Ruth Blake

Ruth Blake
Ruth Blake
Alma mater	Wayne State University (BS); University of Texas (MS); University of Michigan (PhD)
	Scientific career
Fields	Geology, Geochemistry, Engineering, Environmental Sciences
Institutions	Yale University

Ruth E. Blake is an American geochemist and environmental scientist. She is a professor at Yale University in earth & planetary sciences, environmental studies, and chemical & environmental engineering. Blake's work focuses on marine biogeochemical processes, paleoclimate, astrobiology, and stable isotope geochemistry.^[1]^[2]

Education[edit]

Ruth Blake completed a B.S. degree in geology from Wayne State University and a M.S degree in hydrogeology from the University of Texas. She earned a Ph.D. in geochemistry from University of Michigan in 1998.^[2] Blake's doctoral research focused on how microbial activity can affect oxygen isotopes in phosphates.^[3]

Career and research[edit]

While a professor at Yale, Blake expanded on her graduate research focus using isotopic evidence in ancient marine phosphates to show that there was significant biological activity in the ocean during the Archean era.^[4]

Blake has worked on numerous other research topics related to biological and/or chemical activity in oceans, sediments, and soils.^[5]^[6] She has worked on methods development in isotope geochemistry.^[7]

Awards and honors[edit]

Blake was the 2002 winner of the F.W. Clarke Medal from the Geochemical Society.^[8]

References[edit]

^ "Ruth Blake". Yale School of Engineering & Applied Science.
^ ^a ^b "Ruth Blake". Nautilus Live. 18 August 2014.
^ Blake, R.E.; O'neil, J.R.; Garcia, G.A. (October 1997). "Oxygen isotope systematics of biologically mediated reactions of phosphate: I. Microbial degradation of organophosphorus compounds". Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta. 61 (20): 4411–4422. Bibcode:1997GeCoA..61.4411B. doi:10.1016/S0016-7037(97)00272-X.
^ Blake, Ruth E.; Chang, Sae Jung; Lepland, Aivo (April 2010). "Phosphate oxygen isotopic evidence for a temperate and biologically active Archaean ocean". Nature. 464 (7291): 1029–1032. Bibcode:2010Natur.464.1029B. doi:10.1038/nature08952. ISSN 1476-4687. PMID 20393560. S2CID 4432018.
^ D'Hondt, Steven; Jørgensen, Bo Barker; Miller, D. Jay; Batzke, Anja; Blake, Ruth; Cragg, Barry A.; Cypionka, Heribert; Dickens, Gerald R.; Ferdelman, Timothy; Hinrichs, Kai-Uwe; Holm, Nils G.; Mitterer, Richard; Spivack, Arthur; Wang, Guizhi; Bekins, Barbara; Engelen, Bert; Ford, Kathryn; Gettemy, Glen; Rutherford, Scott D.; Sass, Henrik; Skilbeck, C. Gregory; Aiello, Ivano W.; Guèrin, Gilles; House, Christopher H.; Inagaki, Fumio; Meister, Patrick; Naehr, Thomas; Niitsuma, Sachiko; Parkes, R. John; Schippers, Axel; Smith, David C.; Teske, Andreas; Wiegel, Juergen; Padilla, Christian Naranjo; Acosta, Juana Luz Solis (December 24, 2004). "Distributions of Microbial Activities in Deep Subseafloor Sediments". Science. 306 (5705): 2216–2221. Bibcode:2004Sci...306.2216D. doi:10.1126/science.1101155. PMID 15618510. S2CID 1055042.
^ Greenwood, James P.; Blake, Ruth E. (November 2006). "Evidence for an acidic ocean on Mars from phosphorus geochemistry of Martian soils and rocks". Geology. 34 (11): 953. Bibcode:2006Geo....34..953G. doi:10.1130/G22415A.1.
^ Liang, Y.; Blake, R. E. (1 October 2006). "Oxygen isotope composition of phosphate in organic compounds: Isotope effects of extraction methods". Organic Geochemistry. 37 (10): 1263–1277. Bibcode:2006OrGeo..37.1263L. doi:10.1016/j.orggeochem.2006.03.009. ISSN 0146-6380.
^ "F. W. Clarke Award". Geochemical Society. Retrieved 2020-03-15.

External links[edit]

Ruth Blake publications indexed by Google Scholar

[1] "Ruth Blake". Yale School of Engineering & Applied Science.

[:0-2] "Ruth Blake". Nautilus Live. 18 August 2014.

[3] Blake, R.E.; O'neil, J.R.; Garcia, G.A. (October 1997). "Oxygen isotope systematics of biologically mediated reactions of phosphate: I. Microbial degradation of organophosphorus compounds". Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta. 61 (20): 4411–4422. Bibcode:1997GeCoA..61.4411B. doi:10.1016/S0016-7037(97)00272-X.

[4] Blake, Ruth E.; Chang, Sae Jung; Lepland, Aivo (April 2010). "Phosphate oxygen isotopic evidence for a temperate and biologically active Archaean ocean". Nature. 464 (7291): 1029–1032. Bibcode:2010Natur.464.1029B. doi:10.1038/nature08952. ISSN 1476-4687. PMID 20393560. S2CID 4432018.

[5] D'Hondt, Steven; Jørgensen, Bo Barker; Miller, D. Jay; Batzke, Anja; Blake, Ruth; Cragg, Barry A.; Cypionka, Heribert; Dickens, Gerald R.; Ferdelman, Timothy; Hinrichs, Kai-Uwe; Holm, Nils G.; Mitterer, Richard; Spivack, Arthur; Wang, Guizhi; Bekins, Barbara; Engelen, Bert; Ford, Kathryn; Gettemy, Glen; Rutherford, Scott D.; Sass, Henrik; Skilbeck, C. Gregory; Aiello, Ivano W.; Guèrin, Gilles; House, Christopher H.; Inagaki, Fumio; Meister, Patrick; Naehr, Thomas; Niitsuma, Sachiko; Parkes, R. John; Schippers, Axel; Smith, David C.; Teske, Andreas; Wiegel, Juergen; Padilla, Christian Naranjo; Acosta, Juana Luz Solis (December 24, 2004). "Distributions of Microbial Activities in Deep Subseafloor Sediments". Science. 306 (5705): 2216–2221. Bibcode:2004Sci...306.2216D. doi:10.1126/science.1101155. PMID 15618510. S2CID 1055042.

[6] Greenwood, James P.; Blake, Ruth E. (November 2006). "Evidence for an acidic ocean on Mars from phosphorus geochemistry of Martian soils and rocks". Geology. 34 (11): 953. Bibcode:2006Geo....34..953G. doi:10.1130/G22415A.1.

[7] Liang, Y.; Blake, R. E. (1 October 2006). "Oxygen isotope composition of phosphate in organic compounds: Isotope effects of extraction methods". Organic Geochemistry. 37 (10): 1263–1277. Bibcode:2006OrGeo..37.1263L. doi:10.1016/j.orggeochem.2006.03.009. ISSN 0146-6380.

[8] "F. W. Clarke Award". Geochemical Society. Retrieved 2020-03-15.

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