Curriculum Vitae
Scott M. White
Dept. of Earth & Ocean Sciences,
2001
Ph.D. Geological Sciences,
Primary
Advisor: K. C. Macdonald
1994 B.S.
Geology (Highest Honors),
May 2009-present Associate
Professor
Earth
& Ocean Sciences, Univ.
Aug. 2003-May 2009 Assistant
Professor
Geological
Sciences Dept., Univ.
Mar. 2001-Aug. 2002 Research
Assistant Professor
Geological
Sciences Dept., Univ.
Sep. 1995-Mar. 2001 Graduate
Research Assistant
Earth
Sciences, Univ.
Sep.
1994-Jun. 1995
Geophysics Intern
U.S.G.S.
Hawaiian Volcanoes Observatory,
1. S.
M. White, J. L. Mason, K. C. Macdonald, M. R. Perfit, V. D. Wanless, E. M.
Klein, Significance of widespread low effusion rate eruptions over the past 2
Million years for delivery of magma to the overlapping spreading centers at 9°N
East Pacific Rise, Earth and Planetary
Science Letters 280, 175-184, 2009
2. S. A. Soule, V. L. Ferrini, D. J. Fornari, C.
Sellers, S. M. White, S. Carbotte, Navigational infrastructure to
support multidisciplinary time series observations at the East Pacific Rise 9°50'N
area following the 2005-06 eruption: seafloor benchmarks and high-resolution
multibeam surveys, Geochemistry Geophysics
Geosystems 9,
Q11T04, 2008.
3. Haymon, R. M., S. M. White, E. T. Baker, P. G. Anderson, K. C. Macdonald, J. A.
Resing, High-resolution surveys along the hotspot-affected Galapagos Spreading
Center: 3. Black Smoker Discoveries and Implications for Geological Controls on
Hydrothermal Activity, Geochemistry Geophysics
Geosystems 9,
Q12006, 2008.
4. White, S. M., J. D. Meyer, R. M. Haymon, K. C. Macdonald, E. T.
Baker, J. A. Resing, High-resolution surveys along the
hotspot-affected
5. Baker,
E. T., R. M. Haymon, J. A. Resing, S. M.
White, S. L. Walker, K. C. Macdonald, K. Nakamura, High-resolution
surveys along the hotspot-affected Galapagos Spreading Center: 1. Distribution of
Hydrothermal Activity, Geochemistry
Geophysics Geosystems 9, Q09003, 2008.
6. Carter,
E. S., S. M. White, A. M. Wilson
(2008) Variation in Groundwater Salinity in a Tidal Salt Marsh Basin, North
Inlet Estuary, South Carolina, Estuarine,
Coastal and Shelf Science 76 (3), 543-552, 2008.
7. R.
M. Haymon, E. T. Baker, J. A. Resing, S.
M. White, and K. C. Macdonald, (2007) Hunting for Hydrothermal Vents along
the Galapagos Spreading Center, Oceanography,
20 (4) 100-107, 2007.
8. Coombs,
M. L, S. M. White, D. Scholl (2007)
Volcanic Landslides in the Aleutian Arc, Earth
and Planetary Science Letters,
256 (3-4), 403-418, 2007.
9. Meyer,
J. D. and S. M. White (2007), Lava
Morphology Mapping by Expert System Classification of High-Resolution Side-Scan
Sonar Imagery from the East Pacific Rise, 9°-10°N, Marine Geophysical Researches,
doi:10.1007/s11001-007-9015-8, 2007.
10. Glass,
J. B., D. J. Fornari, H. F. Hall, A. A. Cougan, H. A. Berkenbosch, M. L.
Holmes, S. M. White, G. de la Torre
(2007) Submarine Volcanic Morphology of the Western Galápagos based on EM300
Bathymetery and MR1 Sidescan Sonar, Geochem.,
Geophys. Geosyst., 8 (Q03012) DOI 10.1029/2006GC001327, 2007.
11. Geshi,
N., S. Umino, H. Kumagai, J. M. Sinton, S.
M. White, K. Kisimoto, T. W. Hilde (2007) Discrete plumbing systems and
heterogeneous mantle sources of a 24 km2 off-axis lava field on the western flank
of the East Pacific Rise, 14°S Earth
and Planetary Science Letters.
12. White S. M., S. Umino, H. Kumagai
(2006) Transition from seamount chain to intraplate volcanic ridge at the East
Pacific Rise, Geology V. 34, pp.
293-296.
13. White, S. M., J. A. Crisp, and F. J.
Spera (2006), Long-term volumetric eruption rates and magma budgets, Geochem. Geophys. Geosyst., 7, Q03010,
doi:10.1029/2005GC001002.
14. White, S. M., R. M. Haymon, and S. M.
Carbotte (2006) A New View of Ridge Segmentation and Near-Axis Volcanism at the
East Pacific Rise from EM300 multibeam bathymetry, Geochem. Geophys. Geosyst, 7, Q12005, doi:10.1029/2006GC001407.
15. White S. M., Seamounts in Pilmer, Selly, and Cocks (eds.) Encyclopedia of Geology, Elsevier,
Oxford, Vol. 4, pp. 475-483, 2005.
16. Haymon,
R. M. and S. M. White, Fine-scale
segmentation of hydrothermal/volcanic systems along fast-spreading ridge
crests, Earth and Planetary Science
Letters, V. 226, 367-382, 2004.
17. White, S. M., R. Trenkamp, J. N. Kellogg, Crustal Deformation
in the Northern Andes: Indications of Postseismic Relaxation on the
Ecuador-Colombia Subduction Zone from GPS Measurements, Earth and Planetary
Science Letters V. 216, 231-242, 2003.
