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OceanExpert ID : 6908

Prof John A. ORCUTT

Professor of Geophysics (IGPP)

University of San Diego, Scripps Institution of Oceanography

Work Location

United States

Email(s)

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Telephone

[8] (858) 534-2230

Fax

[8] (858) 534-2230

Profile URL

https://oceanexpert.org/expert/ORCUT

Highest Degree

B.S. U.S. Naval Acad., M.S. U. ofLiverpool, England, Ph.D. UC San Diego-SIO

Activities

1. Internal structure of ocean spreading centers; genesis of the oceaniclithosphere, 2. Structure of the elastic earth using seismology, syntheticseismograms, and geophysical inverse theory, 3. Ocean seismo-acousticsincluding rough seafloor scattering, acoustic-elastic interactions, and theuse of small arrays, 4. Seafloor geodesy, 5. Nuclear test-ban verificationseismology

Sea regions of study

Global

Working language(s)

English

Created: 2000-03-17 | Last Updated: 2021-04-12

Group(s): Data Buoy Cooperation Panel (DBCP) , DBCP Action Groups , GOOS , JCOMM , Observations Programme Area (OPA) , OCEAN Sustained Interdisciplinary Timeseries Environment observation System (OceanSITES)