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==Biography==
==Biography==
Seth Stein's sister became a lawyer and his brother, [[Gil Stein (archaeologist)|Gil]], became an archaeologist. Their father was Jerome Leon Stein (1928–2013), a professor of economics at [[Brown University]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Jerome L. Stein, biographical sketch|website=Brown University (brown.edu)|url=https://www.dam.brown.edu/people/documents/Biography.pdf}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Paid Notice: Death, Professor Jerome Leon Stein|date=February 8, 2013|newspaper=The New York Times|url=https://archive.nytimes.com/query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage-9B00E3DD143AF93AA35751C0A9659D8B63.html}}</ref> After graduating in 1975 with a B.S. in Earth and planetary sciences from the [[Massachusetts Institute of Technology]] (M.I.T.), Seth Stein matriculated at the [[California Institute of Technology]] (Caltech). There he graduated in geophysics with an M.S. in 1977 and an Ph.D. in 1978.<ref name=CV>{{cite web|url=https://sites.northwestern.edu/sethstein/full-c-v/ |title=Full C.V. &#124; Seth Stein |website=Northwestern University (sites.northwestern.edu)}}</ref> He was inspired by [[Keiiti Aki]] at M.I.T. and by [[Hiroo Kanamori]] at Caltech. Stein's doctoral dissertation, supervised by Kanamori,<ref name=interview>{{cite web|url=https://heritageproject.caltech.edu/interviews-updates/seth-stein |title=Seth Stein (PHD '78), Earthquake Seismologist |date=12 July 2022 |website=Caltech {{!}} Heritage Project |postscript=; interview conducted on April 6, 2022 by David Zierler, Director of the Caltech Heritage Project }}</ref> is entitled ''I. Seismological study of the Ninetyeast and Chagos-Laccadive Ridges, Indian Ocean. II. Models for asymmetric and oblique spreading at midocean ridges. III. Attenuation studies using split normal modes''.<ref>{{cite web|website=CaltechTHESIS, A Caltech Library Service|author=Stein, Seth Avram|year=1978|title=I. Seismological study of the Ninetyeast and Chagos-Laccadive Ridges, Indian Ocean. II. Models for asymmetric and oblique spreading at midocean ridges. III. Attenuation studies using split normal modes. Dissertation (Ph.D.), California Institute of Technology|doi=10.7907/1BWE-9G81|url=https://thesis.library.caltech.edu/view/author/Stein-S-A.html}}</ref> At Caltech, the three graduate students, Robert J. "Bob" Geller, Emile A. Okal, and Seth Stein often worked together and were called by other geophysicists "The Gang of Three".<ref>{{cite web|title=Robert J. Geller (BS '73, PhD '77)|date=September 29, 2022|postscript=; interview conducted on April 14, 2022 by David Zierler, Director of the Caltech Heritage Project|website=Caltech {{!}} Heritage Project|url=https://heritageproject.caltech.edu/interviews-updates/robert-geller}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Emile A. Okal|website=Northwestern University (northwestern.edu)|url=https://emeriti.northwestern.edu/emile-a-okal/}}</ref> As a postdoc from 1978 to 1979 Stein did research in geophysics at [[Stanford University]]. At Northwestern University he was an assistant professor from 1979 to 1983, an associate professor from 1983 to 1987, and a full professor from 1987 until his retirement in 2023 as professor emeritus. At Northwestern University, he held from 2006 to 2023 the Deering Professorship of Geological Sciences and chaired from 1989 to 1992 the Department of Geological Sciences.<ref name=CV/> In 1982 in Manhattan he married Carol Ann Geller,<ref>{{cite news|title=Seth Stein Weds Carol Ann Geller|newspaper=The New York Times|date=November 26, 1982|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1982/11/26/style/seth-stein-weds-carol-ann-geller.html}}</ref> whom he first met when he was a graduate student at Caltech. She was one of the first women to receive a degree in geophysics from Caltech.<ref name=interview/> She became a professor of Earth and environmental sciences at the [[University of Illinois at Chicago]], and the couple collaborated extensively in geophysics.<ref name=WoollardAward/><ref name=sethsteinnorthwestern>{{cite web|url=https://sites.northwestern.edu/sethstein/ |title=Seth Stein &#124; Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, Northwestern University }}</ref><ref name=Biography>{{cite web|url=https://sites.northwestern.edu/sethstein/biography/ |title=Biography &#124; Seth Stein |website=Northwestern University (sites.northwestern.edu)}}</ref>
Seth Stein's sister became a lawyer and his brother, [[Gil Stein (archaeologist)|Gil]], became an archaeologist. Their father was Jerome Leon Stein (1928–2013), a professor of economics at [[Brown University]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Jerome L. Stein, biographical sketch|website=Brown University (brown.edu)|url=https://www.dam.brown.edu/people/documents/Biography.pdf}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Paid Notice: Death, Professor Jerome Leon Stein|date=February 8, 2013|newspaper=The New York Times|url=https://archive.nytimes.com/query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage-9B00E3DD143AF93AA35751C0A9659D8B63.html}}</ref> After graduating in 1975 with a B.S. in Earth and planetary sciences from the [[Massachusetts Institute of Technology]] (M.I.T.), Seth Stein matriculated at the [[California Institute of Technology]] (Caltech). There he graduated in geophysics with an M.S. in 1977 and an Ph.D. in 1978.<ref name=CV>{{cite web|url=https://sites.northwestern.edu/sethstein/full-c-v/ |title=Full C.V. &#124; Seth Stein |website=Northwestern University (sites.northwestern.edu)}}</ref> He was inspired by [[Keiiti Aki]] at M.I.T. and by [[Hiroo Kanamori]] at Caltech. Stein's doctoral dissertation, supervised by Kanamori,<ref name=interview>{{cite web|url=https://heritageproject.caltech.edu/interviews-updates/seth-stein |title=Seth Stein (PHD '78), Earthquake Seismologist |date=12 July 2022 |website=Caltech {{!}} Heritage Project |postscript=; interview conducted on April 6, 2022 by David Zierler, Director of the Caltech Heritage Project }}</ref> is entitled ''I. Seismological study of the Ninetyeast and Chagos-Laccadive Ridges, Indian Ocean. II. Models for asymmetric and oblique spreading at midocean ridges. III. Attenuation studies using split normal modes''.<ref>{{cite thesis|website=CaltechTHESIS, A Caltech Library Service|author=Stein, Seth Avram|year=1978|title=I. Seismological study of the Ninetyeast and Chagos-Laccadive Ridges, Indian Ocean. II. Models for asymmetric and oblique spreading at midocean ridges. III. Attenuation studies using split normal modes. Dissertation (Ph.D.), California Institute of Technology|doi=10.7907/1BWE-9G81|url=https://thesis.library.caltech.edu/view/author/Stein-S-A.html}}</ref> At Caltech, the three graduate students, Robert J. "Bob" Geller, Emile A. Okal, and Seth Stein often worked together and were called by other geophysicists "The Gang of Three".<ref>{{cite web|title=Robert J. Geller (BS '73, PhD '77)|date=September 29, 2022|postscript=; interview conducted on April 14, 2022 by David Zierler, Director of the Caltech Heritage Project|website=Caltech {{!}} Heritage Project|url=https://heritageproject.caltech.edu/interviews-updates/robert-geller}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Emile A. Okal|website=Northwestern University (northwestern.edu)|url=https://emeriti.northwestern.edu/emile-a-okal/}}</ref> As a postdoc from 1978 to 1979 Stein did research in geophysics at [[Stanford University]]. At Northwestern University he was an assistant professor from 1979 to 1983, an associate professor from 1983 to 1987, and a full professor from 1987 until his retirement in 2023 as professor emeritus. At Northwestern University, he held from 2006 to 2023 the Deering Professorship of Geological Sciences and chaired from 1989 to 1992 the Department of Geological Sciences.<ref name=CV/> During his academic career at Northwestern, he was the supervisor for 30 doctoral dissertation.<ref>{{cite web|title=Walter H. Bucher Medal, 2022 Recipient Seth Stein|website=American Geophysical Union (AGU)|url=https://www.agu.org/Honor-and-Recognize/Honors/Union-Medals/Walter-H-Bucher-Medal}}</ref>


