Peter K. Swart	Professor of Marine Geology and Geophysics
Biography	Ph.D. Geochemistry, Kings College, University of London, 1980.
Research Interests	Stable Isotope Geochemistry Stable Isotope Laboratory; Carbonate Diagenesis; Sedimentology and Petrology Comparative Sedimentology Laboratory ; Cosmochemistry.
Courses Taught	Geochemistry, MGG 513 Diagenesis of Carbonate Sediments, MGG 671 Stable Isotopes in Biological and Geological Sciences, MGG 650 Techniques in Ecosystem and Policy ECS 301 Introductory Oceanography MSC 101
Research Projects	The Climate Dynamics of the Atlantic Sclerosponges Carbonate Diagenesis Nitrogen Dynamics of South Florida
Selected Recent Publications Full CV	2006 Katz, D., Eberli, G.P. Swart, P.K., and L.B. Smith Jr., Tectonic-hydrothermal brecciation associated with calcite precipitation and permeability destruction in Mississippian carbonate reservoirs, Montana and Wyoming, AAPG Bulletin , 90, 1803-1841. 2006 Moses C.S., Swart P.K., Dodge R.E. Calibration of stable oxygen isotopes in Siderastrea radians (Cnidaria:Scleractinia): Implications for slow-growing corals. Geochem. Geophys. Geosys., 7, Q09007, doi:10.1029/2005GC001196 2006 Andres, M., Summer, D.Y., Reid, P., Swart. P.K., Isotopic Fingerprints of Microbial Respiration in Aragonite from Bahamian Stromatolites, Geology, 34, 973-976. 2006 Moses, C.M., Rosenheim, B.E. and Swart, P.K. Evidence of Multi-decadal salinity variability in the Eastern Tropical Atlantic, Palaeoceanography, 21, PA3010, doi10.1029/2005PA001257 2006 Moses, C. S. and Swart, P. K., Stable isotope and growth records in corals from the island of Tobago, Not simply a record of the Orinoco, Proceedings of the 10th International Coral Reef Symposium, Okinawa, 508-587 2006 Price, R. M., Swart , P. K. & Fourqurean, J. W., Coastal groundwater discharge - an additional source of phosphorus for the oligotrophic wetlands of the Everglades, In: Interaction of hydrology and nutrients in controlling ecosystem function in oligotrophic coastal environments of South Florida, Ed: Joel C. Trexler, Evelyn E. Gaiser, & Daniel L. Childers, Hydrobiologia, 569, 23-36. 2006 Price, R. M., Swart, P. K. Geochemical Indicators of Groundwater Recharge in the Surficial Aquifer System: Everglades National Park, Florida, USA, Geological Society of America Bulletin Special Paper, 404, 251-266. 2006 Greer, L. and Swart, P. K. Decadal Cyclicity of Regional Mid-Holocene Precipitation: Evidence from Dominican Coral Proxies, Paleoceanography, 21, PA2020, doi:10.1029/2005PA001166, 2006 2005 Swart, P.K., Cantrell, D. Westphall, H., Handford, R. and Kendall, C. Origin of dolomite in the Arab-D reservoir from the Ghawar field, Saudi Arabia: evidence from petrographic and geochemical constraints, Journal of Sedimentary Research, 75: 476-491. 2005 Swart, P.K., Lamb, K. and Saeid, A., Temporal and Spatial Variation in the d^15N and d^13C of coral tissue and zooxanthellae in Montastraea faveolata collected from the Florida reef tract, Limnology and Oceanography, 50, 1049-1058. 2005 Swart, P.K. and Eberli, G.P. The Nature of the d^13C of Periplatform Sediments: Implications for stratigraphy and the global carbon cycle, Sedimentary Geology, 175: 115-129. 2005 Swart, P.K., A. Szmant, J. Porter, R. E. Dodge J. Tougas and J. Southam, The Isotopic Composition of Respired Carbon Dioxide in Scleractinian Corals: Implications for Cycling of Organic Carbon in Corals, Geochimica Cosmochimca Acta, 69: 1495-1509. 2005 Rosenheim, B.E. Swart, P.K., Thorrold, S.R., Eisenhauer, A., Willenz, P. Salinity change in the Subtropical Atlantic: Secular increase and teleconnections to the North Atlantic Oscillation, Geophys. Research Letters. , L02603, doi:10.1029/2004GL021499,2005. 2004 Rosenheim, B.E., Swart, P.K. Thorrold, S.R., Willenz, P., Berry, L., Latkoczy, C., High_resolution Sr/Ca records in sclerosponges calibrated to temperature in situ, Geology,32, 145-148. 2003 Price, R.M., Top, Z., Happell, J.D., Swart, P.K. Use of tritium and helium to define groundwater flow conditions in Everglades National Park, Water Resources Research, 39: 1267, doi:10.1029/2002WR001929,2003. 2002 Swart, P.K. Elderfield, H. and M. Greaves, A high-resolution calibration of Sr/Ca thermometry using the Caribbean coral Montastraea annularis, G-cubed. 