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Seismic Properties of the Plates
Geodynamics, Plate Motions, Thermal Evolution
and Rheology of the Oceanic Lithosphere and the
Driving Mechanism of Plate Tectonics; Acoustic,
Elastic and Anelastic Properties of the Rocks and
Minerals of Oceanic Crust and Mantle under in-situ
Conditions with Applications to Composition,
Structure and State of the Crust, upper Mantle and
Deep-Sea Sediments
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Tectonic Controls on the Evolution of
Sedimentary Basins
Stratigraphy and Sedimentology; Regional
Stratigraphic Studies (Outcrop and Subsurface);
Tectonics and Sedimentation; Evolution of
Sedimentary Basins; Carbonate Platform-to-Basin
Transitions
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Electromagnetic Induction in the Solid
Earth
Electromagnetic Induction in the Solid Earth,
Modeling of Global Electrical Conductivity
Structure of the Earth's Mantle using Satellite
Magnetometer Data
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Seismic Imaging of the Earth's Interior
Seismic Wave Propagation and Use of Seismic Data
to Image the Interior of the Earth; Crustal
Seismology, Inversion Methods and Seismic Ray
Tracing Algorithms for Anisotropic Media
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Mineralogy and Geochemistry
Mineralogy, Geochemistry: Microanalysis of
Geologic Materials using the Electron Microprobe,
Image Analysis applied to Mineralogical and
Petrological Problems
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John Hopper
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Experimental Rock Deformation at High Pressure
and Temperature
Experimental Deformation of Minerals and Rocks
at High Pressures and Temperatures, with Emphasis
on the Roles of Crystalline Defects, Grain
Boundaries, Interfaces and Fluids in Determining
Mechanical Response
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Metamorphic Petrology and Fluids in the Crust
and Mantle
Metamorphic Petrology: Compositions and Movement
of Fluids in the Crust and upper Mantle;
Granulite-facies Metamorphism, Phase-Equilibria;
Natural and Synthetic Fluid Inclusions; Constraints
on the Nature of Mantle Fluids
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Geochronology and Hard-Rock Isotope
Geochemistry
Radiometric dating in the deep crustal levels of
ancient mountain belts, radiogenic isotopic systems
and chemical evolution of the crust
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Igneous Petrology of Oceanic Crust
Igneous Petrology, Physical Properties of
Igneous Rocks, Ore Petrology and Geochemistry
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Rock Deformation at High Pressure and
Temperature and Microstructures of Naturally
Deformed Rocks
Field and Microstructural Study of Deformed
Crustal and upper Mantle Rocks; Deformation of
Oceanic Crust at Active Rifts; Mechanisms of
Deformation and Strain Localization; Fluid-Rock
Interactions; Cooperative Processes of Deformation
and Metamorphism; Methods of Determining Pressure,
Temperature, Stress, Strain rate; Applications of
Electron Microscopy and Backscattered Diffraction
(EBSD) to Geologic Materials
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Hydrous Lower Crust and Mantle Phases
Experimental Mineralogy and Geochemistry; High
Temperature Hydrothermal Fluids; Crystal Chemistry,
Phase Relations, and Thermodynamics of
Mantle-derived Amphiboles and Micas and their use
in Determining Activities of Volatile Species in
the Environment of Formation
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Marine Geology and Geophysics.
Plate Tectonic Reconstruction and Scientific
Ocean Drilling; Determinations of Oceanic Spreading
Rates; Hypocentral Location Methods; Data
Processing of VSP Data; Applications of Satellite
Imagery in Scientific Drilling Operations in the
Arctic
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Paleomagnetism and Tectonics
Marine Geophysics including Plate Tectonics and
Tectonic Reference Frames; Paleomagnetism and
Environmental Magnetism, Magnetostratigraphy and
the Magnetic Polarity Reversal Time Scale;
High-resolution Marine Geophysical Methods,
Magnetic and Gravity Field Interpretation.
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Mantle and Plate Dynamics
Geodynamics; Seafloor Spreading and Formation
and Segmentation of the Oceanic Crust, Partial
Melting of the Earth's Mantle and Magma Migration
at Spreading Centers, Hotspots and Subduction
Zones; Numerical modeling and Geophysical Fluid
Dynamics
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