In 1982 in Manhattan he married Carol Ann Geller,<ref>{{cite news|title=Seth Stein Weds Carol Ann Geller|newspaper=The New York Times|date=November 26, 1982|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1982/11/26/style/seth-stein-weds-carol-ann-geller.html}}</ref> whom he first met when he was a graduate student at Caltech. She was one of the first women to receive a degree in geophysics from Caltech.<ref name=interview/> She became a professor of Earth and environmental sciences at the [[University of Illinois at Chicago]], and the couple collaborated extensively in research on geophysics.<ref name=WoollardAward/><ref name=sethsteinnorthwestern>{{cite web|url=https://sites.northwestern.edu/sethstein/ |title=Seth Stein &#124; Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, Northwestern University }}</ref><ref name=Biography>{{cite web|url=https://sites.northwestern.edu/sethstein/biography/ |title=Biography &#124; Seth Stein |website=Northwestern University (sites.northwestern.edu)}}</ref> Seth and Carol Stein have also collaborated extensively in public education and outreach.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://gsa-foundation.org/partners-seth-carol-stein/ |title=Partners in Science, in Life, and in Giving Back (9 Feb. 2022) |website=GSA Foundation}}</ref> They, with 2 co-workers, developed an interpretive guide for a [[National Park Service]] journal<ref>{{cite journal|url=https://www.nps.gov/articles/parkscience32_1_19-29_stein_et_al_3817.htm |title=Using Lake Superior parks to explain the Midcontinent Rift|publisher=U.S. National Park Service|author=Stein, Seth Stein|author2=Stein, Carol A.|author3=Blavascunas, Eunice|author4=Kley, Jonas|journal=Park Science|volume=32|issue=1|date=Summer 2015}}</ref> and, with Abigail M. Foerstner, produced a YouTube video briefly explaining how the [[Midcontinent Rift System|Midcontinent Rift]] controls the geology of the [[Lake Superior]] region.<ref>{{cite web|website=YouTube|date=December 23, 2015|title=Lake Superior and the Midcontinent Rift: the billion year story|publisher=EarthScope|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w4kkKx-Wcoo|postscript=; video co-produced by Abigail Forester, Seth Stein, and Carol Stein; explaining how the Midcontinent Rift "gave rise to Lake Superior that is the basis of the area's water-based history and economy, the [[Copper mining in Michigan|copper deposits that shaped the region's settlement and growth]], and today's tourist industry"}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Abigail Foerstner|website=Medill School of Journalism, Northwestern University|url=https://www.medill.northwestern.edu/_pdf/abigail-foerstner-cv.pdf}}</ref>
Seth Stein was a visiting professor in the Netherlands in 1998 and in Germany from 2013 to 2014. He was for the academic year 1993–1994 a visiting senior scientist at [[NASA]]'s [[Goddard Space Flight Center]] and from 1998 to 2000 the Scientific Director of the university [[NAVSTAR]] Consortium.<ref name=CV/> He was one of the organizers of [[EarthScope]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Seth Stein, PhD, 1975 Hertz Fellow|website=The Hertz Foundation|url=https://www.hertzfoundation.org/person/seth-stein/ }}</ref> He served on many national and international scientific committees. In 1986 he was an associate editor for the ''[[Journal of Geophysical Research]]'', as well as ''[[Geophysical Research Letters]]''. From 1986 to 1989 he was an editor for the ''[[Journal of Geophysical Research]]''.<ref name=CV/>


Seth Stein was a visiting professor in the Netherlands in 1998 and in Germany from 2013 to 2014. He was for the academic year 1993–1994 a visiting senior scientist at [[NASA]]'s [[Goddard Space Flight Center]] and from 1998 to 2000 the Scientific Director of the university [[NAVSTAR]] Consortium.<ref name=CV/> He was one of the organizers of [[EarthScope]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Seth Stein, PhD, 1975 Hertz Fellow|website=The Hertz Foundation|url=https://www.hertzfoundation.org/person/seth-stein/ }}</ref> He served on many national and international scientific committees. In 1986 he was an associate editor for the ''[[Journal of Geophysical Research]]'', as well as ''[[Geophysical Research Letters]]''. From 1986 to 1989 he was an editor for the ''[[Journal of Geophysical Research]]''.<ref name=CV/> He completed a national tour as the 2006 IRIS/SSA ([[IRIS Consortium|Incorporated Research Institutions for Seismology]]/[[Seismological Society of America]]) Distinguished Lecturer, speaking on ''Giant earthquakes: why, where, when, and what we can do''.<ref>{{cite book|author=Stein, Seth|title=Giant earthquakes: why, where, when, and what we can do (slides for 2006 IRIS/SSA Lecture)|url=https://bpb-us-e1.wpmucdn.com/sites.northwestern.edu/dist/8/1676/files/2021/12/irisssa.pdf}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Seth Stein, speaker in Distinguished Lectureship - Speakers, IRIS Education and Public Outreach (EPO) program|year=2006|website=IRIS programs (iris.com)|url=https://www.iris.edu/hq/programs/epo/distinguished_lectureship/speakers/seth_stein}}</ref> In 2008 he was a design consultant for the [[Field Museum of Natural History]]'s ''Nature Unleashed: Inside Natural Disasters'' exhibit, which became in 2009 a touring exhibit (in the USA and Canada) seen, over a number of years, by more than 1.5 million people.<ref name=CV/><ref>{{cite web|title=Nature Unleashed: Inside Natural Disasters, May 23, 2008 through January 4, 2009|website=Past Exhibitions, Field Museum of Natural History|url=http://archive.fieldmuseum.org/natureunleashed/highlights.asp}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Field Museum unveils timely nature exhibit|newspaper=Chicago Tribune|date=May 20, 2008|url=https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-xpm-2008-05-20-0805200136-story.html|postscript=; by [[William Mullen (journalist)|William Mullen]] and an anonymous Chicago Tribune reporter}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Witness the Power of Natural Disasters at "Nature Unleashed" (at the Indiana State Museum from March 11 - May 29, 2017|website=Visit Indiana (indiana.com)|date=March 8, 2017|url=https://www.visitindiana.com/blog/post/nature-unleashed/}}</ref> From 2019 to 2021 he was president of the natural hazards section of the [[American Geophysical Union]] (AGU).<ref name=CV/>
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The main theme of Stein's research is seismology with phenomena related to earthquakes.<ref name=WoollardAward/> He is the author or co-author of more than 150 scientific publications.<ref name=Biography/> He and his collaborators did research on tectonic plate motions and how such motions cause earthquakes, as well as how to mitigate societal problems caused by earthquakes.<ref name=interview/> Early in his career at Northwestern University, he and another faculty member led a team of graduate students that developed NUVEL-1, a model providing new insights into plate motions. This model helped to explain the geophysics of the [[San Andreas Fault]] and demonstrated that the [[Indian plate]] and the [[Australian plate]] are distinct. Geophysicists routinely compared the NUVEL model with results from space-based geodesy to identify change in plate motion. The model provided a standard for describing plate motions<ref name=WoollardAward/> and established a basis for newer models such as MORVEL.<ref>{{cite journal|title=Geologically current plate motions|author=DeMets, Charles|author2=Gordon, Richard G.|author3=Argus, Donald F.|journal=Geophysical Journal International|volume=181|issue=1|date=April 2010|pages=1–80|doi=10.1111/j.1365-246X.2009.04491.x|bibcode=2010GeoJI.181....1D |url=https://academic.oup.com/gji/article/181/1/1/713644}}</ref> Stein made important contributions to models of plate boundary changes involving microplates, He also did research on thermal evolution of the ocean floor and applications of geophysical data to understanding variations in [[orogeny]] of the [[Andes]].<ref name=WoollardAward/>