2002 Swart, P.K. and Price, R. Origin of salinity variations in Florida Bay, Limnol. Oceanogr. 47:1234-1241. 2002 Swart, P.K., Torrold, S., Eisenhauer, A.., Rosenheim, B., Harrison, C.G.A., Grammer, M., and Latkoczy, C., Intra-annual variation in the stable oxygen and carbon and trace element composition of sclerosponges, Paleoceanography. 2002 Kingsley, R., Schilling G., Dixon,J. Swart, P.K., R. Poreda, and K. Simmons, D/H ratios in basalt glasses from the Salas y Gomez mantle plume interacting with the East Pacific Rise: Water from old D-rich recycled crust or primordial water from the lower mantle? G-cubed, 3, NO. 4, 10.1029/2001 GC000199. 2001 Swart, P.K. Price, R., and Greer, L. The relationship between stable isotopic variations (O,H, and C) and salinity in water and corals from environments in South Florida: Implications for reading the paleoenvironmental record, Bulletin of American Paleontology, 361:17-29. 2001 Thorrold, S., LatKoczy, C., Swart, P.K., and Jones, C. Natal homing in marine fish population, Science, 291:297-299. 2001 Cantrell, D.L., Swart, P.K., Handford, R.C., Kendall, C.G., and Westphall, H. Geology and production significance of dolomite, Arab-D reservoir, Ghawar Field, Saudi Arabia, Geoarabia, 6: 45-60. 2000 Swart, P.K. and Melim, L.A. The Origin of Dolomites in Tertiary Sediments from the Margin of Great Bahama Bank, Jour. Sed. Res., 70, 738-748. 1999 Swart, P.K. Healy, G., Greer, L., Lutz, M., Saied, A. Anderegg, D., Dodge, R.A. and Rudnick. D., The use of proxy chemical records in coral skeletons to ascertain past environmental conditions in Florida Bay, Estuaries, 22: 384-397. 1998 Swart, P.K., Moore, M.D. Charles, and Bohm, F. Sclerosponges may hold new keys to marine climate EOS, 79: 633-636. 1998 Thorrold, S., Jones, C.M., Swart, P.K. and Targett, T.E. Accurate classification of juvenile weakfish (Cynoscion regalis) to estuarine nursery areas based on chemical signatures in otoliths. Marine Ecology Progress Series, 173: 253-265 1998 Swart, P.K., White, K., Enfield, D., Dodge, R.A., Milne, P. Corals from the Gulf of Guinea as Indicators of Periods of Extreme Precipitation Conditions, Jour. Geophys. Res., 103:27885-27891. 1997 Eberli, G.P., Swart, P.K. McNeill, D.F., Kenter, J.A.M., Anselmetti, F.S., Melim, L.A. and Ginsburg, R.N., A synopsis of the Bahamas Drilling Project: results from two deep core borings drilled on Great Bahama Bank, In: Eberli, G.P., Swart, P.K., Malone, M. et al. Proc. ODP Init. Repts., 166:College Station, TX (Ocean Drilling Program). 1996 Swart, P.K., Dodge, R.E. and Hudson, H.J. A 240-year stable oxygen and carbon isotopic record in a coral from South Florida: Implications for the prediction of precipitation in southern Florida, Palaios, 11:362-375. 1996 Swart, P.K. and Leder, J.J. The utility of the stable isotopic signature in coral skeletons, In: Paleobiology and biology of corals, Ed: G.D. Stanley Jr., The paleontological society papers, 1:249-291. 1996 Leder, J.J., Swart, P.K., Szmant, A and Dodge, R.E. The origin of variations in the isotopic record of Scleractinian corals: I Oxygen, Geochimica Cosmochimica Acta, 60:2857-2870. 1996 Swart, P.K., Leder, J.J. Szmant, A and Dodge, R.E. The origin of variations in the isotopic record of Scleractinian corals: II Carbon, Geochimica Cosmochimica Acta, 60:2871-2886. 1996 Swart,P.K. , Healy,G Dodge, R. Kramer, P., Hudson, H., Halley R., & M. Robblee The Stable Oxygen and Carbon Isotopic Record from a Coral Growing in Florida Bay: A 160 Year Record of Climatic and Anthropogenic Influence, Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology, 123:219-238. 1995 Stanley, G.D. Jr., and Swart, P.K., Evolution of the coral-zooxanthellae symbiosis during the Triassic: A geochemical approach, Paleobiology, 21:179-199. 1995 Melim, L.A., Swart, P.K. and Maliva, R.G. Meteoric-like fabrics forming in marine waters: Implications for the use of petrography to identify diagenetic environments, Geology, 23:755-758. 1995 Ortner, PB, Lee, TN, Milne PJ, Zidka, RG, Clarke, ME, Podesta, GP, Swart, PK, Testa, PA, Atkinson, LP, & Johnson, WR, Mississippi river flood waters reached the Gulf Stream, J. Geophys. Res,
Contact	Prof. Peter Swart RSMAS/MGG University of Miami 4600 Rickenbacker Causeway Miami, FL 33149 Telephone: 305 421-4103 pswart@rsmas.miami.edu

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