Peer Reviewed Publications
McDermott J.M., Sylva S.P., Ono, S., German C.R. and Seewald J.S. (2018) Geochemistry of fluids from Earth's deepest ridge-crest hot-springs: Piccard hydrothermal field, Mid-Cayman Rise. Geochim. Cosmochim. Acta., 228, 95-118. Link to abstract.
Wang D.T., Reeves E.P., McDermott J.M., Seewald J.S., and Ono S. (2018) Clumped isotopologue constraints on the origin of methane at seafloor hot springs. Geochim. Cosmochim. Acta., 223, 141–158. Link to abstract.
Warr O., Sherwood Lollar B., Fellowes J., Sutcliffe C.N., McDermott J.M., Holland G., Mabry J.C., Ballentine C.J. (2018) Tracing ancient hydrogeological fracture network age and compartmentalisation using noble gases. Geochim. Cosmochim. Acta. 222: 340-362. Link to abstract,
Anderson R.E., Reveillaud J.C., Reddington E., Eren A.M., McDermott J.M., Seewald J.S. , Stepanauskas R. and Huber, J.A. (2017) Genomic variation in microbial populations inhabiting the marine subseafloor at deep-sea hydrothermal vents. Nature Comm. doi: 10.1038/s41467-017-01228-6. Link to abstract.
Li L., Wing B.A., Bui T.H., McDermott J.M., Slater G.F., Moser D.P., Fisher J., Wei S., Lacrampe-Coulome G. and Sherwood Lollar, B. (2016) Sulfur mass-independent fractionation in subsurface fracture waters indicates a long-standing sulfur cycle in Precambrian rocks. Nature Comm. doi: 10.1038/ncomms13252. Link to abstract.
Reveillaud J.C., Reddington E., McDermott J.M., Algar C., Meyer J.L., Sylva S.P., Seewald J.S., German C.R. and Huber J.A. (2016) Subseafloor microbial communities in hydrogen-rich vent fluids from hydrothermal systems along the Mid-Cayman Rise. Environmental Microbiology doi:10.1111/1462-2920.13173. Link to abstract.
McDermott J.M., Seewald J.S., German C.R. and Sylva S.P. (2015) Pathways for abiotic organic synthesis at submarine hydrothermal fields. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 112(25): 7668-7672. Link to abstract.
McDermott J.M., Ono S., Tivey M.K., Seewald J.S., Shanks III W.C. and Solow A.R. (2015) Identification of sulfur sources and isotopic equilibria in submarine hot springs using multiple sulfur isotopes. Geochimica Cosmochimica Acta 160: 169-187. Link to abstract.
Reeves E.P., McDermott J.M. and Seewald J.S. (2014) Methanethiol production in mid-ocean ridge hydrothermal fluids. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 111(15): 5474-5479. Link to abstract.
Bennett S.A., Statham P.J., Green D.R.H., Le Bris N., McDermott J.M., Prado F., Rouxel O.J., Von Damm K.L. and German C.R. (2011) Dissolved and particulate organic carbon in hydrothermal plumes from the East Pacific Rise, 9°50’N. Deep Sea Research Part I 58(9): 922-931. Link to abstract.
German C.R., Bowen A., Coleman M.L., Honig D.L., Huber J.A., Jakuba M.V., Kinsey J.C., Kurz M.D., Leroy S., McDermott J.M., Mercier de Lépinay B., Nakamura K., Seewald J.S., Smith J., Sylva S.P., Van Dover C.L., Whitcomb L.L. and Yoerger D.R. (2010) Diverse styles of submarine venting on the ultra-slow spreading Mid-Cayman Rise. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 107(32): 14020-14025. Link to abstract.
Wang D.T., Reeves E.P., McDermott J.M., Seewald J.S., and Ono S. (2018) Clumped isotopologue constraints on the origin of methane at seafloor hot springs. Geochim. Cosmochim. Acta., 223, 141–158. Link to abstract.
Warr O., Sherwood Lollar B., Fellowes J., Sutcliffe C.N., McDermott J.M., Holland G., Mabry J.C., Ballentine C.J. (2018) Tracing ancient hydrogeological fracture network age and compartmentalisation using noble gases. Geochim. Cosmochim. Acta. 222: 340-362. Link to abstract,
Anderson R.E., Reveillaud J.C., Reddington E., Eren A.M., McDermott J.M., Seewald J.S. , Stepanauskas R. and Huber, J.A. (2017) Genomic variation in microbial populations inhabiting the marine subseafloor at deep-sea hydrothermal vents. Nature Comm. doi: 10.1038/s41467-017-01228-6. Link to abstract.
Li L., Wing B.A., Bui T.H., McDermott J.M., Slater G.F., Moser D.P., Fisher J., Wei S., Lacrampe-Coulome G. and Sherwood Lollar, B. (2016) Sulfur mass-independent fractionation in subsurface fracture waters indicates a long-standing sulfur cycle in Precambrian rocks. Nature Comm. doi: 10.1038/ncomms13252. Link to abstract.