Seth Stein authored a 2010 book ''Disaster deferred: how new science is changing our view of earthquake hazards in the Midwest'' for a general audience. He co-authored the 2003 textbook ''Introduction to seismology, earthquakes, and earth structure'' (which became widely used in undergraduate college courses in seismology) and the 2014 book ''Playing against nature: integrating science and economics to mitigate natural hazards in an uncertain world''. He also co-edited 6 other books.<ref name=CV/>
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In 1999 Seth Stein with 5 co-authors published in the journal [[Science (journal)|''Science'']] a paper indicating that the dangers of a major earthquake in the [[New Madrid Seismic Zone]] were significantly overestimated.<ref>{{cite journal|doi=10.1126/science.284.5414.619 |title=Slow Deformation and Lower Seismic Hazard at the New Madrid Seismic Zone |date=1999 |last1=Newman |first1=Andrew |last2=Stein |first2=Seth |last3=Weber |first3=John |last4=Engeln |first4=Joseph |last5=Mao |first5=Ailin |last6=Dixon |first6=Timothy |journal=Science |volume=284 |issue=5414 |pages=619–621 |pmid=10213680 |bibcode=1999Sci...284..619N }}</ref> The research of Seth Stein, Emile Okal, and other geophysics on the [[2004 Indian Ocean earthquake and tsunami|2004 Sumatra-Andaman earthquake]] showed how its devastating, giant [[tsunami]] was generated and estimated similar dangers from other subduction zones;<ref>{{cite journal|doi=10.1038/434581a |title=Speed and size of the Sumatra earthquake |date=2005 |last1=Stein |first1=Seth |last2=Okal |first2=Emile A. |journal=Nature |volume=434 |issue=7033 |pages=581–582 |pmid=15800611 |s2cid=2025217 }}</ref><ref>{{cite journal|doi=10.1007/s10069-005-0025-x |title=The 2004 Sumatra earthquake and Indian Ocean tsunami: What happened and why? |date=2005 |last1=Stein |first1=Seth |last2=Okal |first2=Emile A. |journal=Visual Geosciences |volume=10 |pages=21–26 |s2cid=6412775 }}</ref><ref name=WoollardAward/> they also suggested how [[GPS]] data could be used to create a highly effective, real-time system for tsunami warnings and earthquake source determinations.<ref>{{cite journal|doi=10.1029/2006GL026145 |title=Rapid determination of earthquake magnitude using GPS for tsunami warning systems |date=2006 |last1=Blewitt |first1=Geoffrey |last2=Kreemer |first2=Corné |last3=Hammond |first3=William C. |last4=Plag |first4=Hans‐Peter |last5=Stein |first5=Seth |last6=Okal |first6=Emile |journal=Geophysical Research Letters |volume=33 |issue=11 |bibcode=2006GeoRL..3311309B |s2cid=11716706 }}</ref><ref>{{cite journal|doi=10.1007/s00190-008-0262-5 |title=GPS for real-time earthquake source determination and tsunami warning systems |date=2009 |last1=Blewitt |first1=Geoffrey |last2=Hammond |first2=William C. |last3=Kreemer |first3=Corné |last4=Plag |first4=Hans-Peter |last5=Stein |first5=Seth |last6=Okal |first6=Emile |journal=Journal of Geodesy |volume=83 |issue=3–4 |pages=335–343 |bibcode=2009JGeod..83..335B |s2cid=14772887 }}</ref> Stein investigated the consequences of [[post-glacial rebound]] for earthquakes.<ref>{{cite book|doi=10.1130/2007.2425(01) |chapter=Approaches to continental intraplate earthquake issues |title=Continental Intraplate Earthquakes: Science, Hazard, and Policy Issues |date=2007 |last1=Stein |first1=Seth |isbn=9780813724256 }}</ref> He and his collaborators used GPS data to make a comprehensive review of post-glacial rebound in North America and to provide a basis for improved models of [[Earth's mantle|mantle]] [[viscosity]].<ref name=WoollardAward/>

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The main theme of Stein's research is seismology with phenomena related to earthquakes.<ref name=WoollardAward/> He is the author or co-author of more than 200 scientific publications.<ref name=CV/> He and his collaborators did research on tectonic plate motions and how such motions cause earthquakes, as well as how to mitigate societal problems caused by earthquakes.<ref name=interview/> Early in his career at Northwestern University, he and another faculty member led a team of graduate students that developed NUVEL-1, a model providing new insights into plate motions. This model helped to explain the geophysics of the [[San Andreas Fault]] and demonstrated that the [[Indian plate]] and the [[Australian plate]] are distinct. Geophysicists routinely compared the NUVEL model with results from space-based geodesy to identify change in plate motion. The model provided a standard for describing plate motions<ref name=WoollardAward/> and established a basis for newer models such as MORVEL.<ref>{{cite journal|title=Geologically current plate motions|author=DeMets, Charles|author2=Gordon, Richard G.|author3=Argus, Donald F.|journal=Geophysical Journal International|volume=181|issue=1|date=April 2010|pages=1–80|doi=10.1111/j.1365-246X.2009.04491.x|bibcode=2010GeoJI.181....1D |doi-access=free}}</ref> Stein made important contributions to models of plate boundary changes involving microplates, He also did research on thermal evolution of the ocean floor and applications of geophysical data to understanding variations in [[orogeny]] of the [[Andes]].<ref name=WoollardAward/>

