Personal details

Education: 1971 -B.S., St. Lawrence University, Canton, New York.

Graduated Cum Laude with Highest Honors in Geology.

1974 -Masters of Philosophy, Columbia University, NY

Marine Geology: Advisor, Bruce Heezen

1977 -Ph.D., Columbia University, New York, New York.

Geochemistry: Advisors R. Kay and W.I. Ridley
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Faculty Fellow at Columbia University, 1971-1977.

Research Fellow, Research School of Earth Sciences, the Australian National University, Canberra, Australia, July 1977-July 1982.

Assistant Professor, Dept. of Geology, University of Florida, Gainesville, August 1982-July 1985.

Visiting Research Scientist, Cornell University, Summer 1985.

Associate Professor, Dept of Geology, University of Florida, Gainesville, 1985- 1991.

Visiting Fellow, Department of Geology, University of Tasmania, Hobart, Tasmania, and Research School of Earth Sciences, Australian National University, 1990.

Professor and Graduate Advisor, University of Florida, Gainesville, August 1991-2001.

Collaborative Research Scientist, Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute, 2001

Visiting Professor, Institut du Physique du Globe, Paris, Spring 2002

Professor and Chair, University of Florida, Gainesville, July 2007 - present.
FELLOWSHIPS AND AWARDS (UF only)

Outstanding Teacher Award - April 1986, UF College of Liberal Arts and Science

Teacher of the Year - Semifinalist - 1989, UF College of Liberal Arts and Sciences

Excellence in Undergraduate Education Award - UF, CLAS, April 1989

Teaching Improvement Award, University of Florida – 1995

Professional Excellence Program Award, University of Florida – 1998

Flint Term Professor, UF 1999-2001

Fellow of the Geological Society of America - 2008

Member: Geological Society of America; American Geophysical Union; Geochemical Society, Sigma Gamma Epsilon.

Blue Ribbon Panel Member to review the National Undersea Research Program (1995)

Chair, Deep Submergence Science Committee (DESSC) (1994-1999)

Member, Partners for Education Program (PEP), Geological Soc. America

Geology Advisor and Book Reviewer, Plenum Publishers (1992-1999)

Associate Editor of Reviews of Geophysics (1993-2000)

Symposium Chair- IUGG Meeting (Submarine Volcanism-July 1995)

RIDGE Observatory Experiment participant (1993)

RIDGE RISES Planning Meeting section chair (1994)

Editorial advisor for the BBC (UK) and University Science Books (1995)

Special Emphasis Panel in Geosciences, US Science Support Program for ODP (1996)

RIDGE, Event Detection and Response; panel leader (1997)

DESCEND, Deep Submergence Workshop; Group Leader (1999)

Deep Submergence Science Committee (DESSC),Chair, (1995-1999)

University National Oceanographic Laboratory System Council member (1995-1999)

RIDGE 2000 Steering Committee Member, and Executive Committee (2002-2007)

Chair of Education and Outreach Advisory Committee – RIDGE 2000 (2004-2007).

Distinguished Lecturer: RIDGE2000 NSF Program (2006-2007)

AGU Publications Advisory Committee for G-cubed (2005 – present)

Department Chair (2007 – present)

Graduate Coordinator (1991 -2001)

Geology Dept. Executive Committee (1995-2004)

UF Field Camp Committee (1982- 1996)

Honors Faculty (1987-present)

UF Faculty Senator (1992-1994)

Chair Curriculum Committee (1993-1996)

Fellowship Task Force, ORTGE (1996)

Graduate Student Travel selection committee (1997)

CLAS TIP Committee 1996-97

Member, CLAS Search Committee for Associate Dean (1998)

CLAS Dissertation Fellowship Committee (1996-98)

CLAS Graduate Committee (1997-2000)

Geological Society of America campus representative (1983-2004).

Campus Representative, Student Conservation Society (1983-2005).

Alachua County School Volunteer (1984-present).

