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JODI N. HARNEY University of Hawaii School of Ocean and Earth Science and Technology Department of Geology and Geophysics 1680 East-West Rd. POST 721 Honolulu, HI 96822 Phone (808) 956-3605, Fax (808) 956-5512 email jharney@soest.hawaii.edu  Aloha! Welcome to my PERSONAL page... |
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I visited the Geology and Geophysics Department at UH during the summer of 1996 and spent three weeks working with the Coastal Geology Group on a field project for the U.S. Geological Survey. It didn't take long to realize that this research group was the place to be. I arrived on Oahu in January 1997 to begin my Ph.D. work under the wise advisement of Professor Chip Fletcher and have since been happily (and literally) immersed coastal and marine geology. |
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This photo was taken at Hawea Point at Honolua Bay in Kapalua, West Maui , during our GPS work in the summer of 1997. Pictured are Ann Gibbs (from the USGS), me, Zoe Norcross, and Melanie Coyne. The extensive GPS survey was required in order to obtain several hundred ground control points for use in photogrammetric studies on shoreline change. We set up manned tripod base stations (like the "short" one in the photo with me at the top of the page) in clear, remote areas (e.g., atop cinder cones, in sugar cane fields, and on rocky promontories) and had two additional roving teams. |
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For our various projects, we spend a lot of time working in the field, on this and other islands. We profile beaches and SCUBA dive on everything from fringing reefs to deep offshore sand fields and paleoshorelines at 200'. This is Ebi and me suiting up to work in my field area, Kailua Bay. My research involves the production of carbonate (both reef and sediment) atop the extensive fringing reef platform (an area of 4 square km!). I map living and fossil substrates; collect samples of sediment, rubble, beachrock, algae, mollusc shells, and corals; and "jet-probe" various submarine sand bodies to determine the volume of stored sediment. |
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This photo is of Chip and me working in Kailua Bay on our 25' Hydrosport. Field work is essential to the projects of our Coastal Geology Group. For example, Eric and Clark use a portable tripod drilling rig to obtain cores of both subaerial and submarine fossil carbonates for our reef accretion and sea-level change studies. All of the work we do is related to coastal and marine geology, but our individual projects are diverse and multidisciplinary. Check out the CGG research page for some interesting details. |
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Living in Melbourne on the Atlantic coast of Florida most of my life gave me a great appreciation for water of all types... the ocean, the intracoastal waterways, the Everglades, the many freshwater lakes. My interests in science began early and covered a number of subjects, so while majoring in Biology at the University of Central Florida in Orlando, I delved into zoology, ecology, biochemistry, and genetics. After graduating with a B.S. in December 1993, my love for the ocean led me to graduate school at the University of South Florida's Marine Science Department in St. Petersburg. For nearly two years working with Pamela Hallock-Muller, I was able to dive every month on the reefs of the Florida Keys - great research! |
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How's this for excitement in the Hawaiian Islands? I did take up surfing... it's Hawaii, how could I not? I'm not quite up for tow-ins yet, but I'm out there in 2-3' having a blast! |
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Aside from there being much to do in the water, the mountains are beautiful, the hiking and biking incredible! This is a photo of Diamond Head crater taken from the Koolau mountains. (Mahalo, Stewart!) |
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My friend Jenny and I hiking the Koolaus. |
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Me at the top of Olomana overlooking Kailua Bay, my research area on windward Oahu. |
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