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In 1999 Seth Stein with 5 co-authors published in the journal [[Science (journal)|''Science'']] a paper indicating that the dangers of a major earthquake in the [[New Madrid Seismic Zone]] were significantly overestimated.<ref>{{cite journal|doi=10.1126/science.284.5414.619 |title=Slow Deformation and Lower Seismic Hazard at the New Madrid Seismic Zone |date=1999 |last1=Newman |first1=Andrew |last2=Stein |first2=Seth |last3=Weber |first3=John |last4=Engeln |first4=Joseph |last5=Mao |first5=Ailin |last6=Dixon |first6=Timothy |journal=Science |volume=284 |issue=5414 |pages=619–621 |pmid=10213680 |bibcode=1999Sci...284..619N }}</ref> The research of Seth Stein, Emile Okal, and other geophysics on the [[2004 Indian Ocean earthquake and tsunami|2004 Sumatra-Andaman earthquake]] showed how its devastating, giant [[tsunami]] was generated and estimated similar dangers from other subduction zones;<ref>{{cite journal|doi=10.1038/434581a |title=Speed and size of the Sumatra earthquake |date=2005 |last1=Stein |first1=Seth |last2=Okal |first2=Emile A. |journal=Nature |volume=434 |issue=7033 |pages=581–582 |pmid=15800611 |s2cid=2025217 }}</ref><ref>{{cite journal|doi=10.1007/s10069-005-0025-x |title=The 2004 Sumatra earthquake and Indian Ocean tsunami: What happened and why? |date=2005 |last1=Stein |first1=Seth |last2=Okal |first2=Emile A. |journal=Visual Geosciences |volume=10 |pages=21–26 |s2cid=6412775 }}</ref><ref name=WoollardAward/> they also suggested how [[GPS]] data could be used to create a highly effective, real-time system for tsunami warnings and earthquake source determinations.<ref>{{cite journal|doi=10.1029/2006GL026145 |title=Rapid determination of earthquake magnitude using GPS for tsunami warning systems |date=2006 |last1=Blewitt |first1=Geoffrey |last2=Kreemer |first2=Corné |last3=Hammond |first3=William C. |last4=Plag |first4=Hans-Peter |last5=Stein |first5=Seth |last6=Okal |first6=Emile |journal=Geophysical Research Letters |volume=33 |issue=11 |bibcode=2006GeoRL..3311309B |s2cid=11716706 |doi-access=free }}</ref><ref>{{cite journal|doi=10.1007/s00190-008-0262-5 |title=GPS for real-time earthquake source determination and tsunami warning systems |date=2009 |last1=Blewitt |first1=Geoffrey |last2=Hammond |first2=William C. |last3=Kreemer |first3=Corné |last4=Plag |first4=Hans-Peter |last5=Stein |first5=Seth |last6=Okal |first6=Emile |journal=Journal of Geodesy |volume=83 |issue=3–4 |pages=335–343 |bibcode=2009JGeod..83..335B |s2cid=14772887 }}</ref> Stein investigated the consequences of [[post-glacial rebound]] for earthquakes.<ref>{{cite book|doi=10.1130/2007.2425(01) |chapter=Approaches to continental intraplate earthquake issues |title=Continental Intraplate Earthquakes: Science, Hazard, and Policy Issues |date=2007 |last1=Stein |first1=Seth |isbn=9780813724256 }}</ref> He and his collaborators used GPS data to make a comprehensive review of post-glacial rebound in North America and to provide a basis for improved models of [[Earth's mantle|mantle]] [[viscosity]].<ref name=WoollardAward/>
In 1989 [[American Geophysical Union]] elected Seth Stein a Fellow and also awarded him the [[James B. Macelwane Medal]]. The [[Geological Society of America]] elected him a Fellow in 1999 and gave him the George P. Woollard Award in 2009. In 2010 he received the [[European Geosciences Union]]'s [[Stephan Mueller Medal]] and was also elected a Foreign Member of [[Academia Europaea]]. In 2014 the [[Royal Astronomical Society]] awarded him the [[Price Medal]].<ref name=CV/> In 2022 the American Geophysical Union awarded him the Walter H. Bucher Medal.<ref name=BucherMedal>{{cite web|author=Fellman, Megan|date=October 5, 2022|url=https://news.northwestern.edu/stories/2022/10/geophysicist-seth-stein-honored-by-the-american-geophysical-union/ |website=News, Northwestern University|title=Geophysicist Seth Stein is driven to understand how our planet works: Professor is honored by the American Geophysical Union with the Bucher Medal for contributions to basic knowledge of Earth's crust and lithosphere }}</ref>
In 1989 American Geophysical Union elected Seth Stein a Fellow and also awarded him the [[James B. Macelwane Medal]]. The [[Geological Society of America]] elected him a Fellow in 1999 and gave him the George P. Woollard Award in 2009. In 2010 he received the [[European Geosciences Union]]'s [[Stephan Mueller Medal]] and was also elected a Foreign Member of [[Academia Europaea]]. In 2014 the [[Royal Astronomical Society]] awarded him the [[Price Medal]].<ref name=CV/> In 2022 the American Geophysical Union awarded him the [[Walter H. Bucher Medal]].<ref name=BucherMedal>{{cite web|author=Fellman, Megan|date=October 5, 2022|url=https://news.northwestern.edu/stories/2022/10/geophysicist-seth-stein-honored-by-the-american-geophysical-union/ |website=News, Northwestern University|title=Geophysicist Seth Stein is driven to understand how our planet works: Professor is honored by the American Geophysical Union with the Bucher Medal for contributions to basic knowledge of Earth's crust and lithosphere }}</ref>


Seth Stein was a trip leader for the Illinois Chapter of the [[Sierra Club]].<ref name=sethsteinnorthwestern/> Seth and Carol Stein, the parents of a daughter and a son,<ref name=WoollardAward/> endowed a graduate fellowship, administered by the [[Hertz Foundation]], for Earth sciences graduate students and an award, admiinistered by the Geological Society of America, for early career geophysicists.<ref name=Biography/>
Seth Stein was a trip leader for the Illinois Chapter of the [[Sierra Club]].<ref name=sethsteinnorthwestern/> Seth and Carol Stein, the parents of a daughter and a son,<ref name=WoollardAward/> endowed a graduate fellowship, administered by the [[Hertz Foundation]], for Earth sciences graduate students and an award, admiinistered by the Geological Society of America, for early career geophysicists.<ref name=Biography/> In retirement, he continues to be active in the public education programs of the geophysical community and to work with news media and museums.<ref name=CV/>


