Christopher Goetze
Christopher "Chris" Goetze ( 1939 - November 21, 1977 ) was an American geophysicist.
Goetze was from 1969 at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in the group of William Brace (geophysicist) and made important contributions to experimental geological rock mechanics. He studied the micro-fracture structures under the electron microscope in the context of experiments on the deformation behavior of rock at high pressure according to conditions in the deep crust of the earth and the upper mantle.
In 1975 he introduced strength profiles of the lithosphere , which were named after him and Brace. Also in 1974 he demonstrated that grain structures allowed conclusions to be drawn about the stresses that rock was subjected to in the past (paleo stress, English paleostress ).
He died of a brain tumor at the age of 38.
Fonts
- with William Brace Laboratory observations of high temperature rheology of rocks , Tectonophysics, 13, 1972, 583-600
- with David Kohlstedt Low-stress high-temperature creep in olivine single crystals , J. Geophys. Res., 79, 1974, 2045
- with Kohlstedt Laboratory studies of dislocation climb and diffusion in olivine , J. Geophys. Res. 78, 1973, 5961
- with Kohlstedt, Durham Experimental deformation of single crystal olivine with application to flow in the mantle , in RGJ Strens The physics and chemistry of minerals and rock , Wiley 1976
- The mechanism of creep in Olivine , Phil. Trans. Roy. Soc. A 288, 1978, 99-119
- Sheared lherzolites : from the point of view of rock mechanics , Geology, 3, 1975, 172
- A brief summary of our present day understanding of the effect of volatiles and partial melt on the mechanical properties of the upper mantle , in Manghnani, Akimoto High pressure research: application in geophysics , Academic Press 1977, 3-23
- with Brian Evans Stress and temperature in the bending lithosphere as constrained by experimental rock mechanics , Geophysical J. Roy. Astron. Soc., 59, 1979, 463-478
- with Evans Temperature variation of hardness of olivine and its implication for polycrystalline yield stress , J. Geophys. Res., 84, 1979, 5505-5524
Individual evidence
- ^ Obituary in Bulletin de Mineralogie, 102-104, 1979
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Goetze, Christopher |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Goetze, Chris |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American geophysicist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1939 |
| DATE OF DEATH | November 21, 1977 |