Alachua County Science Fair Judge

UF, Graduate Council Member (1997- 2000)

Anderson/CLAS Scholar Faculty Honoree; (Fall 2000)

University Scholars Program, Mentor (1998-2001)
TEACHING AT THE UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA

Courses Taught: Introductory Geology, Honors Physical Geology, Oceanography, Igneous and Metamorphic Petrology, Silicate Mineralogy, Advanced Igneous and Metamorphic Petrology*, Advanced Igneous Geochemistry*, Marine Geology, Special Topics in Tectonics and Geochemistry*, Geochemistry Seminar, Analytical Methods*, Summer Field Camp. *New classes developed

Thesis Advisor: 7 PhD, 15 MS, 4 MST,; 10 undergraduate honors theses

Current, 2 PhD, 1 MS

Co-PI and dive participant on RV Atlantis II and ALVIN on the East Pacific Rise Adventure Cruise AII 131 (March-April 1994)

Co-PI and dive participant on RV Atlantis II and ALVIN on the Juan de Fuca Ridge (June - July, 1994)

Co-PI HYDROTRACE Expedition, RV SONNE; German-Canadian -US cooperative program on the Juan de Fuca Ridge and Axial Seamount (July 1996)

Co-PI EDISON II Expedition, RV SONNE Multinational Cooperative Program in Papua New Guinea, (July 1998).

Co-PI, RV T Thompson, NeMO ’99 cruise – Axial Seamount, Juan de Fuca Ridge (June 1999).

Cooperative Research with University of Alaska, Fairbanks and Franklin and Marshall College; Mapping on Unalaska Is. AK (July 1999)

Co-Chief Scientist RV Melville; AHA-Nemo2 Expedition – Central East Pacific Rise and Galapagos Spreading Center, March-April 2000.

Co-Chief Scientist (D. Stakes, Chief Sci). Western Flyer (WF007)/Tiburon) S. Cleft, Juan de Fuca Ridge, (July, 2000).

Co- Chief Scientist (D. Stakes, Chief Sci). Western Flyer (WF2480)/Tiburon), S. Cleft, Juan de Fuca Ridge, (July, 2002).

Co- Chief Scientist (D. Clague, Chief Sci). Western Flyer Vance and Axial Seamounts, Juan de Fuca Ridge, (July, 2005).

Science Party – RV Atlantis –ALVIN, East Pacific Rise (June 2006) RESET06 RIDGE Response Cruise

Co-Chief Scientist East Pacific Rise, 9° 03’N Overlapping Spreading Center (MEDUSA) cruise; RV Atlantis – Jason 2, (March- April 2007).
REFEREED PUBLICATIONS (Since 1995)

Lundstrom, C. C., Gill, J., Williams, Q. and Perfit, M. R., 1995. Mantle Melting and Basalt Extraction by Equilibrium Porous Flow. Science, 270, 1958-1961.

Rubin, K.H., Macdougall, J.D. and Perfit, M.R., 210Po-210Pb dating of recent volcanic eruptions on the sea floor. Nature, 368, 841-844.

McInnes, B., M. Perfit, I. Jonasson and A. Heatherington (1996). Petrology, Geochemistry, and Volcanology of Rock Samples Collected During Project EDISON (SO-94): Tabar-Lihir-Tanga-Feni Islands; PNG. Report to the German Government.

Mejia, V., Opdyke, N.D., and Perfit, M.R., 1996. Paleomagnetic field intensity study recorded in submarine basaltic glass from the East Pacific Rise, the last 69 Ka. Geophysical Research Lett., 23, no. 5., 475-478.

Perfit M. R., Fornari, D.J., Ridley, W.I., Kirk, P.A., D.J. Casey, J., Kastens, K.A., Edwards, M., Shuster, R., and Paradis, S., 1996. Recent volcanism in the western Siqueiros Transform Fault: Picritic basalts and implications for MORB magma genesis. Earth Planet Sci. Lett., 141, 91-108.