==Selected publications==
==Selected publications==
* {{cite journal|doi=10.1029/JB088iB08p06455 |title=Age dependence of oceanic intraplate seismicity and implications for lithospheric evolution |date=1983 |last1=Wiens |first1=Douglas A. |last2=Stein |first2=Seth |journal=Journal of Geophysical Research |volume=88 |page=6455 |bibcode=1983JGR....88.6455W }}
* {{cite journal|doi=10.1029/JB088iB08p06455 |title=Age dependence of oceanic intraplate seismicity and implications for lithospheric evolution |date=1983 |last1=Wiens |first1=Douglas A. |last2=Stein |first2=Seth |journal=Journal of Geophysical Research |volume=88 |page=6455 |bibcode=1983JGR....88.6455W }}
* {{cite journal|url=https://agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1029/JB094iB05p05585 |doi=10.1029/JB094iB05p05585 |title=Closure of the Africa‐Eurasia‐North America Plate motion circuit and tectonics of the Gloria Fault |date=1989 |last1=Argus |first1=Donald F. |last2=Gordon |first2=Richard G. |last3=Demets |first3=Charles |last4=Stein |first4=Seth |journal=Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth |volume=94 |issue=B5 |pages=5585–5602 |bibcode=1989JGR....94.5585A }}
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* {{cite journal|doi=10.1126/science.256.5055.333 |title=Global Tectonics and Space Geodesy |date=1992 |last1=Gordon |first1=Richard G. |last2=Stein |first2=Seth |journal=Science |volume=256 |issue=5055 |pages=333–342 |pmid=17743109 |bibcode=1992Sci...256..333G |s2cid=13171689 }}
* {{cite journal|doi=10.1126/science.256.5055.333 |title=Global Tectonics and Space Geodesy |date=1992 |last1=Gordon |first1=Richard G. |last2=Stein |first2=Seth |journal=Science |volume=256 |issue=5055 |pages=333–342 |pmid=17743109 |bibcode=1992Sci...256..333G |s2cid=13171689 }}
* {{cite journal|url=https://www.nature.com/articles/359123a0#citeas |doi=10.1038/359123a0 |title=A model for the global variation in oceanic depth and heat flow with lithospheric age |date=1992 |last1=Stein |first1=Carol A. |last2=Stein |first2=Seth |journal=Nature |volume=359 |issue=6391 |pages=123–129 |bibcode=1992Natur.359..123S |s2cid=4272482 }}
* {{cite journal|url=https://www.nature.com/articles/359123a0#citeas |doi=10.1038/359123a0 |title=A model for the global variation in oceanic depth and heat flow with lithospheric age |date=1992 |last1=Stein |first1=Carol A. |last2=Stein |first2=Seth |journal=Nature |volume=359 |issue=6391 |pages=123–129 |bibcode=1992Natur.359..123S |s2cid=4272482 }}
* {{cite journal|url=https://agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1029/93jb00782 |doi=10.1029/93jb00782 |title=A model for the motion of the Philippine Sea Plate consistent with NUVEL‐1 and geological data |date=1993 |last1=Seno |first1=Tetsuzo |last2=Stein |first2=Seth |last3=Gripp |first3=Alice E. |journal=Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth |volume=98 |issue=B10 |pages=17941–17948 |bibcode=1993JGR....9817941S }}
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* {{cite journal|url=https://agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1029/93jb02222 |doi=10.1029/93jb02222 |title=Constraints on hydrothermal heat flux through the oceanic lithosphere from global heat flow |date=1994 |last1=Stein |first1=Carol A. |last2=Stein |first2=Seth |journal=Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth |volume=99 |issue=B2 |pages=3081–3095 |bibcode=1994JGR....99.3081S }}
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* {{cite journal|url=https://agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1029/96rg01050 |doi=10.1029/96rg01050 |title=Metastable mantle phase transformations and deep earthquakes in subducting oceanic lithosphere |date=1996 |last1=Kirby |first1=Stephen H. |last2=Stein |first2=Seth |last3=Okal |first3=Emile A. |last4=Rubie |first4=David C. |journal=Reviews of Geophysics |volume=34 |issue=2 |pages=261–306 |bibcode=1996RvGeo..34..261K }}
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* {{cite journal|doi=10.1029/96JB00532 |title=Can the Okhotsk Plate be discriminated from the North American plate? |date=1996 |last1=Seno |first1=Tetsuzo |last2=Sakurai |first2=Taro |last3=Stein |first3=Seth |journal=Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth |volume=101 |issue=B5 |pages=11305–11315 |bibcode=1996JGR...10111305S }}
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* {{cite journal|doi=10.1126/science.1112305 |title=Earth's Free Oscillations Excited by the 26 December 2004 Sumatra-Andaman Earthquake |date=2005 |last1=Park |first1=Jeffrey |last2=Song |first2=Teh-Ru Alex |last3=Tromp |first3=Jeroen |last4=Okal |first4=Emile |last5=Stein |first5=Seth |last6=Roult |first6=Genevieve |last7=Clevede |first7=Eric |last8=Laske |first8=Gabi |last9=Kanamori |first9=Hiroo |last10=Davis |first10=Peter |last11=Berger |first11=Jon |last12=Braitenberg |first12=Carla |last13=Van Camp |first13=Michel |last14=Lei |first14=Xiang'e |last15=Sun |first15=Heping |last16=Xu |first16=Houze |last17=Rosat |first17=Severine |journal=Science |volume=308 |issue=5725 |pages=1139–1144 |pmid=15905394 |bibcode=2005Sci...308.1139P |s2cid=41705095 }}
* {{cite journal|doi=10.1029/2006GL026145 |title=Rapid determination of earthquake magnitude using GPS for tsunami warning systems |date=2006 |last1=Blewitt |first1=Geoffrey |last2=Kreemer |first2=Corné |last3=Hammond |first3=William C. |last4=Plag |first4=Hans‐Peter |last5=Stein |first5=Seth |last6=Okal |first6=Emile |journal=Geophysical Research Letters |volume=33 |issue=11 |bibcode=2006GeoRL..3311309B |s2cid=11716706 }}
* {{cite journal|doi=10.1029/2006GL026145 |title=Rapid determination of earthquake magnitude using GPS for tsunami warning systems |date=2006 |last1=Blewitt |first1=Geoffrey |last2=Kreemer |first2=Corné |last3=Hammond |first3=William C. |last4=Plag |first4=Hans-Peter |last5=Stein |first5=Seth |last6=Okal |first6=Emile |journal=Geophysical Research Letters |volume=33 |issue=11 |bibcode=2006GeoRL..3311309B |s2cid=11716706 |doi-access=free }}
* {{cite journal|url=https://agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1029/2006GL027081 |doi=10.1029/2006GL027081 |title=Observation of glacial isostatic adjustment in "stable" North America with GPS |date=2007 |last1=Sella |first1=Giovanni F. |last2=Stein |first2=Seth |last3=Dixon |first3=Timothy H. |last4=Craymer |first4=Michael |last5=James |first5=Thomas S. |last6=Mazzotti |first6=Stephane |last7=Dokka |first7=Roy K. |journal=Geophysical Research Letters |volume=34 |issue=2 |bibcode=2007GeoRL..34.2306S |s2cid=16924153 }}
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* {{cite journal|doi=10.1038/nature08502 |title=Long aftershock sequences within continents and implications for earthquake hazard assessment |date=2009 |last1=Stein |first1=Seth |last2=Liu |first2=Mian |journal=Nature |volume=462 |issue=7269 |pages=87–89 |pmid=19890328 |bibcode=2009Natur.462...87S |s2cid=4410313 }}
* {{cite journal|doi=10.1038/nature08502 |title=Long aftershock sequences within continents and implications for earthquake hazard assessment |date=2009 |last1=Stein |first1=Seth |last2=Liu |first2=Mian |journal=Nature |volume=462 |issue=7269 |pages=87–89 |pmid=19890328 |bibcode=2009Natur.462...87S |s2cid=4410313 }}
* {{cite journal|doi=10.1007/s00190-008-0262-5 |title=GPS for real-time earthquake source determination and tsunami warning systems |date=2009 |last1=Blewitt |first1=Geoffrey |last2=Hammond |first2=William C. |last3=Kreemer |first3=Corné |last4=Plag |first4=Hans-Peter |last5=Stein |first5=Seth |last6=Okal |first6=Emile |journal=Journal of Geodesy |volume=83 |issue=3–4 |pages=335–343 |bibcode=2009JGeod..83..335B |s2cid=14772887 }}
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===Books===
===Books===
* {{cite book|editor=Pringle, Malcolm S.|editor2=Sager, William W.|editor3=Sliter, William V.|editor4=Stein, Seth|doi=10.1029/GM077 |title=The Mesozoic Pacific: Geology, Tectonics, and Volcanism: A Volume in Memory of Sy Schlanger |series=Geophysical Monograph Series |date=1993 |volume=77 |isbn=0-87590-036-4 }}
* {{cite book|title=Plate boundary zones|editor=Stein, Seth|editor2=Freymueller, Jeffrey T.|location=Washington, D.C|publisher=American Geophysical Union|year=2002|isbn=9780875905327}}
* {{cite book|title=Plate boundary zones|editor=Stein, Seth|editor2=Freymueller, Jeffrey T.|location=Washington, D.C|publisher=American Geophysical Union|year=2002|isbn=9780875905327}}
* {{cite book|title=Introduction to seismology, earthquakes, and earth structure|author=Stein, Seth|author2=Wysession, Michael|location=Malden, Massachusetts|publisher=Blackwell|year=2003}} {{cite book|title=2009 pbk reprint|date=April 2009 |publisher=John Wiley & Sons|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=-z80yrwFsqoC|isbn=978-0-86542-078-6}}