18. Carbotte,
S. M., W. B. F. Ryan, W. Jin, M.-H. Cormier, E. Bergmanis, J. Sinton, S.
White, Magmatic Subsidence of the EPR Revealed Through Fault Restoration of
Ridge Crest Bathymetry, Geophy. Geochem. Geosys., 10.1029/2002GC000337,
2003.
19. White, S. M., R. M. Haymon, D. J. Fornari , M. R. Perfit, K. C. Macdonald,
Correlation between Volcanic and Tectonic Segmentation of Fast-Spreading
Ridges: Evidence from Volcanic Structures and Lava Morphology on the East
Pacific Rise, 9º-10º N, Journal of Geophysical Research V.107,
10.1029/2001JB000571, 2002.
20. White, S. M., K. C. Macdonald, J. M. Sinton, Volcanic Mound
Fields and Lava Flow Fields on the East Pacific Rise, 16º -19ºS: Low Effusion
Rate Eruptions at Overlapping Spreading Centers for the Last 1 Myr, Journal
of Geophysical Research, V.107, 10.1029/2001JB000483, 2002.
21. Sinton,
J., E. Bergmanis, K. Rubin, R. Batiza, T. Gregg, K. Gronvold, K. Macdonald, S.
White, Volcanic Eruptions on mid-ocean ridges: New evidence from the
superfast-spreading East Pacific Rise, 17º -19ºS, Journal of Geophysical
Research V. 107, 10.1029/2000JB000090, 2002.
22. Wright,
D. J., R. M. Haymon, K. C. Macdonald, S. M. White, Crustal fissuring on
the crest of the southern East Pacific Rise, Journal of Geophysical Research,
V. 107, 10.1029/2001JB000544, 2002.
23. White, S. M., K.C. Macdonald, R.M. Haymon, Basaltic Lava Domes,
Lava Lakes, and Volcanic Segmentation on the Southern East Pacific Rise, Journal
of Geophysical Research, V. 105, 23,519-23,536, 2000.
24. White, S. M., K.C. Macdonald, D.S. Scheirer, M-H. Cormier, The
Distribution of Isolated Volcanoes on the Flanks of the Southern East Pacific
Rise, 15.3°-20°S, Journal of Geophysical Research, V.103, 30371-30384,
1998.
In Review or
Submitted
25. White, S. M., J. L. Mason, E. M. Klein, M. P. Perfit, Terrain
Modeling to Identify Modes of Volcanic Emplacement at 9°N East Pacific Rise, submitted
to Geochem. Geophys. Geosys. 2010
NSF, Collaborative Research: Effects of Variable
Magma Supply on Volcanic Eruptions, 06/01/09-05/31/12, $175,500 to USC (S.
White, PI) of $800K total (J. Sinton, K. Rubin, co-PIs).
NSF, Collaborative Research: Anatomy of an
Overlapping Spreading Center; Geochemical and Geological Study of the EPR
9°03'N OSC; 09/15/06-09/14/09; $130,400 to USC (S. White, PI).
NSF, SGER Assessing the Extent and Volume of
the 2006 Eruption of the East Pacific Rise, 01/01/2007-12/31/2007, $23,002 (S.
White, PI).
USC, C.R.I.S.I.S. Grant,
Understanding and predicting resiliency of barrier islands: The
extreme case condition for SC beaches; G. Voulgaris (PI), S. White (co-PI),
10/01/05-11/30/05, $25,000.
NSF, Collaborative Research:
Hydrothermal systems response to magma supply and crustal thickness gradients
along the Galapagos Spreading Center, 89.5-94W; 5/01/04-04/30/07; $77,582 to
USC (S. White, PI).
NOAA Ocean Exploration,
Exploring hydrothermal systems response to magma supply and crustal thickness
gradients along the Galapagos Spreading Center, 89.5-94W; 8/01/04-07/31/07,
$77,580 to USC.
SEMESTER COURSE LEVEL
Spring 2002 Geological Oceanography Graduate
Fall 2003 Environmental Geology General Education
Spring 2004 Surface Processes (1/2) Major Core
Spring 2004 Field Studies in Geology General Education
Fall 2004 Environmental Geophysics Undergraduate
Fall 2004 Seminar in Volcanology Graduate
Spring 2005 Introduction to the Earth General Education
Fall 2005 Introduction to the Earth General Education
Spring 2006 Geological Oceanography Graduate
Spring 2006 Surface Processes (1/2) Major Core
Spring 2006 Field Studies in Geology General Education
Spring 2007 Fundamentals of Geophysics II Undergraduate
Fall 2007 Introduction to the Earth General Education
Spring 2008 Geological Oceanography Graduate
Spring 2008 Surface Processes (1/2) Major Core
Fall 2008 Environmental Geophysics Undergraduate
Spring 2009 Geological Theories Graduate
Spring 2009 Introduction to the Earth (1/2) General Education
Fall 2009 Introduction to the Earth General Education
Spring 2010 Internal Earth (1/2) Major Core
Spring 2010 Solid Earth Processes (1/2) Graduate
2009
Site Coordinator, RIDGE
2000 Integrated Studies Site at East Pacific Rise
2005-2008 Faculty Senator, Geological Sciences, Univ.
2002-2008 Faculty Advisor, Geoclub, Univ.
2007 USC General Education Initiative, Effective and
Persuasive Communication Committee
2007 Convenor of Special Session at Fall Meeting of
American Geophysical
2006 Convenor of Special Session at Fall Meeting of
American Geophysical
2003-2007 RIDGE 2000 Education and Outreach Advisory
Committee
1998 Glicken
Memorial Award, for graduate student research in volcanology
1995 Regents
Graduate Fellowship, U.C.