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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/>
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/>


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/> 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 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/>
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>

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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

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] In 1982 in Manhattan he married Carol Ann Geller,[9] 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 geophysics.[1][10][11]

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.[12] 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]

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 150 scientific publications.[11] 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.[13] 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.[14] 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;[15][16][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.[17][18] Stein investigated the consequences of post-glacial rebound for earthquakes.[19] 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.[20]

Seth Stein was a trip leader for the Illinois Chapter of the Sierra Club.[10] 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.[11]

Selected publications

Books

References

  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 "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. 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. ^ "Seth Stein Weds Carol Ann Geller". The New York Times. November 26, 1982.
  10. ^ a b "Seth Stein | Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, Northwestern University".
  11. ^ a b c "Biography | Seth Stein". Northwestern University (sites.northwestern.edu).
  12. ^ "Seth Stein, PhD, 1975 Hertz Fellow". The Hertz Foundation.
  13. ^ 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.
  14. ^ 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.
  15. ^ 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.
  16. ^ 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.
  17. ^ 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.
  18. ^ 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.
  19. ^ 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.
  20. ^ 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.

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