Joel Johnson

Courses Taught
- ESCI 400: Freshman Field Seminar
- ESCI 501: Introduction to Oceanography
- ESCI 631: Structural Geology
- ESCI 754/854: Sedimentology
- ESCI 756/856: Geotectonics
- ESCI 759/859: Geological Oceanography
- ESCI 796/896: Topics/Newfoundland Field Trip
- INCO 590: Rsrch Exp/Earth Sciences
- INCO 790: Adv Rsrch Exp/Earth Sciences
Selected Publications
Waghorn, K. A., Vadakkepuliyambatta, S., Plaza-Faverola, A., Johnson, J. E., Bünz, S., & Waage, M. (2020). Crustal processes sustain Arctic abiotic gas hydrate and fluid flow systems. Scientific Reports, 10(1). doi:10.1038/s41598-020-67426-3
Honsberger, I. W., Laird, J., & Johnson, J. E. (2020). A Laurentian margin subduction perspective: Geodynamic constraints from phase equilibria modeling of barroisite greenstones, northern USA Appalachians. GSA Bulletin, 132(11-12), 2587-2605. doi:10.1130/b35456.1
Meazell, P. K., Flemings, P. B., Santra, M., & Johnson, J. E. (2020). Sedimentology and stratigraphy of a deep-water gas hydrate reservoir in the northern Gulf of Mexico. AAPG Bulletin, 104(9), 1945-1969. doi:10.1306/05212019027
Argentino, C., Johnson, J. E., Conti, S., Fioroni, C., & Fontana, D. (2020). Preservation of 34S-enriched sulfides in fossil sulfate-methane transition zones: new evidence from Miocene outcrops of the northern Apennines (Italy). Geo-Marine Letters, 40(3), 379-390. doi:10.1007/s00367-020-00644-w
Argentino, C., Conti, S., Crutchley, G. J., Fioroni, C., Fontana, D., & Johnson, J. E. (2019). Methane-derived authigenic carbonates on accretionary ridges: Miocene case studies in the northern Apennines (Italy) compared with modern submarine counterparts. Marine and Petroleum Geology, 102, 860-872. doi:10.1016/j.marpetgeo.2019.01.026
Wallmann, K., Riedel, M., Hong, W. L., Patton, H., Hubbard, A., Pape, T., . . . Bohrmann, G. (2018). Gas hydrate dissociation off Svalbard induced by isostatic rebound rather than global warming. Nature Communications, 9(1). doi:10.1038/s41467-017-02550-9
Phillips, S. C., Hong, W. -L., Johnson, J. E., Fahnestock, M. F., & Bryce, J. G. (2018). Authigenic carbonate formation influenced by freshwater inputs and methanogenesis in coal-bearing strata offshore Shimokita, Japan (IODP site C0020). Marine and Petroleum Geology, 96, 288-303. doi:10.1016/j.marpetgeo.2018.06.007
Waghorn, K. A., Bünz, S., Plaza-Faverola, A., & Johnson, J. E. (2018). 3-D Seismic Investigation of a Gas Hydrate and Fluid Flow System on an Active Mid-Ocean Ridge; Svyatogor Ridge, Fram Strait. Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems, 19(8), 2325-2341. doi:10.1029/2018gc007482
Wik, M., Johnson, J. E., Crill, P. M., DeStasio, J. P., Erickson, L., Halloran, M. J., . . . Varner, R. K. (2018). Sediment Characteristics and Methane Ebullition in Three Subarctic Lakes. Journal of Geophysical Research: Biogeosciences, 123(8), 2399-2411. doi:10.1029/2017jg004298
Schneider, A., Panieri, G., Lepland, A., Consolaro, C., Crémière, A., Forwick, M., . . . Knies, J. (2018). Methane seepage at Vestnesa Ridge (NW Svalbard) since the Last Glacial Maximum. Quaternary Science Reviews, 193, 98-117. doi:10.1016/j.quascirev.2018.06.006
Knies, J., Daszinnies, M., Plaza-Faverola, A., Chand, S., Sylta, Ø., Bünz, S., . . . Mienert, J. (2018). Modelling persistent methane seepage offshore western Svalbard since early Pleistocene. Marine and Petroleum Geology, 91, 800-811. doi:10.1016/j.marpetgeo.2018.01.020
