Martin Goldhaber
Martin (Marty) Goldhaber is a Scientist Emeritus with the Geology, Geophysics, and Geochemistry Science Center and the John Wesley Powell John Wesley Powell Center for Analysis and Synthesis. His research focuses on the role of geology, hydrology, ecology, and land use in regional soil geochemistry.
Martin (Marty) Goldhaber grew up in Los Angeles California. After spending a year as a Post Doc at Yale, he joined the USGS in 1975. He was co-chair of the USGS Science Strategy team which identified key strategic directions for the USGS to follow over the next decade.
Marty is past President of the Geochemical Society. Marty has served on the editorial boards of Economic Geology, American Journal of Science, and Geochimica (two terms) and has served on advisory boards for the Geological Society of America, the Ocean Drilling Program, NASA, and NSF. His association with the Colorado School of Mines and University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill as adjunct professor resulted in the mentoring of thirteen masters and doctoral students. He is also on the faculty of the Minerals, Metals, Metalloids, and Toxicity program at SUNY Stony Brook. Marty’s research interests have evolved during his career. His early work was on the biogeochemistry of sulfur in modern marine sediments. After joining the USGS, he applied these perspectives on sulfur geochemistry toward understanding the origin of sediment-hosted ore deposits. This interest in ore genesis led to a focus on large scale crustal fluid flow processes that drive not only genesis of some ore types, but also impact the modern environment by enriching shallow crustal rocks with potentially toxic constituents. His research then evolved into understanding the environmental impacts of these crustal flow processes.
Education and Certifications
PhD in Geochemistry, University of California, Los Angeles (1973)
BS in Chemistry, University of California, Los Angeles (1968)
Affiliations and Memberships*
Geological Society of America - Fellow
American Association for the Advancement of Science - Fellow
Society of Economic Geologists - Fellow
Geochemical Society
Honors and Awards
Presidential Rank Award
Department of the Interior Meritorious Service Award
Science and Products
Origin of coffinite in sedimentary rocks by a sequential adsorption-reduction mechanism.
Biogeochemical cycling in an organic-rich coastal marine basin. 8. A sulfur isotopic budget balanced by differential diffusion across the sediment-water interface
Biogeochemical cycling in an organic-rich coastal marine basin. 7. Sulfur mass balance, oxygen uptake and sulfide retention
An analytical scheme for determining forms of sulphur in oil shales and associated rocks
Dissolution of barite for the analysis of strontium isotopes and other chemical and isotopic variations using aqueous sodium carbonate
A method for the determination of vanadium and iron oxidation states in naturally occurring oxides and silicates
Great Salt Lake, and precursors, Utah: The last 30,000 years
Interaction of subsurface brines with oxygenated meteoric water, Ray Point Uranium District, South Texas, USA
Experimental study of metastable sulfur oxyanion formation during pyrite oxidation at pH 6-9 and 30 degrees C
Role of fluid mixing and fault-related sulfide in the origin of the Ray Point uranium district, south Texas
Iron disulfide minerals and the genesis of roll-type uranium deposits
Uranium-lead isochron age and preliminary sulfur isotope systematics of the Felder uranium deposit, south Texas
Science and Products
Origin of coffinite in sedimentary rocks by a sequential adsorption-reduction mechanism.
Biogeochemical cycling in an organic-rich coastal marine basin. 8. A sulfur isotopic budget balanced by differential diffusion across the sediment-water interface
Biogeochemical cycling in an organic-rich coastal marine basin. 7. Sulfur mass balance, oxygen uptake and sulfide retention
An analytical scheme for determining forms of sulphur in oil shales and associated rocks
Dissolution of barite for the analysis of strontium isotopes and other chemical and isotopic variations using aqueous sodium carbonate
A method for the determination of vanadium and iron oxidation states in naturally occurring oxides and silicates
Great Salt Lake, and precursors, Utah: The last 30,000 years
Interaction of subsurface brines with oxygenated meteoric water, Ray Point Uranium District, South Texas, USA
Experimental study of metastable sulfur oxyanion formation during pyrite oxidation at pH 6-9 and 30 degrees C
Role of fluid mixing and fault-related sulfide in the origin of the Ray Point uranium district, south Texas
Iron disulfide minerals and the genesis of roll-type uranium deposits
Uranium-lead isochron age and preliminary sulfur isotope systematics of the Felder uranium deposit, south Texas
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