John Blum

BIO

I am a Fifth Year graduate student at Scripps Institution of Oceanography, UC San Diego. My research interests are diverse as I've cultivated broad interests in Earth, ocean, and environmental sciences, focusing on geologic hazards in the ocean environment. I've approached these problems using a variety of tools. Some of the work I've done has been aiding in the design and construction of fiber optic geophysical and oceanographic sensors, as well the operation and deployment of AUVs, ROVs, and other equipment to explore Earth and our oceans, and numerical modeling of landslides and wave propagation and comparsion to actual events. One of the most thrilling parts of my graduate experience has been the opportunity to work closely with passionate scientists, as well as industrial and government organizations to characterize hazards offshore California and in the Gulf of Mexico, and to help develop new environmental sensors.

Selected Publications

Blum, J., Nooner, S., and M.A. Zumberge. Recording earth strain with optical fibers. IEEE Sensors Journal, 8, 1152-1160, 2008. (PDF)

Zumberge, M.A., Babcock, J., Banon, H., Blum, J., Chadwell, C.D., Dingler, J., Driscoll, N., D`Spain, G., Jeanjean, P., Kent, G., Openshaw, G., and J. Orcutt. Studies of the Gaviota slide offshore southern California, Geohazards, ECI Sympo- sium Series, P7, 2006. (PDF)

Bokuniewicz, H., Pollock, M., Blum, J. and R. Wilson. Submarine groundwater discharge and salt penetration across the sea floor. Groundwater, 42, 983-989, 2004. (PDF)

Blum, John and Yang Shen. Thermal, hydrous, and mechanical states of the mantle transition zone beneath southern Africa, Earth and Planet. Sci. Lett., 217, 367-378, 2004.(PDF)

Shen, Yang and John Blum. Seismic evidence for accumulated oceanic crust above the 660-km discontinuity beneath southern Africa, Geophys. Res. Lett., 30 (18),1925, 2003.(PDF)