Panieri, G., Bünz, S., Fornari, D. J., Escartin, J., Serov, P., Jansson, P., . . . Gracias, N. (2017). An integrated view of the methane system in the pockmarks at Vestnesa Ridge, 79°N. Marine Geology, 390, 282-300. doi:10.1016/j.margeo.2017.06.006
Phillips, S. C., Johnson, J. E., Clyde, W. C., Setera, J. B., Maxbauer, D. P., Severmann, S., & Riedinger, N. (2017). Rock magnetic and geochemical evidence for authigenic magnetite formation via iron reduction in coal-bearing sediments offshore Shimokita Peninsula, Japan (IODP Site C0020). Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems, 18(6), 2076-2098. doi:10.1002/2017gc006943
Bolton, C. T., Hernández-Sánchez, M. T., Fuertes, M. -Á., González-Lemos, S., Abrevaya, L., Mendez-Vicente, A., . . . Stoll, H. M. (2016). Decrease in coccolithophore calcification and CO2 since the middle Miocene. Nature Communications, 7(1). doi:10.1038/ncomms10284
Zorzi, C., Sanchez Goñi, M. F., Anupama, K., Prasad, S., Hanquiez, V., Johnson, J., & Giosan, L. (2015). Indian monsoon variations during three contrasting climatic periods: The Holocene, Heinrich Stadial 2 and the last interglacial–glacial transition. Quaternary Science Reviews, 125, 50-60. doi:10.1016/j.quascirev.2015.06.009
Johnson, J. E., Mienert, J., Plaza-Faverola, A., Vadakkepuliyambatta, S., Knies, J., Bünz, S., . . . Ferré, B. (2015). Abiotic methane from ultraslow-spreading ridges can charge Arctic gas hydrates. Geology, 43(5), 371-374. doi:10.1130/g36440.1
Plaza-Faverola, A., Bünz, S., Johnson, J. E., Chand, S., Knies, J., Mienert, J., & Franek, P. (2015). Role of tectonic stress in seepage evolution along the gas hydrate-charged Vestnesa Ridge, Fram Strait. Geophysical Research Letters, 42(3), 733-742. doi:10.1002/2014gl062474
Ali, S., Hathorne, E. C., Frank, M., Gebregiorgis, D., Stattegger, K., Stumpf, R., . . . Giosan, L. (2015). South Asian monsoon history over the past 60 kyr recorded by radiogenic isotopes and clay mineral assemblages in the Andaman Sea. Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems, 16(2), 505-521. doi:10.1002/2014gc005586
Johnson, J. E., Phillips, S. C., Torres, M. E., Piñero, E., Rose, K. K., & Giosan, L. (2014). Influence of total organic carbon deposition on the inventory of gas hydrate in the Indian continental margins. Marine and Petroleum Geology, 58, 406-424. doi:10.1016/j.marpetgeo.2014.08.021
Phillips, S. C., Johnson, J. E., Underwood, M. B., Guo, J., Giosan, L., & Rose, K. (2014). Long-timescale variation in bulk and clay mineral composition of Indian continental margin sediments in the Bay of Bengal, Arabian Sea, and Andaman Sea. Marine and Petroleum Geology, 58, 117-138. doi:10.1016/j.marpetgeo.2014.06.018
Teichert, B. M. A., Johnson, J. E., Solomon, E. A., Giosan, L., Rose, K., Kocherla, M., . . . Torres, M. E. (2014). Composition and origin of authigenic carbonates in the Krishna–Godavari and Mahanadi Basins, eastern continental margin of India. Marine and Petroleum Geology, 58, 438-460. doi:10.1016/j.marpetgeo.2014.08.023
Cawthern, T., Johnson, J. E., Giosan, L., Flores, J. A., Rose, K., & Solomon, E. (2014). A late Miocene–Early Pliocene biogenic silica crash in the Andaman Sea and Bay of Bengal. Marine and Petroleum Geology, 58, 490-501. doi:10.1016/j.marpetgeo.2014.07.026