Perfit, M. R. and Fornari, D., 1996. We Must Reach Out to the Public. EOS , Transactions, American Geophysical Union, 77, 183

Sorensen, S.S., Grossman, J.N. and Perfit, M.R., 1997. Phengite-hosted LILE enrichment in eclogite and related rocks: implications for fluid-mediated mass transfer in subduction zones and arc magma genesis. J. Petrology,.

Pockalny, R.A., Fox, P.J., Fornari, D.J., MacDonald, K.C. and Perfit, M.R., 1997. Tectonic reconstruction of the Clipperton and Siqueiros Fracture Zones: Evidence and consequences of changes in plate motion for the last 3 Myr. J. Geophys. Res., 102, 3167-3181.

Fornari, D.J., Humphris, S.E., and Perfit, M.R., (1997). Deep submergence science takes a new approach. EOS, Trans. Am. Geophys. Union, 78, 402-408.

Gregg, T.K.P., Fornari, D.J., Perfit, M.R., Haymon, R.M., and Fink, J.H., (1997). Rapid emplacement of a mid-ocean ridge lava flow on the East Pacific Rise at 9° 46’-51'N, Earth Planet. Sci. Lett., 144, E1-E7.

Herzig, P., Linke, P., Suess and others (including Perfit), (1997), Die Hydrothermalsysteme des Axial Seamount, Geowissenschaften, 15, 185-193.

Fornari, D.J., Gregg, T.K.P., and Perfit, M.R., 1997. Axial summit caldera and axial summit graben: A reply. RIDGE Events, 8, 12-19.

Fornari, D.J. and Perfit, M.R., (1997), Sampling and imaging requirements for deep submergence science. MTS Journal, 31, 77-79.

Fornari, D.J., R.M. Haymon, M. R. Perfit, T.K.P. Gregg and M.H. Edwards, (1998). Axial summit trough of the East Pacific Rise 9°-10°N: Geological characteristics and evolution of the axial zone on fast spreading mid-ocean ridges J. Geophys. Res., 103, 9827-9855.

Fornari, D.J., Shank, T., Von Damm, K. L., Gregg, T. K. P., Levai, G., Haymon, R. M., Lilley, M., Bray, A., Baron, S., Perfit, M. R., and R. Lutz, (1998). Time-series Temperature Measurements at High-temperature Hydrothermal Vents, East Pacific Rise Crest 9° 49’-51’N: Evidence for monitoring a crustal cracking event. Earth Planet Sci. Lett., 160, 419-431.

Rubin, K.H., *Smith, M.C., Perfit, M.R., Christie, D.M., and Sacks, L.F., (1998). Geochronology and Geochemistry of Lavas from the 1996 Gorda Ridge Eruption. Deep Sea Res.II,.45, 2571-2597

Perfit, M.R., and Chadwick, W.W. Jr., (1998). Magmatism at mid-ocean ridges: Constraints from volcanological and geochemical investigations. in Faulting and Magmatism at Mid-Ocean Ridges, ed. W.R. Buck, P. Delaney, and J.A. Karson. Geophys Monograph 92., Amer. Geophys Union, Washington D.C. in press.

Perfit, M.R., Ridley, W.I. and Jonasson, I., (1998). Geologic, petrologic and geochemical relationships between magmatism and massive sulfide mineralization along the eastern Galapagos Spreading Center, Rev. Economic Geology. Vol 8, Chapter 4, 75-99.

Lundstrom, C.C., Sampson, D.E., Perfit, M.R., Gill, J., and Williams, Q., (1999). Insights into MORB Petrogenesis: U-series Disequilibria from the Siqueiros Transform and Lamont Seamounts. J. Geophysical Res., 104, 13,035-13,048.

Jonasson, I. R. and Perfit, M.R., (1999). Unusual forms fo amorphous silica from submarine warm springs, Juan de Fuca Ridge, Northeastern Pacific Ocean. Canadian Min., 37, 27-36.

