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Forrest, Matthew

PhD Candidate

Degrees:

• B.A., UCLA
• B.A., UC Santa Cruz
• M.S., Moss Landing Marine Laboratories

Research Interests:

• Biogeography of springs in the Great Basin with an emphasis on thermal springs as refugia for vulnerable species.

Forrest, M.J. and Ledesma-Vázquez, J. 2009. Active Geothermal Springs and Pliocene-Pleistocene Examples. In: Atlas of Coastal Ecosystems in the Western Gulf of California. Eds: Markes E. Johnson; Jorge Ledesma-Vázquez. Univ. of AZ Press.

Forrest, M.J., Ledesma- Vázquez, J., Ussler, W., Kulongoski, J.T., Hilton, D.R., Greene, H.G. 2005. Gas Geochemistry of a shallow submarine hydrothermal vent associated with the El Requesón fault zone, Bahía Concepción, Baja California Sur, Mexico. Chemical Geology 224: 82-95.

Canet, C., Prol-Ledesma, R.M., Proenza, J., Rubio-Ramos, M.A., Forrest, M.J., Torres-Vera, M.A., Rodríguez-Díaz, A.A. 2005 Mn-Ba-Hg mineralization at shallow submarine hydrothermal vents in Bahía Concepción, Baja California Sur, Mexico. Chemical Geology 224: 96-112.

Prol-Ledesma, R.M., Canet, C., Torres-Vera, M.A., Forrest, M.J., Armienta, M.A. 2004. Vent fluid chemistry in Bahía Concepción coastal submarine hydrothermal system, Baja California Sur, Mexico. Journal Volcanology and Geothermal Research 137: 311-328.

Forrest, M.J. and Melwani, A. 2003. Ecological consequences of shallow-water hydrothermal venting along the El Requesón fault zone, Bahía Concepción, B.C.S., Mexico. Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, Seattle: 577-578.

Forrest, M.J., Greene, H.G., Ledesma-Vázquez, J., Prol-Ledesma, R.M. 2003. Present-day shallow-water hydrothermal venting along the El Requesón fault zone provides possible analog for formation of Pliocene-age chert deposits in Bahía Concepción, B.C.S., México. Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs 35(4): 69.

Ledesma-Vázquez, J, Forrest, M.J., Greene, H.G., Berry, R.W., Johnson, M.E. 2003. El Mono chert; a coastal basin member of the Pliocene Infierno formation, BCS, México. Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs 35(4): 69.

Canet, C., Prol-Ledesma, R.M., Rubio-Ramos, M.A., Forrest, M.J., Torres-Vera, M.A. 2003 Characteristics of Mn-Ba-Hg mineralization at shallow hydrothermal vents in Bahía Concepción, Baja California Sur, Mexico. Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, Seattle: 579.

Prol-Ledesma, R.M., Canet, C., Torres-Vera, M.A., Forrest, M.J., and Armienta, M.A. 2003. Vent fluid chemistry in Bahía Concepción coastal submarine hydrothermal system, Baja California, Mexico. Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, Seattle, 2003: 221.