* {{cite book|title=Introduction to seismology, earthquakes, and earth structure|author=Stein, Seth|author2=Wysession, Michael|location=Malden, Massachusetts|publisher=Blackwell|year=2003}}<ref>{{cite journal|doi=10.1063/1.1629009 |title=Review of ''An Introduction to Seismology, Earthquakes, and Earth Structure'' by Seth Stein and Michael Wysession|date=2003 |last1=Houston |first1=Heidi |journal=Physics Today |volume=56 |issue=10 |pages=66–67 |bibcode=2003PhT....56j..66S |url=|doi-access=free }}</ref> {{cite book|title=2009 pbk reprint|date=April 2009 |publisher=John Wiley & Sons|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=-z80yrwFsqoC|isbn=978-0-86542-078-6}}
* {{cite book|year=2006|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=DAiFM3lQm58C | title=The Adria Microplate: GPS Geodesy, Tectonics and Hazards | isbn=9781402042331 | editor=Pinter, Nicholas | editor2=Grenerczy, Gyula | editor3=Weber, John | editor4=Stein, Seth | editor5=Medak, Damir | publisher=Springer }}
* {{cite book|title=Continental intraplate earthquakes : science, hazard, and policy issues|editor=Stein, Seth|editor2=Mazzotti, Stéphane|location=Boulder, Colorado|publisher=Geological Society of America|year=2007|lccn=2007012988|isbn=978-0813724256}}
* {{cite book|author=Stein, Seth|title=Disaster deferred : how new science is changing our view of earthquake hazards in the Midwest|location=New York|publisher=Columbia University Press|year=2010|lccn=2010029738|isbn=9780231151399}}
* {{cite book|title=Continental intraplate earthquakes : science, hazard, and policy issues|editor=Stein, Seth|editor2=Mazzotti, Stéphane|location=Boulder, Colorado|publisher=Geological Society of America|year=2007|lccn=2007012988|isbn=978-0813724256|doi=10.1130/SPE425}}
* {{cite book|author=Stein, Seth|title=Disaster deferred : how new science is changing our view of earthquake hazards in the Midwest|location=New York|publisher=Columbia University Press|year=2010|lccn=2010029738|isbn=9780231151399}}<ref>{{cite journal|author=Monastersky, Richard|title=Is Money Wasted Preparing for a Major Midwest Quake?|journal=Nature|date=November 2011}} [https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/money-is-wasted-preparing/ reprint available from scientificamerican.com]</ref>
* {{cite book|title=Playing against nature : integrating science and economics to mitigate natural hazards in an uncertain world|author=Stein, Seth|author2=Stein, Jerome|location=Chichester, West Sussex|publisher=John Wiley & Sons|year=2014|lccn=2013046062|isbn=9781118620823}}
* {{cite book|title=Playing against nature : integrating science and economics to mitigate natural hazards in an uncertain world|author=Stein, Seth|author2=Stein, Jerome|location=Chichester, West Sussex|publisher=John Wiley & Sons|year=2014|lccn=2013046062|isbn=9781118620823}}<ref>{{cite journal|author=Stein, S. A.|author2=Stein, J.|date=December 2012|title=Playing against nature: improving earthquake hazard mitigation|journal=AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts|volume=2012 |bibcode=2012AGUFM.G52A..04S |url=https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2012AGUFM.G52A..04S/abstract}}</ref>
* {{cite book|title=Subduction dynamics: from mantle flow to mega disasters|editor=Morra, Gabriele|editor2=Yuen, David A.|editor3=King, Scott D.|editor4=Lee, Sang-Mook|editor5=Stein, Seth|publisher=American Geophysical Union; John Wiley & Sons (joint publication)|location=Hoboken, New Jersey|year=2016|isbn=9781118888995 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ypKbCgAAQBAJ|lccn=2016427643}}
* {{cite book|title=Subduction dynamics: from mantle flow to mega disasters|editor=Morra, Gabriele|editor2=Yuen, David A.|editor3=King, Scott D.|editor4=Lee, Sang-Mook|editor5=Stein, Seth|publisher=American Geophysical Union; John Wiley & Sons (joint publication)|location=Hoboken, New Jersey|year=2016|isbn=9781118888995 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ypKbCgAAQBAJ|lccn=2016427643}}
* {{cite book|title=Seismicity, fault rupture and earthquake hazards in slowly deforming regions|editor=Landgraf, A.|editor2=Kübler, S.|editor3=Hintersberger, E.|editor4=Stein, S.|location=London|publisher=The Geological Society|year= 2017|isbn=978-1-86239-745-3|lccn=2016499686|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=-EMEDgAAQBAJ}}
* {{cite book|title=Seismicity, fault rupture and earthquake hazards in slowly deforming regions|editor=Landgraf, A.|editor2=Kübler, S.|editor3=Hintersberger, E.|editor4=Stein, S.|location=London|publisher=The Geological Society|year= 2017|isbn=978-1-86239-745-3|lccn=2016499686|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=-EMEDgAAQBAJ}}
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==External links==
==External links==
* Stein, S., Stein, C. A., Kley, J., Keller, R., Merino, M., Wolin, E., Wiens, D., Wysession, M. E., Al-Equabi, G., Shen, W., Frederiksen, A., Darbyshire, F., Jurdy, D., Waite, G., Rose, W. I., Vye, E., Rooney, T., Moucha, R., & Brown, E. {{cite journal|date=4 August 2016|title=New insights into North America’s Midcontinent Rift|journal=Eos|volume=97|doi=10.1029/2016EO056659}} Abstract "The Midcontinent Rift has characteristics of a large igneous province, causing geologists to rethink some long-standing assumptions about how this giant feature formed."
* Stein, S., Stein, C. A., Kley, J., Keller, R., Merino, M., Wolin, E., Wiens, D., Wysession, M. E., Al-Equabi, G., Shen, W., Frederiksen, A., Darbyshire, F., Jurdy, D., Waite, G., Rose, W. I., Vye, E., Rooney, T., Moucha, R., & Brown, E. {{cite journal|date=4 August 2016|title=New insights into North America's Midcontinent Rift|journal=Eos|volume=97|doi=10.1029/2016EO056659|url=https://eos.org/features/new-insights-into-north-americas-midcontine|doi-access=free |last1=Stein |first1=Seth |last2=Stein |first2=Carol |last3=Kley |first3=Jonas |last4=Keller |first4=Randy |last5=Merino |first5=Miguel |last6=Wolin |first6=Emily |last7=Wiens |first7=Douglas |last8=Wysession |first8=Michael |last9=Al-Equabi |first9=Ghassan |last10=Shen |first10=Weisen |last11=Frederiksen |first11=Andrew |last12=Darbyshire |first12=Fiona |last13=Jurdy |first13=Donna |last14=Waite |first14=Greg |last15=Rose |first15=William |last16=Vye |first16=Erika |last17=Rooney |first17=Tyrone |last18=Moucha |first18=Robert |last19=Brown |first19=Eric }} Abstract "The Midcontinent Rift has characteristics of a large igneous province, causing geologists to rethink some long-standing assumptions about how this giant feature formed."
* {{cite web|url=https://sites.northwestern.edu/sethstein/presentations/educational-material/ |title=Educational Material &#124; Seth Stein |website=Northwestern University (sites.northwestern.edu)}}
* {{cite web|url=https://sites.northwestern.edu/sethstein/presentations/educational-material/ |title=Educational Material &#124; Seth Stein |website=Northwestern University (sites.northwestern.edu)}}
* {{cite web|url=https://sites.northwestern.edu/sethstein/you-tube-videos/https://sites.northwestern.edu/sethstein/in-the-media/ |title=Blog Posts &#124; Seth Stein |website=Northwestern University (sites.northwesterrn.edu) }}
* {{cite web|url=https://sites.northwestern.edu/sethstein/you-tube-videos/https://sites.northwestern.edu/sethstein/in-the-media/ |title=Blog Posts &#124; Seth Stein |website=Northwestern University (sites.northwesterrn.edu) }}
* {{cite web|url=https://sites.northwestern.edu/sethstein/presentations|title=Presentations {{!}} Seth Stein|website=Northwestern University (sites.northwestern.edu)}}
* {{cite web|website=YouTube|date=December 23, 2015|title=Lake Superior and the Midcontinent Rift: the billion year story|publisher=EarthScope|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w4kkKx-Wcoo}}
** {{cite web|author=Stein, Seth|author2=Stein, Carol|author3=Blavascunas, Eunice|url=https://player.slideplayer.com/21/6244462/ |title=Using Lake Superior Parks to Explain the Midcontintent Rift, PowerPoint Presentation }}
* {{cite web|website=YouTube|date=October 14, 2021|title=Seismological and tectonic research at Northwestern|publisher=Seth Stein|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WC3oUzv22N0}} ("An overview of some ongoing research in global earthquake seismology and global tectonics at Northwestern University")
* {{cite web|website=YouTube|date=November 25, 2021|title=Hiking Isle Royale National Park|publisher=Seth Stein|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5-7oSGXXcuI}} ("overview of the park's geology and history, how to get there by boat or seaplane, and some of the hiking and backpacking opportunities ... a great place to see Midcontinent Rift rocks")
* {{cite web|website=YouTube|date=November 30, 2021|title=Earth scientists and the media: some basic ideas|publisher=Seth Stein|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dgwc_zzwvVo}}


