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Bob White (geophysicist)
Robert (Bob) Stephen White (born 12 December 1952) is Emeritus Professor of Geophysics in the Earth Sciences department at Cambridge University and was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society ( FRS) in 1994. He is Director of the Faraday Institute for Science and Religion. Biography Bob White is also a Fellow of St Edmund's College, Cambridge, prior to which he was a student and Research Fellow at Emmanuel College, Cambridge. A Fellow of the Geological Society, and a member of the American Geophysical Union and several other professional bodies; he serves on numerous of their committees. He leads a research group investigating the Earth's dynamic crust. His most cited paper (White & McKenzie 1989) used geophysical evidence in conjunction with models of melt generation beneath rifts to show that the largest and most rapid effusions of volcanic rock on the earth, known as flood basalts, result from continental rifting above mantle plumes. He has organised fieldwork in many diffe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Professor Of Geophysics (Cambridge)
The Professorship of Geophysics is a statutory professorship at the University of Cambridge. It was founded in 1964. The professorship was established in the Department of Geodesy and Geophysics (now part of the Department of Earth Sciences.Williams, Carol (2010), Madingley Rise and Early Geophysics at Cambridge, Third Millennium Pub Ltd , The first incumbent was Sir Edward Bullard, who was appointed to the chair in 1964. Professors of Geophysics * Edward Bullard Sir Edward Crisp Bullard FRS (21 September 1907 – 3 April 1980) was a British geophysicist who is considered, along with Maurice Ewing, to have founded the discipline of marine geophysics. He developed the theory of the geodynamo, pioneere ... (1964) * Jack Jacobs (1974) * Chris Chapman (1984) * Bob White (1989) * Sergei Lebedev (2021) References {{DEFAULTSORT:Geophysics, Professor of, Cambridge, University of Professorships at the University of Cambridge Department of Earth Sciences, University of Cam ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Journal Of Geophysical Research
The ''Journal of Geophysical Research'' is a peer-reviewed scientific journal. It is the flagship journal of the American Geophysical Union. It contains original research on the physical, chemical, and biological processes that contribute to the understanding of the Earth, Sun, and Solar System. It has seven sections: A (Space Physics), B (Solid Earth), C (Oceans), D (Atmospheres), E (Planets), F (Earth Surface), and G (Biogeosciences). All current and back issues are available online for subscribers. History The journal was originally founded under the name ''Terrestrial Magnetism'' by the American Geophysical Union's president Louis Agricola Bauer in 1896. It was renamed to ''Terrestrial Magnetism and Atmospheric Electricity'' in 1899 and in 1948 it acquired its current name. In 1980, three specialized sections were established: ''A: Space Physics'', ''B: Solid Earth'', and ''C: Oceans''. Subsequently, further sections have been added: ''D: Atmospheres'' in 1984, ''E: Planets' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
University Of Cambridge
The University of Cambridge is a Public university, public collegiate university, collegiate research university in Cambridge, England. Founded in 1209, the University of Cambridge is the List of oldest universities in continuous operation, world's third-oldest university in continuous operation. The university's founding followed the arrival of scholars who left the University of Oxford for Cambridge after a dispute with local townspeople. The two ancient university, ancient English universities, although sometimes described as rivals, share many common features and are often jointly referred to as Oxbridge. In 1231, 22 years after its founding, the university was recognised with a royal charter, granted by Henry III of England, King Henry III. The University of Cambridge includes colleges of the University of Cambridge, 31 semi-autonomous constituent colleges and List of institutions of the University of Cambridge#Schools, Faculties, and Departments, over 150 academic departm ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Chris Chapman (seismologist)
Christopher Hugh Chapman (born 5 May 1945) is a British seismologist, an emeritus honorary professor in the Department of Earth Sciences, University of Cambridge. Biography He was awarded a first degree in theoretical physics and a Ph.D. in geophysics by Cambridge University. He then moved to Canada to be an Assistant and Associate Professor at the University of Alberta, and an Associate and Full Professor at the University of Toronto. He returned to Cambridge in 1984 to take up an appointment as Professor of Geophysics (Cambridge), Professor of Geophysics. In 1990 he joined Schlumberger Cambridge Research (SCR) as a Scientific Advisor until his retirement in 2005. He continues to consult for SCR and act as Emeritus Honorary Professor of Theoretical Seismology at Cambridge. He published the geophysics textbook “Fundamentals of Seismic Wave Propagation” in 2004. (Cambridge University Press). He was a Green Scholar at the Scripps Institution of Oceanography in 1978–9 and 1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
