Mark Zumberge

Res/Deputy Director

Room: Revelle Lab 4209

Institute of Geophysics and Planetary Physics,
Scripps Institution of Oceanography,
University of California San Diego,
La Jolla, CA 92093-0225, USA.

Telephone: (858) 534-3533

Email: mzumberge@ucsd.edu

Website: http://gravity.ucsd.edu/about/mzumberge.html

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Research Interests:

• Optical fiber sensors for geophysical applications
• Development of marine gravity techniques
• Marine geodesy
• Infrasound

Courses Taught:

• SIO299 (Research)

Recent publications: ^†

• Zumberge, M.A., Ridgway, J.R., and Hildebrand, J.A. "A towed marine gravity meter for near-bottom surveys." Geophysics 62 (1997): 1386-1393. Society of Exploration Geophysics.
• Zumberge, M.A., Husmann, E., Elsberg, D.H., Harrison, W.D., Morack, J. L., Pettit, E.C., and Waddington, E.D. "Measurement of vertical strain and velocity at Siple Dome with optical sensors." J. Glaciol., 48 (2002):217-225. International Glaciological Society.
• Zumberge, M.A., Berger, J., Hedlin, M.A.H., Husmann, E., Nooner, S., Hilt, R., and Widmer-Schnidrig, R. "An optical fiber infrasound sensor: anew lower limit on atmospheric pressure noise between 1 Hz and 10 Hz." J. Acoustical Soc. Am., 113 (2003): 2474-2479
• Zumberge, M.A., Berger, J., Dzieciuch, M.A., and Parker, R.L. "Resolving quadrature fringes in real time." Applied Optics 43 (2004): 771-775. Elsberg, D. H., Harrison, W. D., Zumberge, M. A., Morack, J. L., Pettit, E. C., and Waddington, E. D., “Depth- and time- dependent vertical strain rates at Siple Dome, Antarctica.” Journal of Glaciology, 50 (2004): 511-521. International Glaciology Society.
• Zumberge, M.A., and Wyatt, F.K. "Optical fiber interferometers for referencing surface benchmarks to depth." Pure and Applied Geophysics 152 (1998):221-246.
• Zumberge, M., Alnes, H., Eiken, O,. Sasagawa, G., Stenvold, T., “Precision of seafloor gravity and pressure measurements for reservoir monitoring.” Geophysics 73 (2008): WA133–WA141.
• Walker, K. T., Zumberge, M., Hedlin, M., Shearer, P., “Methods for determining infrasound phase velocity direction with an array of line sensors.” J. Acoustical Soc. Am. 124 (2008): 2090-2099.
• Stenvold, T., Eiken, O., Zumberge, M. A., Sasagawa, G. S., Nooner, S. L., “High-precision relative depth and subsidence mapping from seafloor water-pressure measurements.” SPE Journal, II, (2006): 380-389.
• Sasagawa, G., Zumberge, M., Eiken, O., “Long term seafloor tidal gravity and pressure observations in the North Sea: Testing and validation of a theoretical tidal model.” Geophysics 73 (2008): WA143-148.
• Sasagawa, G., Crawford, W., Eiken, O., Nooner, S., Stenvold, T., and Zumberge, M. "A new seafloor gravimeter." Geophysics, 68 (2003): 544-553. Society of Exploration Geophysics.
• Ridgway, J.R., and Zumberge, M.A. "Deep-towed gravity surveys in southern California continental Borderland." Geophysics 67 (2002): 777-787. Society of Exploration Geophysics.
• Nooner, S.L. Sasagawa, G.S., Blackman, D.K.. and Zumberge, M.A. "Structure of oceanic core complexes: Constraints from seafloor gravity measurements made at the Atlantis Massif." Geophys. Res. Lett. 30 (2003): 29-1 - 29-4
• Nooner, S. L., Eiken, O., Hermanrud, C., Sasagawa, G. S., Stenvold, T., Zumberge, M. A., “Constraints on the in situ density of CO2 within the Utsira formation from time-lapse seafloor gravity measurements.” Int. J. of Greenhouse Gas Control 1 (2007): 198-214.
• Gee, J., Webb, S., Ridgway, J., Staudigel, H., and Zumberge, M. "A deep tow magnetic survey of Middle Valley, Juan de Fuca Ridge." Geochem.Geophys. Geosys. 2 10.1029/2001GC000170 (2001): 20 pp. American Geophysical Union and the Geochemical Society
• Eiken, O., Stenvold, T., Zumberge, M., Alnes, H., Sasagawa, G., “Gravimetric monitoring of gas production from the Troll field.” Geophysics 73 (2008): WA149-WA154.
• de Groot-Hedlin, C., Hedlin, M., Walker, K., Drob, D., Zumberge, M., "Evaluation of infrasound signals from the shuttle Atlantis using a large seismic network.” J. Acoustical Soc. Am. 124 (2008): 1442-1451.
• Chadwick, W. W. Jr., Nooner, S. L., Zumberge, M. Z., Embley, R. W., and Fox, C. G., “Vertical deformation monitoring at Axial Seamount since its 1998 eruption using deep-sea pressure sensors.” J. of Volcanology and Geothermal Res. 150 (2006): 313-327. Elsevier.
• Blum, J. A., Nooner, S. L., Zumberge, M. A., “Recording Earth strain with optical fibers.” IEEE Sensors Journal, 8 (2008): 1152 – 1160.