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LONSDALE, PETER

Professor of Oceanography

Degrees:

  • B.A., University of Cambridge, England
  • Ph.D., UCSD, Scripps Institution of Oceanography
  • M.A., University of Cambridge, England

Research Interests:

  • Structural geomorphology of plate boundary zones
  • Tectonic history of the Pacific basin
  • Geology of seamounts and guyots

Courses Recently Taught:

  • SIO 253: Interactions/Oceanic Plates
  • SIO244: Shpe & Structure/Ocean Floor
  • SIO253: Interactions/Oceanic Plates

Mentoring:

  • Eakins, Barry (Graduate; 1996-2002)
  • Symons, Christina (Graduate; 1996-2002)
  • Baker, Elizabeth (Masters; 1993-1995)
  • Williams, Kimberly (Graduate; 1993-2002)


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Home Department:
MPL

Mailing Address:
Scripps Institution of Oceanography, UCSD
9500 Gilman Drive
La Jolla CA, 92093
Mail Code: 0205

Email: plonsdale@ucsd.edu


Scripps Scholars Profile: http://scrippsscholars.ucsd.edu/plonsdale

Publications:

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1994. Structural geomorphology of the Eltanin fault system and adjacent transform faults of the Pacific-Antarctic plate boundary. Marine Geophysical Researches 16:105-143.

1995. Segmentation and disruption of the East Pacific Rise in the mouth of the Gulf of California. Marine Geophysical Researches 17:323-359.

Castillo, P., J.H. Natland, Y. Niu, and P. Lonsdale. Sr, Nd and Pb isotopic variation along the Pacific-Antarctic risecrest, 53 to 57˚S: Implications for the composition and dynamcis of the south Pacific upper mantle. Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 20 pp. in press (1997).


Last Modified: Mar 16, 2009