Phillips, S. C., Johnson, J. E., Giosan, L., & Rose, K. (2014). Monsoon-influenced variation in productivity and lithogenic sediment flux since 110 ka in the offshore Mahanadi Basin, northern Bay of Bengal. Marine and Petroleum Geology, 58, 502-525. doi:10.1016/j.marpetgeo.2014.05.007
Flores, J. A., Johnson, J. E., Mejía-Molina, A. E., Álvarez, M. C., Sierro, F. J., Singh, S. D., . . . Giosan, L. (2014). Sedimentation rates from calcareous nannofossil and planktonic foraminifera biostratigraphy in the Andaman Sea, northern Bay of Bengal, and eastern Arabian Sea. Marine and Petroleum Geology, 58, 425-437. doi:10.1016/j.marpetgeo.2014.08.011
Rose, K. K., Johnson, J. E., Torres, M. E., Hong, W. -L., Giosan, L., Solomon, E. A., . . . Todd Schaef, H. (2014). Anomalous porosity preservation and preferential accumulation of gas hydrate in the Andaman accretionary wedge, NGHP-01 site 17A. Marine and Petroleum Geology, 58, 99-116. doi:10.1016/j.marpetgeo.2014.04.009
Sweeney, E. M., Gardner, J. V., Johnson, J. E., & Mayer, L. A. (2012). Geological interpretation of a low-backscatter anomaly found on the New Jersey continental margin. Marine Geology, 326-328, 46-54. doi:10.1016/j.margeo.2012.08.007
Ponton, C., Giosan, L., Eglinton, T. I., Fuller, D. Q., Johnson, J. E., Kumar, P., & Collett, T. S. (2012). Holocene aridification of India. Geophysical Research Letters, 39(3), n/a. doi:10.1029/2011gl050722
Goldfinger, C., Nelson, C. H., Morey, A. E., Johnson, J. E., Patton, J. R., Karabanov, E., . . . Vallier, T. (2012). Turbidite event history—Methods and implications for Holocene paleoseismicity of the Cascadia subduction zone. U.S. Geological Survey Professional Paper 1661-F, 1-170.
Phillips, S. C., Johnson, J. E., Miranda, E., & Disenhof, C. (2011). Improving CHN measurements in carbonate-rich marine sediments. Limnology and Oceanography: Methods, 9(5), 194-203. doi:10.4319/lom.2011.9.194
PAULL, C. K., USSLER III, W., HOLBROOK, W. S., HILL, T. M., HAFLIDASON, H., WINTERS, W., . . . LUNDSTEN, E. V. E. (2010). The tail of the Storegga Slide: insights from the geochemistry and sedimentology of the Norwegian Basin deposits. Sedimentology, 57(6), 1409-1429. doi:10.1111/j.1365-3091.2010.01150.x
Paull, C. K., Schlining, B., Ussler, W., Lundste, E., Barry, J. P., Caress, D. W., . . . McGann, M. (2010). Submarine Mass Transport Within Monterey Canyon: Benthic Disturbance Controls on the Distribution of Chemosynthetic Biological Communities. Unknown Journal, 229-246. doi:10.1007/978-90-481-3071-9_19
Gutierrez-Pastor, J., Hans Nelson, C., Goldfinger, C., Johnson, J. E., Escutia, C., Eriksson, A., . . . Party, S. S. (2009). EARTHQUAKE CONTROL OF HOLOCENE TURBIDITE FREQUENCY CONFIRMED BY HEMIPELAGIC SEDIMENTATION CHRONOLOGY ON THE CASCADIA AND NORTHERN CALIFORNIA ACTIVE CONTINENTAL MARGINS. EXTERNAL CONTROLS ON DEEP-WATER DEPOSITIONAL SYSTEMS, (92), 179-+. Retrieved from http://gateway.webofknowledge.com/
Goldfinger, C., Grijalva, K., Burgmann, R., Morey, A. E., Johnson, J. E., Nelson, C. H., . . . Gracia, E. (2008). Late Holocene Rupture of the Northern San Andreas Fault and Possible Stress Linkage to the Cascadia Subduction Zone. Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America, 98(2), 861-889. doi:10.1785/0120060411
Paull, C. K., Ussler, W., Holbrook, W. S., Hill, T. M., Keaten, R., Mienert, J., . . . Lorenson, T. D. (2008). Origin of pockmarks and chimney structures on the flanks of the Storegga Slide, offshore Norway. Geo-Marine Letters, 28(1), 43-51. doi:10.1007/s00367-007-0088-9
