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Orson Anderson, Professor of Geophysics |
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| Mailing Address: | Department of Earth and Space Sciences
University of California, Los Angeles
595 Charles Young Drive East,
Box 951567
Los Angeles, CA 90095-1567 |
| Office: | Geology 4851 |
| Telephone: | (310) 825-2386 |
| Fax: | (310) 825-2779 |
| E-mail: | orsona@ess.ucla.edu |
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Courses Taught |
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| | ESS 152
ESS 208
ESS 233 |
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Current Research Interest |
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| | Mineral physics; elastic properties and phase transitions
in rocks and rock-forming minerals; equations of state and energy resources; physical
and thermal properties of planetary interiors; energetics and structure of earth's
core; Properties of iron. |
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Education |
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| | B.S., 1948, University of Utah
M.S., 1949, University of Utah
Ph.D., 1951, University of Utah |
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Selected Publications |
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| | Anderson, O.L., H. Oda, and D. Isaak, A model for the computation
of thermal expansivity at high T and high compression: MgO as an example, Geophys.
Res. Lett., 19, 1987-1990, 1992. | | | Anderson, O.L.,
and D.G. Isaak, Experimental accuracy needed to find thermoelasticparameters,
Pure Appl. Geophys., 141, 1993. | | | Anderson, O.L., and
K. Masuda, A thermodynamic method for computing thermal expansivity, alpha, versus
T along isobars for silicate perovskite, Phys. Earth Planet. Inter., 85, 227-236,
1994. | | | Cynn, H., O.L. Anderson, D.G. Isaak, and M.
Nicol, Gruneisen ratios of MgO from the calculation of entropy, J. Phys. Chem.,
99, 7813-7818, 1995. | | | Anderson, O.L., and D.G. Isaak,
Elastic constants of mantle minerals at high temperatures, in Mineral Physics
and Crystallography: A Handbook of Physical Constants, AGU Reference Shelf 2,
Washington, DC, 1995. | | | Anderson, O.L., K. Masuda, and
D.G. Isaak, A new thermodynamic approach to high pressure physics, Phys. Earth
Planet. Inter., 91, 3-16, 1995. | | | Anderson, O.L., Mineral
physics of iron and the earth's core, Rev. Geophysics, Suppliments, 1995, U.S.
National Report to International Union of Geodesy and Geophysics, (1991-1995).
| | | Anderson, O.L., "Finding the Isentropic Density of
Perovskite: Implications for Iron Concentration in the Lower Mantle," Geophys.
Res. Lett. vo.24, p. 213-216, 4 pages (1997) RESEARCH ARTICLE |
| | Anderson, O.L., "The Volume Dependence of Thermal Pressure in
Solids," J. Phys. Chem. Solids, vo.58, p. 335-343,
9 pages (1997) RESEARCH ARTICLE | | | Anderson, O.L., Duba,
A.: "Experimental Melting Curve of Iron Revisited," J. Geophys.
Res.}, vo.102, p. 22,659-22,669, 11 pages (1997) RESEARCH ARTICLE |
| | Anderson, O.L., "Iron: Beta Phase Frays," Science, vo.278,
821-822, 2 pages (1997) RESEARCH ARTICLE | | | Anderson,
O.L., "History and Geophysical Applications." In Resonant Ultrasound
Spectroscopy: Applications to Physics, Materials
Measurements, and Nondestructive Evaluation,by A.
Migliori and J.L. Sarrao. John Wiley & Sons, Ltd., New York, p. 153-172, 20
pages (1997) CHAPTER IN BOOK | | | Matsui, Anderson, O.L.,
"The Case for a Body-Centered Cubic Phase (a ¢ ) for Iron at Inner Core Conditions,"
Phys. Earth Planet. Inter., vo.103, p.55-62,
8 pages (1997) RESEARCH ARTICLE | | | Masuda, K., Anderson,
O.L., Erskine, D.: "Differential Laser Interferometer Apparatus for Measuring
the Thermal Expansivity of Minerals at High Temperature," Bull. Geol.
Soc. Japan, vo.48, p.257-261, 5 pages (1997) RESEARCH ARTICLE
| | | Anderson, O.L., "Thermoelastic Properties of MgSiO3
Perovskite Using the Debye Approach," Amer. Mineral., vo.83,
p. 23-35, 13 pages (1998) RESEARCH ARTICLE | | | Cynn, H.
, Isaak, D.G., Anderson, O.L.: "Elastic Properties of Forsterite at High Pressure
Obtained From the High-Temperature Database," In Properties of Earth and Planetary
Materials at High Pressure and Temperature, ed. by M. Manghnani and Y. Syono,
Geophysical Monograph #101, American Geophysical Union, Washington, D.C., p. 345-355,
11 pages (1998) (was WIP #033) CHAPTER IN BOOK | | | H.
Zhang, R.S. Sorbello, C. Hucho, J. Herro, J.R. Feller, D. Beck, M. Levy, D.G.
Isaak, J.D. Carnes, O.L. Anderson: "Radiation Impedance of Resonant Ultrasound
Spectroscopy Modes in Fused Silica, J. Acoust. Soc. Am.,
vo. 103, p. 2385-2394, 10 pages (1998) RESEARCH ARTICLE |
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Graduate Students |
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| | J.D. Carnes
jcarnes@adam.igpp.ucla.edu |
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