Professional Preparation:

PhD. 1987 University of Durham, Durham, U.K., Geological Sciences,

B.Sc. (Honors) 1983 University of Edinburgh, Old College, Edinburgh, Scotland, Geology

Thesis Title: Physical and Structural Processes In Accretionary Complexes: The Role Of Fluids in Convergent Margin Development,

Appointments:

2002-present Professor, Geological Research Division, University of California,

San Diego, Scripps Institution of Oceanography

1992-2002 Associate Professor, Geological Research Division, University of California,

San Diego, Scripps Institution of Oceanography

1991-1992 Post-doctoral Research Fellowship, University of Birmingham, NERC Funded

1989-1991 Research Fellowships, University of California, Santa Cruz, NSF funded

1987-1989 NATO fellowship, University of California, Santa Cruz

Synergistic Activities:

Ocean Drilling Program Scientific evaluation committee (PECOM/SIOCOM & OPCOM, 1995-2000).

Member of the Seismogenic Zone ODP Program Planning Working Group

Member of the Hydrogeology Program Planning Group ODP 2000-2001

Session Chair at the COMPLEX meeting, Vancouver, 1999

Guest ODP Hydrogeology Program Planning Group 2000-2001

Development of new benthic aqueous flux meters systems.

Workshop Coordinator, for IODP/OOI Workshop 2003, Seattle, JOI

Workshop Coordinator, for Central America Drilling workshop 2002, Menlo Park, JOI

Workshop Coordinator, NSF Margins Theoretical Institute, Seismogenic Processes, 2003

Selected Publications:

Brown, K.M., A. Kopf, M.B. Underwood, and J.L. Weinberger, Compositional and fluid pressure controls on the state of stress on the Nankai subduction thrust: A weak plate boundary, Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 214, 589-603, 2003.

Kopf, A; Brown, K M, Friction experiments on saturated sediments and their implications for the stress state of the Nankai and Barbados subduction thrust Marine Geology, vol.202, no.3-4, pp.193-210, 30 Nov 2003.

Brown, K.M., Fluids in deforming sediments, in The Geological Deformation of Sediments, edited by A. Maltman, pp. 205-237, 1994.

Brown, K.M., D. M. Saffer, B. A. Bekins, Smectite diagenesis, pore-water freshening,and fluid flow at the toe of the Nankai wedge, Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 194, 97-109, 2001.

Tryon, M.D., K.M. Brown, L.M. Dorman, and A. Sauter, A new benthic aqueous flux meter for very low to moderate discharge rates, Deep-Sea Research I, 48 (9), 2121-2146, 2001.

Tryon, M.D., K.M. Brown, and M.E. Torres, Fluid and chemical fluxes in and out of sediments hosting methane hydrate deposits on Hydrate Ridge, OR, II: Hydrological processes, Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 201 (3-4), 541-557, 2002.

Fitts, T.G. and K. M. Brown, Eath. Sci. Lett., Stress induced smectite dehydration: ramifications for patterns of fresheneing and fluids expulsion in the N. Barbados accretuionary wedge., Earth and Science Planetary Science Letters, 170-197, 1999.

Brown, K.M., B. Bekins, B. Clennell, D. Dewhurst, G.K. Westbrook, Focused flow along faults: A case for heterogenious regional hydrofracture developement and its influence on aseismic fault dynamics, Geology, 22, 259-262, 1994.

Brown, K.M., The nature and hydrogeologic significance of mud diapirs and diatremes for accretionary systems, Journal of Geophysical Research, 95 (B6), 8969-8982, 1990.

Brown, K.M., N. L. Bangs, P.N. Froelich, and K.A. Kvenvolden, The nature and origin of the bottom simulating reflector and associated gas hydrate in the Chile triple Junction region, Earth and Science Planetary Science Letters, 139, 471-483, 1996.

More Publications:

Brown, K.M., The variation of the hydraulic conductivity structure of an overpressured thrust zone with effective stress, Ocean Drilling Program, Scientific Results, Leg 141, 281-289, 1995.

