Southern Ocean: revisiting the marine silica cycle. Deep-Sea Research II, 49, 3155-3167.