Fryer, P, Fornari, D.J., and Perfit, M.R., (2000). Future Research Directions in Deep Submergence Science, Marine Technological Journal,.

Gregg, T.K.P., D.J. Fornari, M.R. Perfit and I.R. Ridley, (2000). Using submarine lava pillars to record mid-ocean ridge eruption dynamics, Earth Planet. Sci. Lett., 178, 195-214.

Embley, R.W., Chadwick, W.W., Perfit, M.R., Smith, M.C., and Delaney, J.R., (2000). Recent eruptions on the CoAxial Segment of the Juan de Fuca Ridge: Implications for mid-ocean ridge accretion processes. J. Geophys. Res., v. 105, 16,501-16,525.

Kurras G.J., Fornari, D.J., Edwards, M.H., Perfit, M.R. and Smith, M.C., (2000). Volcanic Morphology of the East Pacific Rise Crest 9° 49’-52’ N: 1. Implications for Volcanic Emplacement Processes at Fast-Spreading Mid-Ocean Ridges, Marine Geophys. Res., 21, 23-41.

Perfit, M.R., (2001). Sea-Floor Spreading- Mid-Ocean Ridge Geochemistry and Petrology. in Encyclopedia of Ocean Sciences, J. Steel, S. Thorpe and K. Turekian, eds., Academic Press, San Diego, CA, in press.

Rubin, K.H., Smith, M.C., Bergmanis, E.C.,. Perfit, M. R., Sinton, J. M. and Batiza, R., (2001). Geochemical heterogeneity of individual mid-ocean ridge lava flows: Insights into eruption, emplacement and global variations in magma generation. Earth Planet Sci. Lett., 188, 349-367.

Smith, M.C., M. Perfit, D. Fornari, I. Ridley, M. Edwards, G. Kurras, and K. Von Damm, (2001). Magmatic processes and segmentation at a fast spreading mid-ocean ridge: detailed geochemistry and mapping of the East Pacific Rise at 9°37’N – small overlapping spreading center, Geochem. Geophys. Geosyst.,v2. #2000GC000134 ,.

Sims,K., Goldstein,S.J., Blicher-Toft, J., Perfit, M.R., Keleman, D.J., Fornari, D.J., Michael P., Murrell, M.T., Hart, S.R., DePaolo, D.J., Layne, G., Jull, M., and Bender, J. Chemical and isotopic constaints on the generation and transport of melt beneath the East Pacific Rise. Geochem. Cosmochim. Acta. (submitted).

White, S.M., Haymon, R.H., Fornari, D.J., Perfit, M.R., and Macdonald, K.C., (2002). Volcanic Structures and Lava Morphology of the East Pacific Rise, 9-10N: Constraints on Volcanic Segmentation and Eruptive Processes at Fast-Spreading Ridges. J. Geophy. Res., v. 107,

Saal, A.E., Hauri, E.H., Langmuir, C.H., and Perfit, M.R., (2002). Vapour undersaturation in primitive mid-ocean-ridge basalt and the volatile content of Earth’s upper mantle. Nature, v. 419, 451-455.

Danyushevsky, L., Perfit, M. R., Eggins, S., and Falloon, T. (2002) Assimilation of lower crust cumulates produces “ultra-depleted” signatures in oceanic magmas: Evidence from melt inclusions in olivine phenocrysts in MORB from the Siqueiros Transform, East Pacific Rise. Contrib. Min. Pet.

Engels, J.L., Edwards, M.E., Fornari, D.J., Perfit, M.R. and Cann, J. R., (2003). A new model for submarine volcanic collapse formation. Geochem. Geophys. Geosyst., v. 4, 9, doi:10:1029/2002GC000483, 22 p.