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Seth Avram Stein (born July 12, 1953, in Middletown, Connecticut) is an American geophysicist with an international reputation for his research in plate tectonics, seismology, and space geodesy. He has also done important work in public policy for coping with earthquake hazards.[1]

Biography[edit]

Seth Stein's sister became a lawyer and his brother, Gil, became an archaeologist. Their father was Jerome Leon Stein (1928–2013), a professor of economics at Brown University.[2][3] After graduating in 1975 with a B.S. in Earth and planetary sciences from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (M.I.T.), Seth Stein matriculated at the California Institute of Technology (Caltech). There he graduated in geophysics with an M.S. in 1977 and an Ph.D. in 1978.[4] He was inspired by Keiiti Aki at M.I.T. and by Hiroo Kanamori at Caltech. Stein's doctoral dissertation, supervised by Kanamori,[5] is entitled I. Seismological study of the Ninetyeast and Chagos-Laccadive Ridges, Indian Ocean. II. Models for asymmetric and oblique spreading at midocean ridges. III. Attenuation studies using split normal modes.[6] At Caltech, the three graduate students, Robert J. "Bob" Geller, Emile A. Okal, and Seth Stein often worked together and were called by other geophysicists "The Gang of Three".[7][8] As a postdoc from 1978 to 1979 Stein did research in geophysics at Stanford University. At Northwestern University he was an assistant professor from 1979 to 1983, an associate professor from 1983 to 1987, and a full professor from 1987 until his retirement in 2023 as professor emeritus. At Northwestern University, he held from 2006 to 2023 the Deering Professorship of Geological Sciences and chaired from 1989 to 1992 the Department of Geological Sciences.[4] During his academic career at Northwestern, he was the supervisor for 30 doctoral dissertation.[9]

In 1982 in Manhattan he married Carol Ann Geller,[10] whom he first met when he was a graduate student at Caltech. She was one of the first women to receive a degree in geophysics from Caltech.[5] She became a professor of Earth and environmental sciences at the University of Illinois at Chicago, and the couple collaborated extensively in research on geophysics.[1][11][12] Seth and Carol Stein have also collaborated extensively in public education and outreach.[13] They, with 2 co-workers, developed an interpretive guide for a National Park Service journal[14] and, with Abigail M. Foerstner, produced a YouTube video briefly explaining how the Midcontinent Rift controls the geology of the Lake Superior region.[15][16]

Seth Stein was a visiting professor in the Netherlands in 1998 and in Germany from 2013 to 2014. He was for the academic year 1993–1994 a visiting senior scientist at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center and from 1998 to 2000 the Scientific Director of the university NAVSTAR Consortium.[4] He was one of the organizers of EarthScope.[17] He served on many national and international scientific committees. In 1986 he was an associate editor for the Journal of Geophysical Research, as well as Geophysical Research Letters. From 1986 to 1989 he was an editor for the Journal of Geophysical Research.[4] He completed a national tour as the 2006 IRIS/SSA (Incorporated Research Institutions for Seismology/Seismological Society of America) Distinguished Lecturer, speaking on Giant earthquakes: why, where, when, and what we can do.[18][19] In 2008 he was a design consultant for the Field Museum of Natural History's Nature Unleashed: Inside Natural Disasters exhibit, which became in 2009 a touring exhibit (in the USA and Canada) seen, over a number of years, by more than 1.5 million people.[4][20][21][22] From 2019 to 2021 he was president of the natural hazards section of the American Geophysical Union (AGU).[4]

Seth Stein authored a 2010 book Disaster deferred: how new science is changing our view of earthquake hazards in the Midwest for a general audience. He co-authored the 2003 textbook Introduction to seismology, earthquakes, and earth structure (which became widely used in undergraduate college courses in seismology) and the 2014 book Playing against nature: integrating science and economics to mitigate natural hazards in an uncertain world. He also co-edited 6 other books.[4]

The main theme of Stein's research is seismology with phenomena related to earthquakes.[1] He is the author or co-author of more than 200 scientific publications.[4] He and his collaborators did research on tectonic plate motions and how such motions cause earthquakes, as well as how to mitigate societal problems caused by earthquakes.[5] Early in his career at Northwestern University, he and another faculty member led a team of graduate students that developed NUVEL-1, a model providing new insights into plate motions. This model helped to explain the geophysics of the San Andreas Fault and demonstrated that the Indian plate and the Australian plate are distinct. Geophysicists routinely compared the NUVEL model with results from space-based geodesy to identify change in plate motion. The model provided a standard for describing plate motions[1] and established a basis for newer models such as MORVEL.[23] Stein made important contributions to models of plate boundary changes involving microplates, He also did research on thermal evolution of the ocean floor and applications of geophysical data to understanding variations in orogeny of the Andes.[1]

In 1999 Seth Stein with 5 co-authors published in the journal Science a paper indicating that the dangers of a major earthquake in the New Madrid Seismic Zone were significantly overestimated.[24] The research of Seth Stein, Emile Okal, and other geophysics on the 2004 Sumatra-Andaman earthquake showed how its devastating, giant tsunami was generated and estimated similar dangers from other subduction zones;[25][26][1] they also suggested how GPS data could be used to create a highly effective, real-time system for tsunami warnings and earthquake source determinations.[27][28] Stein investigated the consequences of post-glacial rebound for earthquakes.[29] He and his collaborators used GPS data to make a comprehensive review of post-glacial rebound in North America and to provide a basis for improved models of mantle viscosity.[1]

