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Department of Geology and Geophysics
Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
360 Woods Hole Road, MS #24
Woods Hole, MA, 02543
Tel: 508-289-3371
Email: clare@whoi.edu
URL:www.whoi.edu/people/clare
E DUCATION
Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
Joint Program in Oceanography Ph.D. candidate
(anticipated date of graduation summer 2007)
University of Leeds, U.K., M.Sci. (1 st Class) Geophysical Sciences
(third year spent on exchange at University of California, Santa Barbara)
G RANTS AND A WARDS
Geological Society of America Geophysics Division Student Research Award
Geological Society of America Graduate Student Research Grant
2001-present
1997- 2001
2006
2006
P UBLISHED P APERS
Williams, C. M ., R. A. Stephen, and D. K. Smith, Hydroacoustic events located at the intersection of the Atlantis
(30º) and Kane (23º 40’N) Transform Faults with the Mid-Atlantic Ridge, Geochem. Geophys. Geosyst., 7,
Q06015, doi:10.1029/2005GC001127, 2006.
Klein, E. M., D. K. Smith, C. M. Williams , and H. Schouten, Counter-rotating microplates at the Galapagos triple junction , Nature , 433 , 855-858, 2005.
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UBMITTED
P
APERS
Williams, C. M.
, M. A. Tivey, H. Schouten and D. J. Fornari, The Central Anomaly Magnetization High documents variations in crustal accretionary processes along the East Pacific Rise (9º 55-25’N), submitted to
Geochem. Geophys. Geosyst., Feb 2007.
R ECENT C ONFERENCE A BSTRACTS
Williams, C. M ., M. A. Tivey, M.D. Behn, The Magnetic Structure of Kane Megamullion: Results from Marine
Magnetic Anomalies, Paleomagnetic Data and Thermal Modeling, AGU Fall Meeting, 2006.
Williams, C. M ., M. A. Tivey, B. E. Tucholke, and H. J. B. Dick, The Nature of a Magnetic Polarity Boundary in the lower crust and upper mantle at Kane Megamullion , AGU Fall Meeting, 2005.
Schouten, H., D. K. Smith, C. M. Williams , and E. M. Klein, Counter-rotating microplates at the Galapagos triple junction, eastern equatorial Pacific Ocean, AGU Fall Meeting, 2004.
Williams, C. M.
, M. A. Tivey, D. J. Fornari, and H. Schouten, An Investigation of Small Scale Ridge Axis Offsets using Near Bottom Magnetic Data from the EPR, 9º25’N to 9º58’N , AGU Fall Meeting, 2003.

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DUCATIONAL
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UTREACH
Mentor to two pre-generals graduate students, 2005- present
Co-presented a WHOI Teachers Workshop for local science teachers, September 2005
Co-presented a Plate Tectonics Workshop for science teachers at Falmouth High School (Massachusetts),
May 2005
Tutored high school student in mathematics, Autumn 2004.
S EA GOING E XPERIENCE
R/V Knorr: Nov-Dec 2004, surface and deeptow magnetic survey of the Kane Megamullion, Atlantic Ocean.
R/V Atlantis: Jan-Feb 2004, multi-discipline cruise to 9ºN, East Pacific Rise (EPR), Pacific Ocean. Experienced first dive in remotely operated vehicle ALVIN
R/V Thomas G.Thompson
: Nov 2002-Jan 2003, deeptow mapping and magnetic survey of Jurassic Quiet Zone, western Pacific Ocean.
R/V Melville: July-Sept 2002, multi-discipline cruise to the Incipient Rift, 2º 40’N (EPR), Pacific Ocean
R/V Melville; Mar-May 2000, multi-discipline cruise to 9º N, 3º N and 1º N (EPR) and 98.5º W on the Galapagos
Spreading Centre, Pacific Ocean.
F IELD E XPERIENCE
WHOI Geodynamics Field Course: Western Ontario, Canada, July 2005.
WHOI Geodynamics Field Course : Volcanoes National Park, Hawaii, June 2004
Undergraduate Field Experience: 1997-2001, observations and mapping experience in Assynt Region, NW
Scotland; Lake District, NW England; Brecon Beacons, SW Wales; Troodos Ophiolite, Cyprus; Volcanoes
National Park, California; Nevada Desert, California.
W ORK E XPERIENCE
BP Student Summer Placement: July- Sept 1999. Direct hydrocarbon indicators in Clair Field, West of Shetland
Team
Field Assistant for Derwent Mining Co.
: chromite exploration using potential field data in Fujairah, United Arab
Emirates, July- Aug 1998
GAP Activity Project placement at Eltham College, Melbourne, Australia, Sept 1996- Aug 1997
W ORKSHOP P ARTICIPATION
Salt dynamics at La Popa Basin, ExxonMobil short course, Mexico, Feb 2007 .
Gravity and Magnetic Methods for Explorationists, Society of Exploration Geophysicists (SEG) Continuing
Education short course, Houston, Nov 2005.
Seismo-Acoustic Applications in Marine Geology and Geophysics Workshop , Woods Hole Oceanographic
Institution, March 2004.
Ridge 2000 Mid-Atlantic Ridge Workshop , Providence, Rhode Island, March 2004.
P ROFESSIONAL S OCIETIES
Geological Society of America (2005-present).
American Geophysical Union (2002- present).
Society of Exploration Geophysicists (2000-present).