Reveillaud J.C., Reddington E., McDermott J.M., Algar C., Meyer J.L., Sylva S.P., Seewald J.S., German C.R. and Huber J.A. (2016) Subseafloor microbial communities in hydrogen-rich vent fluids from hydrothermal systems along the Mid-Cayman Rise. Environmental Microbiology doi:10.1111/1462-2920.13173. Link to abstract.
McDermott J.M., Seewald J.S., German C.R. and Sylva S.P. (2015) Pathways for abiotic organic synthesis at submarine hydrothermal fields. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 112(25): 7668-7672. Link to abstract.
McDermott J.M., Ono S., Tivey M.K., Seewald J.S., Shanks III W.C. and Solow A.R. (2015) Identification of sulfur sources and isotopic equilibria in submarine hot springs using multiple sulfur isotopes. Geochimica Cosmochimica Acta 160: 169-187. Link to abstract.
Reeves E.P., McDermott J.M. and Seewald J.S. (2014) Methanethiol production in mid-ocean ridge hydrothermal fluids. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 111(15): 5474-5479. Link to abstract.
Bennett S.A., Statham P.J., Green D.R.H., Le Bris N., McDermott J.M., Prado F., Rouxel O.J., Von Damm K.L. and German C.R. (2011) Dissolved and particulate organic carbon in hydrothermal plumes from the East Pacific Rise, 9°50’N. Deep Sea Research Part I 58(9): 922-931. Link to abstract.
German C.R., Bowen A., Coleman M.L., Honig D.L., Huber J.A., Jakuba M.V., Kinsey J.C., Kurz M.D., Leroy S., McDermott J.M., Mercier de Lépinay B., Nakamura K., Seewald J.S., Smith J., Sylva S.P., Van Dover C.L., Whitcomb L.L. and Yoerger D.R. (2010) Diverse styles of submarine venting on the ultra-slow spreading Mid-Cayman Rise. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 107(32): 14020-14025. Link to abstract.
Expeditions on land
2019 Fluid and gas sampling at Soudan Mine Underground State Park, MN, USA
2016 Rock and gas sampling expedition at gold mine in Preissac, QC, Canada
2016 Rock and fluid sampling expedition at base metal mine in Sudbury, ON, Canada
2015 Rock, fluid and gas sampling expedition at base metal mine in Timmins, ON, Canada
2015 Rock core and fluid sampling campaign at Grimsel Test Site, Switzerland
2014 Borehole fluid and gas sampling expedition at base metal mine in Sudbury, ON, Canada
2016 Rock and gas sampling expedition at gold mine in Preissac, QC, Canada
2016 Rock and fluid sampling expedition at base metal mine in Sudbury, ON, Canada
2015 Rock, fluid and gas sampling expedition at base metal mine in Timmins, ON, Canada
2015 Rock core and fluid sampling campaign at Grimsel Test Site, Switzerland
2014 Borehole fluid and gas sampling expedition at base metal mine in Sudbury, ON, Canada
Research cruises at sea
2018 R/V JOIDES Resolution (Expedition #376) to Brothers Arc Volcano
2017 E/V Nautilus/ROV Hercules to Pescadero Basin
2016 R/V Polarstern/HROV Nereid Under Ice to Gakkel Ridge
2013 R/V Falkor/HROV Nereus expedition (FK008) to Mid-Cayman Rise
2012 R/V Atlantis/ROV Jason II expedition (AT18-16) to Mid-Cayman Rise
2011 R/V Okeanos Explorer/ROV Little Hercules expedition to Mid-Cayman Rise
(link; via tele-presence)
2009 R/V Cape Hatteras/HROV Nereus expedition (link) to Mid-Cayman Rise
2007 R/V Atlantis/DSV Alvin expedition (AT15-27) to 9°50’N East Pacific Rise
(starboard observer on Alvin dive #4380)
2006 R/V Atlantis/DSV Alvin expedition (AT15-13) to 9°50’N East Pacific Rise
(starboard observer on Alvin dive #4279)
2006 R/V Atlantis/DSV Alvin expedition (AT15-06) to 9°50’N East Pacific Rise
2017 E/V Nautilus/ROV Hercules to Pescadero Basin
2016 R/V Polarstern/HROV Nereid Under Ice to Gakkel Ridge
2013 R/V Falkor/HROV Nereus expedition (FK008) to Mid-Cayman Rise
2012 R/V Atlantis/ROV Jason II expedition (AT18-16) to Mid-Cayman Rise
2011 R/V Okeanos Explorer/ROV Little Hercules expedition to Mid-Cayman Rise
(link; via tele-presence)
2009 R/V Cape Hatteras/HROV Nereus expedition (link) to Mid-Cayman Rise
2007 R/V Atlantis/DSV Alvin expedition (AT15-27) to 9°50’N East Pacific Rise
(starboard observer on Alvin dive #4380)
2006 R/V Atlantis/DSV Alvin expedition (AT15-13) to 9°50’N East Pacific Rise
(starboard observer on Alvin dive #4279)
2006 R/V Atlantis/DSV Alvin expedition (AT15-06) to 9°50’N East Pacific Rise
Photos
From the deep ocean, to deep within the Earth's crust. © Jill McDermott