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SCLATER, JOHN

Professor of Geophysics

Degrees:

• B.S., University of Edinburgh, Scotland
• Ph.D., University of Cambridge, England

Research Interests:

• Tectonic History of the Southwest Indian Ridge with emphasis on the Andrew Bain Mega-transform Fault.
• Thermal models of old ocean floor
• History of science
• Heat flow and subsidence of the continental margins of the Gulf of California

Courses Recently Taught:

• ESYS150: Environmental Perils
• SIO 10: The Earth
• SIO10: The Earth
• SIO249: Spec Topics in Marine Geology

Honors and Awards:

• Guggenheim Foundation Fellowship, 1998 -1999
• Member, US National Academy of Sciences, 1989
• AAPG Distinguished Lecturer, 1987-1988
• Bucher Medal, American Geophysical Union, 1985
• Shell Distinguished Professorship, Univ. of Texas, Austin, 1983-1988
• Fellow, Royal Society of London, 1982
• Rosenstiel Award, University of Miami, 1979
• Fellow, American Geophysical Union, 1977
• Fellow, Geological Society of America, 1975

Mentoring:

• Takeuchi, Christopher (Graduate; 2005-)
• Goodwillie, Andrew (Post Doc; 1992-1994)
• Nagihara, Seiichi (Post Doc; 1992-1994)
• Muller, Dietmar (Graduate; 1990-1993)
• Nagihara, Seiichi (Graduate; 1987-1992)
• Dunbar, John (Graduate; 1984-1988)
• Scotese, Chris (Post Doc; 1983-1985)
• Celerier, Bernard (Graduate; 1981-1986)
• Jaupart, Claude (Graduate; 1977-1980)
• Royden, Leigh (Graduate; 1977-1982)
• Sawyer, Dale (Graduate; 1977-1982)
• Crowe, John (Graduate; 1975-1981)
• Davis, Earl (Post Doc; 1975-1979)
• Norton, Ian (Post Doc; 1975-1977)
• Tapscott, Christopher (Graduate; 1975-1980)
• Parsons , Bary (Post Doc; 1974-1978)
• Grow, John (Post Doc; 1972-1973)
• Louden, Keith (Graduate; 1972-1976)
• Peirce, John (Graduate; 1972-1977)
• Anderson, Roger (Graduate; 1969-1973)
• Jarrard, Richard (Graduate; 1969-1975)

Selected publications

1967 Sclater, J. G., and H. W. Menard, Topography and heat flow of the Fiji Plateau, Nature, 216, 991-993.

1970 Sclater, J. G. and J. Francheteau, The implications of terrestrial heat flow observations on current tectonic and geochemical models of the crust and upper mantle of the Earth, Geophys. J. Roy. Astr. Soc., 20, 509-542.

1971 Sclater, J. G., R. N. Anderson, and M. L. Bell, The elevation of ridges and the evolution of the central Eastern Pacific, J. Geophysical Res., 76, 7888-7915.

1971 Fisher, R. L., J. G. Sclater, and D. P. McKenzie, The evolution of the central Indian Ridge, western Indian Ocean, Bull. Geol. Soc. Amer., 82, 3, 553-562. 1971 McKenzie, D. P. and J. G. Sclater, The evolution of the Indian Ocean since the Late Cretaceous, Geophys. J. Roy. Astron. Soc., 25, 437- 528.

1977 Parsons, B. and J. G. Sclater, An analysis of the variation of the ocean floor bathymetry heat flow and with age, J. Geophys. Res., 82, 5, 803-827.

1980 Sclater, J. G. and P. A. F. Christie, Continental stretching: an explanation of the post-Mid-Cretaceous subsidence of the Central North Sea Basin, J. Geophys. Res., 85, B7, 3711-3739.

1980 Royden, L., J. G. Sclater and R. P. Von Herzen, Continental margin subsidence and heat flow: Important parameters in formation of petroleum hydrocarbons, Amer. Assoc. Petrol. Geol., 64, 173-187.

1981 Sclater, J. G., B. Parsons and C. Jaupart, Oceans and continents: Similarities and differences in mechanisms of heat loss, J. Geophys. Res., 86, B12, 11535-11552.

1988 Kautz, S.A. and J.G. Sclater, Internal deformation in clay models of extension by block faulting, Tectonics, 7:4, 823-832.

1996 Nagihara, S., C. R. B. Lister, and J. G. Sclater; Reheating of old oceanic lithosphere: Deduction from observations, Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 139, 91-104.

1997 Muller, R. D., W. R. Roest, J.-Y. Royer, L. M. Gahagan and J. G. Sclater, A digital age map of the ocean floor, Journal of Geophysical Research, 102, B2, 3211-3214.

2003 Sclater, J. G., Ins and outs on the ocean floor, Nature, 421, 590-591.

2003 Sclater, J. G., Variability of heat flux through the seafloor: discovery of hydrothermal circulation in the oceanic crust, in Hydrology of the Oceanic Lithosphere, E. Davis and H. Elderfield editors, Cambridge University Press, p 3-27.

2005 Sclater, J. G., N. R. Grindlay, J. A. Madsen and C. Rommevaux-Jestin, Tectonic interpretation of the Andrew Bain transform fault: Southwest Indian Ocean Geochem, Geophys. Geosyst., 6(9) Q09K10, doi:10.1029/2005GC000951.

2006 Crosby, A. G., D. McKenzie and J. G. Sclater, The relationship between depth, age, gravity in the oceans, Geophys. J. Int., 166, 553-573.

2007 Peyve, AA, S. G. Skolotnev, LIgi, M., et al., Investigation of the Andrew Bain transform fault zone (African-Antarctic region) Doklady Earth Sciences, 416, 991-994, 2007

2008 Gelli,L. and J. G. Sclater, On the depth dependence of oceanic earthquakes: Brief comments on “The thermal structure of oceanic and continental lithosphere”, by McKenzie, D., Jackson, J. and K. Priestly, Earth Plan Sci. Let., 233,[2005}, 337-349, Earth Plan Sci. Let., 265, 3-4, 769-775.