Sims, K.W.W., J. Blichert-Toft, D. J. Fornari¹, M. R. Perfit, S. Goldstein, P. Johnson, D.J. DePaolo, S. R. Hart , M.T. Murrell, P. Michael, G. Layne, L. Ball. (2003) Aberrant youth: Chemical and isotopic constraints on the origin of off-axis lavas from the East Pacific Rise, 9° – 10° N. Geochem. Geophys. Geosyst.,(in revision, 02).

Sun, W., V.C. Bennett, S. M. Eggins^, R.J. Arculus and Perfit, M.R., (2003). Rhenium systematics in submarine MORB and Back-arc basin glasses: Laser ablation ICP-MS results. Chemical Geology, (in press)

Sims, K.W. W., J. Blichert-Toft, D. J. Fornari, M. R. Perfit, S. Goldstein, P. Johnson, D.J. DePaolo, S. R. Hart , M.T. Murrell, P. Michael, G. Layne, L. Ball, (2003). Aberrant youth: Chemical and isotopic constraints on the origin of off-axis lavas from the East Pacific Rise, 9° – 10° N. Geochem. Geophys. Geosyst., 4, doi: 10:1029/2002GC000443, 27 p.

Kamenov, G., Mueller, P., and Perfit, M., (2004), Optimization of mixed Pb-Tl solutions for high precision isotopic analyses by MC-ICP-MS. Journal of Analytical Atomic Spectroscopy, v. 19, DOI: 10.1039/b403222e.

Fornari, D.J., Tivey, M., Schouten, H., Perfit, M.R., and 8 others, (2004). Submarine Lava Flow Emplacement at the East Pacific Rise 9° 50’N: Implications for Uppermost Ocean Crust Stratigraphy and Hydrothermal Fluid Circulation. in Mid-Ocean Ridges: Hydrothermal Interactions between the Lithosphere and the Oceans; ed. German, C.R., Lin, J, and Parson, L.M.; Geophys. Monograph 148, Amer. Geophys Union, Washington D.C., 187-217.

Chadwick, D.J., Perfit, M.R., Ridley, W.I., Jonassan, I.R., Kamenov, G., Chadwick, W.W., Embley, R., le Roux, P., R., Smith, M.C. (2005). Magmatic Effects of the Cobb Hotspot on the Juan de Fuca Ridge Journal of Geophysical Research, v. 110, doi: 10.1029/2003JB002767, 16 p.

Kamenov, G.D., Perfit, M.R., Jonasson, I., and Mueller, P.A., (2005). Magma recharge as a mechanism for ore deposit formation: examples from Lihir Island and Conical Seamount, Papua New Guinea. Chemical Geology, 219, 131-148.

Soule, S.A., Fornari, D.J., Perfit, M.R., Tivey, M.A., Ridley, W.I., and Schouten, H.; (2005). Channelized lava flows at the East Pacific Rise crest 9°-10°N: The importance of off-axis lava transport in developing crustal architecture, Geochem. Geophys. Geosyst., 6, Q08005, doi:10.1029/2005GC000912, 28 p.

Stakes, D.S., Perfit, M.R., Tivey, M.A., Caress, D., Ramirez T.M., Maher N., (2006). The Cleft Revealed: Geologic, magnetic and morphologic evidence for construction of upper oceanic crust along the southern Juan de Fuca Ridge. Geochem. Geophys. Geosyst., 7, Q04003, doi: 10.1029/2005GC001038, 32 p.

Ridley, W.I., Perfit, M.R., Fornari, D.J. and Smith, M. (2006) Magmatic processes in developing oceanic crust revealed in a cumulate xenolith collected at the East Pacific Rise, 9°50’N. Geochem. Geophys. Geosyst.; 7, Q12O04, doi:10.1029/2006GC001316, 25 p.

le Roux P.J., Shirey, S.B., Hauri, E.H., Perfit, M.R., Bender, J.F., (2006). The effects of variable sources, processes and contaminants on the composition of northern EPR MORB (8-10ºN & 12-14ºN): evidence from volatiles (H2O, CO2, S) and halogens (F, Cl). Earth Planet Sci. Lett., 251, 209-231.

