Researchers

Earth sciences / ANDERSON, DON L.

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Position

Eleanor and John R. McMillan Professor of Geophysics, Emeritus, Division of Geological and Planetary Sciences at California Institute of Technology, USA.

Research interests

Solid Earth Geophysics

Interpretation of deep Earth seismic data, including tomography, to derive models for the composition, physical state and evolution of the Earth's interior; derivation of global geodynamic models; synthesis of geochemical, geophysical and geodynamic data; interactions of lithosphere and asthenosphere.

Prizes and awards

James B. Macelwane Award, American Geophysical Union, 1966
Apollo Achievement Award, N.A.S.A., 1969
Newcomb Cleveland Prize, American Association for the Advancement of Science, 1976-1977 (Viking group award)
NASA Distinguished Scientific Achievement Award, 1977
Emil Wiechert Medal, German Geophysical Society (Deutsche Geophysikalische Gesellscraft), 1986
Arthur L. Day Medal, Geological Society of America, 1987
The Gold Medal of the Royal Astronomical Society, 1988
Bowie Medal of the American Geophysical Union, 1991
Crafoord Prize, Royal Swedish Academy of Science, 1998
National Medal of Science, 1998

Publications

W. Keller, D. Anderson, And R. Clayton, 2000. Resolution of tomographic models of the mantle beneath Iceland, Geophys. Res. Letters Vol. 27, No. 24, p. 3993-3996, 2000.

J. Favela and D. Anderson, 2000. Extensional tectonics and global volcanism, in book titled Problems in Geophysics for the New Millennium. ed. Boschi, E., Ekstrom, G. and Morelli, A., Editrice Compositori, Bologna, p.463-498.

Anderson, D. L. 2001. Occam's Razor; Simplicity, Complexity and Global Geodynamics, Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society, in press.

Anderson, D. L., 2001, Topside Tectonics, Science, 293, 2016-2018.

Anderson, D. L., 2001. A statistical test of the two reservoir model for helium, Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 193, 77-82.

Anderson, D. L., 2002. The Case for Irreversible Chemical Stratification of the Mantle, International Geology Review.