Member Since 1982
Jim W. Murray
Professor Emeritus, University of Washington Seattle
Professional Experience
University of Washington Seattle
Professor Emeritus
1969 - Present
University of Washington Seattle
Education
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Doctorate
1973
Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
Doctorate
1973
University of California Berkeley
Bachelors
1968
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Honors & Awards
Union Fellow
Received January 2009
Current Roles
President-Elect
Ocean Sciences Executive Committee
Member
Ocean Sciences Fellows Committee
Publications
Alaskan Glacial Dust Is an Important Iron Source to Surface Waters of the Gulf of Alaska

This work evaluates glacial dust as a source of sediment, and associated iron (Fe), to the Fe‐limited Gulf of Alaska (GoA). A reanalysis of G...

June 21, 2024
AGU Abstracts
Pb and Fe isotopes measured on different aerosol size fractions from the subarctic NE Pacific reveal the lithogenic isotopic signatures for Alaskan glacial dust, and an additional fossil fuel source of Pb
OCEAN SCIENCES 2024
organic and inorganic chemical tracers in modern and paleoenvironments | 19 february 2024
John Crusius, Worawin Premrasmi, Thomas Holmes, Ja...
Pb and Fe isotope ratios were measured on aerosol samples (solid phase) to aid in provenance studies. Six aerosol size fractions (<0.49 um to >7...
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The Role of Aeolian Dust on Trace Elemental Composition of Size-Fractinated Plankton Samples From The Central Arabian Gulf
TRACE ELEMENT BIOGEOCHEMICAL CYCLING AND ENVIRONMENTAL CONSEQUENCES III POSTER
biogeosciences | 13 december 2023
Oguz Yigiterhan, Jassem Al-Thani, Rana S. Alabsi, ...
The Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ) of Qatar at Central Arabian Gulf is affected by extreme dust and extensive industrialization, making it an ideal loc...
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Glacial warming in the Eastern Pacific Warm Pool across the last ice age cycle
CLIMATE RECONSTRUCTIONS FROM THE PACIFIC REGION: INSIGHTS INTO PAST OCEANIC AND ATMOSPHERIC CONDITIONS I ORAL
paleoceanography and paleoclimatology | 17 december 2021
Dervla Meegan Kumar, Tripti Bhattacharya, James W....
Our current understanding of the paleoceanography of the Eastern Pacific Warm Pool (EPWP), which extends from the western Central American coast to ~1...
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Volunteer Experience
2024 - 2025
President-Elect
Ocean Sciences Executive Committee
2023 - 2024
Member
Ocean Sciences Fellows Committee
2023 - 2024
Member
Ocean Sciences Section Honors and Recognition Committee
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