Bowles, J. Gee, J.S., Kent, D.V., Perfit, M.R., Soule, S.A., and Fornari, D.J. (2006) Paleointensity results from 9° - 10°N on the East Pacific Rise: implications for timing and extent of eruptive activity. Geochem. Geophys. Geosyst., 7, QO6006, doi:10.1029/2005GC001141, 32 p.

Tolstoy, M., Cowen, J. P., Baker, E.T., Fornari, D.J., Rubin, K.H., Shank, T. M., Waldhauser, F., Bohnenstiehl, D., Forsyth, D.W., Holmes, R.C., Love, B., Perfit, M.R., Weekly, R.T., Soule, S.A., and B. Glazer. (2006) A seafloor spreading event captured by seismometers. Science, 314, DOI: 10.1126science.1133950, 1920-1922.

Geist , D.J, D. J. Fornari, M. D. Kurz, K. S. Harpp, S. A. Soule, M. R. Perfit, and A. M. Koleszar,A.M. (2006). Submarine Fernandina: A magmatic plumbing system at the leading edge of the Galápagos Hotspot. . Geochem. Geophys. Geosyst., 7, Q12007, doi:10.1029/2006GC001290. 27 p.

Ridley, W.I., Perfit, M.R., Fornari, D.J. and Smith, M. (2006) Magmatic processes in developing oceanic crust revealed in a cumulate xenolith collected at the East Pacific Rise, 9°50’N. Geochem. Geophys. Geosyst.; 7, Q12O04, doi:10.1029/2006GC001316, 25 p.

Soule, S.A., Fornari, D.J., Perfit, M.R., Ridley, W.I., Reed, M.H., and Cann, J.R., (2006) Incorporation of seawater into mid-ocean ridge lavas during emplacement. Earth Planet. Sci. Lett., 252, 289-307.

Putirka, K.D., Perfit, M.R., Ryerson, F.J. and Jackson, M.G., (2007). Ambient and excess mantle temperatures, olivine thermometry, and active vs. passive upwelling. Chemical Geology. 241, 177-206.

Escartın, J., Soule, S. A., Fornari, D. J., Tivey M. A., Schouten H., and Perfit, M.R.; (2007). Interplay between faults and lava flows in construction of the upper oceanic crust: The East Pacific Rise crest 9° 25’–9° 58’N, Geochem. Geophys. Geosyst., 8, Q06005, doi:10.1029/2006GC001399., 20 p.

Kamenov, G.D., Perfit, M.R., Mueller, P.A., and Jonasson, I. R., (2007) Controls on magmatism in an island arc environment: study of lavas and sub-arc xenoliths from the Tabar-Lihir-Tanga-Feni island chain, Papua New Guinea. Contrib. Mineral. Petrol., DOI 10.1007/s00410-007-0262-0, 22 p.

Soule, S.A., Fornari, D.J., Perfit, M.R., and Rubin, K.H., (2007) New insights into mid-ocean ridge volcanic processes from the 2005-2006 eruption of the East Pacific Rise 9° 46’ – 9° 56’N. Geology. v. 35; no. 12, doi: 10.1130/G23924A.1; 1079–1082.

Lowell, R. P., Seewald, J.S., Metaxas, A., and Perfit, M.R., (2008) Modeling hydrothermal processes at ocean spreading centers: magma to Microbe – an overview. In Magma to Microbe: Modeling Hydrothermal Processes at Ocean Spreading Centers; Lowell, R. P., Seewald, J.S., Metaxas, A., and Perfit, M.R., eds., Geophysical Monograph, 178, American Geophysical Union, Washington D.C., 1-13.