In 1989 American Geophysical Union elected Seth Stein a Fellow and also awarded him the James B. Macelwane Medal. The Geological Society of America elected him a Fellow in 1999 and gave him the George P. Woollard Award in 2009. In 2010 he received the European Geosciences Union's Stephan Mueller Medal and was also elected a Foreign Member of Academia Europaea. In 2014 the Royal Astronomical Society awarded him the Price Medal.[4] In 2022 the American Geophysical Union awarded him the Walter H. Bucher Medal.[30]

Seth Stein was a trip leader for the Illinois Chapter of the Sierra Club.[11] Seth and Carol Stein, the parents of a daughter and a son,[1] endowed a graduate fellowship, administered by the Hertz Foundation, for Earth sciences graduate students and an award, admiinistered by the Geological Society of America, for early career geophysicists.[12] In retirement, he continues to be active in the public education programs of the geophysical community and to work with news media and museums.[4]

Selected publications[edit]

Books[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h "2009 George P. Woollard Award presented to Seth A. Stein; citation by Donna M. Jurdy; response by Seth A. Stein". Geological Society of American.
  2. ^ "Jerome L. Stein, biographical sketch" (PDF). Brown University (brown.edu).
  3. ^ "Paid Notice: Death, Professor Jerome Leon Stein". The New York Times. February 8, 2013.
  4. ^ a b c d e f g h i j "Full C.V. | Seth Stein". Northwestern University (sites.northwestern.edu).
  5. ^ a b c "Seth Stein (PHD '78), Earthquake Seismologist". Caltech | Heritage Project. 12 July 2022; interview conducted on April 6, 2022 by David Zierler, Director of the Caltech Heritage Project{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: postscript (link)
  6. ^ Stein, Seth Avram (1978). I. Seismological study of the Ninetyeast and Chagos-Laccadive Ridges, Indian Ocean. II. Models for asymmetric and oblique spreading at midocean ridges. III. Attenuation studies using split normal modes. Dissertation (Ph.D.), California Institute of Technology. CaltechTHESIS, A Caltech Library Service (Thesis). doi:10.7907/1BWE-9G81.
  7. ^ "Robert J. Geller (BS '73, PhD '77)". Caltech | Heritage Project. September 29, 2022; interview conducted on April 14, 2022 by David Zierler, Director of the Caltech Heritage Project{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: postscript (link)
  8. ^ "Emile A. Okal". Northwestern University (northwestern.edu).
  9. ^ "Walter H. Bucher Medal, 2022 Recipient Seth Stein". American Geophysical Union (AGU).
  10. ^ "Seth Stein Weds Carol Ann Geller". The New York Times. November 26, 1982.
  11. ^ a b "Seth Stein | Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, Northwestern University".
  12. ^ a b "Biography | Seth Stein". Northwestern University (sites.northwestern.edu).
  13. ^ "Partners in Science, in Life, and in Giving Back (9 Feb. 2022)". GSA Foundation.
  14. ^ Stein, Seth Stein; Stein, Carol A.; Blavascunas, Eunice; Kley, Jonas (Summer 2015). "Using Lake Superior parks to explain the Midcontinent Rift". Park Science. 32 (1). U.S. National Park Service.
  15. ^ "Lake Superior and the Midcontinent Rift: the billion year story". YouTube. EarthScope. December 23, 2015; video co-produced by Abigail Forester, Seth Stein, and Carol Stein; explaining how the Midcontinent Rift "gave rise to Lake Superior that is the basis of the area's water-based history and economy, the copper deposits that shaped the region's settlement and growth, and today's tourist industry"{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: postscript (link)
  16. ^ "Abigail Foerstner" (PDF). Medill School of Journalism, Northwestern University.
  17. ^ "Seth Stein, PhD, 1975 Hertz Fellow". The Hertz Foundation.
  18. ^ Stein, Seth. Giant earthquakes: why, where, when, and what we can do (slides for 2006 IRIS/SSA Lecture) (PDF).
  19. ^ "Seth Stein, speaker in Distinguished Lectureship - Speakers, IRIS Education and Public Outreach (EPO) program". IRIS programs (iris.com). 2006.
  20. ^ "Nature Unleashed: Inside Natural Disasters, May 23, 2008 through January 4, 2009". Past Exhibitions, Field Museum of Natural History.
  21. ^ "Field Museum unveils timely nature exhibit". Chicago Tribune. May 20, 2008; by William Mullen and an anonymous Chicago Tribune reporter{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: postscript (link)
  22. ^ "Witness the Power of Natural Disasters at "Nature Unleashed" (at the Indiana State Museum from March 11 - May 29, 2017". Visit Indiana (indiana.com). March 8, 2017.
  23. ^ DeMets, Charles; Gordon, Richard G.; Argus, Donald F. (April 2010). "Geologically current plate motions". Geophysical Journal International. 181 (1): 1–80. Bibcode:2010GeoJI.181....1D. doi:10.1111/j.1365-246X.2009.04491.x.
  24. ^ Newman, Andrew; Stein, Seth; Weber, John; Engeln, Joseph; Mao, Ailin; Dixon, Timothy (1999). "Slow Deformation and Lower Seismic Hazard at the New Madrid Seismic Zone". Science. 284 (5414): 619–621. Bibcode:1999Sci...284..619N. doi:10.1126/science.284.5414.619. PMID 10213680.
  25. ^ Stein, Seth; Okal, Emile A. (2005). "Speed and size of the Sumatra earthquake". Nature. 434 (7033): 581–582. doi:10.1038/434581a. PMID 15800611. S2CID 2025217.
  26. ^ Stein, Seth; Okal, Emile A. (2005). "The 2004 Sumatra earthquake and Indian Ocean tsunami: What happened and why?". Visual Geosciences. 10: 21–26. doi:10.1007/s10069-005-0025-x. S2CID 6412775.
  27. ^ Blewitt, Geoffrey; Kreemer, Corné; Hammond, William C.; Plag, Hans-Peter; Stein, Seth; Okal, Emile (2006). "Rapid determination of earthquake magnitude using GPS for tsunami warning systems". Geophysical Research Letters. 33 (11). Bibcode:2006GeoRL..3311309B. doi:10.1029/2006GL026145. S2CID 11716706.
  28. ^ Blewitt, Geoffrey; Hammond, William C.; Kreemer, Corné; Plag, Hans-Peter; Stein, Seth; Okal, Emile (2009). "GPS for real-time earthquake source determination and tsunami warning systems". Journal of Geodesy. 83 (3–4): 335–343. Bibcode:2009JGeod..83..335B. doi:10.1007/s00190-008-0262-5. S2CID 14772887.
  29. ^ Stein, Seth (2007). "Approaches to continental intraplate earthquake issues". Continental Intraplate Earthquakes: Science, Hazard, and Policy Issues. doi:10.1130/2007.2425(01). ISBN 9780813724256.
  30. ^ Fellman, Megan (October 5, 2022). "Geophysicist Seth Stein is driven to understand how our planet works: Professor is honored by the American Geophysical Union with the Bucher Medal for contributions to basic knowledge of Earth's crust and lithosphere". News, Northwestern University.
  31. ^ Houston, Heidi (2003). "Review of An Introduction to Seismology, Earthquakes, and Earth Structure by Seth Stein and Michael Wysession". Physics Today. 56 (10): 66–67. Bibcode:2003PhT....56j..66S. doi:10.1063/1.1629009.
  32. ^ Monastersky, Richard (November 2011). "Is Money Wasted Preparing for a Major Midwest Quake?". Nature. reprint available from scientificamerican.com
  33. ^ Stein, S. A.; Stein, J. (December 2012). "Playing against nature: improving earthquake hazard mitigation". AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts. 2012. Bibcode:2012AGUFM.G52A..04S.

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