Dr. Vicki Ferrini
Associate Research Scientist
Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory
Marine Geology and Geophysics
208A Oceanography
61 Route 9W - PO Box 1000
Palisades
NY
10964-8000
US
Phone: 
(845) 365-8339
ferrini@ldeo.columbia.edu
Fields of interest: 
High-resolution seafloor mapping in coastal waters and the deep sea. Deep submergence vehicle data acquisition and integration. Management of marine geoscience data.

My main research interests are in using high resolution geophysical mapping techniques to understand the processes that create and modify the seafloor.

Education
List of degrees from highest to lowest:
PhD, Coastal Oceanography
Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, NY
05/2004
M.S., Marine Environmental Science
Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, NY
05/1998
B. A., Geology-Biology
Colby College, Waterville, ME
05/1995
Selected Publications: 
Variable Morphologic Expression of Volcanic, Tectonic, and Hydrothermal Processes at Six Hydrothermal Vent Fields in the Lau Back-arc Basin, Ferrini, V.L., M.K. Tivey, S.M. Carbotte, F. Martez, C.N. Roman , Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems (G-cubed), Volume 9, Issue Q07022, (2008), 10.1029/2008GC002047

Submeter bathymetric mapping of volcanic and hydrothermal features on the East Pacific Rise crest at 9 degrees 50 ' N, Ferrini, V. L.; Fornari, D. J.; Shank, T. M.; Kinsey, J. C.; Tivey, M. A.; Soule, S. A.; Carbotte, S. M.; Whitcomb, L. L.; Yoerger, D.; Howland, J. , Geochemistry Geophysics Geosystems, Jan 19, Volume 8, p.-, (2007), Doi 10.1029/2006gc001333

The effects of fine-scale surface roughness and grain size on 300 kHz multibeam backscatter intensity., Ferrini, V.L., and R.D. Flood , Marine Geology, Volume 228, Issue 1-4, p.153-172, (2006)

A comparison of Rippled Scour Depressions identified with multibeam sonar: evidence of localized sediment transport in inner shelf environments., Ferrini, V.L., and R.D.Flood , Continental Shelf Research, Volume 25, Issue 16, p.1979-1995 , (2005), doi:10.1016/j.csr.2005.07.002