Lowell, R.P., Seewald, J.S., Metaxas, A., and Perfit, M.R., Eds. (2008). Magma to Microbe: Modeling Hydrothermal Processes at Ocean Spreading Centers; Geophysical Monograph, 178, American Geophysical Union, Washington D.C

White, S.M., Mason, J.L., Macdonald, K.C., Perfit, M.R., Wanless, V.D., Klein, E.M., (2009). Significance of widespread low effusion rate eruptions over the past two million years for delivery of magma to the overlapping spreading centers at 9°N East Pacific Rise, Earth Planet Sci. Lett., 280, 175-184.

Chadwick, J., Perfit, M.R., McInnes, B., *Kamenov, G., Plank, T., Jonasson, I, Chadwick, C. (2009). Arc lavas on both sides of a trench: Slab window effects at the Solomon Islands triple junction, SW Pacific. Earth Planet. Sci. Lett., 279, 293-302

Goss, A.R., Perfit, M.R., Ridley, W.I., Rubin, K.H., Kamenov, G.D., Soule, S.A., Fundis, A., and Fornari, D.J., Geochemistry of lavas from the 2005-06 eruption at the East Pacific Rise (9° 46-56’ N): Implications for decadal changes in magma chamber and mantle compositions; Geochem. Geophys. Geosyst., (Submitted).

Wanless, V.D., Perfit, M.R., Ridley, W.I., and Klein, E., Dacite Petrogenesis on Mid-Ocean Ridges: Evidence for Oceanic Crustal Melting and Assimilation; J. Petrology; (Submitted).

Schmitt, A.K., Perfit, M.R., Rubin, K.H., Stockli, D.F., Smith, M.C., Cotsonika, L.A., Zellmer, G.F., Ridley, W.I., Lovera, O.M., Precise Cooling Rates for Oceanic Lower Crust from Zircon in Evolved Mid-Ocean Ridge Lavas; Nature Geosciences, (Submitted)

B. McInnes, M. Perfit, I. Jonasson and A. Heatherington (1996). Petrology, Geochemistry, and Volcanology of Rock Samples Collected During Project EDISON (SO-94):Tabar-Lihir-Tanga-Feni Islands; PNG. in Tectonics, Petrology and Hydrothermal Process in Areas of Alkaline Island-arc Volcanoes in the Southwest Pacific: The Tabar-Lihir-Tanga-Feni Island Chain, Papua New Guinea. P.M. Herzig and K-P. Becker, eds. Final Report SONNE-94, Freiberg University of Mining and Technology, 289p.

Perfit, M. R. and Fornari, D., (1996). We Must Reach Out to the Public. EOS , Transactions, American Geophysical Union, 77, 183

Fornari, D.J., Humphris, S.E., and Perfit, M.R., (1997), Deep submergence science takes a new approach. EOS, Trans. Am. Geophys. Union, 78, 402-408.

Fornari, D.J., Gregg, T.K.P., and Perfit, M.R., (1997). Axial summit caldera and axial summit graben: A reply. RIDGE Events, 8, 12-19.

Perfit, M.R., (1999). Earth’s Oceanic Crust. in Encyclopedia of Geochemistry, C.P. Marshall and R.W. Fairbridge, eds., Kluwer Academic Publishers, Boston ;179-182.

Perfit, M.R., (1999). Molten Rocks in Motion, Nature, 402, 245-247

Perfit, M.R. and Davidson, J.P. (2000). Plate Tectonics and Volcanism. in Encyclopedia of Volcanoes, H. Sigurdsson ed.. Academic Press, San Diego, CA. 89-113.

Perfit, M.R., (2001). Sea-Floor Spreading- Mid-Ocean Ridge Geochemistry and Petrology. in Encyclopedia of Ocean Sciences, J. Steel, S. Thorpe and K. Turekian, eds., Academic Press, San Diego, CA, 1778-1788.

Fryer, P., D. Fornari, M. Perfit, K. Von Damm, S. Humphris, P.J. Fox, L. Lippsett and the UNOLS DEep Submergence Science Committee (DESSC). (2002). Being there- the continuing need for human presence in the deep ocean for scientific research and discovery. Eos.