Tryon, M.D., and K.M. Brown, Complex flow patterns through Hydrate Ridge and their impact on seep biota, Geophysical Research Letters, 28 (14), 2863-2866, 2001.

Tryon, M.D., K.M. Brown, M.E. Torres, A.M. Trehu, J. McManus, and R.W. Collier, Measurements of transience and downward fluid flow near episodic methane gas vents, Hydrate Ridge, Cascadia, Geology, 27 (12), 1075-1078, 1999.

Brown, K.M., and B. Ransom, Porosity corrections for smectite-rich sediments: Impact on studies of compaction, fluid generation, and tectonic history, Geology, 24 (9), 843-846, 1996.

Brown, K.M., Data report: Hydraulic conductivity measurements on discrete samples collected from Leg 141, Site 863, in Proceedings of the Ocean Drilling Program, Scientific Results, Vol. 141, edited by S.D. Lewis, J.H. Behrman, R.J.Musgrave, and S.C. Cande, pp. 401-405, Ocean Drilling Program, College Station, TX, 1995.

Brown, K.M., The variation of the hydraulic conductivity structure of an overpressured thrust zone with effective stress, Proceedings of the Ocean Drilling Program, Scientific Results, Vol. 146, 281-289,1995.

Brown K.M., Permeability measurements on discrete samples collected from ODP Leg 141 Site 863: in Proceedings of the Ocean Drilling Program, Scientific Results, Vol. 141, edited by S.D. Lewis, J.H. Behrman, R.J. Musgrave, and S. C. Cande, 401-407,1995.

Brown, K.M., and N.L. Bangs, Thermal regime of the Chile Triple Junction: Constraints provided by downhole temperature measurements and distribution of gas hydrate, in Proceedings of the Ocean Drilling Program, Scientific Results, Vol. 141, edited by S.D. Lewis, J.H. Behrman, R.J. Musgrave, and S.C. Cande, pp. 259-275, Ocean Drilling Program, College Station, TX, 1995.

Brown, K.M., N.L. Bangs, K. Marsaglia, P.N. Froelich, Y. Zheng, B.M. Didyk, D. Prior, E.L. Rochford, M. Torres, V.B. Kurnosov, N. Lindsley-Griffin, S. Osozawa, and A. Waseda, A summary of ODP Leg 141 hydrogeolic, geochemical, and thermal results, in Proceedings of the Ocean Drilling Program, Scientific Results, Vol. 141, edited by S.D. Lewis, J.H. Behrman, R.J. Musgrave, and S.C. Cande, pp. 363-371, Ocean Drilling Program, College Station, TX, 1995.

Brown, K.M., and J.C. Moore, Comment on "Anisotropic Permeability and Tortuosity in Deformed Wet Sediments" by J. Arch and A. Maltman, Journal of Geophysical Research, 1993.

Brown K. M., and Orange, D., Structural Aspects of Diapiric Melange Emplacement, Journal of Structural Geology, 15, 831-847, 1993.

Moore, J.C., K.M. Brown, F. Horath, G. Cochrane, M.E. MacKay, and G.F. Moore, Plumbing accretionary prisms: effects of permeability variations, Phil. Trans. R. Soc. Lond. A, 335, 275-288, 1991.

Brown, K.M., A. Mascle, and J.H. Behrmann, Mechanisms of accretion and subsequent thickening on the Barbados accretionary complex: Balanced cross sections across the wedge toe, in Proceedings of the Ocean Drilling Program, Scientific Results, Leg 110, edited by J.C. Moore, and A. Mascle, pp. 209-227, 1990.

Brown, K.M., and J.H. Behrmann, Genesis and evolution of small-scale structures in the toe of the Barbados ridge accretionary wedge, in Proceedings of the Ocean Drilling Program, Scientific Results, Leg 110, edited by J.C. Moore, and A. Mascle, pp. 229-241, 1990.