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DONALD W. FORSYTH
Professor
GeoChemistry Building, Room 158
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401-863-2058 (fax)

 

 

 

 

 

Research Statement
Education
Selected Awards


Research Statement:
I am a seismologist and marine geophysist. My research has developed along four major lines: ocean-bottom seismometer and marine geophysical studies of oceanic crust and upper mantle, isostasy of continents and oceans, lateral heterogeneities and azimuthal variations in seismic velocity in the mantle related to convection, and the dynamics of mid-ocean-ridge tectonics.

Education:
B.S. in Physics at Grinnell College

Graduate studies took place at the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution/MIT Joint Program, focusing on marine geophysics and seismology.

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Selected Awards:
Elected to the National Academy of Sciences 2006

Arthur L. Day Medal, Geological Society of America 2005

A.G. Huntsman Award for Excellence in Marine Sciences, 2002

George Woollard Award, Geological Society of America 2000

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