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Texas A&M University
Halbouty 359
Department of Geology and Geophysics,
MS 3115,
College Station, Texas 77843

Dr. Richard Carlson

Regents Professor

Ph.D., University of Washington, Seattle, 1976

M.S., University of Washington, Seattle, 1972

B.S., University of Washington, Seattle, 1970

Research

Geodynamics
Plate motions
Thermal evolution of the oceanic lithosphere and the driving mechanism of plate tectonics
Physical properties of the rocks and minerals: elastic and anelastic properties of rocks and minerals under in-situ conditions with application to the composition, structure and state of the crust and upper mantle
Acoustic properties of deep-sea sediments
Causes of elastic anisotripy
Rheological properties of ultramafic rocks and their implications for the properties of the lithosphere and plate dynamics

Experience

2008 – present: Program Manager, Marine Geology & Geophysics, National Science Foundation
2003-present: Regents Professor, Texas A&M University
2002-present: Holder of the Dudley J. Hughes Endowed Chair in Geology & Geophysics
1993-Present: Professor, Department of Geology & Geophysics, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas
2003-2006: Head, Department of Geology & Geophysics, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas
1986-1993: Professor, Department of Geophysics, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas
1983-1986: Associate Professor, Department of Geophysics, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas
1987-1996: Associate Director, Geodynamics Research Institute, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas
1976-1977: Geologist, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers - Civil, Seattle District
1977-1983: Assistant Professor, Department of Geophysics, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas
1969-1970: Jr. Geophysicist, Geo-Recon, Inc., Seattle

Awards & Honors

2002 Appointed to the Dudley J. Hughes Endowed Chair in Geology & Geophysics
1996 College of Geosciences and Maritime Studies Research Award
1982 College of Geosciences nominee for the Minnie Stevens Piper Teaching Award

Publications

Carlson, R. L. and D. Jay Miller, Unraveling the structure and composition of the oceanic crust, Sea Technology, 46, 10-13, 2005.
Kwon, O.***, K. M. Mobley**, and R. L. Carlson, Measured Permeabilities of Diatomaceous Sediments and Pelagic Clay from the Northwest Pacific, ODP Site 1179, Proc. ODP, Sci. Results, 191: College Station, TX (Ocean Drilling Program), 2005.
Carlson, R. L. and D. Jay Miller, Influence of pressure and mineralogy on seismic velocities in oceanic gabbros: implications for the composition and state of the lower oceanic crust, J. Geophys. Res., 109, B0925, doi: 10.1029/2003JB002699, 2004.
Carlson, R.L., Seismic Properties of Layer 2A at 11 Ma: Results of a VSP at ODP Site 1243, Geophys. Res. Lett., v. 31, L17601, doi:10.1029/2004GL020598, 2004.
Carlson, R. L., Bound Water Content of the Lower Oceanic Crust Estimated from Modal Analyses and Seismic Velocities of Oceanic Diabase and Gabbro, Geophys. Res. Lett., v. 30, no. 22, 2142, doi: 10.1029/2003GL018213, 2003.
Orcutt, J., A. Schultz, T. Davies, T, R. Carlson et al., Proc. ODP. Init Repts., 203 [CD ROM], Ocean Drilling Program, College Station, TX, 2003.
Carlson, R. L. and D. Jay Miller, Mantle Wedge Water Contents Estimated from Seismic Velocities in Partially Serpentinized Peridotites, Geophys. Res. Lett., 30, 1250-1253, 2003.
Mortera, C., D. W. Scholl and R. L. Carlson, Fault trends on the seaward slope of the Aleutian Trench: Implications for a lateral change of the stress field due to the westward increase in oblique convergence, J. Geophys. Res., 108, B10, pp. 6-1 to 6-20, 2477, doi:10.1029/2001JB001433, 2003.
Complete List of Publications

Affiliations

American Geophysical Union
Geological Society of America
Society of Exploration Geophysicists
American Association of Petroleum Geologists