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 Gerald Schubert, Professor of Geophysics and Planetary Physics


Gerald Schubert 
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 2810
Geology 3809
Telephone:(310) 825-4577
(310) 825-1475
Fax:(310) 825-2779
E-mail:schubert@ucla.edu
Web Site:http://www2.ess.ucla.edu/~schubert/
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 Courses Taught

 

ESS 200B
ESS 202

 Current Research Interest

 

Fundamental geophysical fluid dynamics, structure of planetary interiors, mantle convection in the Earth and planets, tectonics and deformation of crusts and lithospheres, chemistry of upper atmospheres, and planetary atmospheres and surfaces, i.e.; physics of the planets, the present states and evolutionary paths of their atmospheres, surfaces and interiors.

http://artemis.ess.ucla.edu/~schubert

 Education

 

B.E.P., 1961, Cornell University
M.A.E., 1961, Cornell University
Ph.D., 1964, University of California, Berkeley

 Selected Publications

 The magnetic field and internal structure of Ganymede, G. Schubert, K. Zhang, M.G. Kivelson, J.D. Anderson, Nature , 384 , 264-266, 1997.
 Magnetohydrodynamics in rapidly rotating spherical systems, K. Zhang and G. Schubert, Ann. Rev. Fluid Mech., 32, 409-443, 2000.
 Mantle Convection in the Earth and Planets, G. Schubert, D.L. Turcotte, and P. Olson, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, England, in press, 2000.
 Teleconvection: Remotely driven thermal convection in rotating, stratified spherical layers, K. Zhang and G. Schubert, Science, 290, 1944-1947, 2000.
 Unsuccessful initial seismic survey for a midmantle chemical boundary, J.E. Vidale, G. Schubert, and P.S. Earle, Geophys, Res. Lett., submitted 2000.
 Timing of the Martian dynamo, G. Schubert, C.T. Russell, and W.B. Moore, Nature, 408, 666-667, 2000.
 Geodynamics, D. L. Turcotte and G. Schubert, John Wiley and Sons, New York, 450 pages, 1982.

 Graduate Students

 Sami Asmar
sasmar@ucla.edu
 Susanna Musotto
musotto@dunsinane.ess.ucla.edu

 Post-Doctoral Visitor

 Alice Slancova
alice@elsinore.ess.ucla.edu

 
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