Goldfinger, C., Morey, A. E., Nelson, C. H., Gutiérrez-Pastor, J., Johnson, J. E., Karabanov, E., . . . Eriksson, A. (2007). Rupture lengths and temporal history of significant earthquakes on the offshore and north coast segments of the Northern San Andreas Fault based on turbidite stratigraphy. Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 254(1-2), 9-27. doi:10.1016/j.epsl.2006.11.017
Tréhu, A. M., Flemings, P. B., Bangs, N. L., Chevallier, J., Gràcia, E., Johnson, J. E., . . . Torres, M. E. (2004). Feeding methane vents and gas hydrate deposits at south Hydrate Ridge. Geophysical Research Letters, 31(23). doi:10.1029/2004gl021286
Tréhu, A. M., Long, P. E., Torres, M. E., Bohrmann, G., Rack, F. R., Collett, T. S., . . . Schultheiss, P. (2004). Three-dimensional distribution of gas hydrate beneath southern Hydrate Ridge: constraints from ODP Leg 204. Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 222(3-4), 845-862. doi:10.1016/j.epsl.2004.03.035
Johnson, J. E., Goldfinger, C., & Suess, E. (2003). Geophysical constraints on the surface distribution of authigenic carbonates across the Hydrate Ridge region, Cascadia margin. Marine Geology, 202(1-2), 79-120. doi:10.1016/s0025-3227(03)00268-8
Goldfinger, C., Nelson, C. H., Johnson, J. E., & Party, S. S. (2003). Deep-water turbidites as Holocene earthquake proxies: the Cascadia subduction zone and Northern San Andreas Fault systems. ANNALS OF GEOPHYSICS, 46(5), 1169-1194. Retrieved from http://gateway.webofknowledge.com/
Goldfinger, C., Nelson, C. H., Johnson, J. E., & Party, S. S. (2003). Holocene earthquake records from the Cascadia subduction zone and northern San Andreas Fault based on precise dating of offshore turbidites. ANNUAL REVIEW OF EARTH AND PLANETARY SCIENCES, 31, 555-577. doi:10.1146/annurev.earth.31.100901.141246
Chevallier, J., Tréhu, A. M., Bangs, N. L., Johnson, J. E., & Meyer, H. J. (n.d.). Seismic sequence stratigraphy and tectonic evolution of southern Hydrate Ridge. doi:10.2973/odp.proc.sr.204.121.2006
Graw, M. F., D'Angelo, G., Borchers, M., Thurber, A. R., Johnson, J. E., Zhang, C., . . . Colwell, F. S. (n.d.). Energy Gradients Structure Microbial Communities Across Sediment Horizons in Deep Marine Sediments of the South China Sea. Frontiers in Microbiology, 9. doi:10.3389/fmicb.2018.00729
Phillips, S. C., & Johnson, J. E. (n.d.). Data report: grain size distribution of unconsolidated sands offshore Shimokita Peninsula, Japan (IODP Site C0020). doi:10.2204/iodp.proc.337.203.2017
Giosan, L., Ponton, C., Usman, M., Blusztajn, J., Fuller, D. Q., Galy, V., . . . Eglinton, T. I. (n.d.). Short communication: Massive erosion in monsoonal central India linked to late Holocene land cover degradation. Earth Surface Dynamics, 5(4), 781-789. doi:10.5194/esurf-5-781-2017
Gale, A., Little, C., & Johnson, J. (n.d.). A new neolepadid cirripede from a Pleistocene cold seep, Krishna-Godavari Basin, offshore India. Acta Palaeontologica Polonica, 65. doi:10.4202/app.00705.2019
Johnson, J. E., Goldfinger, C., Tréhu, A. M., Bangs, N. L. B., Torres, M. E., & Chevallier, J. (n.d.). North-South Variability in the History of Deformation and Fluid Venting across Hydrate Ridge, Cascadia Margin. doi:10.2973/odp.proc.sr.204.125.2006